Hey fellow stoners....long time no post
Anyhow...when I pack myself a cone, I generally try to ( and usually succeed) take the whole cone in one breath. Now I do this and then hold the smoke in for a little while, and exhale. Now to me this seems the right way, you get lots of smoke, you dont waste any and the holding in of the smoke allows it to absorb into your blood. Right? Well lately, a couple of my mates laugh hysterically at me taking cones..and rather take tiny little breaths, breathe out straight away...and in the proccess let the chamber empty....
Now I may be petty, I may be dumb, hell I may even have it all wrong..but FUCK , WATCHING THEM TAKE CONES MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL.
Now am I doing it wrong? It just looks so unprofessional to take little "mouthfuls" of smoke...Every older guy then me, who have been smoking for yearsa nd ytears longer than us take cones like me. Do you guys? I figured it was the best way, to first get the most out...plus look like you know what you are doing
Sorry for the rant, flame me if I am just being a pussy....
Thanks

Mayanrd

No, you are right

I dont know what your friends are doing but I have never seen someone take a cone like that, unless from a pipe maybe. As far as I know, its not the best to leave stale smoke in the chamber too long. Suck it all down in one go!

LoveMeBucket.

I do that now, but when I was a newer smoker I found that quite often I couldn't finish a whole cone in one go and would have to come back for more. It just takes practice.

But I recommend that you suggest to your friends to have two half-sized cones instead. You'll waste less pot and your friends won't cough their precious little lungs up.

i been smokin for 4 yrs or so now , an i Stick cant pull a full cone , i either take to goes at it or pack cones that i can handdle , usally baby ones or half cones, thats way i dont waste , i dont try an hold TO long as gettin told by so many ppl that if you dont get a hit off it the first it inhaled into me i wont get stoned leavin longer as id prolly end up with a headack from lack of oxygen anyways i think as long as u not bum puffin or leavin weed in the cone an tryin to make out its ash there isnt really a wrong or right way
Person taste i thinks mans

If you can't pull it in one and don't wanna waste it, baby cones are the way. Hehe, I use party cone peices, took me awhile to get it all in one, but the more you practise........

sucker for a sucker..

i got weed that will give u the runs...

You know i think i beleive u i have had weed before that um yer done that But useally casue it gave me mega munchies

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Try exhaling all the air in your lungs before lighting the cone.

the best way to smoke anything is just to rip it fat and hold it in till you choke. tell ur friends that their pussys, and when they ask why show em my post

blaze on brotha.

I have a way of smoking cones that is my favourite for getting the most out of a cone (or 6 in this case).

Remember the 3 litre coke bottles? I'm not sure if you can still get them, I haven't seen them for a while.

I make up me bucket bong, put the whole setup on the floor and take about 20 huge deep breaths and pack my six shooter cone piece to the balls while hyperventilating. I know when I have enough when I start to get an oxygen rush and fell dizzy !

Keep breathing as much as you can and as fast as you can whilst lighting the cones while kneeling on the floor.

I get 6 cones into one chamber (the colour of the smoke is unbelievable).

As I unscrew the sixshooter and get ready to take my monster bucket I exhale completely (I mean till you got absolutely nuthin' left).

It helps empty more air if you really crouch and push your knee to your chest etc...

Then: I take the hit but leave a gap in my mouth between my lips and the mouthpiece of the bottle. The average adult lungs can hold about 6-8 litres of air etc... Thats about half of what is in my chamber b4 I take it. So I allow enough fresh air in as I am smoking so that when the coke bottle is empty of smoke, my lungs are again, full as fuck, (6-8 litres) both with the smoke and more fresh air (should still be spinning from hyperventilating b4).

Then you get to the good bit. Directly after you pull your bucket, stand up as fast as you can and look at the ceiling whilst holding the smoke for as long as you can.

Now try and keep standing up.......

Lovely high......

Cheers!!

LF

people have problems with big cones because they think because it is big they have to suck hard, you gotta always pull real soft, once the whole mass of weed is alight and burning slowly it all falls through, people suck so hard they suck all the heat out of the cone.

Id get some new friends mate.

