Drink Update Energy Drink with Paraxanthine - Jitter Free, Crash Free, No Overstimulation, No Withdrawal - Caffeine and Sugar Free (Lime, 12 Pack)

I was super skeptical that a metabolite of caffeine wouldn't also affect my sleep if taken later in the day, I am decently sensitive to caffeine; if I have any past 12pm I'm up all night. This however worked great, I actually think I slept better after drinking a whole can at 3pm. It's hard to describe how it feels, but much smoother energy and focus than coffee. It seemed to last longer as well. My only real complaint is that there is a bit of an aftertaste I'm assuming from the sweetener and coffee tastes so good. Additionally the customer service was incredibly helpful. My case for some reason (likely temperature or handling) was super carbonated and every time I opened one 1/4 of it would spill everywhere. I emailed customer service and they were quick to send me out a replacement case no questions asked. I can't recommend this product and the company enough!

I wasn’t sure if this drink would work as well as my daily cold brew when I first purchased it, but I am happy to report it is way better than cold brew. It also doesn’t make my stomach hurt as bad so that is a plus. Since I have been drinking these I noticed that my overall energy levels are much higher and it’s a good high energy feeling. I don’t get the jitters or anxiousness of what I typically experience with an energy drink or what I feel with coffee. I got the lime flavor and it doesn’t taste great but it definitely doesn’t taste bad. I have weird taste buds so that could totally be a me problem. At this point, I am probably going to make this a subscription because this stuff just works better than anything else I’ve tried and I think I’ve tried it all.

I see what they are going for here, but the flavor just does not jive with me. It could be sweet enough but I think the lime flavor just isn’t there enough? I’m not really sure. If I had to describe it, I’d say it tastes like water with lime squeeze and a little bit of allulose sweetener. Did provide energy. Maybe the other flavors are better, but if you have the cash, maybe this will be good for those stints where you take a break from caffeine as it is for me.

For a person like me that suffer from anxiety and because of that I have to stay away from caffeine this is the solution I was waiting for. Finally an energy drink to keep me focus , full of energy and motivated without triggering my anxiety, just amazing. Great flavor too the lime, love it.

I tried a bunch of this over a period of several months. I have a lot of very specific comments and feedback. So many, in fact, that I've been procrastinating writing a long detailed Amazon review. But now I feel like it's time. In brief, a few key points: -First an important note: if you're already heavily addicted to coffee and you switch to paraxanthine, you'll feel REALLY weird, because it's NOT the same active substance but it's also not completely different either. I highly recommend you have a caffeine washout before switching to paraxanthine if you're a more-than-one-cup-a-day coffee drinker. -The great thing is that I would agree that paraxanthine feels like what they say it's supposed to feel like. it's less jangly than caffeine in high doses and kind of more like a nootropic or mind-clearing-and-sharpening thing rather than a stimulant. Like, for most people, if you're coffee-naive and then you drink a big cup of coffee, you'll be bouncing off the walls. Paraxanthine is not so much like that. Your mind will feel more clear and kind of, hard to put into words, sort of filled with light and more open-feeling. -It has MUCH less laxative effect than caffeine... but the same diuretic (makes you pee) effect. And there's usually twice as much paraxanthine milligram-wise than caffeine so you do kind of have to choose between drinking a lot of water and peeing all the time, or just letting yourself get a bit dehydrated, but don't let yourself get *too* dehydrated because then your body starts to feel pretty jangly anyway. -Finally, this is the hardest part to really get the sense across (and I probably should have put this next to item two): to put it bluntly, if you're someone who wishes that coffee would be more like your name-brand pharmaceutical ADHD meds, then paraxanthine really will be the thing for you, because it kind of is. Just a little bit. That's kind of what I mean when I say it's more like a nootropic than caffeine. That's actually why I had to stop using it, though... I generally do great with coffee, I can drink SO much coffee and get SO addicted and still love it and feel great, up to a point, where eventually I start to get burned out on it. I can't take pharmaceutical ADHD pills at all though. They make me feel crazy, like I'm gonna have a panic attack. Seems like that's specifically a "me" thing and not a problem for most people! But after a while of using about 300mg/day of paraxanthine (1 can of this energy drink) (well, maybe I was starting to do 2 cans a day) I started to get that panicky feeling. And I had to stop. Like I said, I think that's mainly a "me" thing and not a problem for most people. I'm just mentioning it here to emphasize that if you wished your coffee would fix up your brain a little bit more like a pharmaceutical ADHD med does, this is *just a little bit* reminiscent of that. In conclusion, I definitely recommend this, but you should be careful not to try it if you're already super addicted to normal caffeine because that will impact the quality of the experience you have. You'll have a much better experience if you go into it with a clean slate. If you do that, my experience is that it really does work like they say it does. Postscript: The reason I am giving it 4 stars is that my last shipment of it, the cans were defective! The were not dented or anything, but somehow they all corroded through at the bottom and the product leaked out all over the place. If I receive a response from the manufacturer telling me that they are aware of the issue and have fixed it, then I'll bump my review up to 5 stars.

Love taste!! And that the energy is non — caffeine! But many or nearly all will spew just slightly as if they are quite sensitive to shaking in transit

Helps keep me going on night shift

As advertised, the main ingredient, paraxanthine, does give a similar effect if not better than caffeine. Highly recommend it if you are staying caffeine free. However, This is my second order with Update and the taste hasn’t improved at all. I’m sure they are working on new formulas for better flavors and taste, but when is that gonna be? I only drink this when I really need a alerted boost, not the taste.