Monster Ripper

Price: €1,19, €1,39 or €1,49 (depends on where you get it)
Contains: 0,5L

Monster Ripper, this is certainly my favorite drink by my favorite energy drink brand.

Packaging:
The can is how we know it from Monster: it's mostly black and the most striking feature is the yellow claw logo.
Underneath that claw logo is the standard 'Monster' writing in white, and more at the bottom 'RIPPER' is written in yellow, with a little scope through the last 'R'.
One thing I noticed that different to the Monster and Monster Lo-Carb cans, is that the can is not entirely black.
It has some subtle grey area's on the front with an iron effect.
I really like the Monster cans, and this one is certainly not an exception.

Slogan:
The slogan for the Ripper is 'The Juice is Loose'.
It fits perfectly in the Monster+Juice theme and I really like it.

Taste:
I poured this one in glass, and I saw the drink was colored yellow.
In fact, it has the exact same color as the claw logo on the front!
The taste of this drink is something special.
It's very unique and pineapple-like.
The drink is subtally carbonated, which really completes it.
The juice is certainly noticeable, and that's what I like the most about this drink.

Kick:
I really got the big bad Monster buzz of this one.
Last time I drank it was when I just came out of bed (yes, that's right; the first thing I do in the morning is drinking energy drinks).
Immedeately I didn't feel sleepy anymore, I was ready to go.
Too bad I didn't have anything to do that required energy that day...

Price/Quality Ratio:
The most common price for this baby is €1,49, that might seem a little expensive, but the drink certainly knows how to live up to its price.
I don't mind paying one and a half euro for this drink, in fact, I think I should do it more often.

Monster

Price: €1.19, €1.39, €1.49, €2.29, €2.50 (depends on where you get it)
Contains: 0.5L

Let's review the regular version of this kick-ass energy drink brand.

Packaging:
The 500mL can is almost entirely black and the only 'decorations' are logos and nutrition facts.
It has a striking simplicity over it that I really like.
Monster's cool green claw logo is the eyecatcher on this can.
On the top the active ingredients are displayed, seperated from eachother by green plusses.
Underneath the claw logo there's the 'Monster' writing, which is present on all monster cans, and 'Energy' written in green.
I like how everything fits within the three-color scheme (black-green-silver) and the simplicity completes this can.

Slogan:
Monster's slogan is 'Unleash the Beast'.
It sounds cool to me and it fits within the Monster theme.

Taste:
When I poured this drink into a glass I noticed the classic caramel color (maybe a bit lighter, but I don't know for sure because I was stupid enough to pour it into a blue-tainted glass) and it had a small layer of foam on the top.
Even from the smell I could already judge that the drink would be very sweet.
I was right, when I took the first sip the first thing I noticed was the sweetness of the drink.
It does not taste like any other energy drink I've tasted so far (aside from the other Monsters).
The drink has it own unique taste and it certainly does not go with the flow by trying to taste like a Red Bull.
It's also subtally carbonated, but though it's kept subtle you'll still belch loudly after 4 sips in a row.
Sadly, I think it's the combination of the carbonation and the large amount of fluid that makes you feel sick when you're having more than one can.
But still, this drink really is something different, in a positive way.

Kick:
Monster never seems to disappoint me when it comes to the buzz.
The drink certainly gets me up in the morning and gives a nice, constant amount of energy.
I think it's the guarana that does the trick; you feel energy, but it's subtle so you will not act hyperactive or something.

Price/Quality Ratio:
As you can read on the top of this review the variety of prices for Monster is rather big.
The most common price is €1.49, and that's fine with me, since the drink lives up to the price.

Bullit

My expectations were pretty confusing about this one. Someone told me Bullit is a drink from the same factory as Red Bull. Only that it's a Red Bull that didn't match the Red Bull standard, and was sold under the name Bullit. This made me to the conclusion it could taste as a good Red Bull clone. On the other hand i don't want another Red Bull clone, I'm getting sick of it.

Let's skip the can this time.

The energydrink is just another Red Bull clone, that's for sure. But it doens't taste that bad. It's a little lower quality as the Red Bull, so the story might be true, I don't know...

Mega Force Sugarfree

The Sugarfree edition of Mega Force. Again, I like Mega Force's cans. I prefer the one from the regular Mega Force, but this one also looks cool, only the sugarfree fucks it up a little. A can in a full blue/silver/black style was to hard? The red bar with sugarfree takes is too easy to see, they should remove it, and the entire can will look a lot better.

The drink itself is, just like the regular, a cheap Red Bull clone. I'm sorry, I can't be very positive about this drink.

Mega Force

Megaforce's can looks really cool with its black and red dragon. The top is red with a black part of the dragon, the bottom is black with a red part of the dragon. Mega Force, a name that makes you think it gives a lot of energy, but I didn't notice any effect, nothing!

This drink is another Red Bull clone. More one of the bad kinds. The can is great, but the drink isn't.

Energy Slammers

Price: they differ per shop, but they're always around 30 cents.
Contains: 0.25L

The Dutch most popular energy drink, it's cheap and available in almost every supermarket.

Packaging:
This 0.25L can has a very easy design.
The body is mainly colored silver, with a red band on the top and one on the bottom.
'ENERGY' is written vertically in black, and the 'R' and the 'G' are seperated by some kind of logo.
I suppose that this must be the Slammers logo; it consists of five red lightingbolts, placed in some kind of circle and rotating clockwise.
The same logo is repeated on the backside; near the ingredients there's a black square with the lightningbolt-logo in silver.
At last, there's still some text on the can.
Underneath (or next to, since it is place vertically) the word 'ENERGY' there's the text: 'SLAMMERS REFRESHING POWERDRINK WITH THE UNIQUE ENERGY TASTE.'

Slogan:
I assume that the slogan is 'WITH THE UNIQUE ENERGY TASTE', and i only assume that because no other thing that looks like a slogan is to be found on this can.
That slogan is not very inventive, and certainly not true.
This drink has anything but an unique energy taste (check the next subject).

Taste:
The drink is caramel colored and smells like every other non-unique energy drink.
I was expecting something like a Red Bull and that was right to a certain extent, but this drink had something different to it.
It's very sweet, in fact I could swear that I taste something sirup-ish in this drink.
I must say that it's not a bad drink, and I can understand why so many people buy them in big amounts at a time, but 'unique' is too big of a word.
The can is exaggerating!

Kick:
The drink contains 32 milligrams of caffeine per 100 mL, which is quite standard for an energy drink.
The kick, however, really isn't something to write home about; decent, but far from the best ever.

Price/Quality Ratio:
The drink itself is decent.
But for 30 cents, it's great!
I've never seen anyone buying just one at a time, and why would you, if you can buy such a decent drink for such a low price?