We have all heard of pre-rolled joints. I’m sure you’ve made or bought a few yourself throughout your time on this planet. A pre-roll is a joint prepared for future use, rolled well before the intended toke time.

But how often do you prepack bowls? I remember seeing these little rubber rings in headshops called something along the lines of “Save-A-Bowl”. You would pack a bowl and then slide the rubber ring over top the pot to prevent it from plummeting from the pipe.

To properly use this product, you would need to buy a rubber ring that fit your specific bowl size. Conveniently, I had already developed a less expensive technique that worked even better for preserving bowls. The method required only three pieces of Scotch tape to achieve.

I will now explain this technique of “putting a bonnet” on it.

If possible, use the kind of tape that is about three fourths of an inch wide. The one fourth inch or half inch skinnier stuff will require you to use more tape to cover up the whole bowl head.

Pack a bowl and pack it proud. Pack it full of lovely loud. Be sure to pack it with great airflow and consider topping it with extract.

Tear off a piece of tape that’s just a bit bigger than your bowl head. For wider bowl heads you may need to stick two pieces of tape next to each other to achieve full coverage. Most of the time this isn’t necessary, especially if you’re using tape that is three fourths of an inch wide.

Break off a new piece of tape that is about three times longer than the first piece. Lay the new, longer piece on the table facing sticky side up.

Hold the first, smaller piece and make sure its non-sticky side is facing up towards your face. Slowly stick the smaller piece in the middle of the big piece. Be sure to line the two pieces up as close as possible.

When you’re done, the longer piece should have a non-sticky portion in the middle which has been created by the smaller piece.

Pictured above is what the tape bonnet should look like after you’ve attached the two pieces together.

Now you can affix the bonnet to the bowl head as seen below. Make sure the non-sticky portion is facing downwards and touching the flower.

If you’d like some extra protection from crumb spillage, take another piece of tape and stick it crisscross atop the first piece as pictured below.

You should now have pretty good tape coverage around the bowl’s entire perimeter. For even better coverage, lay the tape flatter and tighter than usual.

The pipe above is ready to be put in a case and taken to where it needs to be. Pre-rolled joints are great but pre-packed bowls can be just as handy if not handier in the correct circumstance!

When it is time to remove the bonnet, do so slowly and thoroughly. You don’t want to melt or smoke any of the tape’s plastic or glue. Usually a few cannabis crumbs will stick to the tape as you can see pictured above.

Discard of the tape in a responsible fashion. Smoke the bowl with a sense of appreciation for what has been and anticipation for what’s to come. Never let emotions get in the way of developing and following through with a strategy to achieve your most desired goals.