Quite Possibly the Most Powerful Energy Drink Ever
Seriously, the drink may mean the end of this blog. In the “before time,” conversations generally went a little something like this:
So, what’s a good energy drink in terms of strength?
Well there’s a lot to choose from, based on caffeine content, taurine, ginseng, green tea extracts…
Well… what if I’m just interested in caffeine content?
Well just go to The Caffeine Database and look around!
The point, probably lost, is that there’s a lot of drinks, in varying sizes and caffeine contents, that also contain a lot of other things.
So then this new thing came out. It’s called VPX Redline Fat Burner.
Check out this freaky scientific VPX breakthrough: RED LINE®: is the only matrix ever developed to shred fat through the shivering response in the body. By shivering the body burns huge amounts of stored bodyfat for energy in an effort to keep the body warm. That’s not all! In addition to shivering, you’ll also be sweating up a thermogenic storm. The combined mechanisms of these two processes results in unparalleled fat loss!
What fun. Now, it’s pretty obvious looking at the ingredients that there’s caffeine. But get this: all of the aforementioned goodness, and the serving size is FOUR ml. About one TENTH of an ounce. The whole bottle has 240 ml, or 60 servings. Basically, a bottle of this, less than the size of a normal can of coke, WILL kill you. This is nothing to be playing around with.
I have friends. Not just normal friends, mind you. The kind of friends that voluntarily live on the streets. The kind of friends who, when drinking, race to forgetting. The kind of friends who take caffeine pills, ephedrine pills, and asprin.. all at once. One, in particular, drinks and consumes over a gram of caffeine daily, to stave off the headaches. So you know this is a serious review:
oh yeah, it’s definately 90% caffeine. the aftertaste is unmistakeable. the best part is that since i didn’t have my normal “dose” this morning, i probably won’t actually feel sh*t.
[10 minutes later]
the caffeine kicked in a lot faster than i expected. though in retrospect, it normally does when it’s in syrup form and tastes like ass.
feel oddly cold too. took me a minute to realize that while i still was warm, it was that ’shiver’ reflex kicking in. it’s a lot like when
you get a chill at the back of your neck, but somewhat continuous.
So what’s in this magical bottle of awesome? Caffeine, Green Tea, Yerba Mate, 5-HTP (5 hydroxy-1-tryptophan), cAMP, Yohimbe, Evodiamine, and Vinpocetine. And a few other things.
I know, I know, so here’s some more info:
cAMP is cyclic adenosine monophosphate. It supposedly “sparks many intercellular processes.” Whatever that means. Increased concentrations supposedly raise thyroid horomone levels, and help fat burning (would help explain why it’s in a fat-burning supplement).
Yohimbe is a bark extract from a tree in Africa. It’s considered a natural aphrodisiac, and sold here to treat imotency, dialate pupils, and stimulate fat loss. It can also mess with your blood pressure, so watch out.
Evodiamine is derived from some Chinese fruit called Evodia Rutaecarpa. Supposedly burns fat.
Vinpocetine is an alkaloid derived from some periwinkle plant. It is used in Europe, Japan, and Mexico to treat crebrovascular and cognitive disorders. Some people claims it elevates metabolism, but with no proof.
And the interesting one in the group: 5-HTP. I made sure to spell it out, so the smart ones in the group have already figured out the key: Tryptophan. It’s the same stuff in turkey that makes you sleepy, and there’s scientific evidence of it. The 5-HTP compound is sometimes used to treat mild depression since, somehow, it can increase serotonin levels. It can also affect appetite, which may be part of why they put it in here. The other part? When you’re jacking up a drink with this much caffeine, you’re going to get jitters and “scatterbrain.” This may actually cut the disconnected thoughts out and allow you to think normally, but still give you the energy effects of caffeine. Awesome.
