FreeMax Rexa Nano Review

I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on the full range of Freemax Rexa pod kits. So far, the Rexa Smart and Pro kits have blown me away with their cutting-edge software suites, interfaces, and limitless customisation options.

But the Rexa Nano represents the other end of the technical spectrum. Freemax is taking quite a gamble with the Nano, daring to suggest that the bare-bones functionality of the Rexa range is so impressive that even a kit with no extra features can be a masterful piece of vaping gear. 

Well, that’s what I’m going to determine in this review!

Review Disclosure: Freemax provided MIST with all the Rexa units for our reviews. Rest assured, the brand did not influence our review.

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Build Quality

Score: 4.0 out of 5

The Rexa Nano is, by design, less fancy than the Smart, Pro, S, and SQ Rexa Kits. Built as a square slab, similar in shape to the Smart and more so the SQ, the Nano is made from lightweight zinc alloy. It’s not the most durable material available, but it’s solid enough and keeps the kit from getting too heavy.

Compared to other Rexa kits, the Nano is mostly featureless in terms of appearance, although it has a subdued and classy brushed, matte-steel look, with an eye-catching Freemax logo running up the face of the kit. It looks a lot more elegant than the Lite, which is the other kit in the Rexa range stripped of all extra features.

The kit has no screen; instead, it features a single LED on the face, which serves as a battery indicator. Buttonless and streamlined to the utmost, the kit is activated solely by draw. The airflow slider is positioned on one side of the kit, while the USB-C charging port is located on the base of the device.

The Duomax pod sits in a well on the top of the device, held firmly in place with a strong magnetic connection. We’ll touch on some additional aspects of the pods in the Flavour Output section. Still, I’ll take a moment here to praise the inclusion of a sliding plastic refill hatch, which I much prefer to the usual rubber stoppers and snap-off mouthpieces most pod kits offer.

To conclude, the Rexa Nano has a relatively uninspiring build design. However, we’ve already seen with Rexa kits that it’s the functionality that matters.

Performance

Score: 4.6 out of 5

The Rexa Nano may be stripped of extra features, but the device’s pure function remains unimpeded, regardless of how many sound effects and screen animations are removed. There’s something extraordinary about it, like if you had a fully kitted-out Rexa Smart and just started removing features one by one until it was a skeleton, you’d be left looking at the Rexa Nano. And it would still fire up wonderfully.

The draw-reaction speed is rapid, with no noticeable delay between when you start puffing and when the atomisation begins. And, while being able to set your wattage is always lovely, the Rexa Nano does a great job of detecting which coil is installed in your Duomax pod and firing up at the optimal power range.

So, while some may require power adjustment to enjoy their kit, they have the majority of Rexa kits to choose from. But those seeking a cheaper and less fussy kit will prefer the Nano.

Ease of Use

Score: 5 out of 5

Oh man, there’s absolutely nothing you can get wrong! I’m wracking my brain trying to think of something, anything, that could go wrong when using the kit.

Outside of trying to vape from an empty pod or forgetting to charge it, there aren’t any mistakes to make! You can’t set the wattage too high, you can’t accidentally fire it in your pocket, and you can’t get lost in any confusing menus.

This is why I like to emphasise that less is often more for many vapers. Extra features are fun and funky, true, but pure functionality is hard to beat for many.

Battery Life

Score: 4.5 out of 5

The battery life of the Rexa Nano is slightly shorter than that of other Rexa kits. Whereas the Smart provides a 1600mAh battery and the SQ offers a 1300mAh battery, the Nano instead features a smaller 1000mAh battery.

Now, I appreciate this sounds bad, but keep in mind that those other kits have numerous different functions that drain the battery when used.

So, while the Smart needs the extra 600mAh to play music and screen animations, and the SQ needs the extra 300mAh for its impressive display system, the Nano can afford to shed some battery cell weight as it simply doesn’t require as much to function. So, with this in mind, I don’t believe the Rexa Nano should be hugely marked down for battery life.

Flavour Output

Score: 4.7 out of 5

As has been the case in all the Rexa kits, the Duomax pods are deliciously tasty. Freemax have clearly spent a long time designing the intricate dual coil structure within the pod, designed to produce more vapour and taste through increased heated surface area. This, of course, leads to more voluminous and flavoursome atomisation.

While the kit doesn’t have any flavour-promoting features, these are exceptionally rare and don’t even appear in the advanced Rexa kits.

Summary

The Rexa Nano does a great job of providing tasty, draw-activated puffs, and as far as Freemax are concerned, that’s all it needs to do. After all, if you’re looking for advanced options, there are multiple other Rexa kits to explore. But for simple, satisfying pod puffs, you can’t do much better than the Rexa Nano.

The MIST Favourite Feature: 

Ample slider: The airflow slider on the Nano is remarkably open, allowing for some enjoyable RDL vaping when fully opened.