Strike Force Energy Comparison

The proud veterans at Strike Force Energy sent me a sampling of their wares.  By the frog and trident in the logo I assume the creator Sean Matson was Naval Special Warfare, SEALs.

No! Not those idiots!  The real ones.

In preparing for a long in-depth review series first I wanted to do some strategic pre-planning.  To get to know my target for review….

First off let's compare the target to a few other High Caffeine Targets (HCT).  

All these stats are pulled from Caffeine Informer.

Strike Force Energy is listed at 160 mg in 16.91 fl oz.

How does this stack up against the first HCT of Mountain Dew?

The Dew is only 54 mg for a 12 oz serving.  With a whopping 46 grams of sugar and 170 calories!!!! Mountain Don't!

Next up is Starbucks

A 16 oz Cafe Americano (my favorite) has a whopping 225 mg.  There are three shots of Espresso in that bad boy… but hot drink on a hot run not really my thing.

Now let's look at some direct competition…

No not that Red Bull…

There we go…

Coming in and 160mg caffeine per roughly 16 fl oz.  But that will cost you 52 grams of sugar and 220 calories. Plus they taste like crap…

Our final competitor….

5 Hour Energy packs a 200 mg Caffeine punch.  But it also has a crap ton of vitamins and stuff that you don't need that can make you feel super weird. And if Red Bull tastes nasty these taste like utter ass.

8333% of your daily dose of vitamin B12!!! That can't be good for you.  But it does have no sugar and only 4 calories.

Ok now that we know what we are up against we can plan out our missions to test out Strike Force Energy in the field.  Since we will have 4 flavors we will formulate 4 missions to test it's performance in a dynamic and diverse environments.  I will test it as an Emergency Room Nurse. I will test it as a morning runner and on a trail half-marathon.  And finally I will test it as a husband and father on a dreaded Honey-Do List day!!!!

I love it when a plan comes together!

As a true independent  with no wing affiliation  left or right I would like to thank Sean for his service.  

More to come later…but for now...gotta run!