Energy Shot Blog

The team at 5-Hour Energy is giving a final warning that its summer promotions are drawing to a close, but the chances to win a year’s supply of 5-Hour Energy shots and other swag are abundant.

The contests are still hot and as the days count down to the Oct. 16 closing date the competition to win a year’s supply of 5-Hour Energy shots is getting fierce. This time the contest is all about releasing inner 5-Hour Energy Man and competitors can start by finding out what type of 5-Hour Man they are. From the Life of the Party to the Don Juan/Casanova romantic, you can have fun using the 5-Hour Energy Man profiler to identify which type of 5-Hour Energy man fits you the best and what you can do to reach your full 5-Hour Energy Man potential.

Next, it’s on to the competition for prizes in the 5-Hour Energy Scavenger Hunt and 100m Dash, which award up to a one-year supply of 5-Hour Energy shots and 5-Hour swag and you can take as many tries as you’d like to lock down a lightening-fast 100m time. Chances are someone is ready to try and beat your record sprint, so check back frequently to maintain a prize-winning performance.

The most exciting part of this competition is the call for those fans who feel they can fit the bill for our brand’s iconic 5-Hour Energy Man and want to become the newest face of the popular 2 oz. energy shot, carrying the title of a 5-Hour Featured Fan. Hopefuls have until the Oct. 16 closing date to submit their story of 400 words or less and a photo exhibiting why they are one of 5-Hour Energy’s biggest fans and a true 5-Hour Energy Man. The champion, carefully chosen by the 5-Hour Energy team, will win a one-year supply of 5-Hour Energy shots and be presented their own profile page along side other Featured Fans.

The conclusion of the 5-Hour Energy summer promotions and contests doesn’t mean the fun is over. With the launch of the brand new 5-Hour Energy store, our team is gearing up for a fall and winter season of even more energy boosting events, products launches and fan contests. Keep up-to-date with the team’s anticipated contests and events at right here on the team Blog and follow the 5-Hour Energy Guy on Twitter.

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Consistency has been key for the 5-Hour Energy Racing team in the 2009 season, and much like the tortoise, a consistent drive from start to finish will prove better than being great one week and sloppy the next. For Steve Wallace and his No. 66 5-Hour Energy Chevrolet, a top-10 finish at Richmond International Raceway has pushed him into contention for a NASCAR Nationwide Series top-five championship finish.

Wallace started at the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 in 29th place, but would dash forward and make 39 green flag passes before the checkered fell. On final lap, Wallace charged past the Red Bull car and crossed the line in ninth place, which chalked up a third-straight 11th or better finish for 5-Hour Energy racing and pushed Wallace into sixth place for overall series points.

Sitting just two championship positions behind the No. 66 5-Hour Energy car is Wallace’s teammate Brendan Gaughan, pilot of the No. 62 5-Hour Energy Extra Strength Chevrolet. Gaughan has impressed his Rusty Wallace Racing team as the seasons second highest ranking rookie, and has plenty of opportunities to push forward with 5-Hour consistency to a memorable first year.

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Round 3: Cost

For most of us cost is the greatest determining factor of a purchasing decision. Getting more "bang for your buck" is how we tend to shop, and striving to find what we want at the lowest price is not a choice, but a necessity. No one wants to waste money on something that doesn’t deliver, so we scrutinize and analyze packaging, portions, promises and performance of the things consume and use daily.

Round 3 of the Energy Drink Comparison analyzes what a 5-Hour Energy shot and a competing canned energy drink will cost you for the year - not just in dollars and cents, but in loss of production due to the crash that follows some energy drink consumption.

Most people need a morning stimulant to get their day rolling. Whether it is tea, coffee or an energy drink, starting the morning routine without something extra is unthinkable. Being such an important factor to getting our lives back in gear after the slumber, some may overlook how it’s hitting the pocket book.

A fair price for a 16 oz. energy drink is around $2.50 and for the 5-Hour Energy shot it’s roughly $3.00. Clearly a year’s worth of canned energy drinks will be expensive, but not as expensive as the 5-Hour Energy shot. Now before dollar signs become the final verdict over everything else that was mentioned in Round 1: Comparing Ingredients or Round 2: Convenience and Portability, consider the hit to your production time that the crash from a canned energy drink can deliver. That’s not the case with the 5-Hour Energy shot. The ingredients in a 5-Hour Energy shot are simple, and they won’t bog you down. In fact, everything in 5-Hour Energy is found in every day food or already in our bodies. If you spend $2.50 on a canned energy drink and it doesn’t deliver, you’re just wasting money, but when you slam a slightly more expensive 5-Hour Energy shot and it works just like it’s advertised, every time, then it’s worth every penny. You can’t put a price on feeling bright and alert.

