Geekvape Aegis Legend Review: Test Results Are In

Geekvape Aegis Legend review

Price: ~$60 for the kit
Colors: stealth black, silver, camo, black/orange, and snakeskin.

First impressions

The big change to this one, besides the battery configuration and wattage limit, is the battery door. The original Aegis had a big threaded cap, but the new Aegis Legend uses a standard bottom-fed battery tray with a locking door. Overall, I was pretty impressed with it from the start.

Build quality and design

Features and functions

Using the Geekvape Aegis Legend

When you reach your selected mode, hold fire to accept or click it to cycle through the other options. After your mode is highlighted, you can use plus and minus to adjust. When you are done, hold fire to exit. That’s how you adjust things like the power curve mode settings and your power in temp mode and your TCR in TCR mode.

Changing the temperature in temp mode, or the power in power mode, can be done at any time by pressing plus or minus when you're not in the mode settings.

Power mode performance

The mod also adjusts in 1-watt increments at 100 or more, but 0.1 increments below 100. During my testing, the mod never got warm at all. It’s also a pretty accurate mod as well. It hit a little weak with the 0.12 ohm resistance like most mods, but with the 0.15 and higher it was usually within 3 watts. It does hit a little higher with higher ohm coils over 100 watts. The Aegis Legend is an accurately-rated device with great power mode performance. Full test results above.

Temperature control mode performance

• One simple round spaced single coil
• One simple round spaced dual coil
• One fancy single coil build
• Two fancy dual coil builds

Even though there isn’t a wattage limit on TC mode (you can set it to the full 200 watts) it realistically only puts out about 40 watts, so it isn’t usable with bigger builds at all. It can't heat them up.

With the smaller builds it could heat up the vape, but was still not very good. It cuts back way too hard when it reaches temp and doesn't provide a smooth consistent vape the way temp control should. All things considered, the Legend is a fail in my book when it comes to TC.

Durability Testing

Water Resistance

To start my stress testing, I decided to check the water resistance first, in case it would stop working after taking a beating. I started by leaving it on with batteries in it for 10 mins at a depth of 1 meter deep in my hot tub at 104F. I figured the stress of the heat might kill it, but I took it out and it still worked fine with no issues. So, I wiped it down and went on to the drop test.

Drop Testing

The first test was a 1-meter drop onto concrete to simulate it slipping from my hand. It passed the test with no real damage. Then I did a 2-meter drop onto concrete the same way. It passed the test without a problem. It just scraped the outside rubber a little bit, but still worked and looked fine.

For the final test, I threw it up in the air around four meters high and gave it some spin so it could fall randomly. The top left corner of the mod landed onto the concrete. It put a dent in the metal frame, cracked the screen, and broke the fire button off. However, it still worked fine.

I’d easily give The Legend a pass for durability. It survived a drop twice as big as they list with no major damage. It also worked after a drop that would be unlikely to happen under regular usage, albeit not looking good afterwards. It even survived ten minutes submerged in 104° F water. I’m very happy with these stress test results — it’s durable.

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