Filter tips, crutches and glass tips
Updated
A filter tip, also called a crutch, is a strip of thin card rolled into the mouth end of a joint to hold its shape; a pre-rolled tip comes already rolled, and a glass tip is a reusable tube that does the same job. Carbon filters are a different thing: a tube with activated carbon inside, sold in their own boxes.
The formats in stock
| Format | What the brand says | How it comes |
|---|---|---|
| Booklet of strips | RAW Original: natural long fibers (RAW). VIBES Kraft wide tips. | booklets of strips you roll yourself |
| Perforated strips | RAW Perforated Wide, RAW Black X-Tra Long ("perforated on one side", 40 per pack, RAW), RAW Perforated Gummed | pre-cut lines so the strip folds evenly |
| Cone tips | RAW Perfecto Cone Tips: perforated on one side and stiffer, for rolling your own cones (RAW) | booklets |
| Pre-rolled | RAW Slim tips, "30% skinnier than our normal tip", 21 per pack (RAW); Blazy Susan tips in a tin of 100, "Non-GMO Wood Pulp Paper" (Blazy Susan); VIBES Cali tips, "11mm" per the pack | packs, tins and tubes |
| One big book | RAWlbook: 480 tips, each 0.75 × 2.5 in, which is about 19 × 64 mm (RAW) | one book |
| Carbon filter | Blazy Susan Purize: coconut activated carbon in ceramic caps, Regular 9 mm across (Blazy Susan) | boxes of 10 |
| Glass | a twisted glass joint tip, 2.5 inches | single tips, by color |
Papers that come with tips inside save buying them separately: OCB's 1¼ booklets hold 50 leaves and 50 tips, its Slim booklets 32 and 32, and RAW Connoisseur packs carry tips as well. They're in the papers aisle.
Tips in stock, price per tip
Prices as of , from this shop's own shelf.
| Product | Per unit | Price | What's in it | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAW Tips the Rawlbook 10 Pages 480 Tips Total 1PCStandard: 480 tips | $0.023 / tip | $10.99 | 480 tips | Standard |
| RAW Perfecto Cone Tips with Perforation 24bxCone tips, perforated: 24 booklets × 32 tips = 768 tips | $0.030 / tip | $22.99 | 24 booklets × 32 tips = 768 tips | Cone tips, perforated |
| RAW Original TipsStandard: 50 booklets × 50 tips = 2,500 tips | $0.032 / tip | $79.95 | 50 booklets × 50 tips = 2,500 tips | Standard |
| RAW Black Classic Extra Long Perforated Tips 36bxExtra long, perforated: 36 booklets × 40 tips = 1,440 tips | $0.037 / tip | $53.49 | 36 booklets × 40 tips = 1,440 tips | Extra long, perforated |
| RAW Gummed Tips 33ct 24bxGummed, perforated: 24 booklets × 33 tips = 792 tips | $0.039 / tip | $30.99 | 24 booklets × 33 tips = 792 tips | Gummed, perforated |
| RAW Pre-Rolled 21pk Slim Tips 20bxSlim, pre-rolled: 20 packs × 21 tips = 420 tips | $0.095 / tip | $39.99 | 20 packs × 21 tips = 420 tips | Slim, pre-rolled |
| 2.5" Twisted Joint TipGreen: count not given | n/a | $11.99 | count not given | |
| Elements Premium Rolling TipsStandard: count not given | n/a | $54.95 | count not given | Standard |
| RAW Black Classic TipsStandard: count not given | n/a | $54.95 | count not given | Standard |
| Vibes the Cali Pre-Rolled Tips - WhitePre-rolled, 11 mm: count not given | n/a | $66.42 | count not given | Pre-rolled, 11 mm |
| Blazy Susan Filter Tips, Tin Case, 100ct Pink Pre-RolledPre-rolled: count not given | n/a | $72.49 | count not given | Pre-rolled |
| Vibes Wide Tips Box - KraftWide: count not given | n/a | $72.81 | count not given | Wide |
| RAW Perforated Wide TipsWide, perforated: count not given | n/a | $79.95 | count not given | Wide, perforated |
| Blazy Susan Purize Filters, 10ct Box, Regular, PinkRegular, 9 mm: count not given | n/a | $96.49 | count not given | Regular, 9 mm |
Counts come from the box, the brand's page or the listing where they agree. Where there's no count, or they disagree, the tip has no per-tip price above.
Reuse, and what the brands don't say
None of these brands says whether a paper tip or a carbon filter can be used twice, and none compares how the formats draw, so this page doesn't either. The glass tip is a glass tube, made to be used again. Blazy Susan's pre-rolled tips come in what it calls a "Reusable tin storage case", which is the tin, not the tips.
Tips by brand, with each brand's own counts: RAW, Blazy Susan, VIBES and Elements. Paper sizes are on the size chart.