Geeks like energy drinks. It could be said that the fad started in the early 90s with the famous Jolt Cola, which was consumed primarily as an alternative to coffee for all-night D&D campaigns. Yes, I was there. Later, the caffeine content of Mountain Dew was upped, and it became the staple of late-night coding sessions. One famous computer worm, the Code Red Virus, was named after the Code Red brand of Mountain Dew the anti-viral guys used to stay up late writing the anti-viral code.
Now we’ve got alcoholic energy drinks (my social life is Powered By Sparks™), and Vodka and Redbull cocktails are more popular than ever. That’s why when I was researching the after effects on my 5 Hour Energy shot binge, I was surprised to discover that there are a multitude of sites dedicated to reviewing energy drinks.
Sure, this isn’t a gadget post, but if you’re a reader of this blog, you’re likely also a fan of one flavor of the above mentioned energy drinks, so if I didn’t share my discovery, I wouldn’t be doing my job, now would I?
Energy Drink Reviews [Google]
Most of these we sell by the bulk case and I will say that the Rockstar products are kicking ass right now!
As a fellow energy drink aficionado I am always on the search for something new and tasty. My suggestion for something with a little more kick would be the Spike Shooter from Biotest. It’s great if you’re needed that extra kick for the day of programming or a LONG night of video games.
It’s pretty much the most awesome energy drink on the planet. But if you start playing tug of war with a semi truck or try lifting your house up… don’t say I didn’t warn you.
The full throttle has a new slushie, and i live in Canada, and i would liek for it to be sold in convienient stores across canada. It looks really good, but i cannot try it and i think it would be a big hit
Haven’t some states started banning those alcoholic energy drinks? Personally I have no interest since I don’t like the sound of that combination…
Matt, it’s nice to see you mention energy drinks as it looks like there’s a good amount of us who enjoy some. I work with Stacker 2 and we have our own drink called the 6 Hour Power. Have any of you guys you heard of it?
Right now we’re looking for interested people to take this short, anonymous survey about our drink: http://surveymonkey.com/6hrpowersurvey
We’d really appreciate any inpute you guys sent our way. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or if you take the survey. By the way, I hope you don’t mind me commenting on your post about this, Matt. Have a great day, and I hope to hear back from some of you soon.
Franklin Keane
Brand Ambassador
Franklin6hrpower@gmail.com