Rip it sugar free has a better can, and that's about its only advantage when comparing it to the rest of the 98 cent rip it line. The blue with the light silver is without a doubt the best color scheme. Like "The Silver Bullet", first class all the way. It's even got the wide mouth top for quick guzzling.
The first few sips of the rip it sugar free, and I thought I'd made a horrible mistake. The taste was very difficult to place, and I forced myself to take sip after agonizing sip, thinking made me thirsty, so I continued to sip, I was glad that my rip it sugar free was there to comfort me. I still hadn't placed the taste, but the rip it was really starting to grow on me. Like the milk that's sour, but there's some satisfaction in continuing to sniff it...I assume to ensure it's still sour. By the end, I noticed that the carbonation was still there, nearly an hour later, I'd sipped my way through the whole can, and felt pretty good. Doubtlessly the worst flavored of the rip it line, but it has a lot going for it.
Most importantly, this soda sticks to its guns for being sugar free, so it has absolutely no calories or carbs, unlike some other sodas that slip in 10 calories and 3 carbs, or something like that. Also, the 130mg of sodium isn't a huge slap in the face.
As for value, like the others, need I say more? A reasonably good 16oz. soda for 98 cent.
I need to touch on one more thing; I finally checked out the rip it website, and they show a rip it team member, and some information about the new site coming soon. This got me to thinking...who should be on the rip it team? When you're attempting to convince everyone that you can be just as good at half the price, who do you get?
I was sooo impressed with Sugar Free Rip It. With no calories and no sugar I could drink these all day. The flavor was refreshing and didn't even taste like artificial sweetener. Perhaps the Splenda has made it's way into the energy drink market. It seems like they stuck with the strawberry flavor that was in the non-sugar free Rip It Power. I feel like I got a lot more energy from this sugar free Rip It than I got from the original Power. Although some of that might've had to do with the longer than usual meeting I was in while I chugged this down. It definitely gave me the energy to fly out of there to find a potty before my bladder exploded.