I've spent almost six years burning oils to oblivion using CDs and getting scorched oil or no h/t at all, and now the close family of CDN's in soy or blended soy/coconut testers are doing this as well. I can tell you that the ECO released scent far quicker and steadier and did NOT burn the jar or get extreme hot spots under the typical conditions - small mason jar, soy blends, maxing out around 8% - and they can be tricky to get the right wick size - yet they blow the CDs away. The don't typically get very hot spots in the glass. I've not yet seen sooting and smoking, but if you are testing heavier oils at a high concentration, or using these is coconut soy, OR using a very light oil, that could explain why. They will probably be too hot for any coconut soy. For coconut blends I'm testing a completely different wick series CS is not offering. In pure soy, these will likely work better if you mind your FO% and avoid the lighter oils. I am running new tests w/the ECO's and another brand in soy wax using medium thick and thick FOs and am very hopeful to find one wick that works great with thick oils in soy. For lighter ones, I'm also trying a new series which hopefully can handle pure soy as well they way it supposedly does well in a coconut wax blend.
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