Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Shots

Energy Shots:

6 Hour Power (Sugar Free): They have info. on all their products here
1. Very Berry: Kind of watered down tasting, but that's not really what's important here, is it? It's mostly physical energy, less mental focus. 0 calories

Fuel:
1.Extra Strength 7 Hour Energy Shot: Well it tastes like watered down cherry cough syrup, but you're not really drinking it for the taste, are you? Anyway, it has definite diuretic properties. The energy is long lasting - 7 hours or so. It's pretty good, but it doesn't have quite as much mental focus as I like in my energy shots. 4 calories.

Layfield's Energy Plus:
1. Energy Focus No Pain Berry: Not bad flavor, but it'd better not be sine there're 25 calories in there. More importantly, it's pretty good on the energy and focus too. I suddenly wanted to clean for an hour or so, just like when I first take adderall or ritalin. Nothing spectacular, but one of the better ones.


Monster:
1.Lobo Hitman Energy Shooter: I like the taste, but I think I'm probably alone in that. It works well enough, but it's just not a 5 Hour Energy. I do wonder if, had I not had one of these, I wouldn't have ended up getting into a discussion with a married, devout Mormon about whether or not it's against the Mormon religion for married people to incorporate masturbation into their sexual repertoire. (Navigate through their website to get the nutritional info.)

Rock On Energy Shot: (sold at Walgreens)
1. Berry Blast: Bleh, tastes watered down, go with orange. Works fine.
2. Orange Octane: Tastes fine, works comparably to a 5 hour.


Slim Quick Energy for Women
1. Lemon Berry: Tastes good, head feels fuzzy if taken with too many other supplements

Stacker 2:
-Xtra Energy Shot:
1. Berry: Tastes good, but I hardly noticed any kick at all. Working and later working out still draaaaaagged, and I didn't really detect any mental boost either. This is what you get when you find an energy shot at the dollar store, I guess.


Starbucks Doubleshot:
1. Espresso and Cream: This is one of those exceptions I refer to in the Java Monster section. This was a post alcohol pick me up since the nature of my night required me to be up for a while longer that night. And you know what? I did stay up and fuck all night, so all power to this little sugary, caffeinated indulgence. Oh and they taste good. (Nut. Info.)

-Regular: This is the worst tasting energy/diet product I've had in 8 years when the thrift store I worked at at the time got in some expired gimmicky diet juice shit. This would be forgivable if it'd given me any sort of high, but that just wasn't the case. I had admittedly had a large meal beforehand though. Anyway, I got this one at some extremely energy geared gas station between Orlando and Miami, so you probably won't see it anyway. (Nut. Info.)

1. Strawberry Lemonade: If by strawberry lemonade they mean that pine sol shit the janitors in public school use, sure. So it doesn't taste great, but it gives some steady energy and appetite suppression. There's not much in the way of a speed high though. (Nut. Info.)


Road Trip Energy News

I love going into the gas stations in small towns on my way between real cities, as they tend to have all sorts of different energy products you can't find (yet) in normal places and would otherwise only be able to order off the internet. This one store in particular, well, let me paint a picture with pictures:










And these are just a few that they had, the ones I'd not seen before. Spike has a shot version now! Woot! This is also the place I got the Turbo Power Energy Shot reviewed here.

Not only did they have a shit ton of energy shots, check out some of the buttons on their soda fountain.




Um, I'm pretty sure these kick cherry, lemon and vanilla's asses. Also, I'm used to seeing- and being frustrated by- soda fountains with options for sugary energy drinks, but this place didn't disappoint:

There was a sugary version above, but the were kind enough to offer the sugarless variety as well. Unfortunately, I had to try this fountain drink with several squirts of all the additives above...except immunity, pshhh. This was unfortunate because I had already had to finish off a really jacked up energy drink that an hour or two early since it would have otherwise gone bad in the week I would be gone on a trip. I'm pretty sure this effed my digestive system up the whole week, effectively ruining Christmas. Learn from my mistakes, people.