Bench notes
Control tower inserts and the tower bangers that take them
A control tower insert is the quartz pillar that stands inside a tower banger's chamber. It has to suit the tower it goes in, so the kits here ship with their own, and the loose pillars are listed with their lengths.
What a tower banger is
A banger whose bucket is a tall, narrow chamber. Makers publish the sizes. Bear Quartz's Lowrider tower is 15 mm across and 75 mm tall, by Aqua Lab's listing. Highly Educated's custom tower has a 70 mm chamber as standard, and it can be ordered from 50 mm to 120 mm.
Shops don't all use the name the same way. The extra wide kit here is called a control tower, and its listing describes a wide slurper-style bucket with a pillar standing in its center.
What the insert is
A quartz pillar. Highly Educated makes its pillars 5, 6 or 7 mm across and 30 mm tall by default, from 10 mm to 50 mm on request. Encore sells a solid insert in two sizes, 17 mm and 30 mm. Aqua Lab's Lowrider listing includes a 25 mm hollow pillar.
Height matters as much as width. Highly Educated's advice is "at least 17mm between the pillar and chamber height", which means a pillar has to be short enough for its chamber.
The tower kits here
Every tower here comes with its pillar or pearls, and a marble or cap, so nothing has to be matched by hand.
| Banger | Joints | Comes with | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glass House Opaque Tower Splash Guard - 14mm Male 90° (One Off) | 14 mm male 90° | Banger, Marble carb cap, Terp pillar | $34.99 |
| Extra Wide Control Tower Banger Kit - 14mm Male 90° | 14 mm male 90° | Banger, Marble, Pillar | $37.99 |
| 3" Tower Slurper Set w/ Etch Pillar & Dichro Marble - 14mm Male 90° | 14 mm male 90° | Tower slurper banger, Etched pillar, 12 mm dichro top marble | $39.99 |
| Hollow Foot Tower Banger | 10 mm male 90°, 10 mm male 45°, 14 mm male 90°, 14 mm male 45° | Banger, 2 red pearls, 6 mm, 12 mm top marble | $28.99 |
| Tower Slurper Banger | 10 mm male 45°, 14 mm male 45° | Banger, Etched hollow pillar, Cap | $28.99 |
Extra Wide Control Tower Banger Kit - 14mm Male 90°
$37.99
- 14 M 90°
Fits your rig
Hollow Foot Tower Banger
$28.99
- 10 M 90°
- 10 M 45°
- 14 M 90°
- 14 M 45°
Fits your rig
3" Tower Slurper Set w/ Etch Pillar & Dichro Marble - 14mm Male 90°
$39.99
- 14 M 90°
Fits your rig
Loose pillars
Two pillars are sold on their own: the 35mm Whistle Cut Pillar ($9.49), 35 mm long, whose listing says it's for terp slurper bangers, and the Mateo Gonzalez Glass Q Tip Pillar ($27.99), in glass. To replace a kit's pillar, match its length and width to the one that came in the box.
Caps for towers
Three caps here are named for towers: the 1.5" Quartz Tower Cap ($12.99), the 1.5" Opaline Tower Top Carb Cap ($29.99) and the 1.5" Rainbow on Cloud Tower Top Carb Cap (One Off) ($19.99). Their listings don't give a tower width they fit, so check them against your tower before you order.
Finding a tower for your rig
The towers here come in 10 mm and 14 mm male joints, at 45° or 90°, as the table shows. The Fit Index lists every banger by joint, and the terp slurper guide covers the slurper sets.
Sources
- Highly Educated, Custom Control Tower chamber height, pillar sizes and the 17 mm clearance advice
- Aqua Lab Technologies, Bear Quartz Lowrider Tower Slurper tower diameter and height, 25 mm hollow pillar
- Encore, Control Tower Insert inserts sold in 17 mm and 30 mm