Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

I first had this variety in Albertson's Max Velocity line years ago in 2007, and it is still as ugly as when first encountered. The background colour truly is not harsh to look at, however the cheetah is incredibly out of place, and the text uses some of the oldest and most cliché clichés in the book.

The flavour is surprisingly tame, a mild exercise with grapefruit and lemon braiding and greeting the palate to a rather pleasant sixteen ounces. Unfortunately the sweetness is emollient and there is honestly only the slightest excuse for sourness; the former flourishing and the latter languishing therefore. Admiringly things center around the fruit that has made Fresca so peculiar, and the dry ginger ale finish bodes well with the experience. But being sugar free, there is an unusually potent artificiality to the saccharinity, not disgustingly so but resembles any old fashioned diet soda despite implementing the renowned ace-k and sucralose blend. It sips placidly at a shocking pace, refreshing but with hardly any time remitted for anything but gulps. Overall, Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free's taste is equal part enjoyable and problematic, germinating something stuck in the middle of the two.

There is not much power behind each two plus hour kick, since containing only: caffeine(155mg), taurine, inositol and some B vitamins. On the whole, being a rather early generic drink who was not a Red Bull clone, Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free holds up surprisingly well even if there are definitely some problems.

Max Velocity Sugar Free Cherry Limeade Energy Drink Review

Max Velocity Sugar Free Cherry Limeade is a mouthful to speak and a handful to write, and unfortunately there's even more text scattered about. Cans may feature such an ample quantity of words and keep things neat, just so long as everything is organized, but the multiple orientations of statements, in addition to redundant speech, render this can as far too congested. But perhaps the biggest flaw with its appearance is the ugly colour chosen. It is fairly clever that they picked green opposed to red, liked the regular version did, you know, since each colour represents one of the alleged fruits, but the moss shade picked is certainly unappealing.

Max Velocity Sugar Free Cherry Limeade's flavour suffers from its diet nature, but one can still potentially find enjoyment. The two fruits tasted are expectantly lime and cherry, with the latter fruit dominating the generally mild experience. The former certainly influences its superior, especially in regard to the overall sourness, but it is fairly difficult to exactly pinpoint the lime. But that's not to say the cherry is stark, either, as it prefers to hesitantly hug the palate rather than outright choke it. The interpretation of the dyad are muffled and they're recognized as boring and ineptly sugared. The sweetness isn't the worst, mind you, but its demonstration isn't believable and the confectioning of the flavour isn't robust or fulfilling. Much like the red can variety, none of the sips are sufficient and you find yourself falsely dreaming that the next will relieve the wanting. As a result, the entirety of the product passes and you can't recall what you were just tasting, only that it didn't resemble what you wanted it to taste like. Overall, Max Velocity Sugar Free Cherry Limeade isn't offensive and your mouth could suffer through worse for the money spent, but it can't ever be recommended.

Each can contains: caffeine(155mg), taurine, and the typical gang of B vitamins. There was the usual three hour buzz, and it was as unexceptional as the rest of the product. In the end, Max Velocity Sugar Free Cherry Limeade fails to be a sort of guilty pleasure while at the same time it avoids complete abomination, which in turn means it escapes both partial acceptance and rejection.

Max Velocity Cherry Limeade Energy Drink Review

I was more than surprised when I stumbled upon Max Velocity Cherry Limeade at my local Shaws Supermarket. The series of energy drinks is actually quite unique, for a store brand, as they have various flavours available, which is seldom seen with such lines. Cherry Limeade's can is coloured brightly of red, which I feel is a bit too similar to the original flavour's brownish crimson, at least at first glance. And the can to the right has other problems as well, most of which are encore offenders of the line. Text is obvious, with cliched statements like "with taurine" plaguing the otherwise simple design, which is another issue. The overall plainness of the can is prosaic and boring, and save for the ill-suited cheetah, there's no graphical envoy.

