i used to smoke bowls all of the time, there was nothing better than a glass piece with a cavernous bowl, but i'd much rather be smoking green than burning herb too fast, the flavor gets cut imo. If possible though, it's still nice to have a solid, well blown, heavy hitting glass piece, some people, guests maybe, might not like to smoke anything besides bowls.
A nice glass bong is key too, no graffix plastic bongs, none of that production piece bullshit that comes out of many shops. If you're going to own glass, own nice glass. Take care of it, don't worry about anything breaking-if you pay attention to what you are doing, glass will not break!
If you're smoking something heady, no reggie brown or beasters, a few whacks out of a nice CLEAN bowl is ok, cause really a blunt of homegrown to the gourd everyday takes its toll... for anything that's not going to keep me lit for endless hours over one another, i've got a pack of strawberry philly minis. yeah
just my preference