I tried 20 Gamer drinks, here are the best… and the worst
Get your expensive tape at shortlinus.com
Linus doesn't really drink caffeine, so we bought every gamer drink we could find to get his ranking on what the youth are ingesting to increase their gaming prowess.
Bawls Energy Drink: geni.us/GDQkXB
Mountain Dew: geni.us/VduUL00
Coke Pixel Flavor: geni.us/0b3J
Game Fuel Mountain Dew: geni.us/x9Ezjmg
Rockstar Energy: geni.us/gJHx
Monster Energy: geni.us/CmzM
Red Bull Winter Edition: geni.us/GWcXTZ5
G-Fuel: geni.us/EAmcH5
Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.
Want us to unbox something? Make a suggestion at lmg.gg/7s34e
► SUBSCRIBE ON FLOATPLANE: floatplane.com/ltt
► GET MERCH: lttstore.com
► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: lmg.gg/scsponsors
► PODCAST GEAR: lmg.gg/podcastgear
► SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: www.floatplane.com/
FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE
---------------------------------------------------
Twitter: / shrtcrctyt
Instagram: / shortcircuityt
TikTok: / linustech
Facebook: / shortcircuityt
CHAPTERS
---------------------------------------------------
0:00 Linus is about to become a real gamer
0:35 Traditional
2:56 Traditional gone gamer
6:00 Sponsor - dbrand
7:32 BAWLS
9:36 Video game/Influencer
12:14 Professional wrestlers
13:24 There's more on Floatplane!
13:35 The best of the best playoffs
14:23 The worst of the worst playoffs
16:04 Guessing the drinks' cost
17:40 Outro
I want to see Linus just taste test industrial additives like red 40 and stuff
On a serious note how can he say he feels it if red40 literally has no taste.
hes such a dad lmfao he can taste the additives
hes gonna die
@@datownkidd plenty of things supposedly have no taste. Flavor is FAR from an exact science. Our knowledge of food in general is incredibly basic.
I feel like we need a NileRed collab
Linus on WAN show: I refuse to drink any energy drinks Also Linus: Drinks 20 energy drinks
Sips
I know i remember that, i was shook when i saw this video
The production also saw this wan show and had a great idea
A true LTT viewer lol, I can appreciate the time stamp for it lol
FOR SCIENCE!
After years of slamming canned energy drinks. I can safely say, I should've been slamming cups of water instead.
Yeah whos fault is that. but either way your bladder would have still hated you lol
Advertisement Companies and the Drink Makers Mostly just like Big Tabaco in the Old Days the End User Can Not Be Blamed for Being Gullible if they are Misinformed on Purpose@@hmuphilly9129
I mean.. no? the good energy drinks with caffeine are a direct replacement for coffee.. I hate when boomers say "gee aren't those bad for yur son?" No.. it's just a sugary coffee... nothing else to see here boomer..
@@MultiAsdag a direct replacement for coffee? a can is usually worth 5 coffee...which is why a lot of people start having caffeine health problems when they drink a few a day...if you drink 5 cans in a day, that's worth 25 coffees...which is perfectly normal for you to have side effects... it's like you say that drinking 1L of 40% alcohol is a replacer of 1L of 5% alcohol beer......that's just asking for trouble...and that's not counting the usual high amount of sugar in them....that's why i take sugar free stuff, it also tastes better in my opinion and it's healthier than overindulging on unhealthy stuff
@@hmuphilly9129yeah no shit
If you think you don't consume caffeine but you drink tea depending on the leaf, brew strength, etc you're getting about 20-50+ mg of caffeine in that drink, around quarter a an of Monster or a about a single shot of espresso.
Was just thinking this
well yeah, all tea has caffeine in it.
no one thinks that. Tea is the most consumed drink on this planet, then coffee, then beer, then soda...... everyone is on it man. it;s not a secret. we , as humans, freaking love caffeine. it's not a conspiracy.
@oliverdurgen5953 nah a lot of people don't seem to be aware of much caffeine their tea has
No...this is one of those 'well actually' things that isn't accurate...I had to do a study unit on this (caffeine vs theobromine absorption) in college; Tea is about 50mg caffeine, yes. BUT it also contains Theobromine which binds to the same receptors as Caffeine (and therefore blocks some of the Caffeine's total absorption) Coffee contains MUCH less Theobromine but more Caffeine. So the difference of Caffeine between Tea and Coffee is more complicated than simply comparing Tea's caffeine content to Coffee's. The drugs also have different elimination half-lives in the bloodstream (Caff is slightly less than Theo IIRC) which adds a few other variables too P.S a quick google says that a shot of espresso is about 200mg caffeine, which makes a cup of tea about equivalent to 1/4 of an espresso, not quite an _entire_ shot. plus all the Theobromine stuff on top of that et cetera You get the idea.
Linus: Drinks caffeine for once. Also Linus: Starts to taste colours.
