Comotion

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

Comotion Retail Package Description

The comotion can (mostly black) has a Dragon Ball Z-ish kamehameha-generating ball thing on the front of the can. It's a spirally orange center, with some circles surrounded by a spirally red outside. The front also says, "Energy Drink" in white, "With Antioxidants + Adaptogens" in (mostly) red. Then there is a red band, with white letters that reads, "Dragon Fruit". Below that, in white "B3, B5, B6, B12, C", continuing in white, "Guarana, Yerba Mate, Rooibos, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginseng, Taurine". On the rights side of the can, there is the "Certified Carbon Free" logo. On the back, in yellow, "Extended Energy Formula" and "Lightly Carbonated".

Caffeine Addict's Comotion Review

This product is not as bad as Stacker 2 Black Jax. Today we have COmotion, the "CO" is in red, while the "motion" is in white. The lack of uninspired flavor text leaves us wondering what the "CO" is about.

This product is made by Monarch Beverages who also make Acutefruit and Rush! Energy, we've been pleased with both.

Like the Stacker 2 Black Jax, I didn't find the aroma particularly appetizing. To me, smells like the old Herbal Essences redish pink shampoo.

But smells can be deceiving. When I opened the can, I found the flavor, though a little earthy a rooty, fairly appetizing and enjoyable. I can't say that I've ever actually had dragon fruit, so I don't know if this tastes anything like dragon fruit.

I drank a COmotion today after my run. After stretching, I was revitalized and almost felt like going for another workout. Because of the adaptagens, I feel like this may be more of a restorative energy drink. I wouldn't say this product is formulated to work the way that Monster or Red Bull work. I've been reading some Marxist propaganda that indicates I should revitalize my body with simple carbohydrates after I've exercised.

I'm not sure this would work in 16oz. It's pretty thick, and I can't say that it's particularly thirst-quenching, and a 16oz. can would be approaching 1/4 of your daily allowance of carbohydrates.

This drink is available from Monarch's website for $24 for a case of 12, shipped for free. For people who work out a lot, who may be drinking FRS, Vemma's Verve! or Efusjon, which also claim to be natural, loaded with antioxidants and adaptogens, you might find that Comotion is a reasonable value at $2 a can.

I like that I can just buy it from their website, unlike many of the other "healthy energy drinks", which I have to subscribe to some sort of regular delivery schedule, or become a member of the affiliate.reseller program. Not everyone who wants to feel good after a workout wants to become an entrepreneur selling energy drinks.

Energy Junkie's Comotion Review

Unlike Jason, (who's on his, "I'm going to be the world's fastest man" kick, meanwhile, he can't run a 5k as fast as a woman that had a baby 14 days earlier...this is verifiable, not just wild assertions) I like to sit and do as little as possible. I like burgers, candy bars and energy drinks sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. Unfortunately for everyone offended by the previous statement, it also describes the VAST of the American populous. Most people just aren't as verbal about it. Quite frankly, even with as much as I eat 1/2 lb. hamburgers, king size Zero bars and 24oz. Monsters, I'm probably more fit than the average American.

Where am I going with this? I don't care about antioxidants, adaptogens or any of their other witchcraft. I care about it tasting good, and getting me jacked for Starcraft II beta play. I certainly don't care that it's carbon free. The taste is earthy like many of the energy drinks we've reviewed recently. Interestingly, Jason said he got a suggestion, from a woman of all people, that the B12 could be the source of the earthy flavor.

I didn't relish the drinking experience of Comotion. I could have done with or without it, and could name scores of other drinks I'd prefer to drink. It does come in an 8.4oz. can, so I made short work of it. I was as thirsty after drinking it as before. The back of my throat feels dry, after drinking Comotion, like after eating the super-sized Slim Jim.

I don't think "2x Energy" should be displayed anywhere in association with Comotion. If they said what it was 2x the energy of, I'm sure we could construct some sort of lawsuit, but since it's left unstated, they could claim it was "2x Energy, compared to Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt Asian Experience Energy Drink", which no one could possible ever finish, so it's an unverifiable claim. I felt fine, but I didn't experience any sort of $2 improvement.

As Jason states in his video review, these are available through the website for $2/can, if you commit to buying 12, which I would never be able to bring myself to do. Even if these were conveniently available at the local service station, it would likely be in my bottom 5 of drinks to choose from (the other bottom 4 would be sugar free versions of otherwise quality energy drinks).