Hehehe
We are a funny bunch aren't we?
What's the bet the majority of you only have stoner friends? I definately do...except for my girlfriend ( Who I seriously wish would toke, cause it creates so many fuckin fights..)
I love this site....it seems the only place where I truly belong and am accepted for who I am

Maynard

just for the recors...I am by no means "hardcore" I have only been toking for around 4 years. Any I wouldn't say I have monster cones either hehehe. So I'm definately no bagging anyone for the way they choose to burn....So hopefully no one took offence out there

Maynard

tis kool no offence taken at all !

as long as u get high then its all good

i think ppl usually keep the flame on the cone for a lot longer than is necessary, if it burns to hot then it tastes bad.
I just keep the flame till it stays burning, then just keep toking till its all gone or u need to light it again.
Ive seen ppl who take huge cones all at once and spew saliva and nearly pass out from choking and when they recover, do it again.
Imo, the actual smoking of cones should be enjoyable, not just the effects,
i dont like my lungs to burn so i take a cone in 2 or 3 hits but clear the chamber each time or the smoke gets stale

yeah I hate it when that happens. It tastes all ashy & the taste is in your mouth even when u drink water u can taste it yuck

Ok what I do is move the flame in a circular motion real quick till its alight. I dont hold the lighter coz that burns the weed too fast & the smoke tastes ashy & i'm sure its probably a wastage of weed

I try not to pull to hard, but if I dont pull hard enough the smoke tastes ashy & shit like above.

One Toke, gotta pull it in one toke.

You don't get the stale shit sitting in there as you take a break from pulling the cone. (As Iain said, clear it out)

It is agreeable that some pot will leave a bad taste if you thumb the cone in and really pack it up, or its just a huge cone and it stales itself up.

Each to their own really, as long as you get bent, although I had friends that used to try and be macho and their rule was 'if ya can't pull it it one, your not getting any more', so of course we all used to smoke like demons to keep up. Kinda hard when you've had 20 cones in a row and your trying to pull your21st in one hit.

Incidentally, thinking about big cones reminded me of a wheelie bin bong I saw once!!!

FOr those of you that have never experienced one (I know I didn't want to after seeing how much resin covered the mate) it basically involves your wheelie bin (duh LF) ha ha sorry...........

You tape the lid to the side so it can't flap around and cause a shitfight.

Next you drill a decent sized hole in the underside of the bin (near the wheels, about the centre)

Not sure what they used for a cone piece, a drilled metal bowl of some kind???

I know that it took about a Q to fill the cone!!

Anyway, before you fill the cone, immerse the bin into the pool, (sorry I forgot you NEED THE POOL).

Treat it like a giant bucket bong if you will........

Two or three people on the edge of the pool should assist in pulling and lighting. People in the pool can assist pulling the monster fucken' thing as well.

Anyway, when I saw this just the once, my mate gets under the bin once it was pulled. All we heard was coughing and spluttering, then retching!!

Only when he recovered enough to speak did we get close enough (this was at night) to see that he has resin all over his head and shoulders.

I didn't think that would happen!!!

Never again for him, and oh what a waste.........

Cheers people.

Peace

LF

Howdy Y'all..... I like to take my time with a pipe manly because now days i cant pull one in one go....sadly those days are gone but i do see benefits and both smoking tecniques.......



Peace.....


The OverToka

i whip all my cones, with the exception of big ones - then i have to take it in two

its a tradition with me n my mates to take everything thru... all ash must be out of the conepeice whether u whip it or not. and overburnt weed tastes shit

Definitely the way to pull it all through, nothing worse than getting handed a cone piece with ash and shit in there...hehe. There was something else I was gonna add but I have forgotten ....Damn memory loss

Maynard

some1 show me a picture of a cone...

http://www.magicwaterpipe.com.au/enter.html

then look at cones

I used to be a budgie lungs when i first started smoking but over time i discovered a few tricks to make cones easier to sink. First thing is, it is always smoother to sink a cone first go, stale smoke makes you want to cough so it's better to get it in one.