Colouring the liquid pink is a bit dismaying, especially since the can is such a bright red. Tastes of both a honeyed lime and cherry appear on the forefront of the flavour, and bewildering enough the degree of sweetness is mild and mostly non-syrupy. This, namely the former, doesn't work in the drink's favour, however, as with candied fruits there's an expected strength of saccharinity which helps make up for the flavours passive authenticity. The aforementioned cherry and lime, as previously suggested, are deficient in adducing an appropriate sour or tartness, and even worse there's a glaring absence of immersion; each sip passes with little conviction that the fluid is properly flavoured. The privation of a pronounced understanding of their respected inspirations is unfortunate, though, as the paucity of sugariness is fairly refreshing, which is a good way to describe the taste as a whole. Yet the experience isn't satisfying in the least bit- it's a strange sensation but one that occurs thanks to an ataxic mind during the erroneous formulation. There's no aftertaste and your palate is clean ensuingly, and while I did comment that there is a syrupy quality, it never became too noticeable or much of a problem. Overall, Max Velocity Cherry Limeade's flavour could be improved exorbitantly if the fruits became blunt along with an increased sweetness, but currently I cannot laud it nor could I enjoy it.

Cherry Limeade's kick is parallel to any previous Max Velocity(three or so hours of energy), though I'd rank the buzz received as one of the most jittery yet; I wouldn't call the jitters as strong, though, but they were more overt than expected. Each can contains: various B vitamins, taurine, and caffeine(155mg). Overall, despite being less than impressed I cannot say that I am disappointed with Max Velocity Cherry Limeade, but that's only because my expectations weren't high.

Max Velocity Sugar Free Energy Drink Re-Review

While Max Velocity Sugar Free's can design may be essentially the same as past varieties, I find the silver to work quite well with the drinks logo. The Richter scale-like effect behind it is actually kinda cool looking, if not a bit understated. Plus, the text isn't cluttering like some other Max Velocity's have been. True, the lines "with taurine" and "enhanced with B vitamins" are now a days cliche, but there harmless here. But, like with past flavours, the cheetah is so badly out of place and just all around cheep-looking that it really makes it all too obvious the drink is store brand.

Max Velocity Sugar Free's flavour begins with a tart cross between a chemical taste and vanilla. The tartness works well in the drinks favour in that it conceals much of the unpleasantness given off by the chemical taste, allowing the vanilla to be predominate. The strong tartness is eventually lessened by a sourness that's overt half way into the experience. The tartness is never completely erased, however, but it is consistently paralyzed to the point where it's nothing more than a trace reminder of its past self. The sweetness is fairly restrained; it's never obtrusive but it's clearly evident. And while artificial, the ace K and sucrolase blend doesn't taste it. Overall, Max Velocity Sugar Free's taste reminded me constantly of Loop Sugar Free, almost as if they were formulated by the same company. And though I know because they both use the same base formula(Red Bull Sugar Free) they should mirror each other, it's impressive how close they taste to one another. But, that's the only time I'd use the word "impressive" while describing Max Velocity S/F's flavour.

Each can contains: caffeine(155mg), taurine, inositol, and a variety of B vitamins. This ingredient cocktail is less than impressive and actually fairly weak when compared to most other drinks. I had two or so hours where I felt energized, had slight jitters(surprisingly), and it ended with no crash. All in all, while Max Velocity Sugar Free could potentially impress a newcomer to the whole energy drink thing, there's just not much that even has a possibility of impressing a seasoned energy drinker.

Max Velocity

When I looked in my energy drink fridge for an energy drink to review, I was surprised to see a lone can of Max Velocity. Initially, I was like, "Nah, I've already reviewed you," but then I tried to think back to when I wrote my review for it, and I couldn't. Determined, I sat down at my computer and checked my site for the review, but I couldn't find it. To be perfectly honest, I was, and still am a bit surprised I never reviewed the original Max Velocity. I reviewed every single other variety, even Sugar Free Max Velocity, but never the full sugar version. But that ends today, as today I finally, after three years, finish the Max Velocity line.

FIRST IMPRESSION: Despite being far superior to its brother and sister cans, Max Velocity's can is still far from impressive. While I like the brown/crimson colour and the minimal text, the cheetah looks Photo-Shopped and misplaced. Also, the name "Max Velocity" doesn't have much to do with one either. The name actually comes from Alberson's generic cola Max Cola(I believe), so while it may make sense to name it that, it has nothing to do with the cheetah. It seems the designers liked the name Max Velocity, but they thought their cut photo of the cheetah was just so impressive, so they combined the two. If they removed the cheetah from the design, it may look a bit empty and boring, but at least it wouldn't look terrible.

