QUOTE(Andy0625 @ Nov 1 2015, 02:24 AM)
I watched the video, and can only agree with the reviewer on two aspects: yes cotton balls are very fiddly to work with, and there is indeed some minimal flavor creep (but that goes away after 2 or 3 tokes).
Seeing how he handled (fumbled with) the stuff, I dare say he was mainly a cotton pad user. I started out with boiling cotton balls and even tried dental cotton before which I begged from my dentist. Guess I should state that I use cotton pads most times in tank attys for the convenience and speed, and I have no vested interest in any brand of cotton.
While flavor is very subjective, I find that any RDA I have produces better flavor with Kendo when compared with Muji or Koh Gen Do pads, and is slower to gunk up as well. Dripping DIY ejuice even after a week, the cotton is still in good shape. I don't know how Kendo will fare with local juices, but I suspect that the over-sweetened gloop will gunk up any wick pretty fast.
I still prefer to write using a very old Parker fountain pen...the kind where one has to dip the nib into a bottle of ink and refill by pumping the bladder. Call me an antiquated old fart, and I may agree with you. But that ink-filling ritual together with the feel of the nib's friction against the paper is more satisfying to me than the convenience and smooth glide of any roller-ball gel ink pen.
What has my Parker pen got to do with vaping? Well, the ritual of patiently fashioning that ball of cotton into a good wick (and using a messy inconvenient fountain pen) harkens me back to a time when the world moved at a slower pace; a world where life was simpler. I find it very soothing, yea mayhaps even therapeutic to sit down and slowly work with a ball of cotton or two. Sometimes half the fun of any journey is getting there, and my journey to arrive at a satisfying vape is most enjoyable indeed