Rockstar Energy Drink, Caffeine and Electrolytes, (Packaging May Vary) Orange , Recovery Orange, 16 Fl Oz (Pack of 24)

PSA for those worried about mixed reviews. I have purchased from this listing 12 times in the past. I only order it when it is shipped and sold by Amazon.com due to the variability in reviews. Don't know if the bad reviews come from 3rd party items fulfilled by amazon or if it's just the one's that are shipped by a 3rd party, I haven't bothered risking it and only order when it's in stock directly from Amazon. I've never received a delivery of cans that taste any different from the ones I pick up at local gas stations.For those worried about sudden recipe changes:A. CARBONATION: This product has ALWAYS been lightly carbonated. Just because they added the word carbonated in the ingredients list doesn't mean it's suddenly as carbonated as a Dr. Pepper. I shook up both of the pictured cans and the one that says carbonated in the ingredients list did not foam up or do anything different from the previous can design.B. CALORIES: I don't know why both cans are 1 serving but one says 10 calories and the other says 25. Both have 3 grams of carbohydrates (2g of it being added sugars) and no protein or fat. That means there were 12 calories in the old can and there are 12 calories in the new can. No change. Ingredients list have the same items in the same orders, they just modified what they're calling a few of the ingredients.

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This is my third time personally buying these 24 packs, and before I bought them a friend of mine would buy them as we mix them with alcohol. The flavor was always amazing, so good it would make you just want to continue drinking and drinking. Recently, however, I have noticed that my past 2 shipments have come in fine condition but the taste has been off. At first, I thought maybe I had been mixing the drink too strong, so I decided to just drink a can by itself (as I love the flavor). It was then that I realized that the flavor was dead--I couldn't even finish the one that I opened. Surprised by this, I came back to Amazon to check if this was common and sure enough it is.I'm thinking it has to do with where it's manufactured, but I think that someone needs to be quality controlling these. I pay good money for these, so I would like them to be as good as the one I can find in a random gas station.Hopefully, this is just a fluke incident, but so far they are 1/3!Update (9/1/19):After my fifth shipment now, they are 3/5. I’m hoping that they continue to stay good tasting, so I’m raising the stars to match (3/5).Update (10/8/19):4/5, so far the taste is consistently good since the first occurrence.Update (5/16/20):5/5, since the first issue, the quality has been great!

I will definitely order another one thanks

EDIT:After a day, and after a weird discovery, I must re-review this.I actually think this is exactly like the monster equivalent, at least today I can easily say that this quite good.I am soryr if I gave any wrong impressions, maybe the first one I had had something wrong with it? None the less, its okI will have to say, I cant blame the product for being what it is, it is what is says it is, an energy drink.They need to make it more clear that this is a NON CARBONATED DRINK, I am not a fan of those, but I recon its partly my fault. Still, they dont say it anywhere on the product, being carbonated is the rule rather than the exception, and this one being the difference, I would have expected them to make sure they said this.second of all, this is EXTREMELY SWEET. This is at least 2.5 as times as sweet as the Monster Equivalent (they have a carbonated orange energy drink, I tried this one to switch it up and give rockstar a chance, not overtly a fan).This drink almost feels like someone put too much of whatever they sweeten this up with. I recon its up to them to make it as much as they wish, but this is just too sweet for me.I will have to drink it, since I dont think you can return these type of things on amazon, but I am NOT a fan. Again, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with this, its a "good drink" for as much as one of these can be, its well packaged, it arrived intact and in good condition, props on the seller for this product shipping and delivery.The drink is too sweet, but that comes down to taste, so my review may not be totally accurate, and I am even unsure as to how to properly give it stars. The produc tis perfectly fine. (its kinda like, you get on a bus that says its going to a similar destination as the bus you usually take, the bus is great, its a standard bus, jsut as nice as the one you usually take, but the route goes through another route, and leaves you at a sligyhtly different place than what the other one, almost the same one said it would. It could come down to the customer, but this bus did not say it was non-carbonated, and you had to figure that out on the pictures (NOT intuitive)).again, the product is great for anyone who enjoys sweet energy drinks with lots of cafeeine, tehre is absolutly nothing wrong with the product, its the drink itself that is just too sweet.Just beware of the non carbonated and sweetness. DO NOT EXPECT A NON CARBONATED VERSION OF THE MONSTER DRINK, THIS IS ALMOST TWICE AS SWEET

I discovered this drink by accident back in my college days and I scarcely drink any other caffeinated beverages as a result. I've tried the fruit punch and lemonade variants as well and as good as those are, I always come back to the orange.The flavor is full and smooth with nary an aftertaste and if your friend's don't notice the 10 calorie per serving (20 cal/can), they'll have no clue it's a "diet" energy drink. (This is the reason I'm a good deal thinner than my full sugar swigging colleagues!) Behold the miracles of science!The caffeine content is moderate, 160mg per can, so you can chug one down without getting the jitters so bad that you lose the ability to type recognizable commands into the terminal but it will still keep you going.