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title: "Ash catchers: 45° or 90°, and what fits" description: How to check the angle of your own joint before buying an ash catcher, and every ash catcher in stock by size, kind and angle. primary_query: ash catcher 14mm 45 format: rule board pillar: parts and fit updated: 2026-11-08

Check your joint, not the shape of the bong. An ash catcher goes where the bowl goes, and its own joint is cut at an angle so it stands upright in yours. Match three things: the size, the kind (an ash catcher's joint into your piece is male, so your joint has to be female), and the angle.

Checking your angle

Stand the piece on a table and look at the bowl joint from the side.

You'll see two descriptions of a 90° online: a joint that points straight up, and a joint that comes straight out the side. Look at a 90° catcher and its joint points straight down, which only fits a joint that points up. Shops that list the angle tie the 90° to upright joints (Fat Buddha Glass), and so does the listing for the Black Sheep catcher on this shelf ("90 degrees (vertical)").

Many guides also say "45 for beakers, 90 for straight tubes". That only holds when the joint follows the usual pattern for the shape, and plenty don't, so check the joint itself.

In stock now

All of these go into a female joint. The angle you choose is on each one's page.

• 5in 5" Monark Color Showerhead Ash Catcher $28.9914 mm male
• 5in 5" Clear Showerhead Ash Catcher $29.9918 mm male
• 5in 5" Spiral Color Shower Head Ash Catcher $31.9914 or 18 mm male
• 5in 5" Encore Babyface Slit Ash Catcher $32.9914 mm male
• 5in 5" Black Sheep Large Clear Ratchet Ash Catcher $57.4914 mm male

The 14 mm chart and 18 mm chart list each one by size and angle, next to the bowls.

Before you buy

• Size: each catcher's page lists the sizes it comes in. Check yours with a dime.
• Weight: an ash catcher hangs off the joint. A tall catcher on a small, light piece makes it top-heavy.