What's the purpose for tubing on acrylic bongs?

My friend has a acrylic bong with a pull bowl and its nice and all but it has 4 tubes that are on the bong and I can't seem to figure out their purpose. Is it for looks? Does it help cool smoke down? Or something else. Here's a pic of how the hoses are on the bong http://www.everyonedoesit.com/online_headshop/Tower_of_Power_MultiChamber_Bong__Red.cfm?iProductID=2372. But it's just a straight tube instead of the weird one in the pic.

It's the cheap-ass way of making a percolator. My old U.S. Bong (aaahhh, the '70s) had something similar before I murdered it by washing it with alcohol ... cn

cannabineer said:

It's the cheap-ass way of making a percolator. My old U.S. Bong (aaahhh, the '70s) had something similar before I murdered it by washing it with alcohol ... cn

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So it acts as a percolator and smooths out the hit?

cmbajr said:

So it acts as a percolator and smooths out the hit?

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Yes on the first. As for the second ... that's a religious argument, lol. cn

cannabineer said:

Yes on the first. As for the second ... that's a religious argument, lol. cn

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it sounds cheap lol. Tubes for percolators? He wants me to buy it for $20 off him I told him okay just cuz he needs a little money and I like the bong cuz it's 18 inches tall. Just was wondering why the tubes were there. And also how do you clean a acrylic bong with stickers all over it since I can't soak it cuz of the stickers peeling off and it's acrylic so alcohol will just fuck it up. Could I just fill it with hot water let it sit and put some dish soap in it and rinse it well?

I have a bong just like the one in that picture. mine is a triple chamber, and the hoses are interconnected between all the chambers, so the smoke has to travel through 3 seperate chambers of water to reach my lungs, its quite a fascinating sight, when all 3 chambers are bubbling. Are you sure the bong your buying doesnt have multiple chambers? theres only one place to put water?

cannabineer said:

It's the cheap-ass way of making a percolator. My old U.S. Bong (aaahhh, the '70s) had something similar before I murdered it by washing it with alcohol ... cn

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Hahaha, I did the same thing.

AltarNation said:

Hahaha, I did the same thing.

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It screamed. The alcohol made the inner part expand, causing the plastic to develop a thousand hairline cracks within seconds. It screamed. cn

cannabineer said:

It's the cheap-ass way of making a percolator. My old U.S. Bong (aaahhh, the '70s) had something similar before I murdered it by washing it with alcohol ... cn

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lmfao you took the words out of my mouth. was going to recommend not buying a plastic bong cause alcohol will DESTROY it!

cannabineer said:

It screamed. The alcohol made the inner part expand, causing the plastic to develop a thousand hairline cracks within seconds. It screamed. cn

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I actually filled mine and then walked away... yay for brains... came back to quite a work of art... extruded sections along said hairline cracks, like freshly quaked earth...

stonerman said:

I have a bong just like the one in that picture. mine is a triple chamber, and the hoses are interconnected between all the chambers, so the smoke has to travel through 3 seperate chambers of water to reach my lungs, its quite a fascinating sight, when all 3 chambers are bubbling. Are you sure the bong your buying doesnt have multiple chambers? theres only one place to put water?

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Yeah its just a straight tube but it does come apart in the middle but its still like a classic acrylic bong with hoses pn the sides.he brought it over the day he got it but we couldn't test it out cuz we had no bud :/