If you’re a responsible stoner with a propensity for cleanliness when it comes to your glass bong, you might be interested in getting an ash catcher attachment. I’d been smoking out of bongs pretty regularly for a few years before I even heard of one of these things, let alone saw one in action. It does exactly what it sounds like, and catches ash before it has a chance to get into the bong itself. They come in all shapes and sizes, with a wide variety of percolators and interesting designs, as well as all the standard sizes of female or male connections. This won’t mean you’ll never have to clean that glass bong again because naturally, the smoke itself will cause it to get a bit dirty over time, but it will definitely reduce the work you put into keeping it pristine and sparkling.
The concept is simple. An ash catcher is simply another piece of glass which connects to where your bowl ought to go, and then you attach your bowl to the top of the ash catcher. It’s basically a middle man which often has its own percolator, but sometimes is just an extra small chamber of water. This is super helpful because now when you smoke, you can clear that packed bowl of bud as hard as you want with zero inhibition because you can rest assured that any ash that goes through the bowl will only get trapped in the ash catcher!. You can clear that packed bowl of bud as hard as you want with zero inhibition because you can rest assured that any ash that goes through the bowl will only get trapped in the ash catcher!
Normally, you might try to moderate the strength of your pull out of a desire to avoid getting too much gunk into the water chamber of your bong, so that you may not have to clean it so often or whatever. The ash catcher removes this factor entirely. Of course, you will have to clean the catcher out pretty regularly if you don’t want it to get super disgusting, considering it’s a much more compact space for residues to build up in. Regardless, ash catchers are much smaller and generally made into much simpler shapes and design to clean than an entire bong, so it’s a worthwhile tradeoff in my personal opinion. This won’t mean you’ll never have to clean that glass bong again because naturally, the smoke itself will cause it to get a bit dirty over time, but it will definitely reduce the work you put into keeping it pristine and sparkling.
