How to Pack the Perfect Cone Every Time
A poorly packed cone burns uneven, goes out, and wastes material. Here’s the three-element technique behind a cone that burns smooth from end to end, plus when to use a cone loader vs. by hand.
Every One of Our Accessories, Ranked by How Often You'll Actually Use It
Every One of Our Accessories,
Ranked by How Often You'll Actually Use It
We make a lot of small things — and you won't use them equally.
Some of them you'll reach for every single time you open your box. Some you'll use once a month. And one or two you'll genuinely forget you own.
Here's the honest ranking — Tier 1 to Tier 4 — so you can spend in the right order instead of buying everything and discovering later which ones mattered.
01 — Tier 1: You'll Touch These Every Session
Metal Preparation Plate
Herb Accessory Tool Box
BUNKER 160ml
The most quietly useful thing in the range. It's a flat magnetic plate that works in any setup and complements every product we make — pour material onto it and straight into a rolling paper, or use it as a clean working surface you can wipe down in seconds. It fits inside the ORION 2.0, Genesis, Discovery and Golden boxes, and it works just as well on a bare table. Almost everyone who owns one ends up using it daily without thinking about it.
A tin case holding mini scissors, cleaning brush and packing stick. It's the most efficient purchase in the whole range — three tools in one buy, in a case that stops them scattering across a drawer. If you're starting from nothing, start here: it covers most of this tier on its own. It's also the easiest thing we sell to give as a gift, because it arrives looking like a kit rather than a bag of parts.
BUNKER 160ml Airtight Stash Jar
Heavy-duty stainless steel, premium rubber seal, 100% airtight and smell proof, UV-blocking, and it ships with a moisture bag. Compact enough to travel and small enough to live inside a stash box or the BLAZE tray. Storage isn't really an accessory — it's the thing that decides whether everything else was worth doing. Freshness is the whole game.
02 — Tier 2: Weekly, and You'd Miss Them
Metal Packing Stick
TIGER Cone Loader
Herb Grinder Cleaning Brush
Stainless tamper, works with every cone format, and it's the difference between a cone that burns evenly and one that canoes. One comes inside the Tool Box above, which is why it sits here rather than a tier higher — but if you load often, a second stick that lives permanently in your tray is five dollars well spent.
Compact 304-grade stainless tray with an integrated loader and a dedicated slot for the packing stick. Rust-proof, wipes clean, and it fits every standard cone size on the market. It's the accessory that most changes how long the whole routine takes.
Bamboo handle, firm bristles, made for herb grinder teeth and screens. Herb grinders don't get worse suddenly — they get worse gradually, and this is what stops that. Once a week is enough to keep a herb grinder turning like it did on day one, which is why it sits here rather than in the daily tier.
03 — Tier 3: Monthly, or Situational
1¼ Metal Cone
King-Size Metal Cone
Metal Cone Funnel
Airtight Glass Jar
Long Cleaning Brush
Mini Precision Scissors
Smell Proof Bag
Metal Cone + Metal Cone Funnel
Buy these together or don't buy them at all — they only work as a set. The funnel seats into the metal cone, and the pair turns filling from a spill-prone operation into a thirty-second one. The funnel alone does nothing.
Both come in two formats: 1¼ (metal cone and small funnel) and King Size (metal cone and large funnel). Match the pair to your cone format — the sizes are not interchangeable.
They work best with the Discovery 2.0, the ORION 2.0 and the BLAZE, because all three have a dedicated slot in the tray that holds the cone upright while you fill it. Hands free, nothing tips, and the mess stays in the tray instead of on the table. They'll work standalone by hand — just not nearly as cleanly.
Wood lid, silicone seal, sized to fit BlueBus boxes. This is the larger-capacity option, and the one to reach for when you want to see what's inside at a glance. Worth knowing the trade-off: glass lets light in and stainless doesn't. Buy it for visibility and capacity, and keep anything you're storing long-term in a BUNKER.
Extended reach for herb grinder chambers, tray grooves and deep compartments the short brush can't get into. You won't need it every week. When you need it, nothing else does the job.
Included with the Discovery 2.0, Genesis 3.0, Golden Box, BLAZE and BULLDOG kits — and with the Herb Accessory Tool Box above — so most people already own a pair without having bought one. This listing is for a second set, or for the trimming days when one pair is genuinely in the wrong room.
7" × 4.7" odour-trapping fabric. Ships with the Discovery 2.0; this listing is the spare. Situational — but the situation it covers is "leaving the house," which for some people is daily.
04 — Tier 4: Buy It If You Want It
LED Light Bar
Anti-Slip Strips
Bowl Holder Carousel
Bowl Stand & Base
Replacement Key
Straight answer: these are good products that most people don't need on day one.
Snaps magnetically into the lid and shuts itself off when you close it. The auto-off is a genuinely nice piece of design. It is only compatible with the Genesis 3.0 and Discovery 2.0 currently.
1" × 3.1" grips for the phone dock, compatible with the Genesis 3.0 and Discovery only. They ship inside both boxes, so this listing is your spare. You'll know within a week whether your phone slips. If it doesn't, skip them. If it does, this is a small fix for a daily annoyance.
Orion 2.0 Bowl Holder Carousel and Bowl Stand & Magnetic Base
For 14 mm and 18 mm glass. Only relevant if you own glass and an ORION 2.0 or Discovery 2.0. If you do, the rotating stand is the best display solution we make — everyone at the table can reach every piece without leaning across it.
Fits every key-locked bamboo box we make, so whichever one you own, this is the spare. Zero use, right up until the day it's the most important product we sell.
05 — If You're Starting From Nothing
Under $50 — the honest minimum
GA 2-Inch Compact herb grinder + Smell Proof Bag + Metal Preparation Plate + Metal Packing Stick + Mini Precision Scissors. Grind it, store it, prepare it, load it, trim it — the whole routine covered, and it still fits in a drawer. The smell proof bag handles storage at this level; upgrade to a BUNKER when you want something rigid and fully airtight. $40.60
Under $80 — the real setup
GA 2-Inch Compact herb grinder + BUNKER 160ml + Metal Preparation Plate + TIGER Cone Loader + Herb Accessory Tool Box. The tin brings your scissors, brush and packing stick in one go, so nothing is duplicated — and the TIGER means cone loading is handled from day one. $79.59
Under $150 — done thinking about it
ORION 2.0 + GA 2-Inch Compact herb grinder + BUNKER 160ml + Herb Accessory Tool Box. The ORION 2.0 already includes both funnels, both metal cones, a tool stand, packing stick, brush and metal plate — so this single purchase covers most of the three tiers above, and the tin gives you a second set that travels. $114.69
Building your first setup? Start with The Beginner's Guide to Setting Up Your First BlueBus Station — it covers the three core pieces before you get to the accessories.