First. Heaven Gifts has stated that the cCell Head packs will be comparably priced with Aspire Atlantis Heads.
Second. The claim is that these Heads are Self-Cleaning.
Third. The AO Ceramic Sticks that I used were somewhat brittle (I only broke 2 of all the ones I used), but no where near as fragile as the one before (or that started the whole thing in
The Next Big thing.... Porous Ceramic Wicks), which was called FC2000. It was gray and very brittle.
This is a picture of FC2000 compared to a 400 SS Mesh wick...
AO Ceramic Sticks were solid white. We used 0.1x0.5 Kanthal Ribbon wire to coil it for two reasons. It made better contact with the Stick by giving more surface area contact, and although you had to keep one flat side oriented to the AO Stick as you wrapped it, I found it much easier and forgiving to work with than regular round Kanthal wires. I could slightly tug on the Ribbon wire and gently twist the AO Stick to get the wire tight all the way around each wrap.
And I never pulled an AO Stick to Torch it. I would Dry Burn mine to clean off the gunk buildup. They would disintegrate a little under the coil with extended use, so I would glow burn to clean, and then take the top wrap loose to tighten the coil for better contact when needed. AO Ceramics wicked very well, IMO. Just about the same as the 500 SS Mesh I had been using, which works better than 400 SS Mesh. And it tasted better. I could get the same vape with less Watts.
While this was
my experience with AO Ceramic Stick Wicks, your mileage may have been different, but the only reason I stopped using them was because people stopped making them. I never tried FC2000, but AO was said to be much easier to work with by everyone who had used FC2000 back then.
I don't know the details of the Self-Cleaning Process for the cCell Heads, but I am looking forward to using them! The guy in the Heathen Vape preview said that he Dry Burned them to change juices. I'll know more when I get mine and can read the Manual.