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ECC 2018: Intro to Our Vaping Awards

ECC 2018! Intro to our vaping awards!

Mar 11, 2024Updated Sep 17, 20263 min readAwards

In 2018, the ZampleBox team made the rounds at the Electronic Cigarette Convention (ECC) and handed out our annual E-Liquid Awards. We interviewed models and vape promoters, tried a lot of hot new products, met plenty of fans and had an amazing time. Thanks again to everyone who came out to see us.

ECC was the kind of vape convention where brands showed off new juices and hardware and fans came to try them, which made it a natural place to celebrate the year’s best e-liquids. We had been there before, too: see our ECC 2016 post.

Short version: ZampleBox members’ ratings decided the most popular vape juices of the year. At ECC 2018 we celebrated the 2017 winners in 11 categories, from Best Cereal Vape to Best Vape of 2017.

How the ZampleBox E-Liquid Awards work

Every year, we take the mountain of data from ZampleBox members’ votes and ratings on e-liquid and use it to find the most popular vape juices of the past year. Then we hand out the ZampleBox E-Liquid Awards to the companies behind the winners.

Our staff does not pick the winners. The results reflect what a big group of discerning vapers enjoyed most. You do not have to agree with every pick, but a top score from that many members says a lot about a juice.

The award categories

Here are the 11 categories, with links to the winner posts we published:

Want to go further back? Here are all the winners of the 2016 E-Liquid Awards.

How to use an award list when you shop

Award categories double as a map of flavor families, which makes them a handy shortcut when you are hunting for something new:

  • Start with the category you already love. A winner in that family is an easy first step away from your usual bottle.
  • Try one neighboring category. If custard is your thing, cream or dessert winners are a small leap, not a big one.
  • Read the tasting notes. Winner posts and reviews tell you what hits on the inhale and exhale, which says more than a name.
  • Keep your nicotine strength in mind. A great flavor at the wrong strength will not feel right. Our nicotine strength guide can help.

Most of these categories map straight onto our shop. Browse fruit, dessert, custard, cream, candy, menthol and tobacco flavors, or visit our E-Liquid Awards page.

If you would rather let ratings do the work, the Zamplebox Club applies the same idea to your own taste. You rate flavor notes, mark favorites and flag bottles you never want sent, and each monthly box is curated to match, with a short reason for every pick.

Watch the awards

We announced the winners on video as the awards rolled out. Watch our videos on YouTube.

Thanks for watching and supporting our content. The support we get from our members is what made these videos and posts possible. Cheers from Jared and the ZB team.

Bottles worth trying

Several of these categories, from cream to custard, are dessert styles. Here are a few dessert flavors to start with.

WARNING: This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. For adults 21+ only.