[Jayhawkk]

Just as a heads up, These great guys here sent me a container of Blast™ to review. I wanted to get a full cycle of it in before giving my opinion but it will be soon.

Blast™ review further down. Please take a look and feel free to ask any questions that I did not cover or state clear enough. thank you to Nimbus for allowing me to review Blast™

[workin2005]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

Just as a heads up, These great guys here sent me a container of Blast to review. I wanted to get a full cycle of it in before giving my opinion but it will be soon.

Looking forward to your thoughts Jayhawkk!

Workin

[prld2gr8ns]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

Just as a heads up, These great guys here sent me a container of Blast to review. I wanted to get a full cycle of it in before giving my opinion but it will be soon.

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the product Jay.

[Jayhawkk]

Okay my Blast™ review...

The container is similar to Poseisdon and has a great label with solid directions and ingredient profile.

The very first thing you will notice upon mixing this is that it dissolves pretty much instantly. The second thing you will notice is the taste...Not really all that great. It isn't horrible by any means but it is really weak. For those who mix this with another flavored product or with a drink like gatorade then you will not have an issue but I'll explain later why this wasn't a good thing in my case.

How I tested this product.

Going off of the ingredient profile I chose to use this as a mild to moderate energy drink with the intent to replace my current replenishing/hydrating drinks (Healthy waters, gatorade,powerades etc). I also did not mix this with any other product. I wanted to treat this as a true replacement to the above drinks and I wanted to see the results without them being skewed.

Dose...
2 servings
2-4 times a day. Depending on on/off days and bed time.
12-32oz of water to test flavoring



Performance...

I was pleasantly pleased. Minus the weak(imho) flavoring I found Blast™ to do exactly what I believed it would do. I compare this to poseidon with a kick. It has a nice boost in energy without it being too overwhelming which is excellent if you take any other stims/products with stims in it and do not want over kill. A great morning drink to get you going with no sides of jitters or nervousness. Blast™ gives a great refreshed feeling as well. I would use this to replace my current energy drinks and replenishing drinks so the cost of this is great considering it replaces two different products.

Scale of 1-5
Mixability 5
Taste 3
Hydration 5
Energy 4
Cost 4
Anti-cramp 5

Over all 4.3 An Excellent product.


Suggestion: If there's any way to add the flavoring like I received in the Poseidon Beta, that would be great or a way to make this a bit more strong.

[workin2005]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

Okay my Blast™ review...

The container is similar to Poseisdon and has a great label with solid directions and ingredient profile.

The very first thing you will notice upon mixing this is that it dissolves pretty much instantly. The second thing you will notice is the taste...Not really all that great. It isn't horrible by any means but it is really weak. For those who mix this with another flavored product or with a drink like gatorade then you will not have an issue but I'll explain later why this wasn't a good thing in my case.

How I tested this product.

Going off of the ingredient profile I chose to use this as a mild to moderate energy drink with the intent to replace my current replenishing/hydrating drinks (Healthy waters, gatorade,powerades etc). I also did not mix this with any other product. I wanted to treat this as a true replacement to the above drinks and I wanted to see the results without them being skewed.



Performance...

I was pleasantly pleased. Minus the weak(imho) flavoring I found Blast™ to do exactly what I believed it would do. I compare this to poseidon with a kick. It has a nice boost in energy without it being too overwhelming which is excellent if you take any other stims/products with stims in it and do not want over kill. A great morning drink to get you going with no sides of jitters or nervousness. Blast™ gives a great refreshed feeling as well. I would use this to replace my current energy drinks and replenishing drinks so the cost of this is great considering it replaces two different products.

Scale of 1-5
Mixability 5
Taste 3
Hydration 5
Energy 4
Cost 4
Anti-cramp 5

Over all 4.3 An Excellent product.


Suggestion: If there's any way to add the flavoring like I received in the Poseidon Beta, that would be great or a way to make this a bit more strong.

Thanks for the honest feedback Jayhawkk!