TASTE: Given that Max Velocity Sugar Free was a Red Bull clone, it should come to no surprise that Max Velocity Original is one too. Gummy vanilla is what I initially tasted when the liquid hit my tongue. Apple rides underneaths the vanilla, and has a slight end-note of spearmint. Trailing closely behind the apple, aspects of orange and grape appear. The orange is sweet and not all too tart, and covers most of the grape, which is equally as sweet. There's not too much of a bubble gum taste, but towards the end, some does surface, and along with a sour climax, ends the experience. Max Velocity is ultra-sweet, and most of the sweetness is sickly sweet and syrupy thanks to the use of HFCS's. This leaves the common film coating your mouth that many drinks have. Overall, Max Velocity's taste is what you'd expect from a generic energy drink, run-of-the-mill.

KICK: Max Velocity's cocktail of ingredients is just as mediocre as its taste: 155mg of caffeine, Taurine, 200% of your daily intake of Vit. B3, 100% of your daily intake of Vit. B5, 160% of your daily intake of Vit. B12, and 500% of your daily intake of Vit. B6. I didn't feel as energized or alert as with previous Velocity drinks, which is sad given they weren't too impressive. The kick lasted only around two or so hours, and I did crash afterwords. But, that's to be expected from a drink with sixty two grams of sugar.

FINAL WARD: I didn't expect the next great thing in energy drinks from Max Velocity. Given the lines history, I knew the can and kick were going to be nothing to write home about, but one thing the line's been able to provide me is an impressive taste, but that's were Max disappoints. While difficult to pull off, Red Bull clones can be delicious, when the company spends serious time on it. Unexpected yet well blended notes, or just less sweetness could significantly improve the taste, so hopefully if Albertson's ever re-releases Max Velocity Original, they'll follow at least one of my suggestions...2/5

Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry Sugar Free

On my most recent trek to Shaws, along with Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry, I picked up Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry Sugar Free. For the time being, this is the second last variant in the Max Velocity Line(I believe), and as a whole, I feel that the line is a surprisingly good, especially since it is generic. Now, usually I'm not all too excited to review sugar free energy drinks, but since past Max Velocity sugar free flavours have been quite good, things are different.

FIRST IMPRESSION: The can to Max Velocity Pom S/F is simply ugly. There's a lot of needless text and the cheetah is unfitting. But if there is one thing that seal's the nail on the coffin, it would have to be the colour. The colour, a light, almost washed out purple, is unsightly. Why Super Value(or Albertsons) thought that this colour would help sell their drink is beyond me.

TASTE: I opened the can and poured some in a glass. The colour is a surprisingly deep purple colour. The flavour starts out a bland blend of pomegranate and some miscellaneous berry's, namely cranberry and blueberry. This mix reminds me of Trix yogurt, though not as strong as it did in Sports Energy. After the blend a light tartness stays in your mouth, but it doesn't last too long. The overall sweetness is minimal, which helps keep the sugar free sweetener taste down. Overall, while the original sugared version is by far superior, Max Velocity Pom S/F isn't half bad, especially for a sugar free one.

KICK: Each can contains: twenty calories, two grams of protein, 180% of your daily intake of Niacin, 480% of your daily intake of Vit. B6, 160% of your daily intake of Vit. B12, caffeine, Taurine, and ninety percent of your daily intake of Vit. B5. This overall blend of ingredients gave me a pretty good buzz. For around three and a half hours I felt my mentality raise and my alertness go up. After the three+ hours I didn't receive any sort of a crash, which I'm guessing is because of the lack of sugar.

