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I'm a flower child. I just wish it wasn't so messy.
Joints will never lose their cool/nostalgia factor. There's efficiency and smoothness to a bong hit, and I enjoy the slight burn before tasting the flower in all its earthy glory. I also live alone, and smoke solo frequently, meaning I need to roll a skinny Snoop joint or use glass in order to avoid wasting half of a crispy king-size.
But if you smoke with glass—whether a complicated dab rig or a classic handheld pipe—you need accoutrements. That's where things get sticky, and the Nuggy, a swiss-army knife for cannabis consumption, comes in handy.
Typically, I eschew cannabis accessories. I do not carry those little business card-shaped grinders in my purse. But smoking flower means resin and ash build-up in bowl pieces and stems, which leads to your ashtray resembling a tar pit surrounded by straightened-out paper clips. Add oil to your regimen, and many more accessories come into play.
Rather than requiring one to have a chest of tools for every sesh, the Nuggy is a surprisingly small, compact 6-in-1 tool with all the vitals for the average bong/dab rig.
I received this Nuggy with an Alox shell from Nugtools ($46.95) , and was impressed how subtle the tool turned out to be once I held it. It features a roach clip, knife, paddle, pick, bowl scraper and mini-scoop, each of which comes with a short neck, allowing the whole assembly to fit in the palm of your hand. As someone with small hands, it's actually a lot easier cleaning out the bowl while hanging onto the heavy, compact oval than moving a slippery paper clip around and hoping it knocks a chunk of resin out. Because of the Nuggy's swiss-army style, I clean the tool before snapping it back into place, and my smoking area looks as clean as it did before I picked up this ashy habit.
There's a simplified 4-piece Alox model for $42.95 which comes with the basics (Pick, Concentrate Scoop, Paddle, Dab Fork). If you're a basic flower girl like me, you'll really only use the pick. But say I do get into concentrates, the other tools will come in handy. This sturdy stainless-steel assembly will replace and outlast any makeshift tools you're using right now and in the next phase of your consumption habits. Even if I stick to flower long term, I am thrilled to cease my daily fumbling for a spare bobby pin to ruin with bong residue.
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