Product Reviews

ThermoGum, LLC is a newly launched company, that aims to “focus on the perfect combination of convenience and effectiveness” in it’s products. ThermoGum, the product, “is a revolutionary new high-powered, fat-burning sugarless gum designed to stimulate energy, enhance focus, and amplify weight loss. ThermoGum is the next generation of energy enhancing gum…..provides clean energy, intense focus, and mood boost, but without crash……(and is) designed to aid in alertness as well as fitness goals.”
Thermogum gets it’s punch from raspberry ketones, caffeine anhydrous, Cinnamon Oil, Geranium Extract, and Black Pepper Extract. It’s sweetened with Xylitol, a sugar alternative, and thus is a sugar free gum. ThermoGum comes in 10 piece packs, and retails for roughly $5.00.

The stated directions for ThermoGum are to “start with 1 piece of ThermoGum to assess tolerance. Most users will find 1 piece sufficient.” The gum it best used preworkout, during morning or afternoons lulls, and when concentration or energy is required, such as before studying, driving, or meetings/presentations.” ThermoGum’s effects last about 2 hours, so nighttime exercisers need not worry about insomnia. The minimum suggested chewing time is 20 minutes, to get all the active ingredients into the bloodstream.

When I tried it, my impression was that the taste is much like caffeine injected gum or mints. If you have tasted such a thing before, you know what I mean. The taste is supposed to be Raspberry CinnamINFERNO, and it is cinnamon, but with a bitter tang, due to the ingredients. The Raspberry didn’t make it to the show in this batch. The taste may be off putting to some, if they are two expecting Wrigley’s, or Orbit gum. My girlfriend spat it out, but then again, she doesn’t like the taste of N.O. Xplode either, and that stuff is like Kool Aid to most. Matt Pearson, one of the principals of the company, says the newer batches are much improved in the taste department.

The stimulant effects, on the other hand, are the noteworthy aspect of the gum. The first time I tried it, I didn’t read the instructions fully, and didn’t chew for the minimum 20 minutes. I’m guesstimating I got about 15 or so in. Even so, the gum provided a pleasant stim like focus, that got me very sidetracked and lost in videography forums and blogs, when I was SUPPOSED to be working. Haaaa, guess I am ADHD after all! Well, it does count as work, because I’m learning as much as possible about videography, to best utilize the equipment I ordered, so we can do videos for this site, for YOU, our community. THERE! Tangent justified! I popped a second piece, a few hours later, and the great focus continued. I will try this out as a more long term test, as the company was generous enough to send us a bunch of trial packs, and update here with my findings. Already I can see this replacing my morning joe, as I wake up at 5:30 am several days a week.

Nightlife’s Verdict: 4 stars (out of 5)
We give the ThermoGum product a 4 stars, for being a very effective, and innovative product. Early adopters, get in on this one pronto! We did deduct a bit, for the funky taste, which I will gladly give back, if the new batches show improved taste. We will give a mini update, on the new flavor, when we get a chance to taste it. In the meantime, this is a serious utility weapon, for fighting the battle of the bulge, focus for getting stuff done, and, an economical (insert evil coffee chain empire here) replacement. It’s pretty new, and only a few places carry it at the time of writing, but it’s more than worth the hunt.

J. “All I want for Christmas is a Marshall that goes to 11”Channell

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