Anxiously awaiting my first "real" setup...

[PeteC2]

I've got XL carts, so it's not an issue of my lips being near the cone.

I think it's flavor dependent - I tried Tribecca in a carto, and it was better with the cone on than off. Nothing can be simple, can it?

True enough! Different ejuices definitely have different sweet-spots temp-wise, and air flow would affect that.