MEG (Military Energy Gum) - Enhance Your Physical Performance with 100mg of Caffeine Per Piece, Ultimate Energy Boost for Workouts, Alternative to Energy Drinks | NSF for Sport® Certified | Arctic Mint- Pack of 24

I've purchased this before, in smaller quantities, the sample size, which I highly recommend the first time you try this. Having said that, I have elevated this to be a staple in my life now. I won't ever be without it. It's a cup of coffee in a stick of gum! Not the taste of coffee, but the caffeine effect. Here's why it's actually better than coffee: 1) It is absorbed through the mouth, so it hits your system faster 2) It's cheaper than Starbucks 3) It doubles as a breath freshener 3) Tested by the military, for the military. (Send you soldier or sailor some in a care-package!) 4) No need to tip the waitress, 5) Less messy when you put the leftovers it in your pocket (5 sticks to a package). Here's why it's worse than a cup of coffee: 1) You won't get to talk to that cute waitress 2) You won't get to gaze into the eyes of that girl you're meeting, 3) You don't get the enjoyment of stirring your cream and sugar and watching the color change 4) You can't discuss business ideas over a stick of gum 5) Its weird to ask a friend out for a piece of gum. I was so distressed when I couldn't find this online, I actually tracked down and emailed the company asking what the supply problem was. Turns out it was a packaging equipment failure...they couldn't wrap it up to sell. Of course I offered to come over and help fix the equipment right away, but they politely declined. What they did do, however, was to send me a couple of samples (along with some Big League Chew gum which they also make) to help me get through the shortage. They didn't have to do that, I was already a raving fan, but I'm even more so now. And, for the record, I purchased a tray of each flavor so that I won't run out again...I usually chew a stick every afternoon when that dip in energy starts around 2-3 pm. It really does shift my productivity and alertness back up, but without the crash later you get from sugary energy drinks. I originally got this to use working snow removal during snowstorms...when I often couldn't leave to get coffee, or there wasn't anyone open to get it. I probably gave out half of the first tray I bought to co-workers and friends. I always keep some with me. Please note that there is a bit of a strong taste sort of "in the middle" when you're chewing it after a minute...my guess is that is the caffeine kicking in. I don't mind it, but some more delicate paletes might. Get the smaller sample first and send it to me if you don't like it, I'll chew it! ;) If you're a prepper, then you certainly need this for your bug-out bag...when the adrenalin starts to fade, or if you need to push on to escape the apocalypse, this will help you do the job. If you want something to barter, this might work well too. And I will acknowledge there are other caffeine products on Amazon, but I'm not into taking a caffeine pill, and the other gums had less, some significantly less caffeine, which meant it would cost more and I'd have to chew more to get the same results. I found the best, I don't need to experiment. One caution: READ the label. Follow the recommended number of sticks in the time frame. I've never had any issues...but I can see someone getting sick from being foolish and chewing 400 pieces at once. Buy all you want, Ive already got mine!

I work full time. I go to grad school full time. I like caffeine. This is caffeine. All the pros and cons of caffeine obviously apply to this gum. There are some additional pluses and minuses in this form, though. (+) This seems to work faster than other forms of caffeine, probably because it begins to absorb through the mouth instead of waiting for it to get to the digestive tract. (+) Simply the act of chewing any gum seems to help me stay alert and focus. Yes, this could be achieved by consuming another form of caffeine and having non-caffeinated gum... but I like the efficiency of this approach. (-) Unfortunately, using this too often (~5+ pieces per day for a few days) seems to make my mouth slightly tender. I try to mitigate this slightly by drinking a lot of water with it, but sometimes I have to switch to other forms of caffeine to give my mouth a break. I've given pieces to coworkers and classmates, and they all agree that it really works. Most people dislike the taste, but no one has hated it enough to spit it out right away. I actually like the flavor of the arctic mint and the spearmint is okay. The cinnamon flavor is STRONG, but most brands of cinnamon gum are strong, so you might like it if you like that sort of flavor. If you've tried this back when the gum was circular, note that the recipe was improved when they switched to a more rectangular geometry. The gum is now softer and seems to stay fresh longer. Some hints for improving the boost you get from this: - Take a vitamin B complex with it, and you'll essentially have a cheap form of "5-Hour Energy." (Yes, I know that 5-Hour Energy has other ingredients, too... but most of the effect is simply due to the vitamin B with the caffeine.) - Drink lots of water while chewing this gum, since lack of hydration can cause fatigue. This is especially important since caffeine negatively affects the body's hydration, and the gum (unlike soda or coffee) doesn't contain water. - Chew half a piece at a time (50 mg), twice as often. This helps even out the energy. For some people, a half piece might be all you need. A half piece provides a little more than a soda worth of caffeine. - To prevent my body from becoming totally dependent on caffeine, I avoid caffeine on the weekends. I also go off of caffeine completely for a week every couple of months. This helps the caffeine work better when I really need it.