RED 40 legitimately tastes horrible.
My wife is literally allergic to red 40, and will break out in hives
@@GregoryVeizades cant say ive noticed any weird taste from it and i have been drinking Mt Dew Code Red since it was released in 2001
@@eraserta dont spill on pants it never comes out
@@GregoryVeizades I legitimately can't drink Mtn Dew Code red because of the dyes involved. I sorta gag on it. My father could never handle one of the orange dyes (something to do with an allergic reaction when he was a kid or a poisoning related to something that used it).
You guys need to do a blindfolded water taste test with Linus but add red40 to one of the glasses.
Yes absolutely
Red 40 is made from coal tar, benzyne and toluene. Then it's added to salt. So it would taste like salty water.
@ThePope Of the Church of Tea Not necessarily, some versions of Red40 are made with a calcium or Potassium salt. Sodium chloride is the saltiest tasting g of the salts. Potassium and Calcium salts may also taste salty but probably not enough to be noticeable in that concentration(especially not next to Dasani). Red40 is known to have a bitter taste that may be noticeable. I just wonder if Linus will be able to pick it out as the flavor he hates.
@@popeoftea Coal, *TAR?!* Bloody bastards put coal in the water. Like as if the industrial revolution didn’t do that already 💀
and yellow 5
See, these may enhance your gaming experience a bit, but the best gamer drink by a far is very clearly a good beer. Like, at least ten of them. It makes the game funnier!
Playing while drunk is the best experience
@@kiniko9603 Or whiskey with some coke
@@HardwareFahrrad I prefer meth over coke for long gaming sessions since I don't have to redose it as often.
@@Purjo92 How about pure ethanol
@@HardwareFahrrad How about Gin Tonic?
The gfuel powder is honestly better than the canned gfuel only downside is since there is no sugar if you get a basic flavored powder like cherry it just tastes like kool aid without sugar but actually drinkable
I never thought ltt would ever make a video of this kind. I also didnt expect linus to be the one presenting it.
I am utterly surprised too.
NGL when I saw the title I was expecting every other KZhead channel beside LMG and especially Linus from all of them doing it.
And it’s so good too. Now imagine if luke was in on this too
Well it’s short circuit not LTT
thats why this channel is so goated
Linus is the only dude who reads the ingredients and says 'i don't like yellow 6 but 5 is ok'
5 is the bad one 😉
bro they have no flavour xD
@@3.000ft His >50% success rate proves that.
Unless you're allergic to one like i am cuz fuuuuck that
Would love to see him try powder drinks
Bawls is actually one of the best "energy drinks" imo, even though they market it as a guarana soda. Although they don't have what was the best one anymore the Exxtra was by far the best. But so was NOS charged citrus, and they got rid of that too. But nowadays energy drinks are just way too expensive, it used to be 2 for $3 at gas stations, now 1 is like $4
best energy drink is water
Man this guy knows artificial flavourings better than anyone I've seen before
Probably not. We just stay quiet about it, until you start buying us drinks
i mean he has kids and has ADHD so wouldn't want artifical colorants for those reasons as well as the high risk of cancer
Linus: Rates Red Bull a 5 Linus: PewDiePie's drink is the best. Also Linus: Proceeds to rate it a 4!
think he meant best one in that category might be wrong tho
i think its 4/5
4/5 probably bc he is in his 30s lol
@@eagle4220 “What would be a ten drink”
@@kinggamergeek4166 10/5 Heaven
I'd honestly love to see a version of this with the powder drinks. Seeing Linus' face on seeing/hearing the names of some of them would be gravy on top, I think.
That and gfuel powder is a lot better flavor-wise. It is an icy cold take of mine that gfuel should stop making carbonated canned drinks and just do pre-mixed powder in bottles. While the powder settles and would need a shake, the carbonation adds a "powdery" taste and texture that's just blech. Ligdonberry is probably the best flavor though.
Imagine Linus's reaction when he tries Guacamole Gamer Fart 9000
@@insidesaturn8 I swear to God that one tastes exactly like Baja Blast
@@AceGaimz Baja Blast is like, blue raspberry/lemonade + Dew while GGF9000 is strawberry kiwi. Not even remotely similar.
PC gaming power consumption in 2022 getting out of control. Current technology not efficient.
Rumour has it that Linus started running non-stop and climbing the walls after this and still hasn't been caught nor come-down from the energy drinks buzz!
Thanks you for the people who put that purple segment, save so many time
This is like the GMM of the tech/gamer universe. I wouldn’t mind seeing more like this.
I think This Is is more like that, but LTT would totally nail something like that
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep what
@@BakersTuts He is saying the channel called "This Is" is more like GMM, also was confused since I didn't hear of that channel
Gaussian mixture models? But Linus only mixed one pair...
