Quick question about pedal order

[NBGuitar]

Hi Guys, just a quick question. I've recently got a couple of pedals, and I'm setting them up at the moment. The 2 I'm wondering about are a T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz and a Bad Monkey. The Convention seems to be to have Guitar -> Fuzz -> OD -> amp from what I can find. However, when I do this the OD makes the amp less distorted, which seems a little counter intuitive. Have I got them the 'wrong' way round? When I put them the other way the OD doesn't cut the distortion, but doesn't really seem to add much either. I was just wondering because I've read that you want OD after the Fuzz in the chain to boost it, but in my case the opposite seems to be happening.

[andydye]

there are few rules and those are more like guidelines, let your ears be your guide matey, if it sounds good to you then that's what works...

[GazWills]

Totally depends on you ears, and the pedals too.
I run O/d into fuzz, or boost into o/d, or fuzz into boost, just do what sounds good

[cheddatom]

some pedals just don't work that well together IME

[iD Entity]

Agree with all the above. Different gear responds differently to different pedal arrangements. In my case, I use an Iron Ether Oxide for Fuzz and B7K for dirt, and I found the Oxide fuzz MUST come before my B7K dirt, or any pedal for that matter, or it just sounds weak.