Geekvape Aegis Boost 3
The Geekvape Aegis range are some of the roughest, toughest mods on the block, so Antony tested out the new Aegis Boost 3 so see if it measures up to its legacy
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by Antony Lord
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The Electronic Cigarette Company (TECC) asked if we’d be interested in taking a look at the latest version of the Geekvape Aegis series, the Aegis Boost 3. Whilst I haven’t used any of the previous Aegis pod kits, I know they’ve been popular with their rugged iP68 rated builds making them ultra durable daily drivers, so I thought it was time to give one of these kits a go myself.
Specifications
- 112 x 41 x 31mm
- 167 grams
- Rugged iP68 rated kit
- 3000mAh internal battery with 2 amp fast charging via usb-c
- 60 watt output
- 0.96 inch colour screen
- Leak proof 5ml pod (2ml for TPD regions)
- Uses B-series coils
The Geekvape Aegis Boost 3 is available in eight different colour options and I was sent the silver variant for review. Inside the box you get the Aegis Boost 3 itself with a 0.2ohm coil pre-installed in the pod, a spare 0.6ohm coil, plus the Geekvape coil removal tool, a spare O-ring, USB-C charge cable, and the usual assortment of paperwork.
A word of warning
My unit initially appeared to be DOA out of the box. Placing it on my charging rig, I could see that it was pulling about 0.1 amps. As there did appear to be some life, I left it running for about ten minutes before checking back on its progress. The charging rate had now gone up slightly and I was now able to turn it on. There was still only about 1% charge at this point, so this clearly left the factory in a deeply discharged state or it discharged in shipping, not a great first impression!
If you purchase this and it appears to be dead, put it on a flame retardant surface and let it charge a while before trying to turn it on BUT make sure you can see it whilst you do just in case. You should really never leave any device unattended whilst charging but especially when going from a deeply discharged state like this.
The form factor should be familiar to anyone who’s used one of the previous Aegis Boost kits with a large colour screen and power button on the control panel and a large “leather” pad running around the back framed with a pronounced metal insert. The back of the device has a flatter profile than before, but it still retains a comfortable stable grip especially if you grip the padded area with your fingers and thumb fire the power button.
Of course this is all packaged in a robust iP68 rated frame which makes it suitable for anyone working in a job where things are likely to get dropped or banged about for peace of mind.
One of the new features in the Aegis Boost 3 is that the “leather” grip doubles as a “biosensing lock control”. If this is stood on a desk you will not be able to fire the device but gripping the pad around the back will unlock the power and allow you to fire the coil. Unfortunately I found this didn’t work as advertised, yes it will unlock if you hold the mod in your hand, but the sensor is too easily fooled and can be unlocked especially with clothes with a high wool or cotton content. This of course means things like pants or jacket pockets which is exactly where you don’t want the device to be in an unlocked state!
I found the best option here was to either use the “fire lock” option where you can lock the power button by pressing the +/- buttons or to simply turn it off when not in use, and strangely enough, this is what Geekvape suggest on their website which would indicate that Geekvape were in fact aware of this problem.
The AS chip powering the Aegis Boost 3 is easy to use and comes with wattage, bypass, and temperature control modes (although I’m not actually sure if any of the coils are capable of temperature control). The smart mode is ideal for new users as it limits you to the wattage range quoted on the bottom of the coil (15 to 25 watts on the 0.6ohm coil) and defaults to the middle of this range (20W in this case). The downside here is that it will revert to that 20W default every time you remove the pod. I swapped to the “power” setting which is a straight up wattage mode, and that doesn’t exhibit this behaviour.
There’s onboard charging via the USB-C port at the bottom of the control panel. In my test, this hit a peak charge rate of 1.62 amps and reported a 100% charge after 1 hour and 24 minutes. At this point, the Aegis Boost 3 was still actually charging at 1.4 amps with a recorded capacity of 2120mAh. To gain a full charge, I had to let this sit for 2 hours and 15 minutes, at this point the charge rate had dropped to 0.06 amps which appears to be the lowest it drops to with a final recorded capacity of 2560mAh.
Up top we have our pod with an adjustable top down airflow system. The design of the pod and the coils means that the airflow is completely isolated from the top of the pod recess in the Aegis Boost 3 making this extremely leak resistant. There’s a removable drip tip, but sadly this is a non-standard design.
The pod has a 5ml capacity in international markets, but of course here in the U.K. we’re limited to just 2ml which is achieved with an internal bung system. This means you’ll be filling the pod quite frequently and this can get frustrating as the bung also obscures your view meaning you’ll often be guessing how much e-liquid you have left.
The Aegis Boost 3 uses the tried and tested B-series coils. Whilst all the Geekvape coils I’ve had in the past have been Kanthal, this isn’t the case here, the supplied 0.2ohm coil is marked as ni80 which of course means I can’t use it due to my nickel sensitivity. Luckily the 0.6 ohm coil is Kanthal and that has been superb, as with all the Geekvape coils I’ve used in the past.
Conclusion
A good daily driver especially if you need something with that rugged iP68 rating, however It is a little let down by the quirky “biosensor” lock feature which isn’t actually all that useful (but can be turned off). Geekvape coils are superb, just be careful of your coil choice if you’re nickel sensitive.
Many thanks to The Electronic Cigarette Company (TECC) for sending the Geekvape Aegis Boost 3 over for review.
- IP68 rating makes this a good option if you want something durable
- Good battery capacity
- Used tried and tested b-series coils
- The biosensensing smart lock feature is too easily fooled
- My unit came completely discharged out of the box
- Not all the b-series coils are KA1
Antony Lord
Reviewer at POTVI was a twenty a day smoker for 25 years and like most smokers I was always going to quit "next week". Having hit my mid forties and having the usual smokers cough and difficulty with anything more than moderate exercise it was obviously time to give up the cancer sticks. I bought my first e-cigarette in 2013 when they were expensive, difficult to find and quite frankly... crap. I used it for about a week then went back to the roll ups, mark up another failed quit attempt. The fact that I had just changed jobs and was under quite a lot of stress probably didn't help. Move on to 2016 and whilst I was browsing eBay I noticed that one of the suggested items that would occasionally pop up was for a cheap e-cigarette. It looked similar to the one I'd bought 3 years earlier but it was only £5 (about 8 times cheaper than before) so I decided to give it another go on a whim. Once the kit arrived I managed to gradually replace the cigarettes with my new kit over a two month period and got into watching YouTube reviews for newer kit. My cheap and cheerful kit was replaced by a more upmarket affair, and being a noob I made a mistake once it arrived... I put in the supplied direct lung coil, this was of course a complete revelation and I haven't touched a cigarette since. Oh and I no longer spend the first five minutes of every day having a coughing fit either.
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