There are a bunch of different options when it comes to wicking material for RBAs or RDAs. Silica, cotton, hemp, cheese cloth, tea bags, SS mesh, SS rope, hollow ekowool, ekowool with a cotton core, ekowool with a silica core, and the list goes on. Each of these options will have their fanboys and nay-sayers. There are so many factors that play into choosing the right wicking material that you just can't say one is better than the other. For example; I like the flavor of cotton over any other wick, but my preferred setup is a ~.8ohm dual coil dripper on a mechanical with 3mm ekowool with a cotton core. The reason I don't use just plain ol' cotton is because it tends to burn. And I don't want to get caught away from my supplies with a burnt up atty. SS rope is, IMHO, the best vertical wick you can buy. But you would normally wrap the rope in mesh for better contact with the wire. For some people, the added trouble of dealing with 2 different wicking materials outweighs the benefit of either. My point.... Experiment! Buy some short pieces of a few different wicking materials. Or get some scraps off of one of your friends that vapes. Until you've tried it, you don't know if its right for you. There are multiple threads on all of these materials. Hope you find what you're looking for!!!