FINAL WARD: Overall, I think that Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry Sugar Free is a decent to good overall energy drink. While the can is in need of some serious work, the good sugar free taste and the decent kick round things out a bit. But despite the drink being rounded out, the drink still isn't a full circle. In the quest for the perfect energy drink, I feel that Max Velocity S/F Pom is nothing more than a mere distraction from your quest, and unless you find it cheap, it should be skipped...3/5

Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry

On a recent trip to the Boston area, I stopped at a Shaws to see if they had any new energy drinks. At first, I saw nothing, but then I looked closer and saw this "beauty," Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry. As we all know, Max Velocity is a line of generic energy drinks at Shaws, and Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry is the second spin off of the line, the first being Uncaged. Now, since the line has been surprisingly decent to good in the past, I'm rather excited to try and review Pomegranate Berry.

FIRST IMPRESSION: While the can to Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry is better than the previous ones in the line, it is still a mess. For starters, the can is cluttered. While for the most part the top is clean, the bottom is packed unnecessary text. The Cheetah seems out of place, and doesn't go well with the purple colour. Speaking of the colour purple, there is too much of it. Not only is the background purple, but so is a lot of the text. It is too much purple.

TASTE: I opened the can and took a sip. The flavour is hard to describe. It begins a tart, rather thick pomegranate flavour, that soon fades into a blend of melon and strawberry, with strawberry being the dominate of the two tastes. There are also some notes of raspberry and blueberry, which adds some complexity to the drink. The whole flavour is finished by a sweet bite, which lasts longer than I would of expected, making it the only real after taste. Overall, Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry is a pretty good tasting drink that tastes better than some big brand drinks.

KICK: Each can contains: 240 calories, Taurine, two grams of protein, 480% of your daily intake of vit. B6, 180% of your daily intake of Niacin, 160% of your daily intake of vit. B12, caffeine, and ninety percent of your daily intake of vit. B5. This blend of ingredients gave me a fairly average buzz. For three+ hours I noticed my reaction time was up slightly and I had a mild case of the jitters. After the three or so hours I got no crash, which was good.

FINAL WARD: All in all, I have to say that Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry is a decent all around energy drink. While the taste was great, the second rate can and its lackluster kick keep this drink from being a high recommendation, or even a mild recommendation. At its cheap sale price of $1, some might say that it's worth it, but I say that a dollar is still a dollar. There are many other, higher quality, energy drinks for the same price that are miles ahead in terms of, everything. Overall, if you find it on sale for $1, then you might want to consider picking it up, but if it is any more(or there is tax), then skip Max Velocity Pomegranate Berry...3.1/5

Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free Re-review

Shaws has a surprisingly good amount of energy drinks, so on the rare occasion that I go to Shaws, I try to pick up several energy drinks, and on my most recent voyage, one of them is Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free. Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free is distributed by the Albertson company exclusively through Shaws super markets. I've already reviewed Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free before and was impressed with it, but since my tastes have changed(and because that review sucked), I've decided to re-review it.

FIRST IMPRESSION: While I think the yellow fits the can design better than orange of the original, I still don't like the can as a whole. The cheetah is out of place and the text is rather cluttered. I also don't like how the writing is written sideways. This makes reading the can more difficult than it has to be. Overall, The can, while an improvement over the original, is unappealing.

TASTE: I opened the can and took a sip. The flavour starts out a light lemon flavour that's closely followed with a mild grapefruit flavour. Unlike the original, there's no ginger ale or lime flavour. There's a sugar-free aftertaste that's more strong towards the beginning, but as you take more sips you can't notice it as much. The sweetness is kept it to a low, which I think helps keep the sugar free aftertaste to a low. The flavour is not tart, sour, or bitter, which is something to be said for energy drinks in general. Overall, the flavour or Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free is quite enjoyable and right on par with its sugared counter part.

KICK: The highlights of the ingredients are: Taurne, caffeine, Niacin, inositol, Vit, B5, B6, and B12. This blend gave me a decent kick. For three or so hours I felt mildly awake and had some mild jitters. After the three hours my alertness went down, but since it wasn't raised much in the first place, it wasn't too noticeable.