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To stay competitive in this dwindling workforce you have to be constantly on the move. It doesn’t matter if it’s the early morning walk with the dog, the loading and unloading of the kids in and out of the van, or the pacing from the printer to your desk and back just to realize the file was never sent. You’re conscience that productivity is a result of time and effort, the former you don’t have enough of and the latter you strive to keep at full tilt.

You don’t have time to fumble with inconveniences, which also take effort away from bigger things. The next criterion of the Energy Drink Comparison scrutinizes how you store, carry and enjoy that daily energy boost in consideration of time and effort needed. This criterion is the convenience factor.

Canned energy drinks are like many other beverages, they need to be refrigerated even for the smallest enjoyment. The 5-Hour Energy shot was created knowing that a refrigerator is a convenience most don’t enjoy in their vehicles, on the construction site or in the libraries of our universities. The energy shot taste is enjoyable both ice cold or room temperature. Which means it’ll be great even after sitting in your briefcase during a meeting, your Harley’s saddle bag during the rally and even in your pocket next to the spare change.

We don’t need to argue that the shot can be placed in much smaller locations than the 16 oz. canned drink – that’s noticeable to most. The big factor here is your time, the time taken for consumption. Simply put, it’s 2 versus 16 ounces. Energy shots can be sipped over time or taken straight down the hatch in seconds. For that fizzy, canned competitor, well 16 oz. is much smaller than the 32-ouncers found in the same convenience store cooler, but you’re still going to need some time to finish it. Perhaps you enjoy having a drink over a shot. So you drink some now and want to save some for later, right? Chances are that can let out a carbonated hiss when you popped the top and unfortunately you don’t have a screw-on cap like the shot - just another approach to help you enjoy that energy boost now and later from 5-Hour Energy.

The chart below provides a breakdown of Round 2. The shot’s size, packaging and drink formula are examined to create an energy beverage that is convenient and portable for the consumer. Again, as seen in Round 1, less is definitely more.




Check Out Round 3: A Cost Comparison

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June 1, 2009

The team at 5-Hour Energy is searching for its top fans. We’re looking for those individuals who have taken on and broken down the barriers of a lethargic and lackluster daily routine with a simple, great-tasting 2 oz. 5-Hour Energy shot. The "Become a Featured Fan" contest invites 5-Hour Energy fans to showcase why they are one of 5-Hour Energy’s biggest fans.

The winners will receive 72 bottles of 5-Hour Energy shots and also be placed on the team’s A-list on the 5-Hour Energy Fan Zone where their story and photo will be published alongside veteran Featured Fans like Steve Wallace, Braylon Edwards and Osi Umenyiora for aspiring 5-Hour Energy fanatics to see.

This is your chance to become one of the admired 5-Hour Energy fans. We know you’re creative, we’ve seen it before in previous contests, so tell us in 400 words or less by July 10, 2009 how you use 5-Hour Energy shots and attach a photo of you and 5-Hour Energy in action. We also know that our fans are extremely diversified and so a photo of you cramming a semester’s worth of knowledge the night before the exam is just as important as a fellow fan landing a nollie backside pop-shove-it on the half-pipe.

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Energy shots and drinks are only as effective as the stuff that’s in them. So in the first round of the Energy Drink Comparison: Shot vs. Can the ingredients of the shot and canned drink are scrutinized.

In the case of some ingredients, less is definitely more. In the 5-Hour Energy shot there are only 4 calories as opposed to the 200 or more in the 16 oz. can. Sugar and the resulting carbohydrates are huge contributors to these calories and in a leading canned drink there are plenty. 5-Hour Energy has zero sugars and zero carbs. The chart below compares the contents of the two contenders.


In the case of other ingredients, more is definitely better. While the canned energy drink contains a mere smattering of vitamins, 5-Hour Energy contains a much more robust blend. While the sugary energy drink may provide a quick spike and possible crash, 5-Hour Energy’s B-vitamin barrage offers a steadier feeling of alertness.

Let’s consider what you can expect after a year of consuming either the shot or can. On average Americans grab five energy boosting beverages a week, that’s about 260 drinks during the year. Also keep in mind that there are 3,500 calories in one pound of fat.

With zero sugar and zero carbs, choosing the 5-Hour Energy shot for one year will not even add 1/3 of a pound to your waistline. And don’t forget all that extra energy void of herbal stimulants and the dreaded crash*. By comparison, consuming those five 16-ounce canned drinks each week throughout the course of a year will add 26,000 calories or roughly 7.5 pounds to your waistline, the majority of calories coming from sugar.

Round one is over. Who is the winner? Try 5-Hour Energy and compare it to your current energy drink. Then you can be the judge.

Check out Round Two: Convenience and Portability

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