Ash catchers are a must for every bong and water pipe.
These attachments are placed at the bowl joint as an extender, and filter your smoke before it hits the water, keeping it cleaner and ensuring a smooth hit. The best ash catchers not only work great, but look great, turning even a regular bong into a showstopper that people are unlikely to forget.
Here’s a look at our 10 favorite glass ash catchers!
1. Evolution Ash Catcher with Removable Showerhead Perc - Best Ash Catcher Overall
This ash catcher made by Evolution features a removable showerhead and is made out of borosilicate glass.
This piece allows for powerful filtration while staying very easy to clean. You can get it with a male 14.5mm joint placed in a 90°, which makes it perfect for bongs with a female 14.5mm joint. Just pick the right accent color to go with your bong!
2. Glass Ash Catcher with 8-Arm Tree Perc - Best Ash Catcher for Powerful Filtration
This impressive-looking glass ash catcher features a powerful tree percolator, ensuring pure and smooth draws every time.
This piece comes with a 45° angled, 14.5mm male joint, and a tree percolator that filters your smoke while breaking it down to cool it faster. This ash catcher connects with most bongs that have a removable downstem with a female 14.5mm joint.
At 15cm or 6 inches tall, this large ash catcher is a surprisingly affordable and powerful addition to your collection.
3. Chubbler Ash Catcher Bowl - Best All-In-One Ash Catcher
If you’re looking for a versatile ash catcher, you need the Chubbler Ash Catcher.
The Chubbler is more than just a combination of a chillum and a bubbler: it’s an ash catcher, a bubbler, and a bowl designed to make every hit as soft and smooth as powerful.
Made with a male 18.8mm joint at a 90° angle, this larger ash catcher is perfect when used with larger pieces. Plus, the built-in bowl allows this ash catcher to replace your bowl entirely, and a carb hole makes it easy to control your draws.
4. Black Leaf Carball Adapter - Best Ash Catcher for Activated Carbon
The Black Leaf Carball Glass Carbon Filter Adapter lets you place activated carbon between your bowl and your downstem. This lets you catch ash and filtrate your smoke through the carbon, cleaning your hits and protecting your bong water from debris.
This colorful ash catcher features a blue glass roll stopper and doubles as your herb bowl.
5. The Twin Cooler - Best Two-Chamber Ash Catcher
The Twin Cooler from Black Leaf is a precooler with two chambers and a percolator to give you clean, cool smoke. Made of durable glass with colored accents, this cooler looks as good as it performs.
This ash catcher comes with a removable downstem and bowl, and is perfect for larger water pipes.
6. Four Arm Ash Catcher - Best Ash Catcher with Powerful Percolation
If you want to catch ash and add powerful percolation to your bong, you’ll love this piece. The Four Arm Ash Catcher with Slitted Diffuser features a built-in slitted diffuser downstem to break down your smoke, and catch all ash before hitting your bong.
This powerful piece comes with a 90° angle male 18.8mm joint, and comes with the built-in diffuser in multiple colors to fit your bong.
7. Double Showerhead Perc Ash catcher - Best Simple Ash Catcher
Designed by Rebel Initiate Glassworks, this is a perfect piece for anyone looking for a simple, powerful, and reliable glass ash catcher.
Its double showerhead percolator breaks down the smoke and helps to catch all ash. It features a thick and stable base to easily store and handle, and comes with a 45 degrees 14.5mm male joint and a 14.5mm female joint for your bowl.
8. G-Spot Glass’ Ash Catcher - Best Cool-Looking Ashcatcher
Made by G-Spot, this striking ash catcher is sure to catch people’s eyes when you’re using it with your bong.
This 2-part piece features a clear bubble chamber and a tulip bowl chillum. The smoke travels through the chillum and crosses the chamber, leaving ash in it before hitting your water.
You can get this ash catcher in multiple joint sizes to use with your favorite bong.
9. Thug Life Precooler with Swiss Cheese Perc - Best Large Glass Ashcatcher
The Thug Life Precooler with Swiss Cheese Percolator is a large and powerful ash catcher that can stand up on its own.
Made by durable borosilicate glass, this piece features a Swiss Cheese percolator to cool down and filter your smoke. The included 18.8mm male herb bowl has a roll stopper style arm colored to match the glass feet of the piece, and allows for a generous amount of dry herb to be packed inside.
10. Bottle-shaped Precooler - Best High-End Ashcatcher
If you’re looking for the best of the best, you’ll love this ash catcher. This premium grade bottle-shaped precooler is made in Germany by EHLE to catch ash and cool off your hits.
This piece features a solid flat bottom to easily place it down, and includes a non-diffused downstem and a bonus bowl.
Final Thoughts
The best glass ash catcher for you will be the one that fits your bong and allows you to get better hits every time. Check out our collection of smoking accessories to find your next ash catchers, bowls and other add-ons for your bong!
Ramon van Wanrooij - Managing Director - LinkedIn
Ramon is a well-known face in the cannabis accessories industry. As the managing director of Grasscity, Ramon is in charge of all the daily operations. He started working for Grasscity in 2014 as the Manager Supply Chain and is currently overseeing, besides his role at Grasscity, the global supply chain of High Tide Inc. Under his supervision, Grasscity, the best-rated online headshop, has shipped over a million bongs worldwide. Ramon is born and raised in Amsterdam, a.k.a. the “Grasscity”, and is educated in e-commerce, supply chain management, and cross cross-cultural management. He is an avid user and passionate expert on smoking accessories, who loves to educate the world about the latest innovations, product tips, guides, and other important information regarding using weed.