Healthstones: a Great Glass Addition to Your Dab Toolkit

A joke: When asked how much his glass collection cost, Carl Sagan responded: “Thousands and thousands and thousands.”

A solid glass collection requires some serious funding. While an 80-dollar bong, a 40-dollar pipe or even a five-dollar one-hitter are perfect for the occasional smoker, a chronisseur spends eye-popping amounts of dead presidents and founding fathers on glass alone. If slumming on meds is strictly verboten, Wal-Marting on equipment bears similar restrictions.

Healthstone Glass

Every smoke session falls victim to circumstance. Perhaps the Zong is on loan, stashed at an amigo’s casa. Or, the present friend group tokes only joints in reverence to origins or for solidarity. Whatever the scenario, a chronisseur accommodates with a serious array of dynamic options. Enter the healthstone.

Riggists tend to banter incessantly about the benefits of quartz/titanium/glass nail vs. healthstone. The dispute will likely remain unsettled; each camp has their allegiances. Since the healthstone isn’t nearly as popular as the nail rig, it follows that most users already have the nail in their quiver. A healthstone, at $100 or less (considerably less from Aqua Lab Technologies), is an excellent addition. Healthstones come in the form of vapor slides, fitted for the mm diameter of a piece’s stem. Once the slide is fitted, stick a corpulent dab on top and hold the torch (three-flame torches work really well, Bics are ineffective and produce a harsh smoke) about two inches above the dab (if the stone begins to light up, move the torch back). As the oil glob melts, the stone vaporizes the oil and provides a smooth, milky hit.

Situationally, the healthstone works great for a procrastinated session. If the cab’s outside to take you to the baseball game and the crowd has whiled time away catching up, the healthstone is a perfect, expedient and conversational selection. Time for everyone to take a large daberoo and make it outside before someone snakes the taxi. While the healthstone functions in the same capacity as a nail rig (there are, however, minor differences i.e. a well-used healthstone can vape keif and bubble hash), it works perfectly as a lazy man’s oil piece. Similar to milking dry meds off the bong, the healthstone requires nothing more than the simplest plug and play interface. Glass collecting becomes a competition for too many chiefs. When it comes to glass, a well-researched collection must offer the right piece for the right setting. A $20 piece can receive as much use as a $1200 (or, as is often the case, more use). A healthstone doesn’t propose to replace the experience of smoking off the nail, but when the night is late and someone has already burned a finger on the dab nail, the healthstone offers a seamless transition. Try one out. It’ll fit quite nicely in the rotation.