@@Nolan_Hall that makes sense. I haven’t heard of that channel either
This will spawn endless reaction videos from the creators behind the drinks featured, and thus be free Floatplane advertising all across KZhead. LMG are geniuses as always
Call them LMGenius
Not as much as you think coz a lot of then are sponsored lol
I want to see him do this with powered energy drinks.
8:53 This drink made linun speak 50 years younger, Just kidding, love the videos so much enjoyment out of these! :D
Genius idea to get the guy who hates energy drinks and sodas to taste test energy drinks and sodas
Well the fact that he's a big enough drink snob that he likes Chai Tea with some special milk is all you need to know.
@@willlewis6310 it’s thai milk tea you geek
@@branson4090 Are you sure it isn't Chai? 😄
@@willlewis6310 the fact that you say chai tea, not chai is a problem.
@@willlewis6310 he said thai tea and showed thai tea so i’m guessing he meant thai tea
It's hilarious how you could see Linus get more and more energized as the video went on.
D Brand got him on 10
This was really interesting to watch. I’ve had many of those and my absolute favorite by a country mile is Rockstar. It has the perfect balance between sweet and caffeine. Prime is okay imo, but definitely not my favorite. I guess it just depends on your sensitivity to dyes.
You guys should do one with different flavors of monster and Red Bull.
Linus looking like the biggest drink snob in the world talking about the taste of dyes and additives is one of the funniest things I've seen recently
I have literally never heard anyone else ever mention color dyes having flavor
The megabrain of gamerswill
He's like an audiophile that insists he can hear the difference between a $1000 cable and a wire hanger.
@@PixelatedH2O There was a lot of myths about dyes giving you cancer and such in the 90's which he probably grew up hearing and never really questioned since he just drinks water.
@@Greenleaf_ A lot of those claims are true, but it requires a massive quick dosage in order for them to be true.
D-Brand nailed it. I enjoyed the sponsor spot and remembered the brand in a positive way.
I love how that just trash talk Linus (and everyone else). It's hilarious!
Had to scroll way to far to find this Dbrand always cracking the jokes 🤣
remember, shortlinus is the website you need to go. not saying linus is short, but the website is shortlinus... and linus is short
it'd be interesting to cover the brand or do it blindfolded and then uncover the cans to see the results. Cause, you know, sometimes our brain plays tricks on us when we see what we eat/drink.
The Prime he tried is the hydration branch, more akin to Gatorade than an energy drink. Has electrolytes instead of caffeine, probably why he preferred it
@@Samghnagan not the hydration ones, it says Caffeine free on the back. The energy ones do though obviously
yeah and also was ice pop flavor
@@quercus3290 crave*
Exactly my thinking. Prime is the odd one out of the bunch because its the only sports drink. The rest are energy drinks or highly caffeinated drinks.
@@quercus3290 I thought you were try to reference idiocracy with the whole "it's got electrolytes, it's what plants crave!"
We need more videos of this format but with luke too. I can just imagine how funny it would be with him in such a video
Both at once.
Luke would probably be too similar. You need to pitch him against somebody completely on the opposite spectrum for maximum effect. Shame Madison isn't there anymore, she'd be a nice antagonist for Linus. :)
@@ayporos Madison isn't there anymore?? Why?
@@tanakaobi they fired her a long ago,I don't remember why
@@ayporos Dennis! Can you imagine Dennis an Linus doing taste tests together lol
Back in my day, we just had Mountain Dew and Jolt when we misused a university's half-a-million-dollar large multiprocessor Unix system to host MUDs and play them 'til dawn.
I always preferred Gfuel personally over the other options, but their choices they used sucks. Sour chug rug and pewdi ones are just most commonly found in stores and they don't taste that good. I love the tetris one but Fazeberry and Sage Mode are my all time favorites.
Gotta say, I've never really noticed tastes associated with specific dyes or sweeteners, but I've also never really tried to isolate the specific flavors of drinks. It was neat watching Linus dig through those.
It's such a Linus thing to do too.
Oh yeah, that's a thing. If you ever traveled outside your home country, try the same regular Coke from other places. You'll find that depending if it's syrup or sugar cane, or whatever artificial sweetener they use for their light variants, it's a totally different flavour! Fanta in Europe is so different color-wise, it's like orange juice colored!
Love Linus and love this video, but I can't help but feel like he just read the labels and just picked an ingredient to rag on. He already said that he doesn't drink energy drinks, so I have my doubts that he knows what these additives even taste like.
Sweeteners definitely have different tastes.
Linus is right about different sweetners tasting different, but he is completely full of shit about the dyes.
The longer this went on, the faster and more Linus kept drinking. That's how they get you!
I was addicted to monster from the age of 11 right up until I stopped working in the fast food industry about 3 years ago. That's 10 years of at least one a day
No they just made each drinking scene shorter towards the end - probably to keep it under 20 minutes. Wouldn't be surprised if he never wanted to see an energy drink again
@@curtisss I'm at like 4 years now lol still going but I'm trying to stop, I take like 5 sips from one and that's it.
