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Lilia from @Sourcemore sent me this to try out. I am not affiliated with POTV or Sourcemore, nor do I get paid to review things.
The Geek Vape Obelisk 120 FC Mod
https://www.sourcemore.com/geekvape-obelisk-120-fc-mod.html
I got a code to take it to £45.99 and that's OFCM
The Obelisk 120 is a 3700mah internal battery mod with a top end of 120w power. It will take a 25mm tank with no overhang. The main draw here is the fast charging, you can buy a kit version with an included fast charger that lets you charge it fully in around 15 minutes. This is just the mod itself so there’s no super fast charging for me. It also has an OTG mode that lets you charge up other devices, like a power bank, and it will fast charge them if the device supports that.
In the box you get:
1 Geek Vape Oblisk 120 FC Mod
1 USB-C to USB-C Charging Cable
1 Manual
And the usual safety cards etc
Function wise its 5 clicks on and off and if you click the fire button 3 times you go into the different modes on offer. You start in power mode, then to TC-SS by clicking the right adjustment button. After this it’s TC-TCR mode, then VPC, then bypass and finally it’s the OTG mode that lets you charge other devices with the USB C to C cable you get in the box. You can change the colour of the screen by holding the 2 adjustment buttons in this 3 click state and once you’re back to the power mode clicking both adjustments lets you lock the buttons. Holding the fire button and the right adjustment lets you change the brightness of the screen and left decreases it.
Design wise it’s not fancy. It’s a simple looking mod with a rounded back for ergonomics and the Geek Vape branding is quite small on each side of the mod. The front houses a 0.96” TFT colour screen and the readout is nice and easy to read. You can see the wattage, ohms, amps, volts and puff counter on it. There’s also the battery indicator at the top. Each side has a shiny panel on it and this may annoy some who don’t like fingerprints. The body does seem to made of metal though so it’s a nice solid device and has the heft I’ve come to like. I like the minimal design personally and it’s not a massive mod either so fits well in my hand.
In use I’ve been finding myself using the mod more than a few of my others lately. The power mode suits me perfectly and using my standard single coil RTA at 45w I’ve been getting well over a day’s use out of one charge. Geek Vape seem to have nailed the battery usage in this Obelisk range and it’s not at the expense of the power either imo, it fires just like most other mods. I reckon an MTL tank would last for ages without having to charge so it is a really good mod for starters or MTL users as well as folks like myself. I have also tried a lowish power SS build on TC as well but that, sadly, didn’t seem to work too well I’m afraid. It just seemed to have too much punch and I was wary of the coil burning the cotton, which totally defeats the purpose of a TC mode in the first place
The main pull of this mod is the stated fast charging and again I sadly didn’t get to experience this as I asked for and was sent the mod only version. I wanted to see if my super fast phone charger could be a replacement for the Geek Vape branded charger you get in the kit. It wasn’t. It took about 70/80 minutes to fully charge with my super fast phone charger. I will be forking out the 30 odd quid to get the Geek Vape one as I really want to see how the technology works and if it does indeed charge that fast without the battery getting too hot. It is a really good internal battery mod without the super fast charging though and is one I would definitely recommend to those who are averse to using external battery mods.
The other plus is that you can use this like a power bank in OTG mode and charge other devices with it. It works well enough but it’s not something I’ll use that much, unless I’m stuck somewhere without a plug socket and I need to boost my phone a little.
Overall it’s a good little mod. I like the style of these Obelisk devices as they’re quite plain and they do work very well, with a cracking battery life. I think the only issue I have found is that every time you put a tank on it asks if it’s a new coil or not. I don’t know why the Geek Vape mods all do this as it’s not as if they have a smart function that sets the wattage for you automatically. Still, despite that very minor thing it’s a mod I will continue to use in wattage mode and I might even retire one of the other mods I’ve been using lately in it’s favour.
Update: I have now received the GeekVape Fast Charger that I bought and it does indeed charge fully in 15 minutes. The battery does get quite warm but not hot in any way. Makes the extra cash for the full kit very much worth it imo.
