( 23 reviews )
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Posted: Dec 12 2008
I think that the idea of having portable packets of powdered power drinks (say that 10 times fast) is a good one. It saves space and you can just throw it in a backpack or suitcase on trips. However, these lemon flavored packets (properly diluted with water) just didn't taste very good to me at all. It was like drinking lemon flavored "Alkeselzer", and resulted in the same bad after-taste. I think the element of taste in a power drink is getting to be more and more important in these times. With that said, if you're looking for 'portable packets of powdered power drinks'... look elsewhere.
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Posted: Nov 20 2008
These are okay for electrolytes, but the taste is very artificial. I feel like I'm drinking chemicals when I taste it.
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Posted: Sep 23 2008
I was eager to try this product as my husband is a diabetic and drinks a LOT of store brand type Crystal Light products. I had a picture in my mind how this would taste---sort of a tangy Gatorade type taste. Well, the first hurdle was mixing the drink. The little tube packets the powder comes in lead you to think (or me to think anyway) that you would use one per glass, and I guess I picture a glass as about 10 oz. However, it says to use 16.9 oz of water. Very strange amount! I tried measuring accurately but kept thinking---why not say 17 oz or 16 oz? The taste was a surprise, and not that pleasant a one. I usually don't like artificial sweeteners as they taste too sweet to me. This wasn't too sweet---in fact, it didn't taste really sweet at all, or tangy, or tasty. It tasted like something you would drink for medicine almost---an odd "good for you" taste, like something they would give you to rehydrate you in an emergency or something. I could barely finish the glass. My husband didn't care for this either. He missed the sweetness,and wished there was more lemon flavor. We did find a use we liked, however. One of my sons had a stomach flu and needed rehydrating, and we were out of Pedialite, so we made up this drink and he managed to get it down. Perhaps it's good to have around for that sort of thing, but not as a treat!
