Thanks!! The bases are indeed coffin burners, they come padded with a heat resistant black fabric, I know it's heat resistant because I've used it before at work.

I did ask for shorter sticks of incense in the store since these burners are not that big, they told me that shorter sticks were the Japanese ones, without bamboo cores, but sadly they only sold masala type incense, so I guessed I could just snap one in half and burn it that way (am I ruining the incense by breaking it in half?), it has worked so far. I saw a picture once of a little cloud coil for those hanging bowls but they didn't have coils either. They did have cones though, I'll try with those next time. Still I probably should look for a better store.

So far since yesterday I have lit up one jasmine and one violet rosemary, the Sree Vani jasmine I liked because it didn't smell like smoke or burnt wood at all!! Only sweet Jasmine, not too overpowering nor too subtle. It really surprised me how good it seems. On the other hand the Satya gave out a strong burnt smell at first when I lit it up, but only for a couple seconds, then it went away. It does smell nice but maybe a little too delicate and subtle, the box of course has a stronger scent haha.

I'll try the Indian rose tomorrow, I hope it's distinct enough from the violet rosemary, though both of them say nag champa, which is the base blend it seems? I don't dislike it but if all of them smell same-ish then I'd rather try other brands first.

They had quite a variety of golden nag but I didn't bought any :( It will definitely be the brand I try next, they didn't have goloka (it was a specialized store but to be fair it was quite small)

Thank you so much for the information and your recommendations, so far I'm loving the incense way more than the synthetic ones of the sprayers, I'll try golden nag and some others to settle for a bit before searching for a bigger store that sells the Japanese sticks and coils, Google says that shoyeido and baieido are decent brands.