About a year after i started smoking i made a 375ml galiano bong, immediately i could sink party cones, after i put a shotty in it, it got even easier. Unfortunately a friend dropped it and it is no more. Now i find a long tube is realy good to cool the smoke. I prefer a bong you put your mouth in (just watch your mates don't dribble in the bong) rather than a small neck like a galiano or coke bottle. Unless you are making a good one or buying one or if just want a disposable one, the 500ml flavoured milk and OJ bottles are great (i am lucky enough to have smoked through an old school Orchy bottle) and don't forget the shotty. Keep your water fresh, wash it out before and after every session, a few of my friends used to keep their water for months on end and besides the risk of disease, no one wants to smoke through dead flies and roaches, dribble and who knows what else (it doesn't take much to get people like that to think about what is in the water to make them change it and i realy wouldn't bother smoking through a dirty bong because the taste is rank so it defeats the prupose).

A regular Bonza fit cone is a nice size to smoke, it leaves less waste and realy there is no need to show off, it has a slightly larger hole so it blocks less and a match will clear it without digging the shape out of the bottom of your cone like scissors can. Pack it level with finely chopped matter, not too firm, just tight enough so you can draw air through it, the finer it is chopped the more surface area there is to catch alight. When you light it, use a circular move and try to keep the flame in the cone as much as possible, once the cherry is lit you can take the flame off it and you only need to light it every now and then if it goes out, if you use a blow torch 'jet lighter' be careful not to blow the top of your cone away. Use a nice slow, even pull when you light it (you don't want to fill your lungs before its lit) and as you pull towards the end of the cone you will notice it starts to crumble down and crack, give it a little extra pull to drop the last bits of ash into the water, then take you finger off the shotty to clear the chamber. Don't go too slow either, you can only go for so long before you need a breath, go about the same speed you would to draw breath, then when it starts to crumble, punch it. Once you get the hang of it you will be able to sink it and have a little lung space left to draw a little fresh air over the top so the smoke isn't sitting in your throat. When you blow out, blow it out nice and relaxed, don't struggle or try to blow it out too fast, your throat will constrict and you will cough, also don't tilt your head back too far when you blow out, the more you stretch your throat out the harder it will be not to cough. One final tip, i don't know if it's a placebo effect but try and keep the smoke out of your eyes, it seems to make people cough.

A bong is like a musical instrument, practice makes perfect so jam with me.

exactly what i do...works a treat :thumbsup

Just wanted to say i've been doin it sort of like Pickle does for a while now, IMO its the best way

I'll try punching the cone as well next time thanks pickle for the deep explanation on how to do it properly

. you get your black belt in punching cones after 10 years.

I think it depends on whether it is straight or mixed aswell, I sink party cones no-worries at 2 cigs/gram mix. But if straight bud I'd be coughing my guts up for about half an hour.

It's the other way around for me I'm not used to spin!!

bahahah..

yeah, all in one or at least half half but fucking hold it and take the shottie

Maynard, your friends are weenies.. laugh at them for me :~

na your right mate u got to take your cone like a man. one big breath

Damn straight if ya gonna take a bong ya have to do it right....in one go, none of this fucking around shit with a puff here and a puff there pfft. laught at ur friends.....

two cigs per gram??? does that even get you bent... I wouldnt waist good bud buds by ruining it with baccy... you would get shot for doing that in SA...
the best way to smoke bongs is to give them to me...and watch...

mixing ruins perfectly good weed

who how many breaths it takes? (unless they are bumsuckin...then they should be cut off)

the aim is to get high and if the process of gettin high isn't enjoyable as well don't bother

Man ... 2 cigs a gram , Sheesh , mayaswell just smoke cigs??? that is quite alot.

I'v smoked for over 10 years (hehe Blackbelt in Bonging on) , and like Pickle (Very nicely written btw.) , Thats how I smoke (Mostly).
I do smoke with spin , But it is such a tiny amount you wouldn't know if it was there unless U looked closely , And I mean about as little as you would possibly bother with (I use 2 cigs a week - Max.Unless I'm smokin with others , and I smoke maybe 20conez a day average).

Punch those cones ... In saying that tho , Ive had a good friend who had to toke for years (2 goes anyway) , Then he just started askin for small 1/4 cones (I don't think he was very comfortable asking for smallies Cuz We all smoked Rompers back then. But My friend ended up working up to full cones again as he does now.
It used to be the bigger the better for me , But my lungs aren't so good now so I just smoke lightly packed full cones. SOmetimes now if someone packs me a romper I can not quite get thru it all , Its mostly fine tho , cuz half the people I smoke with are oldies , and they smoke smaller ones . : )

Well , I forgot what else I wanted to say , So I'm gonna go have a cone

Bye 4 Now.
From Budman.

