INTRODUCTION
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Hello Everyone and welcome to Pizza Dave’s Vape Reviews and today I will be reviewing the Aegis Squonk by Geekvape. This is one of the latest Aegis mods to hit the market and is the first squonker Geekvape has released since the Gbox 200 almost 2 years ago. Blending the Aegis’ rugged designs with a squonker sounds like an excellent idea to me, so let’s see if Geekvape nailed it! Let’s get right to it eh?
Disclaimer: This device was sent to me by Geekvape for review.
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WHAT YOU GET
- Available in black frames with colored accents in the following colors. Blue, Black, Red, Green, and Silver.
STOCK SHOT
PACKAGING
UNBOXED
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MOD OVERVIEW
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OPERATION
If you have ever used an Aegis mod in the past, just go ahead and skip this section. The AS-100 chipset in this device is the exact same as previous single battery Aegis mods. This is copy and pasted from my Aegis Solo review.
BUTTON COMBOS
When in each mode, you can press the fire button and scroll down for a few more options. When the resistance is highlighted, it can be locked with the down button, and checked with the up button. In TC modes, the preheat wattage is the next option down, and it can go all the way to 100. Next up, TCR for dialing in the TC in TCR mode. Last on all modes is the puffs, which can be reset here by pressing up.
In the power curve mode, it offers 5 curve points separated by 1s increments.
MENU SYSTEM
There is no menu system on this device. It is all done by highlighting on screen options.
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HOW IT VAPES
Alright, so how well did Geekvape nail this one? Basically, you are going to get Aegis Solo performance with a squonk bottle attached. It does wattage well and has a lot of options. However, TC is not very good with this. I just couldn’t dial it in at all. Maybe with a ton of fiddling with TCRs this could work, but it just didn’t work for me. With all that being said, let’s just take the time here to talk about other ins and outs with usage. First off, this is a compact squonker which feels super solid in the hand. I love the ergonomic nature of it, and this really grew on me. I had some serious doubts about this being a single 18650 squonker but found that when it was paired with a single coil atomizer, it could last me all day without issues. I didn’t even mind the screw off battery door, but there is one big glaring con. It has to do with the squonk bottle refill. I get where Geekvape was going (coattails of the topside) and designed a pretty cool top fill design. Simply slide the cap over and fill it up. However, all of my 60- or 100-mL bottles hit my rda, preventing me from filling with an RDA on the mod. Sometimes I could get away with just taking the top cap off, but often times I was taking the atomizer off for refills. It takes a lot of the convenience away and makes it almost pointless. Another thing Geekvape did was added the option to turn this into a single battery device and remove the squonk bottle all together. It is kind of a neat gimmick, but not really needed. I think, more than anything, they found that they needed a way to keep this device sealed for the IP67 rating and just came across this along the way. Not really a bad thing for people that may just want a mod and then dabble in squonking someday, though? One thing that is kind of a bitch on this device is the squonk bottle change. You first must remove the squonk section off the mod with the top two screws. Then pull some little plugs off the tip and remove the screws underneath. From there, the bottle can be popped out of the bottom. With a little bit of finesse, the new bottle can then be contorted into place and everything can be re-assembled. This is really the only good way to clean out the bottle, so I can see it being a bit of a pain if you use this with several different flavors.
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TENGU RDA REVIEW
Alright, so I already gave this RDA a full review when it was a stand-alone product. I like this RDA and still use it frequently. However, it does not belong with this mod. This is a dual coil atomizer which requires one to basically top the Aegis Squonk out on power to get decent performance. It just doesn’t fit well with the Aegis Squonk, so kind of silly. Would have been neat to maybe see some sort of single coil variant of the Tengu to pair up with this, but hey, it is what it is.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Aegis Squonk Album
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Hello Everyone and welcome to Pizza Dave’s Vape Reviews and today I will be reviewing the Aegis Squonk by Geekvape. This is one of the latest Aegis mods to hit the market and is the first squonker Geekvape has released since the Gbox 200 almost 2 years ago. Blending the Aegis’ rugged designs with a squonker sounds like an excellent idea to me, so let’s see if Geekvape nailed it! Let’s get right to it eh?
Disclaimer: This device was sent to me by Geekvape for review.
