I've never tried a bong with warm water but will definitely look it up. I hadn't considered the condensation but wouldn't mind paying some of it if it means in exchange I get an icy hit. Those are so smooth and are a whole 'nother smoking experience for me. Like breathing in concentrated cool morning mist. At least that's what I remember.
Most of the irritation experienced in the lungs after a hit is caused by relatively dry air pulling moisture off the surface of wet lung tissue by evaopouration. Two factor increase evapouration, temperature (higher temp, more evapouration), and relative humidity (higher humidity, less evapouration).
The warm water hit contains much higher humidity than the ice hit, because the warmer liquid evapourates much more readily. Now, while the temp difference each way is almost gone by the time the hit reaches your lung tissue, the extra water the warm hit carries isn't, and the fact that this hit is saturated with lots of extra water means it has less "room" to pick up further water from your warm lungflesh, and thus dries them out less than the ice hit will.
The slight numbing sensation on the back of the throat from the blast of cool air might psychosomatically increase the sense of smoothness, but they'll still fatigue your lungs faster than a "wetter" warm hit will. Indeed, ice after the percolation action will actually act to strip water vapour that the perc has added, by condensing it on cold glass and ice, actively
drying the hit even as it cools it. Counter-intuitively, you don't actually lose a lot of
resin to condensation with ice, as the resin is already condensed long before it gets to the ice, and the little airborne droplets it's become actually stick more readily to warm surfaces than cooler ones, but you definitely lose water vapour, which is still in gas phase and readily condenses on any surface cooler than it is.
Basically, if you're gonna sit down and just do lungbusters until you cough so hard you can't continue, you'll get a lot more goodness down your neck hitting it warm than you will cold, and probably less irregular coughing between sessions, too. The warm vapour might not feel as subjectively comfortable as the icy stuff during the actual hit, but it'll make you feel a lot less discomfort in between, and get a lot more into you.
The only other one I liked that I found is like the bong Boogerman linked to me.
It's just a bit shorter but I'm thinking I might need a splash guard as he said. So for ten dollars more I get four more inches. Although I really wanted a small'ish piece.
A turbine (what you called a "second disk as a twister") IS a splash guard. And it's a really nifty type that makes things spin when you clear.
What are my options in single honeycomb style with a wide bottom, anyone know? Going back to searching, although I don't recall finding very many.
My first option may be my best. I know that since it's so cheap I may as well buy them all to try but I don't have a lot of money and live on a fixed income, plus I'm very picky. Just have been since I was a kid and want my perfect piece.
So to recap, if any of you can help me...
I want a small'ish/medium'ish bubbler with a honey comb design and a wide base. I would prefer if the base were part of the water chamber and not just an exposed flat disk. If it has a second disk as a twister (as I've seen on some skinny ones) that is okay. I don't really care for it either way. I do prefer a female connection in 14 or 18 mm. I am willing to look at both style mouthpieces.
If you've seen something that fits my needs anywhere on the web for 40 dollars or less please let me know.
Has
this been suggested yet? It's basically everything you asked for, and
only US$20 plus shipping (which I think is free to the US).
Single honeycomb, turbine splashguard, wide base, dirt cheap, the male joint you wanted, and it's even sidecar, which gives a good view of the action in the can when you are using it. A few people have received them now and all given positive reviews.
Comes with dome/nail setup, and female combustion bowl.
I'd have one already if it was female input (and had clear discs). I think it'd actually be a better piece for flowers than dabs, anyway, since it's relatively high volume and high diffusion.
If you get free shipping to your location, I don't see why you wouldn't try this one (hell, you could easily resell it for a profit if you don't like it). If you have to pay for shipping, though, the GB-187 might be the better buy. It's not what you described but I think you'd be even happier with it.
I would be the test dummy but I am saving up for a few other items first 
