I have not had an issue with Cotton Bacon. One thing I've not seriously considered, is that perhaps there are bad batches. I don't know how, but maybe.. Everyone I challenged to wick a tank with the Gold, and not get dry hits, failed.I have never tried regular Kendo, but I've also been told the regular stuff is fine, and that the Gold was primarily for RDAs.
I have even looked at the stuff under a microscope, and see no real difference. Mostly, I use a house brand of cotton from Shoppers Drugmart, and its either as good, or almost as good as Cotton Bacon, but the comparison is off a little, as I the the cheap stuff in sheets, and the CB in a square lump I rear strips off.
Unlike other cotton I've tried There is no wet T shirt bleach taste/smell with either. I used to boil cotton to get rid of the bleach, no need to with the Shoppers stuff. Itsnot just really good drug store cotton, it is top notch vape cotton.
I have not bothered to do a burn test to determine the Kendo Gold ignition point, but I am certain it is higher. Again, I don't know why that would be.