M-150

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

M-150 Retail Package Description

The top of the bottle says, "OSOTSPA"...Osotspa Bin Laden? I like to think that maybe it Thai for, "ROTFLMAO". Unfortunately, it's not that exciting, it's just the name of the pharmaceutical that makes M150. Also, the sheriff star states "Leadership" and "Heroism".

Bright happy colors, and a fancy snake oil bottle.

Caffeine Addict's M-150 Review

There's a new sheriff in town, and it's not M150...I mean, what's the star for? Seriously, the packaging confuses me. While we're on the subject, what do energy drinks have to do with "Leadership" and "Heroism"? (These words are inscribed in the star on the package label). I mean, it's established that we all consume entirely too many uncontrolled addictive caffeinated beverages, and how truly non-heroic our actions would be if deprived of them for any 4+ hour period of time.

That being said, after ignoring the packaging, and denying my urge to sing "I Shot the Sheriff", this tastes pretty good for a semi-solid. They should call this stuff energy gelatin. Served ice cold it is drinkable, but coats like Pepto Bismol on the way down. It's sweeter than candy, and your teeth will hate you for drinking M-150. This may be the only drink that's got too much sugar for me.

Like a broken record, all the Thai drinks are energizing, through a combination of carbs and the other usual supplements.

At around $1, you can't go wrong. Your teeth will look for new owners, and you probably don't want to get to close to a diabetic with this drink, but otherwise two thumbs up.

Energy Junkie's M-150 Review

Apparently, M150 sponsors kickboxing, as I found lots of ebay items related to M150 and martial arts shorts, etc. when researching the beverage. I don't remember seeing any M150 in the classic true-to-life epic of underground kickboxing that is Jean-Claude Van Damme's "Kickboxer", but I'll take the Thai website's word for it. Assuming I could read any of the websites.

Otherwise, of further interest, I found many websites claiming that this was the biggest of the Thai energy drinks. I also discovered that Thai government outlawed advertising of M150, Shark, Carabao, and many other similar beverages between the hours of 5AM and 10PM in 2003. The government apparently was concerned about the possible detrimental health affects of these stimulating drinks. Meanwhile, the market in the US continues to grow rapidly.

As for the drink, this one seems even more thick than the other Thai drinks, but has a lot in common with the rest of the lot. Thai makers load their drinks up with sugars, this along with the other Thai drinks all rank at the top of the charts for carbs/ounce. M150 has almost 5.5g of carbohydrates/ounce, that's compared the highest of American beverages Sobe Adrenaline Rush which has 4.5g/ounce (Panther has 5.2g/ounce, and Carabao has just under 5g/ounce).

It's easy to see that the sugar alone could make you pretty peppy, it's the better part of a Snicker's candy bar in a 5oz. can. Then you can tack on the caffeine and taurine.