I'm currently slowly building up a Monster can collection. As it currently stands I have the all but one in Denmark, love Monster
These “gamer” drinks are all so expensive. I think I’ll just stick to my water
r/hydrohomies
As you should. So many of these energy drinks taste terrible at worst and meh at best.
The editors at LMG are absolutely world class. I love everything about what they do. ✌️
Especially if it involves messing with Linus 🤣
Legend says after drinking all 20 of these energy drinks Linus played games for a week non stop!
Certified AUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHHH moment
They're the best, omg. They censured the burps with a "burp" kind of sound... still don't know how to describe that sound, but it was great to see Linus burping HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH. Love shortcircuit, btw
For anyone wondering Prime tastes nearly identical to Mio with like double the amount of mio most people would use.
Linus trying food/drinks is something I want more of now.
You want him to suffer more? I mean, i disagree with a lot of what he's saying on WAN, but this is just cruel...
He's just going to end up hating everything...
Tasting stuff is too subjective is the problem, so the only value is that reaction, which will get diminished the more such things are tolerated. A better test would be gamer merch and tie in products where at least things like quality can be tested.
Linus Food Tips
Having him suffer is fun, proven by Electro Boom heheh. But yeah, while it's all subjective and unreliable opinions, it's fun content. We get entertained, they get more views, win win. Why did win win sound like a horrible Windows idea...
Can we get linus reacting to all of the linus drops series?
Original Monster might be one of the most vile tasting beverages ever created, the "Zero Ultra" or whatever they're called taste pretty good if I have one once in a blue moon
a normal monster tastes like tv static
Shoutout to the editor. That was amazing editing
Those KSI inserts had me cracking up.. so good.
In the credits it says their name is "v2FINALFINAL" is that a mistake
@@ECGProductions092 i think they are on probation or something so they don't tell their name
In my opinion those plastic tops on the mountain dew cans are actually pretty genius. They reseal well enough to keep their carbonation so you can throw half a can into the fridge overnight. The only thing I have noticed is a tendency to spurt when you crack it open on the back.
Agreed, for the ridiculous price of the liquid, I always hated that energy drinks mainly came in cans and not easily resealable bottles. The slide tabs are a nice compromise. I think Linus was mad because it wasn't intuitive and it seemed like it was just for the sake of looking cool rather than being a way to reseal the can.
Ibet if he had the kick starter moutain dew energy drinks would be much higher and better
Where would we be without innovation? As someone in the tech space he should know this.
Yea the spurting is the main issue. I dont wanna get my keyboard all sticky because of that.
@@Floridamangaming729 it's mitigatable by just being careful but you do have to remember
"people willingly drink this?" I feel like it's important to note that many people drink For the caffeine and just try to find whichever drink is nice enough to have regularly. Also I am glad to see Linus mentioning the sweeteners like Aspartame and shit, that stuff completely ruins any drink for me, a few years back the UK introduced a sugar tax on drinks and so many of them cut down the sugar content and added sweeteners (even if the drink was already somewhat low in sugar) which backfired and made it so I just switched to higher sugar drinks that refused to change the recipe like coke.
eh, I feel like it's better if all drinks switch to less sugar, because then you'll either drink less calories or you will just drink water (both are wins)
"I can taste the Red 40" I guarantee you you can't and if I were to put something with Red40 and without you'd have no idea.
I like how they tell him not to mix the drinks but he already has a cocktail of them in his stomach lmao
its not the same thing. totally a different thing to just have a cocktail in your stomach and to taste the cocktail. you eat dinner and then have desert in same stomach.. but would it be the same to mix dinner and desert and then eat them? no
@@chloeprice8 lol i was referring to it from a health perspective, not a taste perspective. Energy drinks usually say not to mix them because it'll mess you up not because it's gonna taste bad. It already tastes bad lmao
@@jesushernandez3700 welp ive mixed them up and still seems that im here typing about it without having been messed up or having any health peoblems. so
Mixing them doesn't matter at all to your health any more than drinking one does. The real problem with mixing is literally mixing two full cans of Monster, effectively doubling the caffeine you drink in a short amount of time, which can cause serious side effects depending on your tolerance to caffeine. If you mixed half a Monster Red with half a Monster White, you'll still have the same amount of caffeine as one can of Monster. So no problem there.
@@Vladiator well, its that a lot of these energy drinks are trying new ingrediants and new ways to bring in different flavors and theres no guarantee how those are gonna interact eachother brand to brand
Bawls original will always take me back to 2000's lan parties. My friends and I would order a case off Think Geek and drink it until we were shouting so loud my mom thought someone in the basement was on fire.
I drink it every year at QuakeCon. It's a tradition.
