I pretty much do the same thing except that I find that I'm using 2.6mm coils most often and generally don't need to pull off the outside layer.
I had tried some other cotton pads and felt like I was getting a mouthfull of cotton every hit so I stopped pretty much immediately and found the Sabo's on Amazon and added them to one of my orders since I get stuff from there at least once a month.
@CaFF, to see other options, just click on the link to see the availability from other vendors. It will be under the product summary and say "xx new from $xx.xx"
You just have to dig sometimes to make sure you know if it is coming from outside the US. They don't make it nearly as easy as ebay! That's why I like Prime because I always know it is coming from a US Amazon warehouse.