After my last try with Rip-it chic, I was ready to take my medicine like a good boy and just accept that sometimes the fix is worth it. But, never one to hold a grudge, I thought I would rip off the broken foil on top and try it with a clean and unbiased palette – and I was nearly blown out of my seat! this drink tastes pretty good, but absolutely freaking fantastic compared to their other chic product! I could drink a case of these and die a very happy man ( according to energy fiend’s helpful Death By Caffeine calculator, I would actually need 4 cases to finish myself off). I could forget the silly foil, the boring can, the womanly – or just ABBA friendly – advertising because it tasted actually good, has almost no calories and was chock full of the good stuff!

In case you got here without the other review, I stumbled into a convenience store after nearly
falling asleep in the van with a carload of little ones and made it to an unknown gas station, where they had both this and the cin-a-man flavor on sale for 2 for 1, or less than a buck each. After the first drink of the first can – I thought it was cheap for a very good reason. The only thing off putting on this one was the munged up foil cover on the lid.

Taste: 9
This seriously tastes good. It tastes like sweet berries, with not a hint of the oversour overtart flavor that can come with a high taurine drink. It has a ton of caffeine, but none of that affects the overall gummy strong, yet un-syrupy flavor. maybe this would not have tasted so good if it did not serve as a tonic for the last one of theirs I had just drank, but this is one energy drink that even non-energy-drinkers would slam down.

Buzz/Nutrition: 8
this has the usual Energy Drink Mix, plus according to their website this is “designed for women by a female chemist” – so it must have special ingredients only women chemists would be able to pass along to their fellow sisters. For me the big news is that It Works! I made it home and out of the car and functioned until bedtime on this stuff.

Packaging: same as in my other review, only 7 for design, 9 for effort
The reason for the shift from 6 to 7 on this package is the purple does not look nearly as washed out and horrible as the half pink of the cin-a-man kind. All the same applies to this too, so you can skip if you read that post:

The foil top is an interesting idea – even if the idea behind it got my shackles up, as well as the size of can. 12oz for a single serving is nice, and seems after all these years of 8oz slammers to be back to the right size for a drink serving. I hope more energy drinks take up this size and start 12oz production. Now the Dannon yogurt top is not really a success, for after a little time on the shelves, it gets all banged up and ripped off, or it sticks to the can after opening which completely defeats the purpose of appealing those OCD women who need their fix.

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