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Geekvape Aegis Squonk Mod
This....is the 5th time I have tried to dig deep into my cranium and attempt to pull out something, amongst all the broken biscuits and cartwheels, that might slightly resemble something new and entertaining , that may just stand a slight chance of peaking your interest with today's offering...but I can't fucking do it. It's not writers block, as sucky as that is, it's just....I feel like I've said it all before..
It was bound to happen sooner or later, I mean shit....I even said that this EXACT thing would happen when reviewing a different device last year, I remember the words vividly, like I said them yesterday...
"(something) when innovation is as good as this, then (something or other) all mods will have it and (something else about more stuff) and....things"
SO....maybe I did this?......Maybe I'm to blame for my impending doom and being stuck in some kind of alternative perpetual deja vu reality?......
Maybe this device is the black cat and I am actually Neo, and the Matrix is actually Shenzhen but on a much bigger scale, and the only thing that can break the chain is IF I make out with Trinity...? ...I don't know...I mean I'll try for the sake of Science but....if that's what I have to do then....who am I to argue...?
Or not......
SO....what indeed is the device that has me in such a quandary? Who made this thing that ....although....I haven't technically spoken about it before, I have on numerous occasions spoken about the design, the idea, the form AND the function in some iteration or another? Well.....the answers to these questions and many more, including how Monica Bellucci deals with the unfortunate and embarrassing predicament of farting in a small room just before a group of people walk in....
will be answered.....maybe....who the fuck knows? I've just written an intro about not being able to write an intro..... so... anything is indeed...possible...when you think about it.
Shall we....before we all lose the will the live?
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Welcome back unto the breach once again my misty mouthed mechanical maniacs, ’tis I once again, back with more utter nonsense that people STILL haven't stopped me writing - THIS....is a mystery in itself, yet....here I am, and today for the first time in many years I am actually at a bit of a loss for words...
But hold your horses there cowboy, as the consummate award winning professional that I indeed am, I shall kick up my skirt, soldier on, and power through this mental blockade in a vain attempt to bring you something that closely resembles some.....words....
SO......let's get balls deep in what threatens to be several minutes of your life that you may well take me to court for in order to retrieve them.....or will it?.....The answer to this question and many more....wait I've already said that.....do you see now?....DO YOU??.....(sigh)...fuck it. Courtesy of my good friends over at Sourcemore , I present to you, the Geekvape Aegis Squonk Mod...
"But it's an Aegis Squonk Mod...what's the fucking problem??"....you may well and correctly ask, and you're right, there is no problem, I mean not really, but then I never said there was a problem - I merely 'suggested' that almost everything about this device has already been said...BY ME....on numerous occasions, with different devices. Is that a bad thing?....Well, no, of course not, not for you anyway (debatable). But for me, who's supposed to write an in-depth and vaguely interesting article about it?.....Well....
You see my point.
It's the Geekvape Topside. Let's not fuck about here, let's just call it what it is. It's the first of, no doubt, many future devices which will have taken Brian Herb's idea back to the drawing board, melded the exact formula to fit with their own device, and changed it enough so that no one will raise an eyebrow...
But there are variables, and it's these variables that I will be poking my inquisitive and curious 'thing' into, repeatedly, until it succumbs to the mindless and quite frankly 'barbaric' onslaught of pokiness....
The Lowdown
The Geekvape Aegis Squonk is a single battery bottom feeder that can house an impressively gluttonous 10ml of liquid within it's silicone propitiatory belly. It is kept in check by a restricted version of the AS chip found on most of the Aegis range, boasts an optimistic 100w output, has a resistance range of 0.05Ω to 3.0Ω, and has all the bells and whistles you will find on almost all up-to-date regulated devices these days, such as Temp control with settings for all your popular wires and safety settings to cover all bases etc...yadayadayada...you know the drill.
This device is of course an Aegis, and for those three people who vape but don't know what that means, well...(sigh) it's IP67 waterproof - it can survive being submerged in a metre of water for 30 minutes, is dust-proof, shock-proof, frost-proof, and zombie apocalypse-proof, meaning should you be approached by any blood drooling walking dead, providing you have a good aim....you could probably take out the zombie with it and still walk away afterwards vaping your little none-dead heart out....which...if nothing else...could save you a small fortune in vinyl...
As for the design, well...it's all Aegis...
It looks like an Aegis, and it feels like an Aegis. In fact, the size difference between this and the Legend is about 5mm in height and width to its older bigger brother. It would actually be quite hard to distinguish between the two if you were carrying one around in your pocket.
Down the front is all very familiar too....
Except this time, stupidly, they have swapped the wonderful and iconic Aegis fire button out, and instead have gone for a 'Princess cut' gem looking thing, with matching function buttons....can't say I approve....why would you do that Geekvape?!?
And on the opposite side we obviously have the squidgy little tum tum...
Like I mentioned earlier, this is propitiatory, so much so that it's actually shaped to poke out of the cutout on the front by a few millimeters, and is even flat at the back, so there'll be no using of your favourite custom squonk bottles should you damage it. Thankfully however, you get two.
Up on the top we have a very nicely bolted 510 plate...
This is more reminiscent of the original Aegis than it's more recent versions, and just like the original will take a 28mm top no problem. Of course, with this being a squonk mod, it also has the added seal ring to prevent any leakage under pressure. I very much like this plate.....but not quite as much......as I like what's behind it...
Peekaboo...
What Geekvape have had the arrogance to do, is take the whole Topside idea and then declare amongst themselves...."I think we can make this area better"....
And you know what.....they actually did.....please don't tell Brian Herb I just said that....
Now....I'm a huge Topside fan. I have the whole collection, and the original one is the ONLY single battery device that I use regularly - it's a hell of a device, and I am in no way saying that the Aegis is better than the Topside (we'll come to the reasons why shortly), but the filling method on the Aegis is just so quick and simple. There's no unscrewing of any lids which you then have to keep in your hand or clipped onto the magnet underneath. With the Aegis it's just a quick slide, inject in the membrane....
(ahem)..sorry.... then just slide it shut...bish bash bosh, job done, it's just......better? (sorry Beryl)
) but if I have to remove an attie to fill a squonk bottle I may as well use a 510 refill, obviously not an option on this or the Topside. Even the Dyadic is a pain with the side refill, less messy to pull out the bottle 
