SPINFUEL: How far do you think the FDA should go when it comes to regulation?
Zeus: They should monitor and inspect just as they would a pharmaceutical company. Nicotine is a poison though harmless at the levels we are vaping it at. One small human error could lead to nicotine poisoning, so only the highest quality lab grade mixing and testing equipment should be used, calibrated, and inspected on a regular basis.
SPINFUEL: Where do you stand with the opinion that the government should have the right to restrict people’s freedom to vape?
Zeus: This is a free country, so we should be free to do what we choose. Propylene glycol glycerine, and food flavorings have been FDA approved for human consumption since the 1950’s. And since they currently approve formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, nicotine, and 900+ other chemicals and toxins in cigarettes for human consumption they should have absolutely nothing to say about vaping.
SPINFUEL: Do you think, when it comes to teenagers, that ‘vaping leads to smoking’?
Zeus: Absolutely not. Smoking leads to vaping. Smoking has been around for thousands of years. You have been able to buy fruit and candy flavored Hookah tobaccos for many years, so flavorful eliquids isn’t a gateway to smoking. I feel that anyone who thinks smoking leads to vaping is not properly educated.
SPINFUEL: Safety is a huge factor today. What kind of measures you take to make sure that your e-juice is safe to consume? What methods do you use to prevent contamination or other factors that can harm your product?
Zeus: This is the number one factor in how we do things, write processes, and perform our daily duties. We mix all of our flavors in a clean room. All of our employees wear lab aprons, hair nets, nitrile gloves, and shoe coverings. We clean all surfaces every morning with anti bacterial cleaners and then isopropyl alcohol. We do not allow vaping, eating or drinking in the clean room. That area has to stay as sterile as we can make it, so we take every precaution we can to ensure that it does.
SPINFUEL: What is your suggested PG/VG mix? You ‘House Blend’? What is the reasoning behind it? (if any)
Zeus: Our house blend is a 100% true 60/40 PG/VG blend. It’s not a 60/40 PG/VG blend after we put the flavoring in. It’s not 60/40 for this ejuice and 65/35 for that. All of the flavorings we use come in PG carriers, so the amount of flavoring is factored into the final ratio. We do not use alcohol or distilled water in our main mix as we find it reduces the amount of vapor produced, though we do offer a blend with distilled water for our PG sensitive customers.
SPINFUEL: How do you make sure that your flavors are always consistent, that each batch or bottle delivers the same flavor and nicotine levels time after time?
Zeus: This was the #1 reason we took our time to grow. When you eat at a specific favorite restaurant in one town and then eat there again in another, you expect the flavors to be the same. We expect them to be as well for each bottle over and over again. The only way to ensure that they are the same every time is to create and stick to stringent manufacturing processes. The process has to be easy and fast and documented so that anyone can do it like the last person. It took a long time to figure out how to do that with 250+ flavors without spending hundreds of thousands of computer controlled systems, but we did it before we would allow ourselves to grow out of our britches. J
SPINFUEL: Speaking of which, do you mix customer’s orders by the bottle or by the batch?
Zeus: We mix every order by the bottle to the customers specifications, though we will start mixing by the batch when we start to offer a select number of our favorite flavors to be purchased pre-steeped.
SPINFUEL: How many flavors do you offer today?
Zeus: 263 and growing.
SPINFUEL: Why should our readers buy their e-Juice from you?
Zeus: Because we love what we do, and you can taste it in our juices. We know that our customers are just like us, people who want a robust, flavorful, eliquid that lasts and lasts. We take the upmost pride in providing our customers with the cleanest and safest product out there, even before the FDA regulates the industry. Although the industry standard is a no return policy on eliquids, we want our customers to enjoy their vaping experience, and we do what it takes to make sure they’re happy.
SPINFUEL: Do you have more than one person mixing eLiquids?
Zeus: Oh yes. Everyone that works here at Zeus E-Juice Inc can mix. Some have an artistic talent for it and are continually coming up with new flavors, but everyone here can follow our manufacturing process and make a bottle of juice.
SPINFUEL: Where do you think the eCigarette industry is headed? Are electronic cigarettes the “future of smoking”?
Zeus: I feel that there will always be tobacco users, but with the health risks of tobacco being much greater than vaping, vaping will replace smoking for a large percentage of the smoking population. As more and more “easy to use” products are developed, the learning curve is shrinking for the new vaper making it easier to stick with it.
SPINFUEL: What advice do you have for people that are new to vaping as it pertains to hardware? Should they start out with a mini-ecig and prefilled cartomizers or should they dive right in with eGo batteries and Clearomizer Does it matter?
Zeus: I think it really does matter. The person who smokes two packs a day, I feel, will not be happy with a 350 mah mini-ecig starter kit as they don’t last long enough, take a couple hours to charge, and before you know it you have two dead batteries and are having cravings for a cigarette. I myself tried twice with mini-ecigs and failed due to that very reason. I personally recommend a standard ego battery with a bottom coil cartomizer to anyone new to vaping.
SPINFUEL: Which APV or Mech-Mod released this year, 2013, do you think was the best one introduced to the vape community?
Zeus: The iTaste line from Innokin.
SPINFUEL: Is there anything else you’d like to say to our readers?
Zeus: Thank you for taking the time to read this. We love what we do and it is with the help of our amazing customers that we can continue to do so. We value your time and respect your intelligence. Happy Vaping!
