PowerBar Recovery Active Reviews
Review score: 8.7/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £26.39 (RRP: £26.39)
Take a look now to discover what makes PowerBar Recovery Active worthy of a review score of 8.7 out of 10.
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PowerBar Recovery Active features
PowerBar Recovery Active
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Spec 1
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Size: 1210g Other Nutrition found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 2
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Option: Chocolate Other Nutrition found with this Spec: 6 |
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Feature 1
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11 g protein per serving to contribute to growth and maintenance of muscle mass Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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With carbohydrates, plus 8 vitamins and 3 minerals Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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4 mg of zinc per serving. Zinc supports the normal function of the immune system Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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With magnesium, which contributes to a reduction of tiredness and fatigue Other Nutrition found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Espresso flavour: contains 53 mg caffeine per pouch Other Nutrition found with this feature: 2 |
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Price
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£26.39 |
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Number of Reviews
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1 |
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Review Score
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4 / 5 Average score in category: 4.3/5 |
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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 PowerBar Recovery Active.
The first thing is material. Looking at what PowerBar Recovery Active 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 PowerBar 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 PowerBar Recovery Active
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of PowerBar Recovery Active.
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 PowerBar Recovery Active was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £26.39 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.4 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 above average at £26.39.
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 110 cost more than PowerBar Recovery Active and 324 were cheaper.
Cost of PowerBar products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 35 products from PowerBar, of which 35 were in the Nutrition category.
For now though we’re looking at PowerBar branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £27.29 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest PowerBar product we found was £2.79 and the highest price we could find from them was £48.00.
Of the 35 from PowerBar, 20 were more expensive than PowerBar Recovery Active and 14 were cheaper.
How much are PowerBar Nutrition?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at PowerBar products that are listed in the Nutrition category.
The average price of the 35 products that match this search was £27.29, with the cheapest coming in at £2.79 and highest price was £48.00. With the average being £27.29, PowerBar Recovery Active comes in below average.
20 products that meet this search were more expensive than PowerBar Recovery Active and 14 were cheaper.
PowerBar Recovery Active 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 PowerBar Recovery Active reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for PowerBar Recovery Active, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.3 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 PowerBar Recovery Active or another similar product, like PowerBar PowerGel Hydro with Caffeine reviews or PowerBar Energize Original 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 PowerBar, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of PowerBar Recovery Active
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for PowerBar Recovery Active reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of PowerBar Recovery Active. 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 8.7/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010855469
- Product ID 2: 742415UK
- Brand: PowerBar
- Model number: 24300202
- RRP: £26.39
- EAN: 4029679672772
- Description: PowerBar Recovery ActiveDesigned for use immediately after exercise, Recovery Active drink is easily mixed into a drink to refill depleted energy stores and provide the muscles with the protein needed to repair and build. Essential minerals and vitamins also boost the immune system and help combat tiredness and fatigue. Carbohydrates contribute to the recovery of normal muscle function (contraction) after highly intensive and/or longlasting physical exercise leading to muscle fatigue and the depletion of glycogen stores in skeletal muscle – The beneficial effect is obtained with the consumption of carbohydrates, from all sources, at a total intake of 4 g per kg body weight, at doses, within the first 4 hours and no later than 6 hours, following highly intensive and/or long-lasting physical exercise leading to muscle fatigue and the depletion of glycogen stores in skeletal muscleFeatures:11 g protein per serving to contribute to growth and maintenance of muscle massWith carbohydrates, plus 8 vitamins and 3 minerals4 mg of zinc per serving. Zinc supports the normal function of the immune systemWith magnesium, which contributes to a reduction of tiredness and fatigueEspresso flavour: contains 53 mg caffeine per pouch Chocolate Per Serving (55g)Energy (kj) 879Fat (g) 0.7of Which Saturates (g) 0.4Carbohydrates (g) 39of Which Sugars (g) 22Protein (g) 11Salt (g) 0.25Thiamin 0.37Riboflavin (mg) 0.45Niacin (mg) 4.3Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.38Folic Acid (μg) 74.3Vitamin B12 (μg) 1.1Biotin (mcg) 14Pantothenic Acid (mg) 1.1Magnesium (mg) 112Zinc (mg) 2.4Copper (μg) 0.3Powerbar Active Recover Ingredients Skimmed milk powder, glucose syrup, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder (4%), maltodextrin, whey protein (milk) (3%), soyprotein, calcium caseinate (milk), minerals (magnesium oxide, zinc gluconate, cupric gluconate), emulsifier (lecithins), vitamins (niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, thiamin, folic acid, riboflavin, biotin, vitamin B12), natural flavouring, cinnamon.Buy PowerBar Nutrition from Chain Reaction Cycles. The World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Nutrition & Training > Nutrition
- Size: 1210g
- Unisex
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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 PowerBar Recovery Active included,
PowerBar PowerGel Fruit with Caffeine reviews, PowerBar Real5 Vegan Energy Bar reviews, or we really liked the look of PowerBar Ride Energy Bars 55g x 18 reviews as another alternative.