As our most popular base, the Classic Beaker Base is always a good piece to start with or add when building your custom bong. Pair with any of the Prism tall mouthpieces and you’ve just built yourself a classic beaker set up. Lastly, it comes with a clear 14mm bowl and clear downstem. However, we highly suggest you check out the colored downstems. It definitely adds that cool pop of color.
- Thickness: 7mm
- Height: 6"
- Tube Diameter: 2" (at neck) 5” (at bottom)
- Bowl Joint: 14mm female
- Downstem Joint: 18mm female
Although Prism’s bongs can all be customized meaning you can always change the base at a later date, you may be asking yourself which base you should choose outside the obvious factor of preferred esthetics. Below are some notes as to why one would choose each base Prism offers
Starting with our most popular bong base, the Beaker Base. Beaker bongs are the OG of bongs. Their shape originates from the borosilicate glass erlenmeyer flask commonly used in chemistry. The conacicle shape provides a grounded esthetic and gives the piece a lot of weight at the bottom making it less likely to tip over. The water depth can also be increased drastically by tipping the beak back as is commonly done when smoking. This adds to filtration provided by the beaker bong.
Beakers are also very easy to clean. With a Prism Beaker, you can clean your custom bong by using a scrub brush and some soap and water. Prism beakers are by far the easiest to clean in the market.
Prism’s Big Honeycomb Base is our premier base for function/filtration. Any custom bong with a Big Honeycomb base will pull extremely smoothly, and will filter the smoke the most. This base functions really well because it has two large honeycomb percolators, and an inline perc at the fixed stem to distribute the smoke evenly under the honeycombs.
Big Honeycomb bases also are our largest base, so they ground the overall esthetic of the bong. The larger glass diameter centers the glass low, and the large foot adds for quite a bit of stability. These bases are also quite tall, so a custom bong with a Big Honeycomb base will be fairly tall from the get go.
As far as cleaning goes, this base is the hardest base to clean, but the water level makes it so that the area that gets the most dirty (the top layer above the last honeycomb) is easily cleaned with a scrub brush. If you need to clean the other areas of the base, we highly recommend you use a bong cleaning solution, or rubbing alcohol and salt. Be sure to rinse well before your next use if you do this.
Prism’s Standard Honeycomb base is made for smaller custom bongs. Not everyone likes a massive bong, and Prism wanted to be sure to offer a smaller glass base that packs a punch. The double honeycombs and smaller tube cause this base to chugg super well. Because bongs with our standard honeycomb base offer great function at a smaller size, they are great for smoking concentrates. Pair this base with a bent mouthpiece and you have an absolutely excellent rig for concentrates.
Although this base is not as easy to clean as the beaker base. For a custom bong, this base is still very very easy to clean. You can take a scrub brush to the top section for quick cleans, and then break out the cleaning solution and or alcohol for a deeper clean.
No matter which base you choose we promise you will absolutely love your custom bong. Keep in mind, you may want a base for function, a daily driver that’s easy to clean, and a base for concentrates. Prism offers bases that meet all these needs. Enjoy your piece and get excited to add to your collection!
