10 guides
Guides
How bangers, caps, joints, torches, rigs and nectar collectors fit together, with drawings and the numbers behind them.
- Bench notesQuartz banger types: how each style is builtThe quartz banger styles in stock, from plain buckets to slurpers, towers, terp vacuums and competition lengths, with the joints each one comes in and what's in the box.
- Bench notesTerp slurper sets: the parts, and which ones have to matchWhat a terp slurper banger is made of, what comes in each slurper set in stock, and why the marble and pillar have to suit the banger they came with.
- Bench notesControl tower inserts and the tower bangers that take themA control tower insert is a quartz pillar. The tower kits in stock, what each includes, and the sizes makers publish for towers and pillars.
- Fit sheet10, 14 and 18 mm bangers: which joint goes on which rigBanger and rig joints by size, side by side: what 10, 14 and 18 mm mean, why shops also write 14.5 and 18.8 mm, and which banger joint each rig joint takes.
- Side by sideMale or female banger: which one your rig takesA male banger goes into a female rig joint, and a female banger goes over a male one. How to tell the two joints apart, and which bangers here come in each.
- Side by side45 or 90 degree banger: matching the angle to your rigA rig joint that points straight up takes a 90° banger, and one that comes off at a slant takes a 45° banger. Drawings of both, and the rigs and bangers here by angle.
- Fit sheetCarb cap sizes: matching a cap to the bucketA carb cap fits by the size of the banger's bucket, not by the joint. The caps in stock whose listings give a bucket fit, the bangers that give a bucket size, and what 25 mm means.
- Buyer's sheetDab torches for quartz: height, flame, ignition and refillsEvery butane torch in stock side by side, shortest first, with the flame type, ignition and fuel each listing gives, and what each of those numbers means when you're choosing one.
- Side by sideRecycler or incycler: how the two rigs differBoth rigs have a second chamber. On a recycler it's built beside the first; on an incycler it sits inside it. The difference side by side, and the recyclers and incyclers in stock.
- Buyer's sheetNectar collectors and straws: glass, silicone and kitsEvery nectar collector, straw and kit in stock, cheapest first, with its tip, joint, length and material, and what each of those means when you're choosing one.