I did some research and I was wondering if anyone thinks any of these bubblers, or ones I didn't mention, would be more or less suitable for my needs. My main concerns are very thick glass and durability of the piece (including not having all sorts of little things hanging off which could break), and reduction of harshness, being small enough to fit on the corner of my computer desk, but not too small, and my lesser but still relevant concerns are filtration with water, being on the nicer side so around 100 dollars, ideally not shipped from China, and relatively big hits but not volcano bag size hits. Flavor is a concern but all the other concerns trump it, because I do want water in the rig.
I found this
Superior Heavy Thickness beaker Glass bongs water pipe 17" from DHgate but it's too big to fit on my small computer desk. Something else with "superior heavy thickness" would be good.
This one seems to have a lot of what I'm looking for. Reputable glass, small enough to fit on my desk, water filtration, not too complicated of a design, in my price range
Goo Roo Designs 10" Disc Perc Bubbler (9301)
This one is a bit too expensive, but someone said that a fab egg design might work best. I am a little concerned about shipping something from China, incase something goes wrong and I have to contact them, and shipping speed.
Calibear FAB EGG
This one doesn't have water, but I think it would be perfect in other ways - filtration, flavor retention, thick glass
14MM GLASS J HOOK w STAND and COOLING SPIKES 16MM 11"
Then there's another goo roo piece which is good for the reasons the other one is.
Large Inline Bubbler
This one looks pretty thick
TAG - 9" Bent Neck Interior Showerhead 55x5MM (14MM Female)
This one looks nice
HOUSE GLASS VORTEX
I will be connecting a dynavap 10-14-18mm male tip as my method of vaping.
I looked through about 50 pages of this thread to see if there's anything that looks good, but I'm a little strapped for time to spend all day searching for bongs, although I'd like to. If anyone has any other suggestions that sound like what I'm looking for, please let me know.