So... I found the power boost, and warmth setting that is factory set when you purchase the Orion is too much for the tiny coil, and small amount of cotton in the pods, which cause them to burn up fast. So if you go into the Escribe program and connect your Orion you can reset the power boost settings to 0 across the board, and turn the warmth setting to 1. Ever since I changed the settings on my Orion I have gotten WAY better life outta my pods, both the .25ohm, and the .5ohm pods. Just a little tip to pass along, it really does make a world of difference and saves you a bit of money as well.. Pass it along to others. You can also change the wattage that is output with each pod, and for each setting (low, med, high) when you connect you device to EScribe. So if you wanted to up the wattage a bit on all of the setting maybe that might help with your wicking problem with your pods? With the EScribe program, and the DNA board it really gives you the power to play around with it and fine tune it exactly to your liking, Kinda like a regular mod, but just have to hook it up to a computer to do it, and it uses pods. I hope this helps.