I like to switch between vaporizer and bong. I develop a tolerance for one, then switch to the next and it gets me incredibly baked. Also I prefer water bongs to regular ones.
I noticed that as well. For a while I was using my vaporizer exclusively. Then I smoked and it was like a whole new high. So my thoughts were that smoking got you a lot higher than vaporizing. After a while of smoking I hit the vaporizer and it knocked me on my ass.
I tried vaporizing a little hash oil but it just made it all gooey. I did taste some of it but I didn't vaporize it all that well.
My favorite bong is the one shown below. It's a gravity bong/pipe made from a Captain Morgan bottle (that's what I used to drink every night before I started smoking). Depending on my mood, I'll use it as a waterfall bong (or gravity bong). Other times I'll just load up the bowl and draw until the bottle is full of smoke. Then I either lift the bowl for a top carb or pull the plug at the bottom. Using the top carb mixes more air with the smoke because it draws from the top of the bottle. This helps when the hits are harsh or the bottle has tons of compressed smoke. When using the bottom carb I can clear the entire bottle it two hits (or one with a quick hard draw). I stopped using bongs because I read some articles about how you lose some THC when the smoke is bubble through the bong water. I've used my old bong it recently to compare it against my gravity bong. It wasn't even in the same ballpark.
PS: There a little rubber stopper that I carved out of a rubber ball that I pop into the bottom stem when I fill it up with water or when i draw from the top carb. Okay, so it's just a bong, but it was so much cheaper than all those expensive bongs out there and it gets you way more high. I'm proud of my work
I'd love to have a professional glass blower make me a cool bong modeled after mine using cool swirly glass and stuff