The Science Behind The Spaceage Bong

Chapter Two- The Science

Now, a lot of people think I designed this bong to look the way it does for show. But actually, there was a lot of thinking behind the nature of the hits generated by the machine. I wanted the device to generate a 100% water filtered hit; therefore I couldn’t base my design on the traditional ‘bottle’ shaped bong, I had to think outside the box. I came up with a theory I called the ‘Up-down filtration hydraulic motion’. The diagram below explains my theory in further detail:

(1) By using separate chambers a downwards vacuum is created, resulting in the water constantly being pulled towards the lower chamber.


(2) Pressure from the hit taken will be greater than the pressure created by the lower chamber resulting in a slight build up of water in the upper chamber.

(3) Due to the amount of space in the upper chamber, the pressure pulling the water up the tube is vastly reduced when it reaches this area of low pressure. This causes some of the water to fall back into the lower chamber while other water is going in the opposite direction, creating the up-down hydraulic action.

(4) Smoke from the burning source is pulled up the two chambers and the tube by the direction of suction.

(5) The smoke meets the up-down hydraulic system in the tube which cools it down and also filters out larger, more toxic particles.

(6) Cooler and purer smoke fills up the upper chamber.

What this results in is a much more efficient filtration system capable of purifying the smoke further than previously imagined. It also results in a pretty cool looking bong. Before you attempt to apply the ‘Up-down hydraulics’ theory, you must first understand it. MASTER it. In order for it to be successful, the circumferences of the tube, burning source and mouth piece have to be somewhat equal. The burning source must be higher or at level height with the top of the filtration tube which must also be higher than the lower chamber.