Red Bull style drinks - do they work?

[Mad Cyril]

I arrived in Canary Wharf around 7:20 feeling tired and rough so I nipped into Tesco and bought 4 cans of 'own brand' Red Bull at the bargain price of 25p per can.

I necked two cans before my Sugar Puffs and one hour later I have to say I can't feel the benefit.

Does this stuff actually work or am I paying the price for going own brand?

 

[steveo]

I always try to avoid it Cyril in case it does work and you reach the stage where you have to have it.

 

[EastStandBlue]

Men's Health ran an experiment on these energy drinks to find out if they work and which one was more effective.

They basically found that the home-brand ones were pretty rubbish, they're poor copies of the original drinks that actually have a bit of science behind them. The best one turned out to be Relentless, by some margin I think, but they did say not to have more than one per day for the benefit of your stomach.

To be honest, If I was you I'd probably just sprinkle some Columbian on my Sugar Puffs, you'll be buzzing in a matter of moments.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I have read the can and it says:

'Kx has been formulated to give you the kick you need to reach your peak'

That sounds like the real deal to me because with most other own brand goods supermarkets don't bother with slogans on the packaging. It's almost as if they are admitting that you are buying snide goods.

Interestingly enough I have noticed that own brand 'Nice' and 'Bourbon' biscuits have 'Nice' or 'Bourbon' written on them but own brand Rich Tea/Digestives do not.

I wonder if this is because Nice and Bourbon are place names and possibly cannot be copyrighted?

 

[MK Shrimper]

Surely Red Bull and their ilk are just stuffed full of sugar & caffeine and give a temporary "rush" while eventually leaving you feeling more drained than ever.

And Nice biscuits....pronounced "Neece" (as the French city) or plain Nice (as in a nice cup of tea?).... discuss!*



* no don't.

 

[osymandus]

Do use Relentless myself (and hvae had 2 in a day ) , but you do build up a tolerance quickly to it (well i did ) so i just have it as a soft drink alternative now ;)

But for a buzz and a few hours it works (drove back from Bristol once in about 3 1/2 on one can (at 1am in the morning )

 

[TrueBlue]

Men's Health ran an experiment on these energy drinks to find out if they work and which one was more effective.

They basically found that the home-brand ones were pretty rubbish, they're poor copies of the original drinks that actually have a bit of science behind them. The best one turned out to be Relentless, by some margin I think, but they did say not to have more than one per day for the benefit of your stomach.

To be honest, If I was you I'd probably just sprinkle some Columbian on my Sugar Puffs, you'll be buzzing in a matter of moments.

Prefer a proper line to a sprinkle to be honest to get the job done.

 

[Napster]

Relentless is my choice. Red Bull doesn't give me the buzz anymore.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I like the way Relentless looks like a can of cheap lager.

 

[osymandus]

I like the way Relentless looks like a can of cheap lager.

plus at TEsco's is about 1:05-115

 

[Mad Cyril]

plus at TEsco's is about 1:05-115

Which is out of my budget,

I don't go over a quid for soft drinks and tend to go for obscure drinks from newsagents.

Matotaki used to be a big favourite of mine back in the 80's but I am currently into KA Carribean Cola.

Only sugar contains more sugar.

 

[Pubey]

too much red bull gives you the ***** and a godawful hangover

relentless is brilliant stuff if you are pulling an allnighter

 

[RobM]

Red Card is a mixture of sugars, tried once and it seemed to be fine.

 

[Smudger]

too much red bull gives you the ***** and a godawful hangover

relentless is brilliant stuff if you are pulling an allnighter

True true. Is there a more sustained, nauseous agony than the Tequila, Vodka and Red Bull hangover? The Red Bull forces you to wake up bolt upright 3.5 hours after going to bed, so no chance of sleeping it off and just as you conquer the booze the taurine kicks leaving you feeling like you've spent the night in Barrymore's swimming pool. You've got off lightly if you feel anything approaching "normal" two days later.....arrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[shrimpermatt]

a few of them 35p euro shopper ones normally do the trick for me