FINAL WARD: Overall, I have to say that Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free is a fairly decent stab at a sugar free energy drink. Though the can is terrible, the surprisingly good sugar free flavour and middling kick make up for it. I can't say that I'm gonna buy Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free all the time, I can see myself buying this occasionally. All in all, if your looking for a decent energy drink that is not going to break your budget or belt, give Max Velocity Uncaged Sugar Free a try, but if your looking for something truly special, its best to save your money and avoid...3.4/5

Max Velocity Uncaged Re-Review

Way back on September 23, 2007, I reviewed Max Velocity Uncaged, and I was severely disappointed, but I was shopping at Shaws yesterday, and they were having a sale on various energy drinks. RockStar and Full Throttle were two(2) for $3, Monster and SoBe products were two(2) for $3.33, and their own energy drink, Max Velocity, was only $1, so I picked up a RockStar Punched and a Max Velocity Uncaged. Personally, I feel that I didn't give Uncaged a fair review, so that's why I'm gonna re-review it. Another reason I'm re-reviewing Uncaged is because I wasn't in the mood to review a Starbucks or a GURU today. I really felt like reviewing a shitty, acid filled energy drink that is gonna help lead me to a premature death...

FIRST IMPRESSION: Well, I guess its safe to say that Shaws doesn't have the best can designers in the world. The can is very, ugly. While I do like the name Max Velocity Uncaged, the can just doesn't do it justice. The cut marks across the can I guess is supposed to show how its "uncaged", but they simply isn't enough of them to really get their point across. I also don't like the Cheetah on the front, it looks very cut and paste. I mean, if they were gonna have a Cheetah on the front, shouldn't it be called "Cheetah Energy"? Overall, the can is unimpressive and ungly...1.9/5

TASTE: The scent of Max Velocity Uncaged is a mix of several fruits, namely lime, and lemon. The flavour is best described as a mix of ginger ale, lime and lemon. Uncaged is not very sweet, which works well with the flavour. There's no bitter, tart, or gummy taste in Uncaged. Overall, I really like the taste. The mix of other flavours with ginger ale is almost genius. But I only find one(1) problem, after about half(1/2) of the can is drank, an artificial sweetener taste starts to evolve. While this never ruined the drink, its still gonna knock the final taste score down a notch...3.9/5

KICK: Each can of Max Velocity Uncaged contains: 180% of your daily intake of B3, 160% of your daily intake need of B12, 480% of your daily intake need of B6, and 90% of your daily intake of B5 for vitamins. As for kidney destroying chemicals, taurine, and caffeine. This blend of ingredients gave me an above mediocre buzz. I received a decent three(3) hour buzz, accompanied by some minor twitches and jitters, but nothing I don't take pills for. Overall, I rather unimpressive buzz, but its not like I was expecting something better...3.9/5


FINAL WARD: Overall, I feel that Max Velocity Uncaged was a decent attempt at being unique. While I really liked the flavour, the artificial sweetener taste knocked down the taste score, the can really sucked, and the kick was above mediocre. I do, however, like the fact that even store brands are making attempts outside the typical energy drink taste...3.3/5

this shouldn't of ben uncaged

Sorry this is a little late, but I've been busy. The can of this drink is lackluster. Really turned me off upon first seeing it. The taste is a little more fruitier than the SF one, and not as good. The smell is more like orange then the SF one. The kick was far more weak. The SF version made me crazy while I felt sluggish after drinking this. Stick w/ the SF version...

RUN WITH MAX VELOCITY!

Now, I bought this for $1 at Shaw's along w/ the none-sugar free version(buts that's for tomorrow). Now, I had no clue what it could taste like. The normal Max Velocity is a good Red Bull clone, but Uncaged? No clue... It smells better than the original Velocity, a little fruity kinda. It tastes sugar-free for sure, but much better than the original. The flavor is kinda hard to make out... hint of Red Bull, but weirdly different... Anyway, POWERFUL! This was a very powerful diet drink... worth it...

I'm maxed out

Now, get all the energy you'll need to get through the day with-out all the guilt with Albertson's new Max Velocity Lo-Carb energy drink! I got Max Velocity Lo-Carb for 69 cents at Shaws. Max is there cola and by putting "Velocity" at the end of it, its an energy drink. I opened the can and smelled Red Bull. The taste was very close to Red Bull. Yum. Who doesn't like Red Bull? The kick, well, good for 69 cents. But now it's $1.50 off-sale. Crap.