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0:00I tried the most powerful legal gaming
0:01enhancers I could find, the energy
0:02powders, the focus gum, the e-sport hand
0:04warmer, the sleep drink, plus normal
0:06stuff people use anyway. And all of this
0:08cost me like $250 of my own money, and I
0:10tested every single one in real ranked
0:12games. And look, after more than 10,000
0:14hours in shooters, I know exactly how I
0:16play on a normal day. So, if any of
0:17these actually changes something, I will
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1:36in the description. Now, back to the
1:38video. And we start with what you
1:39swallow because that's where most of
1:41your money goes. And because honestly,
1:42half of this pile runs on the exact same
1:44ingredient, caffeine. So, of course, I'm
1:46going to start with black coffee. Now,
1:48this is my go-to for like 10 years at
1:49this point. Small, concentrated, made on
1:52one of those Italian moka pots. No
1:54sugar, no milk, nothing. And that comes
1:56around about like 80 mg of caffeine per
1:58cup. And since I drank like two of these
2:00a day, my tolerance is stupid high by
2:02now. So, keep that in mind for this
2:03entire video. Now, what coffee actually
2:05does is pretty simple. It blocks the
2:07thing in your brain that makes you feel
2:08tired, and that's it. But, the real
2:10secret with coffee is water, because if
2:11you only drink coffee and no water, you
2:13end up dehydrated, and you feel worse,
2:15not better. At least for me, that means
2:17cloudy head, slow reaction time, kind of
2:19sleepy, basically the opposite of what
2:21you want. Now, coffee plus water though,
2:23you're like 10 times better, zero
2:24problem. And that's the part nobody
2:26sells you. You make it at home exactly
2:27how strong you want it, no gaming logo,
2:29no markup, no mystery blend on the
2:31label. So, that's an easy eight out of
2:3210 for me. Honestly, the best thing you
2:34can do if you understand what you want
2:35from it. Which also means that from this
2:37point on, everything in this pile has
2:39one job, beat eight out of 10 at
2:41basically zero cost. And the first
2:42challenger is probably the most famous
2:45gaming drink on this planet. And I'm
2:46talking about G Fuel, around like 50
2:48bucks where I live. And I used it for
2:50like four to five days straight in
2:51ranked, in aim training, the whole
2:53routine. Now, the taste is honestly
2:54pretty good, not wow, not bad. It goes
2:56down easy, you drink it like a juice.
2:58And that right there is actually my
2:59biggest problem with this product, but
3:00I'll get to that in a second. Because
3:02first, the real question is what did
3:04they actually do? And the honest answer
3:05is for me, basically nothing. And once
3:07you look at what's inside, it makes
3:09sense. Because G Fuel is essentially a
3:10pre-workout with a gaming logo on it.
3:12It's like a pre-workout without the
3:14beta-alanine. So, don't get those
3:15tingles on your skin. It usually has
3:17less caffeine than one, and the rest of
3:19the formula is a bunch of ingredients
3:20you can't really feel anyway. And even
3:22accounting for my tolerance, there's
3:23just nothing here that justifies the
3:25price. Because a decent pre-workout is
3:27like 25 to 30 bucks. [music] This is
3:28almost double. Now, the part I said that
3:30I come back to. The taste being good is
3:32not a feature here, it's a trap. Because
3:33these drinks are like juice, and if
3:35you're a young and you like the flavor,
3:36nothing stops you from mixing scoop
3:38after scoop until you casually drank
3:40like 400 mg of caffeine without feeling
3:42like you took anything serious. So, did
3:44it beat coffee? Not even close. And the
3:46score is like a four out of 10 for me.
3:48But, here is where it gets interesting,
3:49because the The product has no flavor,
3:51no branding, no marketing budget, and
3:53it's the best thing I tested in this
3:54entire pile. Two separate bottles,
3:56caffeine pills, the one I tested were
3:58like 200 mg and L-theanine pills next to
4:01them. No flavor, no mascot, no esports
4:04team, and this combo is the best thing I
4:05swallowed in this entire pile. So, the
4:07idea is simple, you take them together,
4:09and in theory the caffeine gives you
4:10like the alertness while the L-theanine
4:12[music] adds calmness on top. Normally,
4:14I'm very skeptical about the in theory
4:16part, but this one I actually felt.
4:17Because here is the problem with
4:19caffeine alone. If you go too hard on
4:20coffee, you get palpitations, you get
4:22agitated, you have energy, but it's not
4:24that type of energy like sitting in a
4:25chair energy. Your body wants to move,
4:27and that's the worst possible energy for
4:29like holding an angle in CS2. And this
4:31combo is a bit different. You're alert,
4:33but calm. Focused, but no jitters, no
4:35shaking, no tunnel vision like when you
4:37overdo coffee. Just this clean, calm
4:39focus that works for gaming, for work,
4:41for anything where you need your brain
4:43on it, but your hands steady. And for me
4:45personally, the reaction time felt nice.