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WHAT YOU GET
- 1 Aegis Squonker mod
- 1 Tengu RDA
- 1 Squonking portion
- 1 Spare Squonk bottle
- 1 Standard mod portion
- 1 Battery door tool (which I confused as a coiling rod????)
- 1 Spare parts bag
- 1 T-handle tool
- 1 Low profile 810 Drip Tip
- 1 Ultem 810 Drip Tip
- 2 .4-ohm N80 fused claptons
- 2 agletted cotton
- 1 Micro USB cable
- Paperwork
- Available in black frames with colored accents in the following colors. Blue, Black, Red, Green, and Silver.
STOCK SHOT
PACKAGING
UNBOXED
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MOD OVERVIEW
- Measurements – 86.4mm x 41.2mm x 31.5mm
- Output – 5-100w
- Battery – Single 18650
- Squonk Bottle Capacity – 10mL
- Misc. – This device can be setup to function as a squonker or a single battery mod.
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OPERATION
If you have ever used an Aegis mod in the past, just go ahead and skip this section. The AS-100 chipset in this device is the exact same as previous single battery Aegis mods. This is copy and pasted from my Aegis Solo review.
BUTTON COMBOS
- 5 clicks of the fire button will turn it on and off.
- Pressing fire and up or down will adjust brightness.
- Pressing the fire button three times will highlight the mode on screen. This can then by cycled with the up and down keys.
- Power
- Bypass
- VPC – variable power curve
- TC – TCR
- TC – Ti
- TC-SS
- TC-Ni
When in each mode, you can press the fire button and scroll down for a few more options. When the resistance is highlighted, it can be locked with the down button, and checked with the up button. In TC modes, the preheat wattage is the next option down, and it can go all the way to 100. Next up, TCR for dialing in the TC in TCR mode. Last on all modes is the puffs, which can be reset here by pressing up.
In the power curve mode, it offers 5 curve points separated by 1s increments.
MENU SYSTEM
There is no menu system on this device. It is all done by highlighting on screen options.
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HOW IT VAPES
Alright, so how well did Geekvape nail this one? Basically, you are going to get Aegis Solo performance with a squonk bottle attached. It does wattage well and has a lot of options. However, TC is not very good with this. I just couldn’t dial it in at all. Maybe with a ton of fiddling with TCRs this could work, but it just didn’t work for me. With all that being said, let’s just take the time here to talk about other ins and outs with usage. First off, this is a compact squonker which feels super solid in the hand. I love the ergonomic nature of it, and this really grew on me. I had some serious doubts about this being a single 18650 squonker but found that when it was paired with a single coil atomizer, it could last me all day without issues. I didn’t even mind the screw off battery door, but there is one big glaring con. It has to do with the squonk bottle refill. I get where Geekvape was going (coattails of the topside) and designed a pretty cool top fill design. Simply slide the cap over and fill it up. However, all of my 60- or 100-mL bottles hit my rda, preventing me from filling with an RDA on the mod. Sometimes I could get away with just taking the top cap off, but often times I was taking the atomizer off for refills. It takes a lot of the convenience away and makes it almost pointless. Another thing Geekvape did was added the option to turn this into a single battery device and remove the squonk bottle all together. It is kind of a neat gimmick, but not really needed. I think, more than anything, they found that they needed a way to keep this device sealed for the IP67 rating and just came across this along the way. Not really a bad thing for people that may just want a mod and then dabble in squonking someday, though? One thing that is kind of a bitch on this device is the squonk bottle change. You first must remove the squonk section off the mod with the top two screws. Then pull some little plugs off the tip and remove the screws underneath. From there, the bottle can be popped out of the bottom. With a little bit of finesse, the new bottle can then be contorted into place and everything can be re-assembled. This is really the only good way to clean out the bottle, so I can see it being a bit of a pain if you use this with several different flavors.
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TENGU RDA REVIEW
Alright, so I already gave this RDA a full review when it was a stand-alone product. I like this RDA and still use it frequently. However, it does not belong with this mod. This is a dual coil atomizer which requires one to basically top the Aegis Squonk out on power to get decent performance. It just doesn’t fit well with the Aegis Squonk, so kind of silly. Would have been neat to maybe see some sort of single coil variant of the Tengu to pair up with this, but hey, it is what it is.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Aegis Squonk Album
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