Heady and Scientific Glass; What’s the Difference?

When talking about glass selection, it’s important to know what style of piece you’re going for. One easy and important distinction you can make is whether or not you’re looking for heady glass, or scientific glass.

Heady Glass

Heady glass is the prettier side of the water pipe world, that is to say if you’re looking for a truly beautiful bong, Heady glass is definitely the way to go. Heady glass bongs are usually visually striking and have strong colors and fascinating glass shapes and designs that aren’t usually seen in the mainstream scientific glass lines. It is quite common for heady glass pieces to be hand blown, meaning that they aren’t mass produced and each will be individually unique!

Features of Heady Glass

- Usually a handblown or one-of-a-kind piece

- Focused on artistic, visually pleasing pieces and effects (such as fumed glass, sandblasting, accents, sculpting, etc.)

- Very brightly colored and stylized glass design

Scientific Glass

Heady glass is the prettier side of the water pipe world, that is to say if you’re looking for a truly beautiful bong, Heady glass is definitely the way to go. Heady glass bongs are usually visually striking and have strong colors and fascinating glass shapes and designs that aren’t usually seen in the mainstream scientific glass lines. It is quite common for heady glass pieces to be hand blown, meaning that they aren’t mass produced and each will be individually unique!

Features of Scientific Glass:

- Tend have a clean, technical style with clear glass (may occasionally have accents)

- Capable of containing multiple percolators as well as more delicate/complex percolators due to advance glass manipulating techniques

- Generally Mass-produced, consistent quality

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About the author

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Ramon is a well-known face in the cannabis accessories industry. As the managing director of Grasscity, Ramon is in charge of all the daily operations. He started working for Grasscity in 2014 as the Manager Supply Chain and is currently overseeing, besides his role at Grasscity, the global supply chain of High Tide Inc. Under his supervision, Grasscity, the best-rated online headshop, has shipped over a million bongs worldwide. Ramon is born and raised in Amsterdam, a.k.a. the “Grasscity”, and is educated in e-commerce, supply chain management, and cross cross-cultural management. He is an avid user and passionate expert on smoking accessories, who loves to educate the world about the latest innovations, product tips, guides, and other important information regarding using weed.