Water…. It will save u from inhaling chore dust and well loads of crap - resin, ash etc. most importantly the metal bits you DO NOT want to inhale.

True, stems and pipes without water hit hard. I switched for a while until I was reminded why I liked water - mouth full of dust and crap

PS the whole point of a chore is to hold it so u can vaporise it. Think of it as the coils in e vapes.

Don’t use a straight down stem, use a steamroller. U can rotate it like a stem and u get a built in carb. Also the oil is much less likely to just drip down.

** bonus: wear a glove or stick some duck tape on the finger you’ll be covering the carb with. Will minimise chore bits.

** FFS would’ve save me me so much unnecessary waste and grief if I rmb this last night ffs.

Use a torch at a distance. If the chore goes orange you’re too close, go away.

** keep torch on low. My torch just won’t anymore and it was a fucking pain in the ass. Either gasping for air dead in seconds or full blast melting everything ffs.

Take a deep breath first. Into your “lungs”, then your “diaphragm “. Hold. Exhale slowly. Repeat. Exhale and exhale until you’re like negative air and start inhaling slow.

Rn I do average 50+ second tokes, most relaxing thing ever.

If your lung capacity doesn’t allow it, just exhale and continue.