What's the point of kanthal on not SS wicks by the way? Wasn't the whole point that it helps oxidize itself to the mesh making a better connection?
No, the oxidizing of the coil/mesh is in order to not make a connection with the mesh. When it connects to the mesh it shorts and usually pops your coil.
So, silica, ekowool, etc. doesn't burn it self per se, but there does seem to often be some kind of oil in it that does burn and leave a nasty smell. Also, I think another problem is that when you dry burn it, smoke from the coil goes through it and leaves some tar like substance in it. Not all silica is the same in it's behavior, cleaning with alcohols can help, smaller premade coils usually burn cleaner than bigger ones built yourself. Also there is an art form to dry burning for best results, and any bad flavor/smell usually goes away after vaping a while.
But anyways, I think cotton will be the obvious choice for this device. I've always been a silica guy, I never liked mesh for various reasons, and I strongly resisted cotton for the longest time. I tried it once or twice and thought it was okay, but once I started using cotton balls long term I discovered it's best virtue, it wicks better than anything else. Devices I struggled to make wick properly became dead easy with cotton. This Fogger V4 doesn't have any juice control, and I'm certain I would have hated this when I only used silica, but I'm highly confident it will wick well with cotton, similar to the results I get using the Aqua with cotton and the juice control fully closed, i.e. excellent.