Apparently you can buy this stuff at places like Super Supplements, GNC, and even some 7-11s. The concentrate isn’t something you should take a guzzle of. Or even a large sip. If you search on the internet, you can see some people who took the recommended dose, and started blacking out towards the end of a workout. Blacking out. 4 mililiters. Damn. There’s also a ready-to-drink version (I would bet that’s the one at 7-11), and half a bottle is all that’s recommended. Pay attention to it. People are comparing the 1/2 bottle to a full hit of ephedra. Unless you’ve done that before and know the effect it has on your body, don’t go doing anything macho with this one. Go do that with redbull.
Just for poignant measure, look at this review:
I recently purchased the liquid form of redline at a local 7 Eleven store.
It was the first time I have ever drank an energy drink that had such an affect. With in a few minutes , I started to sweat and shake. Being familiar with the effects of narcotics, I must say the feeling felt a lot like cocaine feels.
The most disturbing trait is that my penis shriveled up like I just got out of the icy cold ocean. I can’t help but think that this product will be taken off the market. The effects are too strong for some minors and may not be safe for people on certain medication which are yet to be known.
And this one:
I tried Redline today while heading to work. I am a huge fan of RedBull & Diet Rockstar. I am 33 years old & in excellent condition.
Having not read the warning label I drank the whole bottle within 5 minutes. Within 10 minutes I was blacking out behind the wheel & shaking uncontrollably. I pulled over at a gas station — I was having difficulty in swallowing and could not stand, breathe or see straight.
I could not even walk for the convulsions. A bystander called the paramedics. Needless to say - my blood pressure was sky high & I thought I was on my way out.
I feel this drink is extremely dangerous & should not be on the market. There needs to be a very visible warning label not to drink the whole bottle for beginners. It has been 5 hours now & I still do not feel normal.
This drink could seriously kill someone if not informed.
I am sorry but I will never drink this again nor recommend it to fellow peers.
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Just downed two bottles of this with my friend. Good stuff. Having trouble typing… but I’ll definatly live. Not THAT bad for someone who drinks rockstar after rockstar on a normal day.
drank a whole bottle of the pre-mixed shtuff, and while it definately had a nice kick compared to most other energy drinks, its not going to mess you up like all these people are saying. kept me going for most of the day, but i didnt get any of the hyped-shivering and its still more effective and cheaper to brew your own coffee
:/
coffee>redline
redline>bawls in buisness
bawls>redline in taste
THIS STUFF IS GREAT IF USED CORRECTLY. yOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.THAT IS WHY PEOPLE PROBABLY BLACK OUT OR GET SICK. I WOULDN’T KNOW BECAUSE I READ THE LABELS FIRST ON ANYTHING NEW I TRY. THE DIRECTIONS TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO TAKE IT. WHO DRINKS A HEALTH DRINK WITHOUT READING THE LABEL FIRST ANYWAY. THATS LIKE PLAYING WITH A LOADED GUN!!!!
REDLINE IS A GREAT ENERGY PRODUCING PRODUCT AND FAT BURNER IF CONSUMED CORRECTLY.
I DRINK THE PREMIXED CAN OF REDLINE. I THOUGHT I SHOULD PROBABLY ADD THAT THINGS EFFECT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. IF YOU DONT LIKE SOMETHING OR YOU THINK IT WILL KILL YOU YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO YOUR OPINION BUT DONT START TELLING PEOPLE TO PULL IT OFF THE SHELVES. THATS LIKE ME SAYING SMALL CONDOMS DONT FIT ME SO GET RID OF THEM. ALL IM SAYING IS WHAT DOES OR DOESN’T WORK FOR ME MIGHT WORK GREAT FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU
I should add that this article was talking about the VPS Redline Concentrate, not the pre-mixed. If you drink 1 or 2 cans of pre-mixed, it’s not great, but it won’t hurt you. If you drink a whole bottle of concentrate, you’ll be f’ed up.
