It all really depends on the application. I love the look of the Bantam Box and Fifty/50 but I just know I'd be hard pressed finding a build that would suffice in the Fifty/50. The Bantam box would be easy to toss a 20W build in, but I have a Billet Box that goes for two days between charges and it's small enough.
Your wicks are stranded long ways, right? I know that seems silly, but I have heard it before. There have been people that cut in the wrong direction if using cotton pads...if that is not you, then you can be getting hot spots in the coil, causing the cotton to burn.....if you know for sure there are no hot spots then it's a wicking issue for sure. It's kind of hard installing to much cotton in a coil because it usually deforms, so most probably under wick more then over wick...do you roll your wicks tight first, then thread thru? If so, you can be over stuffing, but if your simply threading thru without the coil moving, you might not be putting enough ......it also can be the tails. You may not be placing correctly and perhaps not getting enough juice to them. Your tails might be to short or to long, both can starve the coil creating to much heat....
Either not enough or too much cotton can do this, personally I found I get more dry hits when I dont have enough thru coil, so leaning towards that. Your old burnt wicks should have some resistance to them when removing them, they shouldn't just slide right out. Do you use ... cotton? If so what size piece do you cut for your 3mm coil? There is another sign when using too little, it's a certain sizzle sound . After you release the fire button there's always a sizzle sound, but when you dont have enough, this sound is a bit louder and continues for a bit longer. After you take a vape, do you hear this?
That makes sense that they would just slip right out because they are split.....have you tried messing with cotton amounts since I last posted, like trying more in coil?
