Ice in bong = bad?

[Surfr]

I started loading the bong the other day with some ice prior to loading it and as I was doing so, my buddy proceeded to tell me that ice in the bong is bad for your lungs.. He said that the ice can cause water buildup in your lungs. Is this true? Is there really any difference to going outside in 20*F weather and shoveling snow and hitting and ice filled bong? Please discuss...

 

[zenoonez]

Lol I think your buddy is wrong. As long as you aren't using dry ice you should be fine. Typically cold air contains less humidity i.e water vapor than warm air. Think your buddy might have smoked some before you loaded that bong...

 

[Milwaukee]

Sounds like bullshit to me.

 

[orpanic]

i heard you supposed to use warm/hot water in the bong....supposed to not take out as much THC and more carcinogens..put ice in ice catcher to cool it off...seems to work well, not sure if it is correct or not...can anyone shed some light?

 

[alaskan]

Have you ever put ice cubes in a warm cup and noticed the water vapor/fog rising or pouring from the cup?

Is it good for your lungs to frequently, deeply inhale water vapor?

 

[foolish fool]

i heard you supposed to use warm/hot water in the bong....supposed to not take out as much THC and more carcinogens..put ice in ice catcher to cool it off...seems to work well, not sure if it is correct or not...can anyone shed some light?

I just always liked the warm water hit so I do that...never hear anything about it though but I think the diffuser fizzling in warm water with crushed ice packed all the way up makes for smooth toking.

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Have you ever put ice cubes in a warm cup and noticed the water vapor/fog rising or pouring from the cup?

Is it good for your lungs to frequently, deeply inhale water vapor?

haha man good question. maybe i should stop.

 

[cthulhu]

Have you ever put ice cubes in a warm cup and noticed the water vapor/fog rising or pouring from the cup?

Is it good for your lungs to frequently, deeply inhale water vapor?

probably not bad, considering the body is like 60% water.

 

[alaskan]

Living underwater would be awesome if it weren't for that damn ~40%

 

[IE2KS_KUSH]

Ice in bong = bad?..

Your buddy is wrong.
Ice in a Bong = GREAT
ice chamber
water
ash catcher
Your dooooin' it!

 

[alaskan]

Yeah, you're totally inhaling that smoke the right way bro!

 

[Strainbrain]

Breathing water vapor is terrifically dangerous to the human lung! How else would you explain the abnormally-high number of people who drown while walking on a foggy day?

Or perhaps you've even heard of that most-lethal of torture-chambers... the sauna!



Yeah, it's completely harmless.


-s

 

[grow1620]

don't those new fake vapor cigarettes put out some kinda water vapor instead of smoke? I'm not citing that as safe or anything...orpanic's post makes sense though..warm water to filter more carcinogens and cool water to cool the smoke...

I guess it depends what you consider bad for you though...an ice cold hit is much smoother...enabling you to take bigger hits...more smoke in the lungs at once doesn't seem better for you imo...I mean sure you'll smoke it in the next hit anyways but more smoke all at once in the lungs seems less "healthy" to me. Kind of like how alot of my friends take the biggest hit they can everytime I pass the pipe to them...resulting in them coughing their ass off, I prefer smaller hits in moderation so that when I get to my desired level of "high" my lungs aren't hurting and screwing it all up.

Unless of course you have a thin glass bong. I've seen quite a few glass bongs break because they had a ton of ice in them and it made them brittle...mostly the thin cheapo ones though...but I have seen a 3 ft graffix break as well. Be careful with glass and ice, especially if there isn't much glass between the bowl and the cooled water/glass to insulate or dissipate the temps in between.

 

[oldbootz]

i want all the ice-bongers to look up how to make bubble hash, you use ice to help make the thc soluble in water... this means the thc stays in the bong water and less gets to your lungs... maybe its different with thc ignited in smoke? this theory of mine suggests you should get more high from a hot water hit.

 

[Dopeboy668]

You use ice to make the thc glands brittle, so they break off the leaf and sink to the bottom for you to collect(bubble bags).

 

[Marcellas]

the difference between THC absorbing to make bubble-hash and THC from a bong hit with the smoke going through water is one thing. THC is not actually water soluable at all, when making bubble hash you use the ice to make the buds brittle so the chrystal heads with all the THC in them fall of the buds/trim easier, than you filter the THC substance from the water and buds/leaves to make bubblehash.
........when you take a bongrip, the THC stays with the smoke since its not water soluable and cant be actually absorbed by water and stays in the smoke to get ya high.

but a lot of carcinogens and other nasty shit is water soluable and is absorbed by the water. THC is alcohol and fat soluable, thats why if you put alcohol in a bong you'd get less high and get high if you drank the bong-alcohol after, and can make alcohol-bud drinks. and obviously thats why you can cook bud into edibles with fat to get high.

 

[BeAn]

THC is never soluable in water....ice or no ice, lol...:

 

[Lil 'o Me]

the difference between THC absorbing to make bubble-hash and THC from a bong hit with the smoke going through water is one thing. THC is not actually water soluable at all, when making bubble hash you use the ice to make the buds brittle so the chrystal heads with all the THC in them fall of the buds/trim easier, than you filter the THC substance from the water and buds/leaves to make bubblehash.
........when you take a bongrip, the THC stays with the smoke since its not water soluable and cant be actually absorbed by water and stays in the smoke to get ya high.

but a lot of carcinogens and other nasty shit is water soluable and is absorbed by the water. THC is alcohol and fat soluable, thats why if you put alcohol in a bong you'd get less high and get high if you drank the bong-alcohol after, and can make alcohol-bud drinks. and obviously thats why you can cook bud into edibles with fat to get high.

Thank you.

I think thats ridiculous. Why would you be concerned about water vapor, of all things, in your lungs when your inhaling carsinogens?

 

[SuperZero]

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[Jellyfish]

You put ice in a bong so you can take a bigger hit. When the cooled smoke hits your body temp lungs, it expands. No need to worry about your lungs popping, though. They have two safety valves- your nose and your mouth.

Been doing it for years, and no negative effects, unless you consider getting BAKED a negative effect! Smoke up!

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Like orpanic said, it's best to use hot or warm water and ice in an icecatcher if you like a more compact tube... I don't even use ice most of the time. The fogginess of the steam and smoke does wonders for lungs that have worked as hard as mine have.

I don't really get any of that saunaesque treatment feeling from iced bongs however.

It is very possible your friend is high and just babbling... the only time water is bad in your lungs is when it's not vapor.. ie drowning you.