Bubblers

A bubbler is the middle ground nobody explains properly. It is a hand pipe with a small water chamber built into it, so you get the cooling and the filtration of a bong in something you can still hold in one hand and put in a drawer. If a full size tube is more than you want on the table, this is the shelf to look at. The longer version is in bubbler or bong.

GRAV do the two most useful shapes. The Mini Hammer is the classic, a fixed stem hammer that sits flat and will not tip, and it also comes in clear. The Milk Carton from the Sip Series takes a 14mm female joint, so it behaves more like a small water pipe than a pipe.

MJ Arsenal cover the rest. The Alpine Series Mesa is the everyday one and the deepest stocked piece here. The Jack O'Ripper is a blunt bubbler, so it takes a rolled one rather than a bowl, and the Frankenbubbler is from the same seasonal run. Both are in Halloween while it lasts.

The Softglass Core Bubbler is the one to carry. Real borosilicate wrapped in silicone, so a drop on a tile floor is not automatically the end of it.

Cleaning is the honest trade with any bubbler. The water chamber is small and it is built in, so change the water often and give it a rinse rather than letting it sit. Anything bigger lives in bongs, anything dry in hand pipes, and the rest of each maker is under GRAV and MJ Arsenal. 1321 Venice Blvd, open every day till midnight, free local pickup.