Great Gifts: Zooke and Slime

Zooke’s Z-line of products.

“Here, let me clean your glasses” the man called as I strolled by enjoying the various displays at the Rally.

“Right” I thought “another glass-cleaning, perfume-spritzing, jewelry-polishing, free-newspaper kind of moment.” Why bother, they are all selling something and rarely have I been impressed with products or their presentations.

I have a chronic problem with dirty eyeglasses but you can’t blame me because when I take them off to clean them I can’t see the dirt so they look clean before I put them back on. This time I decided to let someone who could see clean them while I waited to be totally underwhelmed.

The guy went into his spiel as he put a very tiny drop of blue liquid on my glasses and then wiped them with a blue cloth. I heard words like “non-fogging” and something about the product actually filling in scratches, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Within a minute he returned my glasses and I put them on while wondering how I could make my escape without buying his product or telling him it was no better than any other product I had seen?

Whoa! I took my glasses off and looked at the lenses and I was totally amazed – they were crystal clear. This product was “clearly better” than any I had ever seen. My glasses seemed to sparkle as the man held them over a steam jet to show that they would not fog up.

Okay, now I am interested.

The products from Z-Eyes, Inc. are sold under the name Zooke, with each individual item named Z-drip, Z-wax, Z-kit, Z-spray, Z-silk, etc. depending on its function. The kit containing their full range of products was $19.95 –which I thought was well worth the price.

For several months I have been using, and recommending, the Zooke products and I continue to be impressed with how well they work. Even with a helmet and a turtleneck or a scarf I never experience that annoyingly dangerous problem of suddenly having my glasses fog up leaving me unable to see. It has also amazed me to see just how little of the product it takes, I still have plenty of my original supply left and when I run low I will just go to www.Zooke.com and order the refill bottles.

Zooke was started by outdoor enthusiasts who were looking for a solution to the problem of glasses, ski goggles, scuba masks, sunglasses and other eye protection fogging up. They not only solved their problem but also in the process founded the successful business.

For your shopping convenience Z-Eyes will soon be available in stores such as Oshmans, Big 5 Sporting Goods, and Gart Brothers as well as through mail order catalogs such as L.L. Bean and Early Winters.

With a little experimentation I have found that the Zooke products work well on motorcycle windshields, bathroom...

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