Same, man, same. I LOVED Bawls when I was in high school in the mid 2000's. Always got like 3-4 bottles whenever I went to my local lan cafe with friends. Although, not sure if they changed the formula or if my taste buds have completely changed since my teens, but after trying it again a year ago, it just didn't hold up to what I remembered it being.
@@Knoxerboy101 Actually I think they DID change it- and I don't think you are the first person to bring up the idea that they taste different. Me, personally, I still love it as I do get hit with nostalgia pretty hard every time I drink it. I was so happy to find out Microcenter carries it every now and again I stop off in there just to grab a couple of bottles.
SAME BRO
@@Wellepay SAAAME
oh my god i need to see a ten minute power hour type thing with linus and crew
This should be a series.
i would love a 2nd video featuring all the powder stuff thats available, like lvlup, lootdrink, up-grade etc etc etc.
I would love to see a video of him trying to sleep after this.
@@wray2real i guess that'd be really boring. But who knows, people might like it.
cocaine ?!?
@@bomberdomme7308 sure, why not, lol
@@JektorII i dont know why instead of snorting you wanna drink the powder but hey, you go you xD
The over designed pop top on the game fuels are so you can reseal them and drink them over time which is a good idea. Just wish it was on better drinks.
there was little known talk of Pepsi selling rights to the patent to Coca Cola as an innovation thing.
>I can taste aspartame >Never guessed it right if any of the drinks have it Yes, I believe you, you certainly can, haha
I really hope you mixed all the ends of the stuff he didn't drink into a big jungle juice mixture and shared it around the office
You should redo this but with powdered energy drinks. Some of them are quite good. I think Sneak are the best ones though
Gamersupps represent.
Pre-workout reviews with with Linus and Dennis before their rematch? Sign me up!
@@th3oryO he'd die LMAO
G Fuel remains the king for me. I can't explain it but I've tried everything and the energy blend just makes me feel the best with no crash.
@@mckinleyostvig7135 I find it crashes for me, but it was the fact that there is seemingly no way to get all the chalky feeling out is the deal breaker for me. I tried different amounts of water to powder, shaking a shit tone, water first, powder first, different temperatures of water. Only solution I found was shaking every time I take a sip. Was not worth it for me.
finally a gamer drink review i can finally trust
You can tell when its kicking in 😂🤣 Linus is talking faster and moving faster 😂
i would love to see a part 2 with the razer one
I kinda wanna see the powdered ones now as well, out of curiousity
Same, especially with how many prominent streamers have relationships with those brands
Same very curious, gfuel is my goto simply because of price and the large number of flavors aren't terrible while some are fantastic. Sugar free is a minimum requirement too.
@@phyzzx I am not affiliated or sponsored by gamer supps, but I've personally tried it with the caffeine free version and used a infuser to put co2 to make supps soda. I personally have the blue razz and it's not bad, but citric acid or cane sugar can bring it up. I would try the watermelon first, or badgers gamer supps Edit: They do have sample packs for people to try more than one flavor without dumping 40$ into a tub
@@AarPlays Seconding nonsponsored by GamerSupps, kinda disappointed it wasn't on the table. Definitely would have scored higher than any others he tried.
Powdered will be much worse thanks to additional chalky taste.
I wonder what drink he is secretly going to keep drinking from now on
Might just prove their addictive additives
🤣
definitely Zoa.
water
Linus lives a sheltered life
14:09 disheveled Linus look lol. Are the studio lights making it hot or is he sweating from all those heart palpitations
I would've loved to see Linus taste not only energy drinks but also those "food supplements" that are designed to replace a full meal. E.g. Huel or similar alternatives
A lot of those drinks taste horrid but they work really well
Huel is kinda hit or miss. Most Huel drinks taste like nuts to me. They have too little flavor to taste bad which is not a bad thing when you just want a 400calorie healthy meal and don't have time to make one or the money to buy one.
That huel stuff is nasty, did a number on me, never again
The huel black banana and peanut butter were pretty decent, rest tasted terrible. I stopped drinking them though because it made my estrogen levels much higher than normal
@@DirtBikeDude406 Honestly the chocolate tasted fine, if not slightly bland (which is a consequence of the lack sugar) but it was the aftermath that does the damage
We need Linus to try every Monster Product from Ultra to Rehab
he will end in rehab from liver and thyroid failure
He needs to try Monster³
The Ultras are awesome
mango loco my beloved.
white monster boomer juice my beloved
So what video did Linus film after this and how many times did he run on the ceiling
Who tf made this list for normal gamer drinks
This was fantastic to watch. Felt like I was watching one of the cocktail channels but with sweaty gamer juice and a Linus instead and I am here for it as I will never have any of these in my life.
Reminds me of HtD where he tasted many of the hard seltzers and hard lemonades
Would love to drink them for taste test, but they are so gut awful exspensive I always just never do it. In Denmark we have awesome tap water so I just do that only really. But its kinda like how Id love to also binge American fast food restaurants should I ever travel there. Anyway people drink them a lot, and then its like...5 dollars a day just for drinks...in 1 year thats as much as most peoples gamer PCs cost.