The Geek Vape Obelisk 120 FC Mod
https://www.sourcemore.com/geekvape-obelisk-120-fc-mod.html
I got a code to take it to £45.99 and that's OFCM
The Obelisk 120 is a 3700mah internal battery mod with a top end of 120w power. It will take a 25mm tank with no overhang. The main draw here is the fast charging, you can buy a kit version with an included fast charger that lets you charge it fully in around 15 minutes. This is just the mod itself so there’s no super fast charging for me. It also has an OTG mode that lets you charge up other devices, like a power bank, and it will fast charge them if the device supports that.
In the box you get:
1 Geek Vape Oblisk 120 FC Mod
1 USB-C to USB-C Charging Cable
1 Manual
And the usual safety cards etc
Function wise its 5 clicks on and off and if you click the fire button 3 times you go into the different modes on offer. You start in power mode, then to TC-SS by clicking the right adjustment button. After this it’s TC-TCR mode, then VPC, then bypass and finally it’s the OTG mode that lets you charge other devices with the USB C to C cable you get in the box. You can change the colour of the screen by holding the 2 adjustment buttons in this 3 click state and once you’re back to the power mode clicking both adjustments lets you lock the buttons. Holding the fire button and the right adjustment lets you change the brightness of the screen and left decreases it.
Design wise it’s not fancy. It’s a simple looking mod with a rounded back for ergonomics and the Geek Vape branding is quite small on each side of the mod. The front houses a 0.96” TFT colour screen and the readout is nice and easy to read. You can see the wattage, ohms, amps, volts and puff counter on it. There’s also the battery indicator at the top. Each side has a shiny panel on it and this may annoy some who don’t like fingerprints. The body does seem to made of metal though so it’s a nice solid device and has the heft I’ve come to like. I like the minimal design personally and it’s not a massive mod either so fits well in my hand.
In use I’ve been finding myself using the mod more than a few of my others lately. The power mode suits me perfectly and using my standard single coil RTA at 45w I’ve been getting well over a day’s use out of one charge. Geek Vape seem to have nailed the battery usage in this Obelisk range and it’s not at the expense of the power either imo, it fires just like most other mods. I reckon an MTL tank would last for ages without having to charge so it is a really good mod for starters or MTL users as well as folks like myself. I have also tried a lowish power SS build on TC as well but that, sadly, didn’t seem to work too well I’m afraid. It just seemed to have too much punch and I was wary of the coil burning the cotton, which totally defeats the purpose of a TC mode in the first place
The main pull of this mod is the stated fast charging and again I sadly didn’t get to experience this as I asked for and was sent the mod only version. I wanted to see if my super fast phone charger could be a replacement for the Geek Vape branded charger you get in the kit. It wasn’t. It took about 70/80 minutes to fully charge with my super fast phone charger. I will be forking out the 30 odd quid to get the Geek Vape one as I really want to see how the technology works and if it does indeed charge that fast without the battery getting too hot. It is a really good internal battery mod without the super fast charging though and is one I would definitely recommend to those who are averse to using external battery mods.
The other plus is that you can use this like a power bank in OTG mode and charge other devices with it. It works well enough but it’s not something I’ll use that much, unless I’m stuck somewhere without a plug socket and I need to boost my phone a little.
Overall it’s a good little mod. I like the style of these Obelisk devices as they’re quite plain and they do work very well, with a cracking battery life. I think the only issue I have found is that every time you put a tank on it asks if it’s a new coil or not. I don’t know why the Geek Vape mods all do this as it’s not as if they have a smart function that sets the wattage for you automatically. Still, despite that very minor thing it’s a mod I will continue to use in wattage mode and I might even retire one of the other mods I’ve been using lately in it’s favour.
Update: I have now received the GeekVape Fast Charger that I bought and it does indeed charge fully in 15 minutes. The battery does get quite warm but not hot in any way. Makes the extra cash for the full kit very much worth it imo.
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