ok well myself and two friends just took what i call the redline challenge. we chugged three in under 5 minutes i am 6′4″ and 260 my other fiend weighs 150 soaking wet the other is in the middle of us in weight ………. ok well this may have been a bad idea but we will live my friend jeff and i have done two before (he posted earlier) the shivers are makeing it almost impossable to type…….. the people who wine about one need to grow up this isn’t that bad
drank 3 or 4 GULPS of the concentrate at about 7am at school not knowing that you were only supposed to drink one teaspoon (it was my friends and she didnt tell me). about 30-40 minutes later i was freakin the fucc out. my mind was racing my hands were shaking. i was sweating uncontrollably and my heart was beating like a drum line. put aside these “inconviences” and it was a pretty good day. i got all my work done in a quarter of the time compared to my classmates. the cold chills lasted all day as did the shakes and racing heart. my pupils dilated to the size of quarters. i had no appetite whatsoever. even though the side effects are not the most pleasant, the rush was amazing and the increase in productivity and productivity TIME, is all worth it. i recommend this to all but at their descretion. know your body and its reactions to regular energy drinks before trying Red-Line.
Bought the syrup about 2 years ago I think. I was ALWAYS tired and my buddy said to order some stuff he saw in a catalog he had. Only took it a couple times. Gave me a rush for a couple hours then I wanted to crash and go to sleep for a day or something.
After stumbling onto this site, I went and bought a can of the drink. Really good flavor, doesn’t taste like piss like all “conventional” energy drinks. Sipped it for a couple hours waiting to black out or start shaking or something, LOL. But now it’s now 12 hours later, and I layed in bed for 2 hours before I decided I now cannot sleep and I am blaming the Redline. I can barely type here, Can’t stop thinking. Only half of what I’m thinking is actually getting typed so if this doesn’t make sense, sorry
So it’s probably good for partying or long driving trips or whatever. Not good if you need to sleep though. It must be addicting though because I want more…! love the taste.
15 and im 5′10 235. REDLINE IS FREAKIN CRAZY!!! i STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND MY PUPILS WERE HUGE!! my friends started climbing trees and i was doin army rolls in the yard. it’s liquid cocaine.
I’ve been drinking RedLine since it first came out. Not only do I drink a can before the gym or heading to the club (the effects of a $3 can lasts all night compared to a $50-$60 bar tab and an awful hangover). I have no side effects except for jolts of energy and increased stamina (no complaints here!).
I even have the RedLine gel which I take on occassion (but I must admit-it tastes like drinking a puree of tree bark and grass).
Don’t overreact…if you can drink coffee (more than one cup) and know the effects of caffiene, then shivers shouldn’t be new to you.
Recently tried this out for the first time about a week ago. I’m not a huge energy drink peson, but I usually consume quite a lot of Mountain Dew, and since normal energy drinks really don’t have any effect at all on me, I’d say I have a decent tolerance.
First time, I followed the directions and split the bottle half and half with a friend of mine. After about 30 minutes or so, I felt pretty much normal, if anything only slightly more alert. After about 2 hours I was feeling completely normal again.
A couple of days later, I decided to try a whole bottle. Even though I had eaten recently, I felt a little nauseous for a minute or two, but it quickly went away. 30 minutes later, it was already in full swing. I was jittery as hell, and more alert than I’d ever been in my whole life. This lasted about 8 hours, when it started to wear off. About 10 hours after I drank it, which was around 6 in the morning, the rush was gone and I fell asleep for about 8 hours, woke up, and felt great.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone without high blood pressure/heart problems. I keep a couple in my fridge for when I need to stay awake 24hrs or more.
i have been drinking redline for almost 5 months off and on and not everyday….
I’m 32 year old active female and i exercize normally about 3 to 6 times every week and it has not caused weight loss if anything, my stomach has gotten bigger and not as flat as it used to be…i noticed after a couple days of drinking a little bit of it that there is a withdrawal downfall and you could fall into a depression after drinking this drink it’s probably like cocaine in a bottle…so in a nut shell, this stuff has it’s good : keeping awake but bad: weight gain and depression after effects.
My favorite regular energy drink is 180 (made by Anheuser Busch). I will also drink Redbull, Socko and Monster. A friend of mine gave me the rest of her bottle of Redline (of which made her vomit). Me thinking my stomach was strong enough to handle this, drank the rest of it. I found myself getting sick four times the rest of the evening. This stuff is very strong. IMO its very dangerous for inexperienced users.
