Hi Anton. Going to try answer your build question.
I am not an expert on the OL16. I have only tried a few builds. Havent experimented with various wire types or exotics. Only Kanthal for now because I know it.
My standard build I always start with is my typical 1.6mm ID 28g 7 wrapper. That didnt feel right on the OL16. I needed a bit more juice so went bigger on the ID and found it good at 2mm.
I prefer 28g (to for example 26g) because it gives me a crisper vape. You might like a more dense vape on 26g
I must admit i find it quite difficult building on this atty because I am not very nimble with dual coils and only two post fastening points. Probably why i havent experimented too much.
Anyhow, my coil position is nearish to the edge and quite high up. I found on the RM2 higher up gives me a bit more throat hit so my thinking is that will do that here too.
Am using CB2 wick - not too tight or loose, just snug. Wicks touch the floor but dont go snaking anywhere on the deck. This wick draws up the fluid very nicely.
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You can see here on the photo below, the coil is in the upper half of the airhole.
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With regard to airflow and power, in my opinion the OL16 suits a mildly powered restricted lung hit.
I use it with the biggest airflow setting but its still quite restricted.
My dual coil is 0.5 ohms, so about 30 Watts of power or 15Watts each coil.
Its a small atty so i think it excels at flavour and doesnt need much power to do this.
You could try push it harder and build to free up airflow to get a bit more out of it but my feeling is that its not needed.
For me its superb on longish restricted draws and medium power and i find it suits the single battery
Not sure if that answers your question but i hope it helps
Thank you for the detailed response @Silver it does help and have pointers i can consider.
I will be building this in the morning and give feed back with photos and in the afternoon how the flavor was during my daily vape.
I still have a load of work to do tonight so building will have to be resumed in the morning.
Feedback will be given to @Silver and @RenaldoRheeder on my vape.