Loop Lemonade Energy Drink Review

A generic entry into the useless realm of hydrating lemonade energy drinks, this one from K-Mart is a true sight for sore eyes. Though auspiciously absent is any "rehab" synonym, the positives end directly there. Yellow dominates the can with aggression not passion, an ugly shade desperate for anything of a complementing color. What ever the graphic towards the middle is does not work; vague and uninteresting and adding only more ugliness.

Nothing to the nose and less to the tongue, the jaded excuses for lemon barely escapes the watery tempest of each sip. Sweetness is laughable, two grams of HFCS feebly tries exciting an average ace-k and sucralose blend; sugariness so diluted it does not taste intentional. The body is slippery, oily and greasy, unpleasant to sip as it is to chug. The sole saving grace does no saving; tartness is the law of lemonade and is present of course, but taunts and laughs as you lust for stronger sourness. Loop Lemonade is a lot like pulling teeth, albeit with Novocaine; a rather painless consequence for your own stupidity, but there surely are more productive uses for your time and money.

The kick lasted two and a half hours, energy uninspired and completely routine. Each can contains: B vitamins, taurine, ginseng, and caffeine (160 mg). Overall, to call Loop Lemonade a disappointment is an insult to drinks we have actual expectations for.

Loop Zero Energy Drink Review

The achromatized can here has no shame in this store brand paraphrase of certain Monster and Rockstar varieties. The uninspired and etiolated design is not too shabby for K-Mart however, a business today something of a poorer's-man's Wal Mart. But I am going on a limb hailing this as "Loop Zero," as the only text new here is the haloing 'zero calories... zero sugar.' You know you have a great drink when it does not even have a proper name!

Cracking open a can unleashes a mendaciously violent effervescence, dulled to a uninteresting crawl with our first sip. The flavor is, wait, do I need to tell you?! A page or two short of a chapter taken from Monster's book, grapefruit flavors are jejune and the nubilous citruses cocktail is fatigued. Presented with zero flair on the palate, the inert fruits are less exotic than water, and only serve the purpose of tediously peeving the frugal drinker. The handful of change saved probably taste better than this.

Each can contains: caffeine (160 milligrams), B vitamins, ginseng, inositol, and taurine. Here we have a kick as generic as the rest of the experience, lasting two and a half hours. Now, I am not saying you should be drinking Monster Zero Ultra, or even Rockstar Pure Zero, but steer very clear of Loop Zero (or what ever it is really called).

Loop Sugar Free Blueberry Pomegranate Energy Drink Review

Loop Sugar Free Blue Pom's can has a boring silver background that thankfully is layered with the line's trademark wild neon colour pattern. The two actually work well together, admittedly not as well as it did with regular Blue Pom. Like its sugared brother, I dislike the "Smart Sense" thought bubble towards the top rim, but now I also dislike the large text towards the bottom rim. I just find it a bit too big and distracting.

A stark, albeit fake and dull pomegranate taste begins the experience. It has a mild and bland synthetic sweetness and a rough margin of carbonation. The sweetness doesn't taste artificial per se, but it lacks a certain energy and robust facet that distinguishes it from real sugar. The pomegranate has an adjunct blueberry that's suffocated partially by the harsh carbonation; the fruit is only allowed the occasional opportunity to breath itself into the initial fruit. The blueberry does a desultory dip into a cranberry taste that momentarily cloaks the submerged, and adds a sordid tartness that halfway resembles the pungency of a bygone dairy product. The experience then approaches its demise, and along with the subtle but steady weakening of all the prior, there's slight addition of a grape that doesn't taste actual but instead more like an essence. Overall, Loop s/f Blue Pom's flavour often reminded me of Moxie Thunder, which wouldn't of been my first choice if I was to try and mimic another drink's taste.

Loop Sugar Free Blue Pom's energy ingredients are much like others in the line: caffeine, taurine, inositol, and a variety of B vitamins. I received slight jitters, a kick that lasted two and a half plus hours, and no crash. All in all, Loop Sugar Free Blueberry Pomegranate retails for only a dollar, which isn't bad until you consider all the other drinks that also run that much.

Loop Blueberry Pomegranate Energy Drink Review

The other day when I walked into my local K Mart, I can honestly tell you that I wasn't expecting to find an extension to their private label energy drink Loop. The billed flavour is Blueberry Pomegranate, and it comes in a can that takes the standard Loop design and adds a wild colour scheme of white, purples and blues. The result is a crazy neon light show that reminds me greatly of Buzzed Energy, but more busy and less organized. But that works in the cans favour, and if it wasn't for the "Smart Sense" thought bubble hovering the logo, I'd say that the can is one of my favourite in recent memory.

