After seeing the following picture:
It all snapped back in place!! WOOHOO 
I was being thrown by the “misleading” labeling of it being marketed as “bottom airflow”.
Granted, that’s absolutely, and undeniably correct, but not in the traditional sense (that’s been so ingrained after a couple years of design and reviews that mean the air inlets exist below the deck. >.< )
The following pic cemented where I went astray.
I was seeing the Geekvape Loop, and was wishing that they’d combine side airflow inlets from it (which is so similar to the Kylin), with the channel (sans holes) found on the Kylin Mini!! (Might as well wish for a liquid reservoir like the 22mm Wotofo Troll v2 while I’m at it, since it’s all a fucking pipe dream as it turns out. sighs and chuckles)
To me, that would be the ultimate single coil build deck and flavor machine!!
Thanks all for helping me solve what was gnawing at me. Especially given “how far out of left field” this had to have seemed*!
I appreciate your indulgence!
- = the Wotofo troll v2 bit was not in my original thinking, and only added above once I realized it wasn’t something in present production. One can dream right?
