Lol he's british if I am not wrong. Well, ss mesh u-wick would be more difficult if can't even get the normal ss mesh wick working. So i rather go with the silica plus ss mesh combi. I feel the flavor and vapor doesn't lose out to ss mesh. For me its flavor and vapor over throat hit.
You need to listen to BBC my friend. 2weeks in and I can already understand 60% what Sir Alex Ferguson is saying during the post-match interviews