Product Review: ZipVit ZV-1 Energy Drink

So I talked about expensive nutritional stuff from a swiss company called ZipVit in a post back in..... April I think and one of the things that I talked about was their sports drink, called ZV-1.  Now as far as sports drinks go, they're usually all pretty good for loading you up with energy, some just a little bit more effectively than others. The only problem with all these little things as I've talked about lots on the past is that when it's working..... you don't notice it.  Like if you drink gatorade and it's working, you don't bonk.  If you drink Gatorde (or not) and you will bonk, then it's something tangible.  The other thing is an energy drink isn't going to suddenly turn you into Jens.  So after that little meandering, lets get to it. 

Today's post is hopefully going to be the new format for review stuff, a little bit of a preamble, pricing/availibility, some nice rhetoric and a quick summary portion. 

This powder either comes in individual sachets, or you can get a tub of it (which is cheaper, but because ZipVit stuff is pricey... is very expensive). 

It'll run you about 20 bucks for a tin which gives you 25 servings (750mL) which I mean at the end of the day is 80 cents a serving, but I think it's still about double the cost of good ol gatorade which is the benchmark for most other "sports drink".  One of the gripes with sports drinks is they can ruin the effects of a short workout, pretty much putting you back at calorie neutral and Gatorade has something called their G-Series (2 I think) that's meant to combat this, I'll test it out soon.  When I poured out the single serving of this powder, I was actually pretty alarmed by how much powder was making its way into the bottle but hey it said one packet, into 750mL so I just listened to them.  Turns out that it actually wasn't sweet at all which was pleasant, and it made you want to keep on just sipping away at it keeping you continually hydrated, and energized which was a good thing.  I had the fruit punch flavor, and if I were to make one comment/complaint/observation is that because it's not particularly sweet, there's also not a whole lot of guidance in what you're actually tasting I mean it's kinda sweet, and it doesn't just taste of sugar, but I'm not quite sure what it tastes like.  They also advertise that it won't upset your stomach which is always a good point.  I've made note multiple times that I am a nutrition snob in that I won't race on anything that I haven't tried thoroughly before, and I won't train with something that doesn't at least sound fantastic on paper (or if it's shiny, it supercedes most of my logical thinking).  It went down, stayed down and my stomach was nice and happy, so I guess it's true to their claims. 

Pros:
- Delivers what you need without a huge fuss
- Not too sweet
- Easy to go down and keeps you reaching for the bottle

Cons:
- Expensive
- Not quite sure what it tastes of, but it's not unpleasant

Bottom Line:
It's a good drink, does the job, but it's wee bit expensive so it'll be saved for the days where I feel like treating myself.