Softglass

Softglass builds pipes the way you would if you had broken a few. Borosilicate glass sits wherever the smoke actually travels, so it tastes like glass, and silicone wraps the parts that hit the floor, so one slip on a tile is not the end of it. If you keep breaking glass, or you want something that can ride in a bag, start on this shelf. The longer version of that tradeoff is in silicone or glass.

The Core line covers three sizes. The Core hand pipe is a glass spoon in a silicone shell with a 17mm bowl, a stowable bowl cover and a metal tool. The Core bubbler adds water and a straight slit perc in something you still hold in one hand. The Core water pipe is a 9 inch piece on a 14mm joint with a magnetic lighter dock, bowl and downstem included. The Token is the pocket one, under four inches with a glass bowl and a built in tamper.

The modular pieces are where Softglass gets clever. The Totem is a water pipe on a weighted silicone base with a borosilicate top you can swap later, and the Andy Roth glass top and Andy Roth bowls drop straight onto it. For concentrates, the Tandem rig kit comes with a quartz bucket and cap, and the incycler and mason perc tops swap onto any Tandem base.

Modular also means easy to clean, because the pieces come apart and go in the sink separately. We get into why in the bong that comes apart. Anything all glass lives in bongs and hand pipes. 1321 Venice Blvd, open every day till midnight, free local pickup. Availability shows on each piece.