As a welder stuff has become my go to for fast acting, compact, and cost effective pick me up. These do have a strong caffeine taste, but that’s to be expected in caffeinated products in general. The artic mint seams to be the best at covering it up, and it also holds flavor the best (not forever, but better than the other flavors).

I really like this as an alternative to coffee, primarily because I want to make an effort at minimizing the amount of staining I do to my teeth. I also don't like the taste of coffee and don't want to drink energy drinks loaded with sugars and other chemicals. The caffeine from this gum works on you very fast. However, If you are mentally tired if will not work so well. And taking more tablets to "break" mental tiredness does not work out as you think it would. It only made me jittery and physically energetic. Sometimes it would break my focus when studying if I took two tablets at the same time. The gum tastes bad the first few times, but then it grows on you. You start to get used to it because your body wants the caffeine and the sugar in the gum satisfies the tastebuds. The pieces of gum are fairly large actually. And there are 5 pieces per packet. I like to chew one every hour if I am in class and dozing off or just nearing that afternoon slump. Just a quick comparison from the mayoclinic, here is the caffeine content of many popular drinks we drink: **Keep in mind one piece of this gum contains 100mg of caffeine. Sodas: Coca-Cola........12oz.......30-35mg (caffeine) Pepsi...............12oz.......32-39mg Dr Pepper.........12oz.......36mg Coffee: Generic Brewed.......8oz.......95-200mg Espresso................1oz.......40-75mg Generic Instant........8oz......27-173mg Energy Drink: 5 hour energy...........2oz........207mg Monster....................8oz........80mg Red Bull....................8.4oz.....76-80mg Rockstar...................8oz........79-80mg Tea: Black.......................8oz..........14-61mg Green tea................8oz..........24-40mg *1/19/13* I am editing my review after a very recent life-changing experience. In my previous review (now edited) I mentioned how this was a great product for long distance drives. I can no longer recommend that anyone take this when feeling drowsy as nothing...nothing on earth can win against a body that has been sleep deprived. When you are at a certain point and you are physically and mentally tired, your body will shut itself down the moment it gets. To make a long story short, a simple trip back to LA at 5:30am ended in a car being totaled and some minor bruises. I'm very lucky to be alive and to have been the only party involved in the accident. Not trying to say woe is me, not trying to bash this product! Certainly not. This is a good product! But I am just trying to warn everyone else out there reading reviews on how this would be great for long drives or when operating machinery while drowsy...do not listen to them. Please take it from someone who's experienced a life-changing experience first hand. If you are tired at the wheel, pull over, get a quick 30min in of sleep and try again. No coffee, no caffeine gum. It's not worth losing a car which ties into your livelihood. Don't take stimulants to propel your body when it is trying to tell you something. On that note, I hope everyone uses these safely and for minor tasks that require alertness.

I noticed this product a few months ago, and thought it might be worth it to try it out. I was pretty excited until I saw all the negative reviews for the gum. Everyone was complaining about the awful, bitter taste, and the lack of a "boost". After trying this product out for a few weeks, I highly recommend it to those looking for a "pick-me-up". Once you start chewing the gum, the flavor is, quite honestly, the best gun flavoring I've ever had (Arctic Mint). It's suprisingly strong, and was a lot sweeter than I'd expected. The flavor lasts for about 5 minutes (longer than other gums I've had, like Wrigley's or mentos), and has a fairly gritty texture. The gum does not harden after time, which is a great rendition. There have been countless times where I've been chewing gum, and it wears out my jaw due to the clay-like rigidity. What might deter you from the gum is the aftertaste. Once the flavor wears off (which, again, takes fairly long, because it's mint), you're left with a slightly minty, slightly bitter flavor. I would compare it to stale bread. This is the caffeine, and the stale taste grows a bit stronger as the mint wears away. I usually chew a piece for about 20 or 30 minutes before I spit it out, because the caffeine taste gets a bit overwhelming. Now, for the energy. Holy. Cow. I have never experienced a faster rush in my life. Within seconds of chewing a piece, you can feel the effects. It's not a slow, gradual rise, though. It hit me like a train. The effect was immediate, I felt more awake and energized. The energy I felt lasted for at least 2 hours before I started to wind down. Now, most people experince a "crash" after the effects of coffee wear off. With this gum, I didn't notice a thing. I didn't suddenly run out of juice, I just felt more focused for the rest of the day. I cannot recommend this product enough. With the $30 price tag, this is a steal.

