Rip It Energy Fuel Citrus X Shot

A Fair & Honest Energy Drink Review

Rip It Energy Fuel Citrus X Shot Retail Package Description

The Rip It Energy Fuel Citrus X Shot bottle looks like any other energy shot, like 5 hour energy, for example. A 2oz. bottle, wrapped in a thin plastic layer that has a perforated top. The cap portion is black and says, "Raw Sustained Energy". The rest of the bottle is orange, with silver, white and black adornments. A white oval contains the words, "Sugar Free", then "rip it", "energy fuel", "Shot", "Citrus X", "Mandarin Orange Tangerine", a picture of an orange armed with white spikes, then "dietary supplement", and lastly, "2fl oz (60ml)". The back contains some (very hard to read) white text with the usual warning about containing about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee, not recommended for knocked up women, or ankle biters and that niacin flushes are nothing to freak out and call the EMTs about.

Caffeine Addict's Rip It Energy Fuel Citrus X Shot Review

Hello again, Jason with Screaming Energy dot com. Today's product always makes me think of 80's new wave band devo, and uncontrollable flatulents. Rip it Citrus X Energy Fuel Shot is the first energy shot we've reviewed from the Rip it franchise, which is part of the National Beverage Company, better known for their Shasta and Faygo product lines. We were so impressed with the first Rip It product we reviewed, Rip It Energy Fuel Power, back in 2005, that we bought a substantial amount of stock in the company. Personally, I felt pushing Rip It to the ICP Faygo following, which they'd otherwise shunned, would be a great way to get a foothold in the, then new, market that was targeting that demographic. We sold the stock in 2007 when it became apparent that National Beverage was going to always think like a knock-off drink company. It seemed obvious to us they were putting most of their focus into military contracts...which is why now people stationed overseas seem to be the only people that ever send us communications about Rip It. Additionally, by that point, others who had discovered Rip It, enjoyed it, and recognized its value, were writing to tell me that it had been pulled from Walmart shelves, and they didn't know where to find it. Unfortunately, short of joining the armed forces, I didn't have an answer for them.

Essentially, no National Beverage product was even a blip on our radar for another 4 years. It's sad that a product that we tout to this day as one of the best values on the market, one that was consistently available at that price, not just some close out, overstock bargain at Big Lots, essentially faded into obscurity. Then, while acquiring products for this value series, we happened upon a Rip It treasure trove at Dollar Tree, again available consistently at that sweet $1 price point.

We were most excited about this product, a 2oz. energy shot, which we hoped would be a viable alternative for people squandering $3+ a day on 5-hour energy. As usual, Rip It did not disappoint. Even as a marginally disgruntled former stock holder, who believes the C-levels couldn't manage their way out of fresh cow patty, I have to give the folks in charge of product development a patty on the back for making another winner. Rip It Citrus X works 100% as well as 5-hour energy, if you disagree, you have absolutely no grounds, short of witchcraft, on which to build an argument. The stats are so nearly identical, you'll be inclined to openly ridicule anyone who hates money so much they willingly dispose of an additional $2 to buy this energy shot packaged in a $3 5-hour energy bottle.

Rip it tastes as ingestible as most other energy shots. The only even mentionable difference is that the taste of caffeine is slightly more noticeable in the Rip It Shot, and by slightly, I mean that 70% of people wouldn't even notice.

Energy Junkie's Rip It Energy Fuel Citrus X Shot Review

There are obviously a good number of 5 hour energy knockoffs on the market. Just like with Red Bull, there are the loyalists who believe the manufacturer of their product invented the energy drink/shot, taurine, caffeine, sugar and water. Then there's the sensible portion of the populous who understands that a functionally equivalent product at 1/3 of the price means that the "named brand" manufacturer is forcefully sexually assaulting your wallet with every purchase. Part of the purpose of this website is to help identify which products are "functionally equivalent" and which ones are just sad attempts to jump on the bandwagon of copying a successful product by bottling taint sweat.

Just buy Rip It Energy Fuel Citrus X Shot. This is one of the good ones, and it's cheap, even by knock-off standards. $1/each at Dollar Tree. If you're drinking (3) 5 hour energy drinks per week, you could be saving $6/week. That's over $300/year. Only people still paying for cable/satellite television service would be mad enough to throw away that kind of money.