Vendors and other attendees take in the Vape Exhibit at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, which promotes a variety of new and interesting e-cigarette products on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 | 2 a.m.
With over 7,000 participants and 200 exhibitors, the Las Vegas Vape Exhibit featured the latest and greatest in the e-cigarette industry.
From vape juice-makers to mouthpiece manufacturers and everything in between, exhibitors at the weekend conference admitted to being “in a rush” to launch new products, before new FDA regulations on Aug. 8 begin classifying e-cigarettes as “tobacco products,” which would ramp up both safety requirements and costs for new vaping items.
The three-day, open-to-the-public convention, which ended Monday at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, had its largest attendance to date, a show spokeswoman said. Nearly half of its exhibitors were first-time attendees with products developed in 2016.
With that in mind, here’s a list of some of the most unique new items found at the convention:
- “Altus T1,” by GuoVape
Dubbed “the product that will beat the FDA,” Los Angeles-based physicist David Guo’s Altus T1 uses a high thermo-conductive ceramic instead of traditional coils to heat liquid in a tank used for vaping, making the product “tobacco free” per the upcoming FDA regulations, because it doesn’t have a coil.
While most $4 e-cigarette heating tank coils last from one day to one week, the Altus T1 lasts for 1 million cycles, or about five years, said the 30-year-old Guo, who studied condensed matter physics at UC Irvine.
“Basically the vaping coil is a technology that hadn’t advanced since 2007,” he explained. “The coils require more energy, more heat and more of people’s money.”
The Altus T1 ceramic rises from zero to 392 degrees Fahrenheit in just over a half-second, conducting heat “as fast as aluminum,” Guo said. That’s significantly cooler than traditional coils, which can heat up to 752 degrees, producing vapes that are “too hot.”
“I saw an opportunity to take vaping to the next level. It gives a cleaner taste,” Guo said, "and it’s healthier because you’re consistently vaping at a lower temperature.”
The product, which debuted at this weekend’s convention, was made available online at the conclusion of the expo, at guovape.com and through a partnership with vaporworld.biz. It retails for $85.
- “Honeydew Melon Peach Juice”
Los Angeles-based Aspire’s latest vape juice uses all-natural ingredients and gives vapers the experience of inhaling three popular fruits, said company CEO Arsen Stepanyan, 33.
Unlike most vaping juices on Saturday’s showroom floor, Aspire’s Honeydew Melon Peach flavor did not contain any nicotine, Stepanyan said. The juices, released earlier this year, have only two ingredients: vegetable glycerin and propylene glycerin.
“It’s a different type of smoking experience,” Stepanyan explained. “You’re getting the purest form of flavor — you’re not inhaling all of the unhealthy substances from tobacco.”
The Honeydew Melon Peach Juice, which debuted in January and retails for $30, tastes like a “light and fruity Nirvana,” Stepanyan said. Aspire also released Cinnamon Funnel Cake and Double Apple Cinnamon flavors earlier this year.
- “Bakers Man E-liquids,” by The Drip Company
The Kingsport, Tenn.-based vape juice maker had perhaps the sweetest offerings on Saturday’s showroom floor, presenting its newest cake-flavored juice Bakers Man in addition to older flavors Sweet N’ Sour Candy and Cone Flakes.
A tattoo-artist turned vape juice maker, Drip Company CEO David Saylor, 38, said his latest flavors were not intentionally marketed toward younger vapers, but rather “adults looking for something tasty.”
“We have the most flavorful and most customizable liquids,” Johnson said. “Bakers Man is already our hottest seller.”
The 2.2-ounce Bakers Man liquid, which comes with two separate bottles, Patty Cake and Strawberry Icing flavors for users to mix as they desire, retails for $30 and can be found in vape shops across the southern United States, and online at thedripcompany.com
- “3D Vaping cases” by Kloud Kase
Another first in the vaping industry, the Fayetteville, Ga.-based company uses a blend of 3D polyamide, a plastic-like material, to create customized 3D printable cases to protect and hold your vaping device, or even clip it on your belt.
With different designs from bullet holes to paw prints, the vaping cases can be formed by mixing up to two colors, said company founder Brian Tyson, 41, and they come in 10 sizes. The cases can be customized on-the-spot, and printed out both individually for retail, or in mass quantity for wholesale buyers. Kloud Kase’s 3D products retail from $28 to $36 and can be found on Kloudkase.net.
- “E-Cig Tips,” by jus tha tip
With over 200 different styles of mouthpieces for e-cigarette inhaling, the family-owned, Ashland, Ky.-based company was the only exhibitor selling handmade mouthpieces, made of the composite marble-like materials Corian and TruStone.
The high-end materials give the vaping tips a “clean, cool and smooth” feel, according to company founder Jerry Goodwin.
Jus tha tip, a “hobby turned profession,” for Goodwin, 41, his wife, son and daughter, made its first Las Vegas appearance in a flashy exhibit on Saturday’s showroom floor, surrounded by playing cards and poker chips.
Goodwin’s company also allows buyers to customize their own mouthpiece designs on its website, justhatip.com, for prices ranging from $24 to $35.
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