It works….still not worth paying 5x more —-Introduction—-
I have been avoiding creatine monohydrate over the past few years. While it works, no matter what I do, I ALWAYS get some bloating. While many would say that is because I’m not drinking enough water or using a poor source of creatine, that is not the case. I drink 1-1.5 gallons of water a day, and I’ve used the tried and true CreaPure.
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I still enjoy the benefits of creatine, however, I wouldn’t really call it a staple for me.
In the past, I have used Creatine HCl and had the same results as I did with mono, however, I never got the bloat/water retention. After stopping creatine for a while, I decided to try it out again and picked this up at GNC.
—-Ingredient Profile—-
This is just Creatine Hcl. One scoop gives you 4 grams of Creatine Hcl. While many go by the 5 gram standard, 4 grams works fine, at least for me.
In my experience, HCl does work, and it works just as well as mono. Supposedly, HCl is easier on the stomach and has a high absorption rate. I personally find this to be simple hype. CreaPure has a great absorption rate and even if HCl has a slightly higher rate, it isn’t worth the extra money.
—-Taste/Mixability/Dosing—-
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It mixes almost as good as anything can. Within seconds, the powder is dissolved in water. Does not get better than that.
On the flip side, since it is HCl, it tastes pretty gnarly. It a special kind of sour. I don’t mind it too much, but it can ruin a pre-workout if you add it to one. It can actually make some taste good however, like a grape flavored bcaa can instantly turn into a sour grape. Gotta play around with it.
As for dosing, one scoop per day. Can’t really get much better than that.
—-Effectiveness—-
Well, to put it simply, this works just as good as monohydrate does. Creatine HCl does tend to kick in quicker than mono, at least in my experience.
The biggest thing I notice with HCl is that I do not bloat like I do with mono. I’m going to get hate for that, because even I tell people to simply “drink more water”. That simply does not work for me. At 1.5 gallons a day, I still bloat up from mono. So, I tend to go with HCl when I find it cheap enough. I never got any bloat from this creatine, which is great.
I got the typical effects out of this, the few extra reps, better endurance, easier initial reps… Nothing I didn’t expect and everything I did expect, which is exactly what I wanted.
Some say that mono doesn’t agree with their stomach, I personally do not have this problem, and didn’t have it with HCl either.
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—-Value—-
One tub will run you $16. This is not ridiculously expensive, but still quite a bit higher than your basic mono. 5 grams of creatine mono can easily run you under 9 cents a day depending on where you look. Well, this creatine HCl can is over 50 cents a day! This is pretty much the killer right there. I simply can’t recommend something that gives you the same benefits but is 5x more expensive and comes with a sour taste that isn’t pleasant.
In the end you’re looking at $0.08 cents a day vs $0.53 cents a day
—-Side Effects—-
Besides that face you make when you taste that sourness, none.
—-Conclusion—-
While this product is something I personally would prefer to take over mono, I can’t recommend it for anyone else. Even now, I have creapure sitting around due to the price being lower, and knowing that any water retention I get from it will go away simply by me stopping its use. While I don’t swell up with HCl, I don’t think that is worth paying 5x more.
The sour taste sucks, the price really sucks, and the results are nothing different to CreaPure. Don’t pick this up, I might if I decide to take creatine on a cut and want to avoid water retention that only I seem to get when I run creapure, but who knows when that will be, if ever.
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