For Cannabis fans, when there is no bong or pipe to smoke, they need the use the water bottle bong. It comes as a great DIY smoking solution for them. It even serves as a way to recycle plastic and use it again.
What is a Water Bottle Bong?

A water bottle bong is just a water bottle converted into a workable bong using some tricks. You will not use this water bottle bong every time you need it, as it will not last.
But you can use this when you don’t have other smoking devices. When you use this water bottle bong correctly, you will get amazing results and a lot of fun.
What Do You Need To Know About Water Bottle Bong?
A water bottle bong works similarly to the other glass bong; thus, you will get good results. Before using the water bottle bong, you need to know the following facts.
- The bong boasts a bowl that follows the stem. This is inserted into the bong’s body.
- The bong’s chamber comes with a tight sealing where the stem enters. Then, a smoke or carb comes on the back end, which is opposite to the bowl end. This design is to help the bong get filled with smoke. Finally, this bong works accordingly to clear the smoke and inhale it into your lungs.
- You will find a reservoir at the bottom which contains a small quantity of water.
- When you inhale the smoke, it travels from the bowl, stem, and then through the water. While traveling through the water, the smoke cools and enters your respiratory system.
Things Needed To Make A Water Bottle Bong:
To make a home-made water bong, here are the things that you may need:
- An empty and clean plastic water bottle (standard 17-ounce bottle)
- A pen with a metal tip or marker
- Gum or tape
- Ground cannabis
- Scissors or sharp knife
- Aluminum foil
- Needle or toothpick
- Lighter
Step-by-step Instructions To Make A Bong Using A Water Bottle:

You may require 20 minutes to prepare this water bottle bong at your house.
1. Preparing The Plastic Bottle:
Get a plastic water bottle which is a standard 17-ounce size. Such a water bottle works best for you. If you didn’t get a water bottle, you can use a soda bottle. Ensure that you spend some extra time cleaning the water bottle thoroughly.
This is to avoid the sticky residue from getting in the way when smoking them. After you get a clean bottle, remove the wrapper for easy work.
2. Preparing The Downstem:
The next step is to make a downstem for housing a sort of bowl. You may require a regular ballpoint pen or a maker or a highlighter to do this. You can use a thicker highlighter that works best. Even you can use the normal pen which is doable too.
Now, you can take a pen or marker and remove the unwanted insides. You require only the empty cylindrical body of the marker or pen, or highlighter. This part will now work as the downstem for you. Pair the downstem with the bowl part and then use it.
3. Making A Bowl:
If you have a metal pipe bowl at home, you can check whether it fits with your pen end. It should fit inside the cylindrical body of the pen or marker. In case it doesn’t fit, or you don’t have a metal pipe bowl, you can go for aluminum foil.
You can use a medium to large foil piece and fold them twice. This will make the foil bit thicker and place it at the end of the pen’s cylinder.
Now, fold the edges and use your fingertip to press it gently into the pen. Now, use a toothpick to make 3 to 5 tiny holes in the foil. Ensure that the holes are small enough to hold the herbs. This now serves as the bowl to hold your cannabis.
4. Inserting The Downstem:
Now, use a blade or scissors to make a small home on the side of the bottle. After cutting the hole:
- Use the lighter to melt it but don’t breathe in.
- Make the hole so as to hold the downstem into it.
- Fit the downstem into the bottle at a downward angle and check whether it reaches the bottom of the bottle.
5. Making A Carb Hole:
From the downstem, make a 90 degrees shift to make another hole in the side. This will serve as a carb hole for smoking. Now, hold the entire equipment upright and fill in enough water. This is to submerge the downstem’s bottom. Soon after the downstem’s bottom is underwater, it is ready to set.
6. Sparking Up:
You can use the regular water bottle’s end as your mouthpiece for smoking. Hold the bottle sideways and close the carb hole using your thumb. Ignite the marijuana using the lighter and inhale it into the respiratory system. While you do this, there will be bubbles in the water.
7. Cleaning The Bong:
You can remove the thumb from the hole when it is ready to hit the bong. Now, you can pull up the smoke to inhale into your lungs.
Are Water Bottle Bongs Safe?
Smoking is injurious to health in any form you use them. When you repeatedly use plastic bongs, the chemicals can leach out the plastic material. So, the user can ingest it in some cases while smoking. Thus, you can use the plastic bottle bong once for your safety.
The Bottom Line:
Moreover, water bottle bongs work effectively in many cases to smoke weed. When you use thin plastic materials, it will result in health risks. So, it is better that you can go for thick plastic materials. Also, you can invest in a glass bong for permanent use. Thus, this is all about making water bottle bongs at home easily.