We need more of this kinda stuff! Linus is such a weird little entrepreneur/winner type of character and it's funny seeing him look at regular human shit (in this case its "kinda" regular) and giving insight
Agree! Had such a great time watching this :)
alright, i need a channel where linus review non-tech stuff, just to see his reactions to it
moster slaps hard but the og is ok and very dependent on taste, the other flavours are amazing especially the ultra line (and all their 0 sugar versions) slap so hard
I'm glad a lot of sugar free drinks here in the UK don't always use Aspartame now, sorbitol, sucralose and other more natural sweetners. I'm diabetic so have no choice in going for sugar free or zero drinks. I love the Monster Ultra range.
Do the ultras not use Aspartame then, I usually steer clear of any sugar free drinks due to that.
@Calussy it's Sucralose, Acesulfame K), that in the ultras. Well here in the UK.
@@SteveODonnell Same here in the States. I avoid stuff that uses aspartame as well, Monster's Zero Ultra (and even low carb) is what I usually go for when I need energy. Red Bull Sugarfree uses aspartame, but their Zero Sugar uses sucralose. Reign is another sucralose one that I have now and then (it's very candy-like,) but it has 300 mg caffeine, so it's kinda reserved for especially tired days.
Just drink water, black coffee. There really are no healthy sweetners, apart from maybe stevia and monkfruit and even then they have aftertaste issues.
@@SteveODonnell Acesulfame K is really bad for u too i heard. stevia seems the mildest one.
Love how you pick thai iced tea as your favourite when it has stupidly high levels of caffeine haha, i also love the drink tho
was thinking the same thing lmao I drink two cups of coffee a day and when I have Thai iced tea even I get jittery
thats what i thought. tea has caffeine lol
Iced tea has 1/12 the amount of caffeine as monster
@@jud3toxic777 kek, nope
@@jud3toxic777 false
Bawls, the OG. I have never had anything but the original flavor. I'm curious to try the other flavors now.
I think you should do another one of these, but instead of different energy/gatorade stuff, you should focus on those powder gamer drinks (gfuel, gamersupps, etc) then they're all coming from the same playing field as drinks marketed solely to gamers
This was amazing, anything whatsoever where Linus is going in blind and *experiencing* things is always a blast.
lmao they even gave himm the worst redbull lmaoooooo that aftertaste is bad on that one
This wasn’t a blind taste test at all
@@Clipski I meant blind as in Linus had no knowledge of the products going into the video.
@@Eragonnogare that still doesn’t mean much tbh. The video is fine but it’s hard to take his opinion seriously when he bases his takes off of expectations when looking at the brand/flavor/ingredients. I think a blind folded variation would have been far more interesting
@@Clipski he generally went "I expect this one to be better" into "oh god no it was so much worse" and "oh god this one is so abysmal what is *in* this thing" at which point he would then check the ingredients to solve the mystery if possible.
As soon as he said Mtn Dew was terrible, I knew I couldn’t trust any other opinion he gave.
There used to be a time when I consumed Mtn Dew and 7up almost on a daily basis simply because I enjoyed their flavour and I guess I really needed sugar. Though, now I cannot eat anything sweet without washing it down with water.
Best: milk Worst: everything else
Bawls was popular here in Michigan in the late 90s and early 2000s.
Not gonna lie I want him to try more prime flavours based off of his positive review of ice pop
Same. I tried a prime once and it far exceeded my expectations. It was quite good when I was just expecting a Gatorade-like flavor. Not sure how I feel about financially supporting Logan Paul though 🤣
I had a friend who was allergic to Yellow 5 and Red 40. I have a bad sense of taste but he could tell instantly when something had those colorings in them. I guess they tasted similarly.
Red 40 is a massive migraine trigger for me - it is amazing how some additives can hit people.
I know a lot of the artificial food colorings we use in America are actually BANNED in many European countries, which scares me. I wish they weren't in everything.
Ive never drank either but theres many others i can find by just taste or getting a migraine
I was allergic to yellow 5 as a kid. It's resulted in a love of sour and citrus flavored food and drinks because I couldn't have them as a kid.
@@OntarioGuy430 Yeah, a lot of the colorings have real health risks. And it's so disgusting that these companies choose to include risky colorings JUST for some fake bright colors which don't benefit the taste. So needlessly unhealthy. They must have data showing consumers go for brightly colored food and drinks over non-colored or something.
12:44 if only glowberry was out during this video but ice pop is good
Linus is the type of guy who can tell the differences between the bottled water
I legit can lol. My friends in high school tested me on it via a blindfold and I got all of them correct.
