X-Treme Gladiator Energy Drink Review

I spent $.99 on X-Treme Gladiator, and the best they could do is a small eight oz. can who's middling design is shrink wrapped on. Honestly, I really hate these shrink wrapped designs; I just find them unattractive and pointless. But, like I said, the design itself isn't all too bad. The what looks like a flaming sword is cool against the black backdrop, and the name "Gladiator" is a fitting and appropriate name. But it wouldn't be middling if it didn't have some problems, and there's two in particular. First off, if they're going to use the word extreme(and stylize it), I feel it should come after Gladiator, not before it. Speaking of which, how is this drink so extreme? Does it contain a ridiculous amount of caffeine in such a small can like Cocaine? Well, the can doesn't directly say why it's extreme, so my guess would be no, it doesn't. And secondly, the "GCW" towards the top of the can is fairly cryptic and misplaced. Unless you know it stands for "Gladiator Championship Wrestling," the combination of letters would just confuse you in figuring out the drinks name.

X-Treme Gladiator should surprise no one that it's a Red Bull clone. The flavour starts out a highly gummy and super sweet apple taste that ends with a sour climax. The sourness is fitting with the nectarous fruit, helping it achieve a degree of authenticity before the flavour moves on. The sugariness isn't initially syrupy, but as the experience progresses it becomes as syrupy as the worst of the worst. Succeeding is a chemical-like pineapple that crosses with a gummy vanilla. The two soon bind together but it's done poorly and without care. The actual level of gumminess steadily rises and it eventually overpowers the vanilla. The gumminess then adopts the chemical-likeness from the pineapple, and along with a newly appeared tart essence, proceed to end the experience. There's no film coating left once your last sip is taken, which given the drinks syrupy nature, is surprising. Overall, X-Treme Gladiator's taste is sickening in how little uniqueness it offers. Its flavour is as by the book, when it comes to clones, as it gets.

X-Treme Gladiator's kick isn't as extreme as it thinks it is. I had energy lasting under an hour and a half. It was filled with jitters and ended with a slight crash. Not surprising or exciting in the least. Each can contains: taurine, caffeine, and a variety of B vitamins. In the end, X-Treme Gladiator retails for the unreasonable price of $.99, and if your suckered in to buying a can(or if your unlucky like me and buy two), then the most enjoyment you'll get out of it is smashing the can against a large rock and watching it explode.

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