Loop Blue Pom pours out a grape soda-like colour that doesn't smell as appealing as I imagined. Beginning a simple and muffled red grape flavour, the taste at this point is gummy and thick on your palate. The grape's sweetness is strong but bleared by all that surrounds it. There's a following emanation of blueberry that's ill defined and quickly ceded by a proceeding advent of pomegranate. But directly before the pomegranate onsets, there's a spiking influx of a tart cranberry that is cancelled as quickly as it appeared. But the pomegranate misappropriates it the tartness before it dissolves with the fruit it originally emerged with. However now the pomegranate feels a bit congested with both its own cloyed sweetness and the new tartness. The experience then ends after allowing the just prior to begin to thrive. The liquids carbonation is slight yet rough, which creates a balanced control on the easiness between sips; never does it go down too fast but never does it become a chore to drink. Overall, while Loop Blue Pom's flavour was vastly different from most other blueberry pomegranate energy drinks, it still ended up tasting like a poor alliteration of them.

For two and a half hours after finishing the entire can I felt decently energized. I had jitters all throughout and I crashed hard when it ended. Each can contains: caffeine, taurine, inositol, and a variety of B vitamins. In the end, while Loop Blueberry Pomegranate hardly impressed me, it's a far better value than Loop Original, especially since both cost the same.

Loop Sugar Free Energy Drink Review

Well, it's been a long time coming. I reviewed the original Loop back in 2008, and now thanks to a sale, I finally picked up the sugar free variety, appropriately named Sugar Free Loop. Its can hasn't changed much since its full sugared days, with only a swap of background colours. I liked the looping fire on the black, and while the silver is no match for it, it's actually sort of cool looking. That's not praise, however, but instead me merely looking on the positive side.

Loop Sugar Free is a Red Bull clone, however it's not the most obvious one. It's initially gummy with a strong, almost cloying braid of vanilla and a chemical taste. The chemical taste eventually grows dominate, and while there's a medium strength sweetness riding behind, it gets lost within the chemical taste. Underlying is a fairly pleasant tartness that soon crosses with an unpleasant sourness. The sourness isn't quite like a sour dairy product, but not quite like a sour candy. While it's much lighter than the tartness, it's still evident. The liquid doesn't initially seem very carbonated, however, as it moves along your tongue, you notice a tingly, bubbly sensation. Overall, Loop Sugar Free is certainly drinkable, and like Howling Monkey Elixir, I know I shouldn't of enjoyed each sip, but I kinda did.

Loop Sugar Free isn't very powerful, which should come to no surprise. I only had energy for about two and a half hours. It was jitter free, and it didn't end with a crash. Each can contains: taurine, caffeine, inositol, and several B vitamins. All in all, $.75 could certainly go farther elsewhere, and unless your trapped in a K Mart, I suggest going there.

Loop Energy Drink

A while back, I reviewed FreeFall Energy Drink and it was a complete failure. Well now K Mart's back and bigger than ever with Loop Energy Drink. Well, actually, I think they were released at the same time, which is weird because they came out with two(2) different energy drinks, under two(2) different names. Personally, this makes no sense to me(but it does make dollars)...

FIRST IMPRESSION: Unlike FreeFall, I really like the can of Loop. Its got a fiery loop of... fire and a black background. But there is one(1) thing that bugs me, first(1st) of all, the name "Loop" doesn't really scream energy drink, more of cereal or a Hot Wheel track. But its not nearly as bad as FreeFall(which is more of a suicide helper service than anything). And the second(2nd) thing is the huge American Fare, Quality Products symbol on the bottom of the can. They might as well said "hey your too cheap to buy a name brand energy drink, so enjoy the shitty sentence on a good looking can"...3.7/5

TASTE: As expected, I was greeted by the sweet smell of FreeFall, no, I mean literally. It smells nearly identical. At first(1st), I really thought it was just FreeFall in a bigger can, but I wasn't. Loop starts out a vanilla sugar taste, then fades away into a gummy mess. I taste some mild pineapple somewhere in each sip. The sixty two(62) grams of sugar per can make this one really sweet tasting Red Bull clone, and it also leaves a sticky feel in your mouth. I would say while FreeFall taste much more like Red Bull, Loop has a more unique taste, and arguably a better taste. I'd have to say that Loop passes in the taste category, more so than FreeFall...3.3/5

KICK: Each can contains 180% of your daily Niacin, 480% of your daily Vit. B6, 160%of your daily intake of Vit. B12, and 90% of your daily Vit. B5. And according to the back, that's all it's got. Overall, its a pretty weak drink in the energy category. It provides a decent one(1) to three(3) hour of a mild buzz before it starts to fade. Overall, an under impressive kick, that's only stronger than FreeFalls because of the size. The name Loop I guess is supposed to tell you that you'll be in an endless loop, but I personally don't feel that happening. Unless your a small child, or very sensitive to caffeine, Loop's kick is a joke. 2.4/5

FINAL WERD: All and all, I can't say that K Mart didn't try a little harder with Loop than FreeFall. FreeFall's can sucked, but Loops can was cool, FreeFall's taste was decent, Loop's taste was a little better, FreeFalls kick sucked, well, so did Loop's kick. Loop was just another pimple on the ugly face of the energy drink market. After K Marts attempt at energy drinks, I can't say I'm excited to try other generic brand energy drinks. But Loop does have one crucial thing over drinks like Hansen's Energy Deuce, and Red Devil; its drinkable...3/5