OPTIMUM NUTRITION Serious Protein Vanilla Reviews Summary

Taste

Pros:

• "The taste is excellent and goes well with milk or water."
• "Great flavor, and you get a lot for your money."
• "I loved the quality of the flavor. The taste is just great."
• "I always use the banana flavor which tastes great with milk."
• "The shake tastes much better than most mass gainer shakes which is an important consideration when you are drinking these daily."
• "Tastes almost exactly like warm vanilla ice cream."
• "The chocolate taste is pretty good. I mix it with water in the AM and it goes down smoothly."

Cons:

• "Also, it tastes terrible, because the sugar content is so stupidly high that it’s overwhelming."
• "The taste to me is very sludge-like."
• "This soggy cereal like sludge makes you want to gag."
• "The flavor is just awful bulk 1340 vanilla ice cream from GNC also available on Amazon is much much better."
• "This definitely tastes like artificial banana. I’d stick to chocolate, this is like drinking thick candy banana syrup and no matter how much water you mix in it just tastes sickeningly sweet."
• "Taste is not that good, too chalky of a protein for my liking."
• "Does not taste great with water. Still drinkable, but reminds me of feet at times."

Effectiveness

Pros:

• "I tried this mass gainer by ON on a guy's recommendation from my gym and I definitely found it working."
• "It really works! I am 5ft 5 & I weighed 130lbs on April 1 when I began my weight gain journey. It is May 23 and I am now 145lbs."
• "This powder does what it says."
• "Great product. Does what it says and while taking half a scoop pre and post workout, it gives me great energy."
• "This product for me works very well. I see definitely gain in muscle and feel much stronger."
• "This stuff tho, has gotten me above my plateau."
• "I went from 150 pounds to 205 in less than 1 year using this."

Cons:

• "Mass gainers are basically the same if you read the ingredient list. Low quality protein and sugar. There's no reason to overpay for this stuff."
• "This is definitely the worst protein supplement I have ever boughten."
• "This is the worst whey protein I've seen in terms of its protein content and protein:calories ratio."
• "I've been extremely bloated ever since and i only use the bathroom like twice in one week."
• "This product is dangerous for you... it’s not a consistent weight. You get bloated... this product is the epidemy of Liver damages."
• "So, if you're not careful, it won't be muscle you'll gain, its pure FAT!"
• "Recently, the ingredients have been changed by adding more creatine, since this change, I consistently get migraine like headaches lasting for hours."

Value

Pros:

• "For the price, it's the greatest value of calories per dollar that you can find."
• "I went with this weight gainer because it was the best value per ounce."
• "I’ve been using optimum nutritions serious mass for a long time. For the money, it’s a very good buy."
• "There isn’t a lot of other places you’re going to find a 12lb bag of mass gainer for sale at this price."
• "The price usually does not fluctuate on this huge bag, but you can always subscribe and save a few dollars once you establish your consumption rate."

Cons:

• "I was shocked to see that the price had gone up about 30% over just a few weeks."
• "I rated this product a 1 because it is misleading. The product states that you get 1,250 calories (50g of protein) per serving, which is two heaping scoops... Therefore, if you really want to get those 1,250 calories you essentially need to drink about two shakes, not one."
• "Meaning if you were to take one serving per day (2 heaping scoops as its indicated) then you would need to buy around 2 of these every 32 days, roughly $100 a month."
• "I've asked optimum nutrition for a refund, which was responded to with a fairly excusing email. Still no refund for a product that in my case is defective."

Packaging

Pros:

• "The packaging seems secure, unlike what was reported by other buyers, so I am happy with the product."

Cons:

• "The bag this comes in is terrible. The zip-lock at the top broke after about 10 times of opening and closing."
• "The product itself is great but the way it was boxed and shipped without any of those bubble bags made a one of the mass gainer bags tear open in transit."
• "I didn't love the packaging, although it came without issues but not much protection and I can see this get easily ripped or possibly leaked out the bag."
• "I would suggest better wrapped packaging or some way to make sure the product package would not get ripped or else a mistake can cause a huge mess."
• "The bag zipper broke almost immediately the first time I used it."

Mixability

Pros:

• "Chocolate is the best flavor and I suggest using a blender."
• "Mixes up great and tastes better than supplements with 3x the sugar."
• "It kinda taste like hot cocoa."
• "Taste is good with milk."
• "I Ordered The Strawberry Flavor And It Was Good Especially With Ice Cubes."
• "I disagree with many comments stating that you need a blender for mixing the product as I didn't experience any trouble mixing it with a 'blending bottle'. Fast and efficient."
• "This one mixes pretty well, Doesn't taste half bad, And its feasible to drink two scoops."

Cons:

• "It’s the biggest scoop I’ve ever seen and you need two of them."
• "The serving calls for two scoops. Trust me, unless you are using a bucket you, you will never get two of those scoops into a cup and mixed together."
• "The scoop they have inside is at least 4 times the size of a regular scooper, and one serving size is '2 Heaping Scoops.'"
• "Getting 350g or so into a shaker on top of the required liquid to make it drinkable is near impossible."
• "The amount of persistent foam that is generated after I shake the drink which caused me stomach gas."
• "This product is physically and mentally painful. The amount of shaking or blending required to make this sludge edible puts so much air in the shake that you’ll be nauseous for 3 hours."
• "Does not mix well at all. This stuff was always clumped up in my bottle and is very sticky after it mixes."