I stopped in GNC today to see if I could find anything that would give me a little pick me up and help me to increase the intensity of my workouts. I didn’t expect to feel much of an effect from Redline, but am pleasantly suprised. Rockstar and Redbull do little for me but keep me away for long car trips.
Redline however, definitely gives me more energy. It does create a slightly “speedy” feeling, but since my goal was to use it to enhance workouts, that’s fine.
I do agree that it seems like liquid cocaine.
I would definitely say to start with half a can like the directions say. That’s all I needed to feel a pretty big effect.
Redline is very effective. Being a moron, I drank the whole can in about 30 seconds the first time and got a bit cracked out. Made me want to chain smoke too.
Works well if drank slowly over 1/2-hour. Found it also works well with vodka, ice, and club soda. When consumed slowly, with alcohol, all the shivering side effects and coldness are eliminated and you’ll dance all night but be able to come home and sleep.
ya so definitely didnt read the label and took TWO within about 20 minutes and was completely fine… i mean im definitely not gonna do that again but im kind of immune to red bulls ive taken them for so long and so i heard about this drink through a friend and i was like “might as well try”. it wasnt that bad except the shaking weirded me out because i felt like i needed to go do something and i definitely had trouble getting to sleep that night but other than that im still healthy and living but maybe im weird or something
Well, guess what?
I got a bottle today…
I tried reading the warning thing, but then i just got too confused…
So i took a little sip.
GAD IT TASTES BAD…
(kinda)
It’s like that bitterish-pill taste…
And the funny thing is, i was ok for the first few minutes (i had just finished a 7-eleven slurpee… oh and 7-11 is where i got the drink too.) and then i was like, constantly searching the area around me…
and then a few more minutes pass…
and a few more…
and i get tired (had about 5 hours of sleep last night) … (i take classes all day… english for 4 hours. fun.)
So i get on the bus, and for the 20 minute ride, i actually fell asleep.
I didn’t even notice when the bus was stopping or anything…
It was by pure luck that i awoke a block from my stop because someone sneezed….
Eh… still tired…
I still have most of that bottle with me now…
The expiration says july of 07…
I’m thinking of saving it for when i go do Track or tennis…
ehh… (not good with caffiene)
I tried this on the recommendation of a friend. I will use it again, but I know now to dilute it and make sure I have more food in my system than I did the first time.
I could see a difference in my waist pretty quickly, but my body had some odd, uncomfortable reactions.
Now, in all honesty I was taking some diet supplements when I tried this and perhaps the combo of the two was more than my body could handle.
From this point on, I’ll alternate one v. the other, but never ingest both during the same 24/hr time frame again.
I do agree w/the warning label concept-people actually need to read them and take responsibilty for what they put in their bodies.
I also think an improvement could be made to the taste. Right now it’s like otter pop meets Robitussin. 
Diluting it will do more than making it easier to handle, the taste will be much more palatable.
I tried redline a few nights ago and I felt NOTHING. I do not drink soda and when I do it’s too much for me. I don’t drink coffee because I do not like the taste. I drank half of the bottle of Redline thinking it would make me wired, nothing, so I drank the other half, and once again nothing happened. I thought maybe it was just the bottle so the next day I tried it again, same thing, nothing happened. I didn’t feel energized or more alert at all. I’m confused as to why that would happen…it did taste good though
I happen to have to ask how do you defeat a caffeine tolerance. I chugged a redline bottle in like 20 seconds a few nights ago and only felt a minor caffeine rush for about an hour. No special side effects. I chugged two and a rocket shot the next day. Nothing. I have been experimenting with caffeine since maybe March and don’t really do it very often, and just can’t get a rush off of it anymore. Any suggestions?
Has anyone tried the pre-mixed Redline with alcohol, like Vodka?
Lies. Lies. Lies.
Trust me.
I take redline pills 3 times a day and drink it often.
