Health Energy Potion

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

Health Energy Potion Retail Package Description

The packaging is highly akin to Mana Energy Potion. Of course, the mats for Health Energy Potions are "Liferoot" and "Kingsblood", instead of "Goldthorn" and "Khadgar's Whisker". Also, this drink is not intended for motrals under 12. The new patch must have lowered the age restriction from 16. I hope they didn't nerf the stats.

Caffeine Addict's Health Energy Potion Review

Three days of Health Energy Potion, and I right off the bat, I can tell you that you've likely never tasted anything like this. The consistency is more gel/syrup than liquid. The taste is something akin to Red Hots Candies. Their website mentions apple, of which I didn't taste any, it tastes more like cherry/cinnamon to me. While this flavor is well above average, and isn't completely unlike what I've imagined WoW health pots to taste like, I don't personally find these as enjoyable as the Mana Energy Potions. Of course after winning 2 awards in the 2008 Energy Drink Awards, besting Mana Energy Potions is a tall order.

I think we got a pre-release batch of this. Normally, my review would decimate any product that was this difficult to get into. I didn't have nearly as hard a time getting into Mana Energy Potions, so I'll assume this batch was put together hurriedly. The problem, in case you're interested, is that the perforations didn't line up with the cap portion enough to offer any aid when twisting off the cap. On one occasion I had to resort to a letter opener while feverishly trying to get to my health pot during our 40-man raid on Hogger. In fact, getting into my health pot reminded me of trying to get warm nicotine gum out of the packaging (In case you were never a smoker, or you're too hell-bent on dying to quit, those gum pieces don't push through like they show on "Meet the Parents". Half the challenge of quitting smoking is scraping any usable portion of the nicotine gum from inside the plastic bubble after squishing it around like play-doh for 15 minutes, while unsuccessfully trying to get at a piece...and smoking 2 cigarettes, in lieu of 1, which you'd normally smoke on a break). While I've got out my Deadly Gladiator's Battle Staff, I might as well continue to beat this dead horse. I found a video review from Doug Aamoth at CrunchGear. Not only do I feel his video review is well-done, and I agree with most of it, but you'll see him working the plastic from about 1:13-1:25, then they did some editing (what was likely a tirade of expletives) and go to him getting the cap off.

As stated, I agree with most of the video review. On the site, Doug mentions that the experience of being jolted awake was something like getting hit in the face with a snowball as a child. While I wouldn't agree with this, Doug also mentions consuming 2 in the video review, which makes that comparison far more plausible.

Like most effective energy drinks, I felt no fatigue throughout the day, including the day I went for a run. I didn't feel a jolt at all (of course, I didn't knock the whole thing back in .7 second either). For me, it was a comfortable onset of energy that lasted through the meat of the day.

Despite it's awesomeness, $3.25 is a tough pill to swallow. Truthfully, I find quarters difficult to swallow under any circumstances.

Energy Junkie's Health Energy Potion Review

So, I've been raiding in the Hellfire Peninsula all day when this Rogue Troll comes up to me and gives me a Health Energy Potion. Apparently he made it just for me. I didn't want to be rude so I took it and put it in one of my bags. Being a paladin I can heal myself so I'll probably just throw it out later to make room for some epic gear. After about twenty minutes of extremely awkward conversation with this Troll kid, (I mean what would the other Blood Elves say?) I decided to hearth back to the city and get some sleep for tomorrows raiding and pillaging.

The next day I decided to head to the tavern for some good old fashion trade. I have a big day of killing ahead of me and need to make sure I have plenty of supplies and enough room to carry all the good stuff I find along the way. Going through my inventory I come across this Health Energy Potion from the Troll kid. It looked quite unique compared to all the other health potions I'd seen in my travels. Reading the label I noticed some interesting ingredients, Taurine, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Caffeine, Ginseng, and Elderberry juice. Now I'm no herbalist, but I have never come across any of these plants. There is also a warning: not recommended for mortals under 12, but since I and neither a mortal or under 12, this does not apply to me. I saw a stack of 6 on the shelf for sale for 20 Gold, and decided this could use a little more research, so I headed to the Auction House. I spoke with the auctioneer and the best deal I could find was a stack of 12 for 38 Gold.

Now that I have wasted half the day researching this mystery Health Energy Potion, I decided it was time to start the days raiding. I had already left the city when I realized I had forgot to get rid of the health potion. I figure rather than just throwing it away I would use it after my first battle in lieu of wasting any mana. I came across Deranged Helboar and decided to have some lunch. I drank the Health Energy Potion after the fight. I have to say it was quite tasty, kind of like a melted fruit roll up. It left a bit of a film on my teeth, but nothing a little roasted boar ribs won't take care of. After a bit of lunch, and disenchanting the Mahogany Wand I looted from the helboar (Why a Deranged Helboar was carrying this I still have no clue) I decided to head to the raiding party. I let them know I would probably have to leave the party early because I had been running around all day researching this silly potion and I was already a bit on the tired side.

We waited at the dungeon entrance for about 30 minutes until the last party member finally arrives. Hunters always have to tame a new pet before a raid for some strange reason. Just before we went in I noticed I felt strangely invigorated, it must be all those strange ingredients from the potion. I felt amazing, like I could run the dungeon all by myself. Needless to say 4 hours, 20 Gold, and a Barb of the Sand Reaper later we have finished the raid and I still feel like killing. I took the long way home, killing every Mob along the way, it was fantastic, I even took out a few Ally's on their way to Stormwind City. I finally arrived back at the inn. I ask the innkeeper if he had anymore of this Health Energy Potion and showed him the bottle. He said someone had just bought his only stack and he wasn't sure when his next delivery would be. I told him it was fine and proceeded to the Auction House. No luck there either. After checking every shop in the city, I was on my way to the flight master to head to closest city and check there, and who do I see? It was the Troll kid who gave me the potion yesterday. I asked him if he had any more. He said he had an entire 20 slot bagful, and he would sell them to me for 4 Gold a piece. I pulled out my newly acquired epic polearm and ran him through. I now have all his potions plus the formula and I'm looking for a trustworthy Alchemist ready to make a lot of Gold.