@@qwertyutopia4667not buying it, but they can have different tastes
@@qwertyutopia4667 I can too lol Dasani and Aquafina are the worst by far
I'd never have guess Linus was so particular about drinks... but it definitely fits
Tbf, they are pretty trash. If you're gonna drink something sugary pretty much everyone can easily find a fruit juice that tastes better than any of them.
He is particular about anything
Yeah it gets kinda annoying sometimes. Like him trying to sell his particular 70 dollar screwdriver that ain’t nothing special lol
@@Djidgy its how he feed their workers
@@Djidgy Well, he has a brand, it's diversification of the income for LMG. Wouldn't buy it, but don't bother me he tries to
Id be curious to see someone try the powder energy/gaming drinks. Linus might be more inclined to like them since they are usually more like a gatorade sort of flavor and not carbonated. Brands would probably be Gfuel again, Glitch, Sneak, Rogue, Ghost, of course Gatorade as the OG, maybe throw Kool Aid to throw it back to when we were all children who loved going to a friends house because his parents let him have rated M games like Mortal Kombat
And Gamersupps
gamersupps is the goat of all the powdered gamer drinks. ive literally tried them all and the only one that doesnt taste like chalk is gamersupps.
@@crxlsvtecboosted whitch gamersupps is your favourite
@@somebody7205 recently the black cherry or the blueberry acai
@djkracka3223 OK thanks. Have you tried any of the creator tastes? I found out about gg out of them so I wonder if it's worth it
7:48 LMAO that damn corn syrup
As a former esports player I recommend you to drink coffee(homemade) to have longer gaming hours and drink water every 45 minutes to be hydrated and be able to form new strategies in conclusion water and coffee(in limit and homemade) are the best energy drinks
I am SO SO happy that I have just drank all possible drinks so my taste buds are just messed up. Being like Linus saying “i hate red dye 40” is just something that I could not live with !
I know these videos are just some fun videos ideas but please do more. I don't know what I enjoy more, Linus being tortured or his reactions
yes
Probably torture
It could be a recurring series on Channel Super Fun!
My thing with energy drinks has always been the after taste is just soooo bad to me. Nice to see someone else touch on this haha
isn't that just from the sugar substitutes, not energy drinks? i don't get any bad after taste with red bull, just sugar free drinks.
I wanted to see Linus start to get jittery and then have a Fry on caffeine moment lol
Was hoping to see gamer supps, but I get how powdered drinks are of a separate category altogether. Do another video with powdered drink mixes 😉
not really all of them are garbage
@@sutnack7537 ...yeah, you totally seem like you're coming from a fair & unbiased perspective. XD Be a little more open- minded bruh
@Sut Nack I see that you've never tried Guacamole Gamer Fart 9000
Gamersupps is alright but expensive buy for me, (15$ shipping on top of the product price is a bit meh for me.) So I've only ever done the free samples when i got a free shipping code, probably would go for blue razz tub at some point, maybe the caffeine free one. X-gamer is a more recent purchase, got it the 28th where i bought a pretty decent package that was on sale with 20 single drink packets that were 2 of each & a shaker for 20$ on sale. Bundle is called gamer essentials 1.0, which i wouldn't say is bad atm either. Kind of went into it with a bit questionable expectations, like i wouldn't buy it again if i only like 2 of these flavours & the rest of the packets are garbage I'd rather pour down the sink. Sakurafuri, sour cherry twist, horus, nightshade, capetown, ginger queen & steves apple, dark rush. Are all good flavors I'll probably pick up a sakurafuri tub here around January or maybe at the end of December. Gone through 11 packets since the 28th november & just mixed the 12th which I'll leave until tomorrow.
@@Wellepay Considering the fact majority of the people consuming these drinks either have no clue what is in them, and then even looking at most of these "gamer powders" have proprietary blends in them, not surprisingly yes, they are in fact all garbage (worked in the fitness supplement industry for a decade).
I wish you guys had more brand variety with these. There’s an absolute load of difference with the powdered drink market from brand to brand.
