Geekvape Aegis Mini Review: Test Results Are In

Product intro and specs

The Geekvape Aegis Mini Mod is the latest box mod from longtime popular manufacturer Geekvape. Mostly known for their atomizers like the Ammit, Griffin and Zeus series, Geekvape has also given us some solid mods lately. Their Aegis, Aegis Legend and Gbox squonker were all good mods, and the Nova was excellent.

The Geekvape Aegis Mini is an internal battery mod rated at 80 watts and, true to its name, is designed as a really small version of the original Aegis. It’s available in a whopping 17 color configurations, with some of them featuring the colors of country flags, which is pretty unique. Can the Aegis Mini live up to Geekvape’s previous offerings? I hope so, but keep reading to find out.

This mod was sent to me free of charge by MyVpro, where it’s currently available at a discounted price.

Colors: black & red, stealth black, black & blue, camo & gunmetal, black & green, vapor, X-mas (2), country flags (9)

First impressions

Build quality and design

When I say that the Aegis Mini is small, I really mean it; easily one of the smallest mods I’ve come across. It is around the same size as a Voopoo Mojo, but also very light. I weighed the Mojo at 172 grams, and it’s a light mod, but the Aegis Mini weighs in at 122.4 grams. It’s also very comfortable to hold thanks to the rubber coating. The design is broken down into a few parts. The main part of the mod is metal but coated in a nice thick rubber that has shown no signs of wearing and is there for durability and comfort. The flair part is the trim which matches the fire button and the adjustment buttons. And lastly, the leather, which has a ton of design options as well. The stitching on mine matches the trim color, which looks really good.

There is no button rattle at all on this mod. The 510 pin is great, although a little on the short side as far as travel goes — with some longer atomizers it can leave a slight gap. The 510 platform itself can fit a 25 mm atomizer with room to spare, and this type of mod isn’t really usable with anything bigger, so overhang won’t be an issue. The screen is a nice and bright 0.96-inch black and white screen that is easy to see. The USB port is on the bottom, and you need to remove a rubber plug to access it. The leather feels nice and looks great — just an overall well-designed good-looking mod.

Durability testing

The Aegis Mini is IP67 rated, so I tested it like the other mods with this rating. I tested the waterproofing first by putting it in a hot tub at 102 F temp at a depth of about one meter. I had the mod turned on and left it in for ten minutes. I came back and took it out and dried it off and it still worked fine. Then I let it sit for 72 hours, in case water got inside. Came back and checked it and the mod still worked as it should. No issues there.

Then I went for durability testing. The first test was a one-meter drop onto concrete to simulate slipping from my hand. It passed the test with no real damage. Then I did a two-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 bottom left corner of the mod landed onto the concrete which cracked the screen but other than that, it still works fine, and that’s more abuse than a mod should be able to take

Overall, it’s a pass for both shock resistance and water resistance, but being as this is the third mod in this series, I do have a few suggestions how they could improve the drop performance. The rubber bumpers around the frame should protrude out a little to protect the screen on this mod or build the screen indented into the mod like their Nova, as the screen seems to be its weakest link. The other is to make the buttons rubber, or have them sit flush with the screen like Aspire did with their Skystar mod. Those two changes would make it even more rugged, in my opinion.

Features and functions

Using the Geekvape Aegis Mini

The Geekvape Aegis Mini is a pretty basic mod, and if you’ve used any Geekvape mod recently, it works the same way. Here’s a rundown.

Overall, very simple and easy to navigate.

Power mode performance

Temperature control mode performance

Using SS316L wire in TCR Mode and in SS mode, I tested five builds:

I also locked my resistance. The default TCR for SS mode is 105 which isn’t for SS316 but for SS304 instead. I wish companies wouldn’t use that value since most people using SS wire for temp control use SS316 wire. They either have to set the default in the 88-92 range or at least label it as SS304 mode instead. I normally use a TCR of 92 but unfortunately, using 92 in TCR mode produces way too little of a vape on the Aegis Mini as it cuts off way early. Even turning the mod up to 600 F couldn’t provide a warm vape. Using SS mode gave similar results so I needed to play around in TCR mode to dial it in.

After some playing around, I found the best TCR for SS316 wire to be 120. Using that setting, it provides a warm vape in the 430-470 F range as it should be and you can adjust higher or lower for your preference. The dry hit protection is good, and the throttle is smooth. It’s not going to be DNA mod level by any means, but it’s a pretty good vape in temperature control mode with those settings. I just wish it didn’t need as much adjustment to get it right — they should tweak it to make it more accurate on their next mod.

Battery and charge testing

Since it’s an internal battery mod, and only charges through the USB, I felt it’s important to check their specs. They list the charge rate at 2 amps and the battery capacity at 2200mah. In my testing, the max charge rate I got was 1.23 amps. When companies list 2-amp charging it rarely means you’ll get the full 2 amps as it’s a max ability, but most of the time it’ll be 1.5 and above while charging. This mod was between 1 and 1.5 amps, so I feel a more accurate rating would have been 1.5 amp charging and it should have been listed at that.

That’s not the only thing overstated sadly. The battery is listed at 2200 mAh, however I found it to be 1787 mAh and should be listed as an 1800 mAh battery. What does that mean? Well still 1800 mAh isn’t bad depending on how you use it, and the 1.5-amp charging is still pretty fast but I’d say the mod is best used at 45 or less watts for decent battery life. I’m not happy about the overstated limit, but it wouldn’t surprise me if other companies did that as well, so I’ll make sure going forward that I test these claims in my reviews for internal battery mods to keep companies honest.

Pros / Cons

Verdict