It’s not really that strong.
Sure I feel sick.
Sure it’s hard to eat and all.
But it won’t kill you.
I’m 13 years old and 97 pounds, my body can handle 3 pills and one drink a day.
I also take lots of other stuff too.
It’s great.
Like coke and speed mixed.
Legal.
Cheap.
I LOVE REDLINE.
And I don’t have black-outs, heartattacks, or anything else.
I get shivery, cold, hot, hungry, full, sad, happy, and everything else all at once.
Don’t lie to people.
Redline owns your soul.
yeah i drank two of those within 35minutes while driving home and i was ok, just very hyper until I got out of the car and I felt like I couldn’t control my legs..other than that it reminds me of being drunk..honestly I’d rather drink these than alcohol…unless I find out some more crazy side effects
Hey REDLINE users, I have a 2 mile race to run in 7 days. You think this stuff can help my endurance and stamina?
I bought a red line today with my. his freind told himn that it was more potent than redbull. being a fan of redbull we went out to get. we drank on our why back to my house. by the time we got there we were both shivering and sweating. after running and lifting alittle we lost all feeling in our bodys. it has been about an hour and a half now and we still feeling the effects. i agree with the statment that drinking this shit will kill you i dont reconmend it to anyone who does not know there bodys well.
duuuuude redline is freakin awesome i know i shouldnt be taking it cause i break like 6 of the rules on the warning label, but it is NOT AS BAD as u all say it is. i had a 13 year old friend who drank FOUR cans. i saw him do it. no death.no hospital. no blackout. seriously, email me cause i REALLY wanna clear some stuff up about this. ive also recently ordered the liquid caps of ebay and i hope to hell theyre not some ind of knockoff or something.also i know more about caffiene than most of u cause i did a science project for school where i didnt sleep for a week and thats where i introduced my self to caffiene. i would take the pills but i dont think i would mess with the concentrate seems tooooo easy to take too much
o sorry my email is bigwhitebust@yahoo.com i just left the previous comment
o bby the way im 15 years old
i belive the serving size is 4oz. and the bottle contains 8oz. seeing how the 8 oz conatainer is labeled as 2 servings…i had one for the first time and split it into 2 servins as suggested…they also recocmend taking less then that the first time to gain a tolerance …but it isnt as deadly as you say…although it is incredibly powerful…i had to eat alarge amount of various breakfast cereals to keep it from getting me sick becuase the drink itsefl has no calories and simply activates those in your system…
excuse my typos….im lazy
ok yesterday it didnt have any adverse effects…but today i wasnt sure if iwas gonig ot die or not…i had to take a minute to slow down every time i made a rapid movement…
but basically this is a weight loss drink for those within ten pounds of their proper wieght…if you follow the directions to the letter you should have any probelm…but then again the warning basically suggests that you just sit around while you are under the effects of the drink(the next 24 hours)….and do not try ot use it for wieght loss
TO CHARLES
Do not use this to speed you up in a run especially one that long…i would say you run the risk of dying
I was feeling incredibly bad today… tired, sluggish, completely out of the norm. I wandered in to a gnc store and told the clerk that I needed some energy od pep supplement. He suggested redline. he did tell me to drink only half, but it didn’t seem reasonable because it was a small bottle. I drank the bottle and took a few ibuprophen for my headache(only thing I could find), with in fifteen minutes I was feeling great. Ton of energy… felt fantastic…a little jittery, but really not too bad. I think the people with an issue have a very low tolerance to caffine… later I told a friend. He told me of the effects mentioned here…I don’t see anything wrong with the product, because it made me feel great
does anyone else ever feel like they have diahrea about 15 minutes after they drink it? my butt feels like its on fire. sorry if that’s too graphic
You people are taking about Redline RTD right? I slammed one with really no affect.
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I work at GNC and I sell this drink way too much. I ALWAYS warn people NOT to drink more than half. Always.
It’s by far the strongest shit I’ve seen at GNC.
Can you add this drink to the “Death by Caffeine” Calcular? I’d like to see the results.