Only tried two so far x-gamer because they are based in Sweden thus shipping bullshit is skipped for the most part. The bundle i bought was really cheap on sale like 19$ with 20 packets of flavors & a shaker. (some were 2 of the same packet ofc.) (Shaker i stopped using though as the flavors has kind of stuck too the plastic of it so it smells of like 5 different flavours now, which is just how the plastic itself is, think its called bpa ? I'll probably need too do it similar too how you clean protein shakers with hotwater & bit of vinegar & baking soda mixed into the shaker & leaving for like 30 minutes too break that down but eh i got soda bottles i can use for now.) It's been lasting a bit over a month though drinking one every few days. Otherwise I've only had the free samples from gamersupps, which were good for being free, waited with ordering until i got the free shipping code. paying 10$ for those packets i felt was a bit much too try it out. 1st place for Blue Razz from Gamersupps after you let it sit for like a day or so in the fridge, 2nd being the mango meta i think it was called & third the dragonfruit punch, dragonfruit one is a bit overly sweet for my taste. X-gamers offers I'd go Sakurafuri & sour cherry twist taking 1st place. I like cherry flavored stuff in general & rarely get or buy it so ofc it's at the top. 2nd place Horus & nightshade 3rd shared with Steves Apple & Ginger Queen. 4th is kind of shared between Dark Rush, which again their raspberry isn't great, liquorice is there but bit meh personally, i like salty liquorice more then the sweet kind, but acceptable too drink while eating some. & cape town (swiss roll flavour, which fits well with most chocolates like a kitkat or similar wafer chocolate bar, wouldn't rank it great for drinking while eating breakfast heh.) Worst I'd say blue nitro (Blue razz knockoff but a bit more bland overly sweet taste, maybe i need too mix it stronger with less water on this one, i can at least finish it off over like 1 hour or so at least.) gummilicious (Supposed too be gummybear flavored.) But it just reminded me of like some variants of childrens toothpaste which is a bizarre flavor too drink as you can imagine. Got one packet left which I'll try mixing a bit stronger too see if that helps it anything, otherwise it's just getting poured out into the sink.
@@Mini-z1994 Even just more variety of regular drinks would of been nice. Also, prime is kind of a separate category. That being said, I loved the vid
I would've liked to see him rate original energy drinks like redeye, jolt, V
NOS is the best, especially with the resealable cap. Then, Red Bull is a close second. All others' original flavors are trash but if the other brands have a citric or Pina colada flavors, I'd go for those too. I have tried Prime yet, but I don't want to try it because you know why.
In Europe, 6 dollars can get you a decent bottle of wine from an upper-mid supermarket. It won't necessarily keep you awake, but at least it tastes good.
Watching Linus slowly getting hyper on energy drinks, is probably the best content ive seen in ages.
I'd love to see another one of these but with all the powder mixes, GFuel, Advanced GG, Mixt, Sneak, Rogue, etc. Maybe get like 1 or 2 of their best seller each.
Why would you ever torture your body with powdered garbage? You're going to regret it later.
Who the hell drinks powdered drinks 🤢
@@Tyler-dm9jw huh, ummm who doesn't?
dont forget gamer supps
@@Tyler-dm9jw LOTS of people drink powdered drinks
they lack the more cursed one, Shylily Blo'hole blast just for the LOLs, now that i lear that linus dislike the coconut it would have being an intresting reaction
i love how we got to get linus to grab some blue "bawls". oddly my favorite was the original for bawls, gfuel pewdiepie is my favorite out of that set.
I find it always interesting of how everyone has their own acquired/preferred taste, I know this is weird but these drinks are much like alcohol in a way. It’s an acquired taste for alcohol while soda pop, energy drinks, etc. all are preferred by different people. Always fun seeing what other people think of a drink of let’s say I like, and how they perceive it and what they think it taste like
yea my heart was shattered when he didn’t like the monster 😭😭😭
@@pedigreed6397 IMO monster or just energy drinks in general just taste bad lol
@@pedigreed6397 I like monster so much that I haven't had it in almost a decade because I was borderline addicted to it to the point where I was drinking it several times a day every day. Definitely not good for my health.
@@jackmanleblanc2518 I would never drink any sort of energy drink or energy drinks in general multiple times a day. I love monster, and always will. I've spent way too much money collecting unique monster cans and will probably never stop. I've imported them from across the globe just to taste a new flavor or to get another can on my collection shelf. Even with that, I still drink monster maybe once or twice a week at max. No more, it's way too unhealthy to be consumed more than that. I can admit that I'm addicted, but I would never get far enough for it to become a very unhealthy habit let alone a financial crisis in my life. At that point, something would be wrong with me and I would stop. This, however, I'm fine with.
@@opeltulikylkee7479 Oh yeah. I haven't drunk an energy drink on purpose since I stopped drinking Monsters back then. Sometimes a friend will offer me one and I'll accept, but I always deny Monsters because of how obsessed I got with them way back then. I think it's safe to say that any obsession/addiction I had back then is all but gone. Some might say coffee replaced it, and I love coffee, but I can and have gone without caffeine for several days and never missed it.
This was awesome. Would be curious of Linuses thoughts on a “healthy” selection of gamer drinks.
Why do I have a feeling that the more a drink sounds like something you would get at Starbucks the more Linus would like it?
he already rated water.
@@theoneneo5024 linus rate water on da top
Water will always be king
We need the nilered collab so you can really taste all the additives, also he's localish being in Canada
When Bro said chai iced tea is a 10/10 at the beginning I knew how this was gonna go lol 😂
cool idea! i was a bit disappointed to not see any popular powdered stuff like gfuel and gamersupps, since from what ive heard from friends theyre actually quite good and the nutrition seems less atrocious
gamersupps especially is in general a lot better for you than the others featured here. i would've liked to see them do this but I understand why since they would have to buy a whole tub that probably no one would want afterwards