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Atlantis Mega by Aspire
Atlantis Mega by Aspire

Atlantis Mega by Aspire

Commercial characteristics

  • Sponsor having loaned the product for the magazine: Evaps
  • Price of the tested product: 49.90 Euros
  • Product category according to its selling price: Mid-range (from 36 to 70 euros)
  • Atomizer Type: Clearomizer
  • Number of resistances allowed: 1
  • Type of resistance: Owners hard to rectify
  • Type of wicks supported: Cotton
  • Quantity in milliliters announced by the manufacturer: 5

Reviewer comments on business characteristics

Well, I must admit that when I received this clearomiser, both arms fell out of me…. Indeed, the size is simply enooooorme and it will take a mod 30mm in diameter to receive the Mega in more or less correct aesthetic conditions. You can let go of your Ego 350mAh unless you want to make a rattle. Also forget your pretty 22mm diameter tube because equipped with this monster, it will only serve you to make an urbi et orbi blessing. You have been warned, here is an atomizer intended for cave trolls, minotaurs, krakens and other legendary monsters. A man's hand will not be enough to hold such an object ...

Otherwise, it is an Atlantis, a clearomiser well known to cloud lovers, version inflated with steroids and which can contain 5ml of juice for record autonomy. The price is not given but remains consistent with the competition (Kanger Subtank Plus). It uses Aspire proprietary coils in 0.3, 0.5 or 1Ω, which still leaves a good range of possible uses to be considered.

Autopsy of a monster!

Aspire Atlantis Mega 2

Physical characteristics and felt quality

  • Width or Diameter of the product in mms: 30
  • Length or height of the product in mms as it is sold, but without its drip tip if it is present, and regardless of the length of the connection: 66.6
  • Weight in grams of the product as sold, with its drip tip if it is present: 90
  • Material composing the product: Stainless steel, Pyrex
  • Form Factor Type: Nautilus
  • Number of component parts without screws and washers: 4
  • Number of threads: 3
  • Quality of the threads: Very good
  • Number of O-rings, Drip-Tip excluded: 3
  • Quality of O-rings present: Very good
  • O-ring positions: Drip-Tip Connection, Top Cap - Tank, Bottom Cap - Tank, Other
  • Capacity in milliliters actually usable: 5
  • Overall, do you appreciate the quality of manufacture of this product with regard to its price? Yes

Rating of the vapelier as to feelings quality: 4.9 / 5 4.2 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on physical characteristics and perceived quality

As is often the case with Aspire, the quality is impeccable. If the Mega is big and heavy, it cannot stand mediocrity and machining, the different adjustments and the “perceived quality” feeling of the whole is excellent. All the threads are functional, do not catch and the joints do their job very well.

The pyrex tank is very thick, which does not mean that we have to juggle with it, it is only pyrex. But the thickness is extremely reassuring and bodes well for good reliability over time and good resistance to daily handling.

I particularly appreciated the quality of the main airflow ring which goes from hole to hole with great ease and yet holds well and does not risk moving if you do not want it.

Aspire Atlantis Mega Rez 2

Functional features

  • Connection type: 510
  • Adjustable positive stud? No, flush mounting can only be guaranteed through an adjustment of the positive stud of the battery or of the mod on which it will be installed
  • Presence of air flow regulation? Yes, but fixed only
  • Diameter in mms maximum of the air regulation possible: 14
  • Minimum diameter in mms of the air regulation possible: 7
  • Positioning of the air regulation: Positioning of the air regulation adjustable effectively
  • Spray chamber type: Chimney type
  • Heat dissipation of the product: Normal

Reviewer's comments on functional features

The first remark we can make about the Atlantis Mega is that it is obviously built to generate a lot of steam. Thus, there are two airflow settings.

The first directly benefiting the resistance, located around the bottom cap and adjustable with great ease, allows you to choose between 4 fairly radical positions since the minimum is 1.75mmx4 or 7mm of air which goes directly to the resistance. We then go to 2mm (always multiplied by 4), then to 3 before ending in the most open position which culminates at 3.5mm, always by 4, or 14mm of airflow if we add them together. Although in real life this calculation is not quite correct, it gives you roughly an aspect of the possible settings. What should be remembered more prosaically is that the atomizer gives us the graduated choice to oscillate between airy and very airy.

Aspire Atlantis Mega Bottom

There is a second aiflow ring, also adjustable, which is located at the base of the drip-tip. At this point, of course, the air absorbed is not used to feed the resistance but rather to regulate the temperature since ambient air will be mixed with the steam conveyed by the chimney. And it works quite well, even if the flavor is a little watered down.

Aspire Atlantis Mega Drip Air

There are no other prominent functions apart from this one. This is a typical subohm clearomizer whose entire structure has been designed to promote the generation of vapor.

Drip-Tip Features

  • Type of attachment of the drip-tip: Owner only
  • Presence of a Drip-Tip? Yes, the vaper can immediately use the product
  • Length and type of drip-tip present: Short with heat evacuation function
  • Quality of the present drip-tip: Good

Reviewer's comments on the Drip-Tip

The drip-tip delivered with the Atlantis Mega will not discourage regulars of the brand. Well built, in a very clean and well satin stainless steel, it is pleasant in the mouth, big enough (15mm) to abound in the sense of the function of the ato. Its internal diameter is 11mm, but the chimney is “limited” (if I can put it that way) to 9mm. This difference in diameter makes it possible to take advantage of the higher air supply for heat evacuation.

