180 X-3

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

180 X-3 Retail Package Description

180 Energy X-3 is a Lemon Lime Citrus flavored drink with lots of fun graphics on the can. Very spring like yellows and greens draw you in to buy along with the promise of only 10 calories and 3 carbs.

Caffeine Addict's 180 X-3 Review

The original 180 was probably in the first 5 energy drinks I ever bought.

(Legally I'm required to specify that the following statements about my previous employment are my opinion, not statements of fact, as to avoid being charged with libel/slander or defamation of character)


In 2001 most of my job was pretending to program so my bosses looked busy enough to keep their pathetic jobs, and pursue their developing "work relationships". Of course, any good manager also needs to schedule 2-3 meetings per day, and it helps if they are hours long, and involve copious amounts of inane PowerPoint slides, built on the company's $40k PowerPoint template, all used to describe non-correlating data. If you can wrap that all into a package called a "Lunch-and-Learn", and expect your already disgruntled employees to attend during the 1 hour they usually leave and convince themselves to come back for the second half of the day, and to do so unarmed, you've doubly succeeded as a manager.

Before the aforementioned meetings, I would usually run to the local Citgo, and grab 2 of the original 180s. I returned refreshed enough to stay awake, and pretend that my contempt was not at a boiling point for everyone in that room that had used the word "synergy" incorrectly (usually as "synergetic"), "bandwidth" to describe my free resources, and "XML/WML/HTML" as programming languages. I was so refreshed, I hardly even noticed the slide about losing a week vacation, or the one about paying enormous premiums for my new insurance plan, and the pie chart about cutting 75% of my 401k matching was so colorful, I almost asked them to go back.


Well, knowing what a feel good drink the original 180 was, you can imagine how excited I was to find this 180 product in a gas station somewhere on the east coast of South Carolina. The can touts "Lemon-Lime Citrus Blast" in glowing lime green letters. I couldn't wait. I found that Anheuser-Busch believes "Lemon-Lime Citrus Blast" tastes like seltzer water. I've sent back fountain soda Sprite with more flavor. Sounds like Anheuser-Busch needs to have a "Lunch-and-Learn" titled "Taste: WTF is it?!1!!?", it should be 1 slide long, and feature a picture of a product by anyone other than Anheuser-Busch.

Immediately thereafter a meeting (with the Bobs) titled "Energy: How it Differs from Synergy" would be in order. I felt neither "Energetic" nor "Synergetic" after drinking 180. This drink should come with juice and a cookie, because I felt like I'd had blood drawn.

Value? 180 Energy X-3 (3-carbs) is such a rip off, I felt like it took a week of my vacation, increased my insurance premiums, and cut my 401k matching. I better go get a Bawls, so I can work on my "Goals and Objectives" memo.

Energy Junkie's 180 X-3 Review

180 was the very first energy drink I ever had. Years ago I remember them tasting so good and was excited to see that they came out with a new look. I guess all the fondness left me quite unsatisfied when I drank 180 Energy X-3. It was a lot like drinking seltzer water. If Carabao is to Guiness beer, than 180 Energy is the Zima of energy drinks. There was a faint hint of lemon lime flavor. This is exactly what Tonic water tastes like. Perhaps if they marketed it more like a mixer, some Gin folks will pick it up as the new Gin and Tonic.

On the plus side it really only has 3 carbs, and it is very light and very very carbonated. Drinking this made me feel like I was in Willy Wonka's bubbly room. That was possibly the most peppy part of the drink, as afterwards I was still just as tired as I was earlier, only difference was that I was hungry from daydreaming about the Chocolate Factory.