So I went out to Michaels and bought some DMC 5 cotton thread... BUT they didn't have it in white so I ended up getting Ecru. I've been going a day now on this wick and it SEEMS to be a little better than the silica. I'm still not too sure (I probably need another Reomizer with the silica to compare) but the flavor does seem more "clearer" if that makes any sense. It also seems to burn easier than the silica which is giving me a good amount of vapor.
However, when I first put in the wicks I was getting this taste....at first I didn't notice it too much but as I kept vaping it seemed like I was getting a subtle like cotton flavor (I think...). It definitely went away now but I was wondering if I probably had to boil the thread to get rid of that initial taste. I read that other people aren't too bothered by it, but it bugs me a little bit because my throat gets more dry from vaping than usual. Could it be that the ecru colored thread I bought has some coloring that I'm tasting? or is just the cotton taste that I've read about? If boiling the thread is the answer I might just go and boil ALL my thread and dry it off, that way I don't have to keep boiling new threads every time I build another coil.
The problem with discerning the taste of my juice is that I'm using Rawr Vapor's Hawaii Paradise, which is a pretty strong flavor and even when muted I can still taste the flavors... so I'm not sure if using the cotton wicks is necessarily better than the silica. I've tried the Strapple flavor on the silica and I can not seem to get a very good taste out of that with the silica. I tried it with the cotton, but that initial "cotton" taste kept me from going on. Maybe I'm just not that into this Strapple flavor from Rawr (even though it has rave reviews)