I’ve been lookin’ to see what gels out there are popular and did a search on here and found a thread from a few years back about gels. Just curious what people use now and why? What’s most important? Calories? Taste? Caffeine? I love cytomax and it’s gel has the same polylactate stuff and the vanilla tastes ok so it’s my favourite so far. EAS has one that’s good too but far too pricey…
Gu if I need an individual packet, Hammer Gel if I need larger amounts. I like the taste and consistency of both products.
GU. the taste and the ingredients are the best.
you have to try a few and see what works for your stomach.
Tried 'em all
Gu (Vanilla Bean) for me: not too sweet, caffeine, small package, and served on IM courses.
Powergel strawberry banana is the one I use most. But I can tolerate anything they hand me during a race…unless it’s coffee flavor!
Jelly Belly Sport Beans. Simply delicious. Blue ones. Red ones. Even the orange are okay. I think the green are nasty. Bananna Hammer Gel is my favorite gel but I do like 3:1 ratio for beans:gel.
When I have to eat gel, I use strawberry-kiwi carbBoom. It’s good stuff. But I’ve mostly gotten away from gels and use clif shot bloks almost all the time now.
-C
Accel Gel, same people that make Accelerade
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Never touch the stuff. I really don’t see the purpose of gels.
They are all good, what makes the difference if it works for you!
Clif Block Strawberry. Gels make me puke.
Then I guess that one does not work for you! I recommend that you dont use that again!! lol
I’ve tried most of them & now use hammer gels exclusively. They provide good even energy w/o up & down spikes. Several have caffeine (espresso & the new tropical flavor). you can buy individual serving packs or bottles. I like the vanilla, apple cinnamon, espresso & the vanilla, but there are a number of other flavors. They taste good & are not too sweet.
-Tim
I’ve tried most of them…
If your hungry and eating it make you feel good, well that’s usualy a good sign.
These are the only ones I can stomach:
Carboom (still messing with flavors)
PowerGel Apple
AccelGel Chocolate
Gu Orange
Your stomach’s sensitivity (or lack thereof) makes a big difference. I prefer HammerGel or Vanilla Gu.
I’m a big fan of Hammer Gel. Some flavors I like others I don’t but that is a matter of preference. The reason Hammer stands out for me is the quality of ingredients and lack of simple sugars.
Hammer for me. I mix choc/rasp/van (wish they had strawberry) and I love it because it’s water soluble so I can mix it with a little water for my fuel belt and it goes down easier.
I used to eat Hammer gel, but now the only thing i buy is Infinit. Concentrated makes an awesome gel, and I don’t have to worry about 2 products.
Hammer Gel. Best viscosity of all the gels, even when it gets cold. Chocolate = tasty.
I use Gu, I rotate between all the flavors because each one gets old really quickly…