GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps Reviews
Review score: 8.5/10 – Updated April, 2024
Latest Price: £18 (RRP: £18)
Take a look now to discover what makes GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps worthy of a review score of 8.5 out of 10.
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GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps features
GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps
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Comes with 50 capsules Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Packed full of electrolytes Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Combines sodium, magnesium and chloride Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Can be used before, during and after training Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Contains Vitamin B6, D and ginger root Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Prevents nausea Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Nutrition. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps.
The first thing is material. Looking at what GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Nutrition. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Nutrition. Brands like GU are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Nutrition category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Nutrition.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £18 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Nutrition
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Nutrition.
We found 435 in the Nutrition category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £19.21, making it below average at £18.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Nutrition. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £64.80, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.01.
With 435 products available we worked out that 208 cost more than GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps and 222 were cheaper.
Cost of GU products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 11 products from GU, of which 11 were in the Nutrition category.
For now though we’re looking at GU branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £33.92 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest GU product we found was £7.35 and the highest price we could find from them was £64.80.
Of the 11 from GU, 8 were more expensive than GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps and 1 were cheaper.
How much are GU Nutrition?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at GU products that are listed in the Nutrition category.
The average price of the 11 products that match this search was £33.92, with the cheapest coming in at £7.35 and highest price was £64.80. With the average being £33.92, GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps comes in below average.
8 products that meet this search were more expensive than GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps and 1 were cheaper.
GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.4 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Nutrition category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps or another similar product, like OTE Omega-3 Fish & Krill Oil reviews or Pip & Nut Smooth Peanut Butter 225g reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Nutrition.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Nutrition. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with GU, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.5/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010854211
- Product ID 2: 637618UK
- Brand: GU
- Model number: 124188
- RRP: £18
- EAN: 769493101488
- Description: GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps (50 Capsules)Ideal for before, during and after your training sessions the Roctane Electrolyte Capsules boost your body’s normal processes, help keep you hydrated and much, much more.Your Perfect Workout AidIdeal for intense training sessions where there’s lots of sweat loss the Roctane Electrolyte capsules boost nearly every system that your body performs on a daily basis. The capsules contain sodium, magnesium and chloride which aid in hydration by helping your body to maintain its water balance and plasma volume. Roctane Electrolyte also contains Vitamin D for calcium absorption and bone health plus ginger root and Vitamin B6 which prevent nausea when your body is under great strain.FeaturesComes with 50 capsulesPacked full of electrolytesCombines sodium, magnesium and chlorideCan be used before, during and after trainingContains Vitamin B6, D and ginger rootPrevents nauseaBuy GU Vitamins and Supplements from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Nutrition & Training > Nutrition
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- Adult
Other options for Nutrition
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Nutrition. 435 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching GU Roctane Electrolyte Caps included,
Bio-Synergy NO2 Pump reviews, Bio-Synergy Run Starter Pack reviews, or we really liked the look of Bio-Synergy Body Perfect CLA reviews as another alternative.