Ok. So I went to Michael's today and bought a 1lb assortment of plastic, non-toxic beads. brought it home and filled my fav bong up with beads and water, NO ice. This bong is a complete bitch without water, so, I figured it's a good test. Well, I smoked 2 grams of Skunkberry out of it b4 I remembered the test. LoL It certainly smoothed the hit out, I'm going to try these beads out for a while and let ya know my final opinion.