Pack a huge fuckin bowl and smoke it all

Suck it all down in one go!

Haha, it sounds like u guys in australia smoke really weak,

G'day Zaknefain ,
What gives you that impression? weak? in what way?
You mean weak MJ? You would be wrong. Our smoking techniques? Also , not weak sorry. Um ...
Now I cant speak for all MJ , or all smokers ... but I'm pretty sure some people who are stoners in Australia would disagree with you.
I mean , I am not offended in any way , I know what I've smoked and all the ways I've smoked it.
Please fill us all in on how you smoke and why It is better.

Ahhh , I dunno , maybe Im just too wasted , And there was some funny joke I didn't get ... Ah well ..

Seeya Mate.
Cheerz.

Woh, I typed a huge reply last week but I guess it didnt work >.> The reply detailed why I dont know why I said that.

dude, by holding it in longer all your doing is absorbing more tar... thc is absorbed within the first few seconds of a hit... your just killing yourself.

This man speaks the truth, THC is absorbed almost instantaneously.

Vaporising all the way for me. I love getting high but not at the expense of my lungs. But then again, I'm middle-aged and your body starts to complain if you don't look after it.

Haven't read through, but just throwing in on the initial post.
I saw smoke it how you're gonna smoke it, let them smoke it how theyre gonna smoke it. Nothin' worse than ppl stressing bullshit unneccessarily when stoned...even if you're only considering the fact you're letting it spoil the whole deal for you, for some reason. I couldn't stand someone telling me "how to smoke a cone", man, shit...Enjoy it how you're gonna, let 'em do the same...who cares?
Obviously what theyre doing works for them...

Agreed on the point someone made on the smaller cones...

I'm down with the vapo too though, my preference.

when i first started smoking with the boys i smoke with now, they smoked like massive over level cones, and i was kind of uncomfortable smoking cones too big...but they were cool about it..they were just like "your out to get stoned to your comfort level, not to absolutely annihilate yourself, unless you want to", and we still go by that...

myself i now punch over level cones quite easily. but its up to what people are comfortable with...

BUT.. if someone acts like they are pro and are dissing you for your good ripping technique, pack them a massive one and tell them to do it properly.. it soon puts s cunt into their place...

I love sticking a bit of scissor hash into a cone for the "smart" ones

Either that or jam a bit of match-head into the middle of their cone, watch 'em splutter allove the place, and say innocently "what's wrong? Thought you KNEW how to do this?"

I agree with taking the cone in one go but i have heard that holding your breath doent acheive anything it just sits stagnent in your lungs you need to circulate the smoke by bottle or bag the reason you nearly fall over holding you breath is cause you need oxygen aswell i was always told to hold it in but each to ther own

something that annoys me is people claiming that oxgen deprivation or saturation is them getting more high

Yeah I know...it's just like "weed gets you high, motherfucker, it's the weed..."
I say just smoke it/vapo it how you're gonna.
While on the whole "oxygen effects" issue though, I will point out that I regularly
go to the park (actually, since just recently, now...) to have dinner there.
It's an excersize thing. Me and my chick blaze up a J, then eat, then after do about 20 laps around the relatively even, uphill in parts, downhill in parts, path around the park...it aint big, only do about 2k's that way, but for formerly lazy fucks trying to get fit, it's good, 'cos compared to the usual NOTHING, plus the fact we're eating prior to excersize, not after, it works...at least, I think it's working.
So, the oxygen thing...we ride when we're high...and I've noticed that while we're eating prior to the ride, it's all pretty steady, but about 5 laps in when the exhalation gets deep, and the blood gets flowing, shit, it hits you...moreso than ever before.
Not a HUGE difference, but I definately think that excersize and a high blood/air circulation rate DOES have an effect that brings on the stone a lot more.
Not saying "hey, you gotta excersize to get more wasted"...fuck, I know how stoners are...but, just a nice side effect while getting fit, I noticed. Not something I NEED to do to get wasted.