Now it has settled down a bit with the juice and been vaped a bit, etc, this is what it looks like inside.
Does this look anywhere near to being right?
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That looks like 4 wraps? If that's .2 kanthal is probably giving you s resistance of about 1.5 ohms which may be a little low for an ego battery to cope well with. I'd consider maybe one extra wrap when you come to recoil
You're getting there
What difference is the effect of using thinner or thicker wick? Does it give more taste and vapour if you go thicker?