Gonna have to agree with this statement about Aluminum being bad in general. That's why pans have coatings as well as cans that we drink from. Cut open a soda can sometime, there's a laquer finish in there.
As far as the fc2000 wicks and the Alum in the name, it's a different compound than the metallic aluminum we're warned about ingesting, and I'm quite sure if it won't kill sensitive tropical fish living in water it's submerged in, breathing oxygen that passes through it, it can't be worse than an analog.
As per my previous statement about the Stainless Ropes, I did finally get my hands on some of the material, and all I can say is 45 degree vaping til the last drop on a stock 3/32 AGA wick hole. The FC2000 doesn't work well below 1/8 from what I've heard and my next adventure will be tossing a 1cm tall sleeve over the rope with some Nextel-118 for insulated 2000F materials that can dry burn safely for cleaning. No shorts, not fragile, reusable, ultrasonic and torch cleanable, win-win.