I'm the type of person who uses caffeine as a drug to stay focused. My friend, who was former military, gave me a pack of these to try. Let me just say that the military money gets results! This was fact acting, small, and cheap. It works out to about $0.25 a cup of coffee- each gum has 100mg caffeine (5 pieces per packet, 24 packs per box). This destroys any other caffeinated products I've ever tried- it beats coffee for price and ease of use. It beats jolt gum cause it has 6x the amount of caffeine jolt does. It beats energy drinks because they are so expensive and loaded with TONS of sugar. These things are extremely portable- just carry in your pocket (they were meant for military!). Great for law enforcement to have in the war bag to stay awake in the field when you are stuck on a call or stakeout. A friend who is in vet school loves these cause they have to stay alert and study so much. To be honest, you don't buy stuff like this for taste. The first minute of these things you just taste the sugar and flavoring, but after that the bitter taste of the caffeine starts to be come apparent. The taste comes out slowly at first, and never completely overpowering, but anyone chewing this just to enjoy gum, and not as a tool to stay awake, would never chose this gum over any other gum in the world for flavor. That being said, the taste isn't terrible. I've had all 5 flavors. The Cinnamon is the worst, and unless you are a fan of big red or gum like that I would avoid it (I don't like Cinnamon flavor). IMO, the Spearmint flavor tastes the best at first (only slightly better than Arctic Mint), but then the caffeine is more noticeable with Spearmint in the end than with Arctic Mint flavor. Overall, if you are going for the best overall flavor experience I chose Arctic Mint. I cannot recommend these enough.

Awesome pieces of gum that are easy to chew and doesn’t taste horrible! I use these for my early musters where I feel like I need an extra kick of energy where an energy drink or coffee doesn’t suffice. They are super easily portable and overall I would recommend this to my friends.

Pros: -Tastes pretty good! (To a point) -Easy to carry packaging. -You get SO FRIGGIN' MANY. -Works as advertised. Cons: -Taste gets bad after prolonged chewing. Like fake sugar bad. -I'm worried about the amount of caffeine I'm taking in. Mostly because of how easy it is. -I'm worried about the amount of caffeine I'm actually absorbing. Mostly because it's gum and you're told to spit it out after 5 minutes. Is it really that effective? So. My job title is Web Developer. I've been at it for over a year but I'm still learning a lot of this. I'm also finishing up my final semester in an unrelated field for my associates. I've also got a dog that needs to go out early in the morning at late at night. Oh, and I do the majority of the cooking in the house. This leaves me with little time to relax and a major need for energy boosts. There are times when I can spend upwards of 20 minutes a day total just in the process of making barely acceptable coffee in our office Keurig, just so I can get back to my desk and get through a task. I haven't fallen asleep on the job, yet, but there have been times when I can feel my whole body starting to fade into it. There was something missing in my life and I knew it was... Vivarin. The Caffeine pill. (or something like it). However, that stuff isn't the cheapest thing, and it doesn't work fast enough sometimes to ward off the drowsiness. Then here comes MEG. Yeah, it tastes like shit after a few minutes, but you are only supposed to chew it for 5 minutes anyway. It's about 100mg of caffeine per piece, and they recommend you only take 4 pcs total per day, which is really all I need. One chew when I wake up to get my day going is enough to get me out of bed, out the door, into the office, and up to about 10-11am. Another piece, another boost, I'm good till lunch. After that, I might take another pc to either freshen my breath or maybe around 2pm to keep the groove going. Then it's another piece before I head out, because class will actually have me falling asleep if I'm not careful. It's hard to pay attention for me when I'm not actively working on something. So lecture-style classes bore me straight to sleep. But with a tasty little Arctic Mint and the 100mg of caffeine rushing in, I'm good until I get home. Then cooking time. At this point I won't chew anymore unless I have homework or something else that requires me to stay up a little longer, but if possible I usually opt for something sugary instead. Just a little rush before I crash into bed, only to start over again. Would I buy these at half price? Definitely. Even though I gave this a 4/5 stars, I'm very happy with the product. Dropping the price will keep me coming back for more. Would I buy these at double price? Maybe. I like them, but at double price, I might as well get Vivarin or some other caffeinated product to keep me going. Would I buy these again at all? Almost definitely. I'm going to keep an eye out for similar products that may interest me when I get close to low, but as far as I can tell, aside from any potential health risks, these are going to be a repeat purchase for me.

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