Did you use 1 serving or 2? I only ask because I usually mix 2 servings in about 8-10 ounces of water and the flavor is just about right. If you only used 1 serving it would be a bit weak.

Originally we weren't going to flavor BLAST at all as we preferred to have nothing artificial added to it. After tasting the unflavored version, we realized that it was slightly to bitter to release. That's when we decided to add just enough flavoring to cover up the bitter taste of the active ingredients...but not so much that it would cause one to consume an excess of artificial flavoring if they wanted to drink 2-4 servings per day. It was just a much healthier alternative in our opinion.

So it sounds like you were very pleased with the results BLAST gave you, just not crazy about the taste. Is that correct?

Thanks again for your thoughts Jay...much appreciated my friend!

Workin

[Jayhawkk]

2 servings 2-4 times per day. I was very pleased, indeed. I'm a critic when it comes to flavoring; probably moreso than most and with your reasoning, I really couldn't find any issue. It does cover up any bitterness that may have been there prior to flavoring since I couldn't taste it in the final product.

I still have some left and i'm going to tinker with the taste a bit so I can still keep it a stand alone product. I did try this with Chaos and it worked great together and in that case, the flavoring was perfect because Chaos is pretty tart(I love the taste).

[Jayhawkk]

*Added dose protocol

[prld2gr8ns]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

2 servings 2-4 times per day. I was very pleased, indeed. I'm a critic when it comes to flavoring; probably moreso than most and with your reasoning, I really couldn't find any issue. It does cover up any bitterness that may have been there prior to flavoring since I couldn't taste it in the final product.

I still have some left and i'm going to tinker with the taste a bit so I can still keep it a stand alone product. I did try this with Chaos and it worked great together and in that case, the flavoring was perfect because Chaos is pretty tart(I love the taste).

Great review Jay, that stack with chaos looks good.

Try reducing the volume of liquid you use with each serving like workin mentioned and see if that doesn't make the taste better.

[workin2005]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

2 servings 2-4 times per day. I was very pleased, indeed. I'm a critic when it comes to flavoring; probably moreso than most and with your reasoning, I really couldn't find any issue. It does cover up any bitterness that may have been there prior to flavoring since I couldn't taste it in the final product.

I still have some left and i'm going to tinker with the taste a bit so I can still keep it a stand alone product. I did try this with Chaos and it worked great together and in that case, the flavoring was perfect because Chaos is pretty tart(I love the taste).

Sounds like it would stack very well with Chaos. Thanks again for the great review my friend!

Workin

[jasonschaffin]

I agree the blast is a great product. I only take one scoop at a time as needed (about 2/day M-F) and it seems to kick much harder than I expected. A smooth not overpowering energy that is great for everyday activities. Using this to replace all my Rockstar/Monster energy drinks I use to get through the day. Also so much cheaper than buying those everyday.

[Jayhawkk]

Yeah at 2 dollars a can it was adding up.

[prld2gr8ns]

Originally Posted by jasonschaffin

I agree the blast is a great product. I only take one scoop at a time as needed (about 2/day M-F) and it seems to kick much harder than I expected. A smooth not overpowering energy that is great for everyday activities. Using this to replace all my Rockstar/Monster energy drinks I use to get through the day. Also so much cheaper than buying those everyday.

Right on jason. That's the beauty of Blast. It's quick, convient, and effective for anyone looking for a solid energy mix.

[workin2005]

Originally Posted by jasonschaffin

I agree the blast is a great product. I only take one scoop at a time as needed (about 2/day M-F) and it seems to kick much harder than I expected. A smooth not overpowering energy that is great for everyday activities. Using this to replace all my Rockstar/Monster energy drinks I use to get through the day. Also so much cheaper than buying those everyday.

That's exactly how it was meant to be used. Great to hear your happy with BLAST jasonschaffin!

Workin

[freezito]

hmmmm, did someone say energy drink? if a person already takes poisedon, do these two formulas work good together