money isn't the biggest issue this time, it will be my birthday in 2-3 weeks so I'm thinking of it as a birthdaygift to myself. ofcourse I don't want to spend a lot more as necessary, but quality/usefullness comes first.
why exactly do you prefer the ehle? sounds like a good price for an ehle bong btw.
First of all I think it's the perfect size if you want a piece you can actually milk. Anything smaller functions more like a bubbler, with those the vapor goes through the water and gets filtered and cooled a bit and that's about it. With the 250 (or similar size pieces) you can milk it first and then inhale a nice amount of vapor which just is a completely different experience. I've tried bigger ones too, but with those you have to inhale a lot of air first before you get to the vapor. You can also play with the amount of water you put in quit a bit to fine tune it to your preference in terms of drag and cooling. A tiny amount of water will give more taste for instance, but also significantly less cooling which becomes more noticeable when you're high temp vaping.
Second it's very strong glass even though it's still pretty light and not real thick. I've banged it in to things so many times and often pretty hard, and it still doesn't have a mark on it. When I clean it I always poor boiling water in it straight away and it just takes it while I've had tea glasses that were made for those temps burst when doing the same.
Third the diffusion. I tried a few cheaper ones, but the diffused downstem from Ehle just purs the smoothest. This will allow you to go very slow on your inhalation thus leaves more room for control over the temp through draw speed.
I also like the ergonomics, but that's probably a very personal matter.
Plus, it's soo pretty
edit: that's not a Ehle downstem in the photo btw, it's my cheap back up stem. I broke my Ehle downstem this week but there's a new one on the way.
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