After reading this thread in full and watching Speedy's videos, I don't understand why people think silica wick better than ss rope, ss rope is the fastest wicking of anything I've used (thread title is about wicking). Totally agree with speedy that ekowool over ss rope is not good, gunks up too easily also I think he has done a great job on the videos and the build. Turning your genesis into an auto-dripper you just swap the tilt for a complete inversion, don't see the benefit. Maybe it's that I vape a tobacco flavour and that cotton and more so silica don't taste nearly as nice.
I am not trying to force my views or be argumentative, I genuinely don't get it. Genesises are not that hard to get right and once setup they last for ages, I have never had a problem with dry-hits, I have had the odd dry-hit, but it is so easy to avoid.
The most important thing is what ever works for the individual is the right solution.