Evaluation of the packaging

  • Presence of a box accompanying the product: Yes
  • Would you say that the packaging is up to the price of the product? Can do better
  • Presence of a user manual? No
  • Is the manual understandable for a non-English speaker? No
  • Does the manual explain ALL features? No

Vapelier's note on packaging: 1.5 / 5 1.5 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on conditioning

The packaging, very typical of the brand, consists of a polycarbonate box, the atomizer itself and a resistance in 0.3Ω. The Atlantis Mega is equipped with a resistance of 1Ω as standard, a value that I find a little incongruous at the time given the destination of the clearo.

An ad minimum packaging, therefore, which would have deserved, in view of the price, a little more care by adding, for example, a clear, bilingual and complete notice rather than giving us a spiel on the box that is useless. There is a scratch for the proof of authenticity and that's it.

Aspire Atlantis Mega Pack

I take this space to remind you that France is a fairly flourishing market for this type of product and that the minimum, in the context of a significant potential of customers, would be to provide instructions for use, if possible in French, for potential novices. I would remind you that it is legally compulsory. Although the operation of the ato is extremely simple, you should never prejudge anything and, used in bad conditions, such a device is still capable of causing problems. Vape at 0.3Ω is not trivial and a safety warning would have been welcome.

Appreciations in use

  • Easy to transport with the mod of the test configuration: Nothing helps, requires a shoulder bag
  • Disassembly and cleaning facilities: Super simple, even blind in the dark!
  • Filling facilities: Super simple, even blind in the dark!
  • Facilities for changing resistances: Easy, even standing in the street
  • Is it possible to use this product throughout the day with several vials of EJuice? Yes perfectly
  • Was there leak after one day of use? No
  • In the event of leaks during tests, descriptions of the situations in which they occur

Vapelier's note on ease of use: 4.2 / 5 4.2 5 out of stars

Reviewer's comments on the use of the product

No malfunction taint the use of the steam engine that is the Mega. He does not run away and behaves perfectly.

I tested it in 1Ω between 20 and 30W and in 0.3Ω between 30 and 75W. To complicate his life, I added a liquid in 90% VG. Chain-vaping like a hangman, no dry-hits on the horizon. The resistances are very correct and the holes for the liquid to access the cotton are of sufficient size for use with high levels of VG.

Aspire Atlantis Mega Rez

I noticed that the air intake adjustment by the drip-tip plays its role perfectly and pleasantly cools the vapor.

The atomizer does not heat up too much, even at high powers.

It should be understood that any type of atomizer works on the old principle of the carburetor. It is with a mixture of e-liquid and air that the heated resistance releases vapor. The less air there is, the more flavor is predominant and the less vapor is present. The more air there is (added to a high power) the more steam there is. On the other hand, the flavors are less. The Atlantis Mega is no exception to the rule, and while the vapor delivered is very important, the flavors are very subdued. No adjustment is made, this atomizer does what you are going to buy it for: above all, steam. For the flavors, it's a different kettle of fish ...

That said, we still don't feel like we're vaping from the base, don't make me say what I didn't say 😉 But hey, if you are a taste lover above all, you don't have come to the wrong place, there are other much more capable atomizers for this. On the other hand, if steam haloed with a discreet flavor is your thing, you can stay 🙂

Aspire Atlantis Mega Eclate

Recommendations for use

  • With which type of mod is it advisable to use this product? Electronics AND Mechanics
  • Which mod model is it recommended to use this product with? A large !!!
  • With which type of EJuice is it advisable to use this product? All liquids without problem
  • Description of the test configuration used: IPV2, SMY Kung-Fu, Hades V2
  • Description of the ideal configuration with this product: A large mechanical mod well adjusted and equipped with batteries with an important CDM

was the product liked by the reviewer: Bof, it's not the craze

Overall average of the Vapelier for this product: 3.63 / 5 3.6 5 out of stars

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The mood ticket of the reviewer

Huge and sorely lacking in sharpness in the restitution of flavors, the Atlantis Mega is a curiosity, certainly interesting for those who like to vape “pastel” while making big clouds but which will not delight lovers of precise and powerful taste.

Well built and well finished, however, for aficionados of the category, it will be a very reliable steam companion on a daily basis. Its biggest fault is having forgotten to offer an RBA plateau to rebuild its own resistance. In this regard, the competition (I won't name it 😉) is doing better. It also does a little better in terms of taste.

In the balance, an atomizer out of standard, having the defects related to its qualities but which will suffer to leave a little late on a segment of market which, since, produced better in the kind. Soon, we will dissect the Triton, from the same manufacturer, in these pages and we will see if Aspire has finally taken the measure of its favorite segment.

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About the Author

59 years old, 32 years of cigarettes, 12 years of vaping and happier than ever! I live in Gironde, I have four children of whom I am gaga and I like roast chicken, Pessac-Léognan, good e-liquids and I am a vape geek who takes responsibility!