I’ve been a Nuun user since it first came out over here in the UK. Loved the product and the brand, but there are quite a few alternatives now including ‘Zero’ so I thought I’d check out some alternatives.
Any recommendations or experiences from the Slowtwichers out there?
Is there any that are less ‘fizzy’ than Nuun? I like to close my water bottles so they don’t leak (esp. the one on the aerobars) and the pressure build up from the Nuun is problematic when I open them to take a drink (even after a half-hour or more).
I think the fizz is what makes it dissolve properly. But you could use salt stick or another electrolyte pill. I think there might also be ‘diet’ sports drinks without CHO, but those offend my serious sporting sensibilities too much to know about.
How long do you leave your bottles open when you mix the nuun? When I run my horizontal bottle I just mix my nuun a couple of minutes in advance, let it finish fizzing, and give the bottle a good whack on a table to shake loose any last bubbles. Seal it up and throw it on the bike no problems.