4:47I felt more locked in, and I had like
4:49none of the downsides that I know from
4:50years of caffeine. One important thing
4:52though, if you already love drinking
4:53coffee, the ritual, the taste, the whole
4:55thing, the pills won't feel like some
4:56upgrade because it's the same caffeine
4:58at the core. The pills are for when you
5:00want the effect without the drink. And
5:01that's the actual use case. So, 8.5 out
5:04of 10. And it beat my own coffee, which
5:06after like 10 years I didn't expect to
5:07say. And with that, the swallow category
5:09should be done except there's one more
5:11product, same two ingredients, same
5:13promise, completely different format.
5:14And somehow, it barely did anything. And
5:16I'm talking about NeuroGum, caffeine
5:18plus L-theanine again. combo I give an
5:218.5, but this time in a chewing gum. So,
5:23on paper this should be great. But in
5:25reality, at least for me it barely
5:26registered anything. And the reason is
5:28pretty simple, the dose. One piece of
5:29this gum has a fraction of the caffeine
5:31from the pills. So, at my tolerance,
5:33chewing this was basically chewing
5:34normal gum with extra steps. Now, to be
5:36fair, if you're like caffeine sensitive
5:37or you just like having something to
5:39chew during games like you're some kind
5:41of maniac, this might actually be your
5:43format. The delivery is faster, too,
5:45because it absorbs through your mouth
5:46instead of your stomach. So, in theory,
5:48it kicks in quicker. But, quicker to
5:50what? The dose I can feel and the market
5:51value it's worth. You pay more per
5:53serving than buying caffeine and
5:55L-theanine in pills separately for less
5:57of both. Same ingredients, smaller dose,
5:59higher price just because it's portable
6:00and has focus written on the back,
6:02basically. So, it's a three out of 10
6:04for me. If the pills exist, I don't see
6:06the point. And that closes the swallow
6:07category, where the pattern is already
6:09obvious. Everything here runs on the
6:10same molecule and the more gimmicky
6:12marketing on the label, the worse the
6:14deal gets. And before someone types in
6:15the comments, yeah, I know about the
6:17nicotine stuff, the snus, the zyn, the
6:19patches, everything the CS scene is
6:20basically famous for. And I tried the
6:22nicotine patch once as a non-smoker and
6:24I almost threw up. And if you don't
6:25smoke, starting an addiction just to aim
6:27better is one of the dumbest things you
6:29can do. And what is next doesn't go in
6:30your body at all, it goes on it. And the
6:32first one is something I was already
6:33using daily before this video even
6:35existed. And I'm talking about the
6:36gaming arm sleeve. So, what does it
6:38actually do? It's simple. It sits
6:40between your arm and the pad. No more
6:41skin sticking to the surface, no more
6:43sweat soaking into the cloth, no more of
6:45that stop-start friction that you get
6:47when your forearm drags to the mouse
6:49pad. And on a glass pad, this goes from
6:51nice to have to basically mandatory.
6:53Bare skin on glass sticks and [music]
6:54there's nothing you can do about it.
6:56Now, the honest part, how much it helps
6:57depends on the sleeve itself, because
6:59the material matters way more than
7:01people think. I've tested around like 10
7:02of these at this point and the
7:04difference between a good one and a bad
7:05one is kind of huge. Some glide super
7:07clean, some catch onto the pad and make
7:09everything worse. And from everything I
7:10tried, the best options right now are
7:12from War Hack or Pulsar. These are the
7:14ones that actually pulled you through.
7:15And the best part is the price, because
7:17these are kind of cheap. Course, it's
7:18subjective, but for what they give you,
7:20it's one of the best value purchases in
7:22this entire pile. So, I would score this
7:24like a eight out of 10. So, of course,
7:26this one earned its place. The next
7:27thing on this desk, though, doesn't
7:29touch your setup at all. Its whole job
7:31is just to sit in your hands between
7:32rounds. And this is the ESL hand warmer.
7:35You see pro players between rounds
7:36holding some black object or like green
7:38in my case, just playing with it. And
7:39that That my first contact with this
7:41thing. At first, I thought it was like a
7:42fidget spinner and then I found out it's
7:44actually a thing. Now, when you're
7:45stressed, when you have much nerves,
7:47your hands go cold. So, pros hold this
7:50to keep the aim hand warm, which as a
7:52concept makes sense and this one, the
7:53officially SL version made with Warmly
7:56as a product, honestly, it's well-made.
7:57It's a properly charges fast, two
7:59magnetic pieces that [music] you can
8:01split, one in each hand or snap
8:03together. Generally, interesting object,
8:04but the question was never does it warm
8:06your hand? The question is did it change
8:08anything in my games? And for me, no. My
8:10hands got warm, sure, but not in the
8:11same way where my aim suddenly felt
8:13different. It's not like you touch this
8:15thing and your fingers become new. For
8:17me, it ended up being an expensive
8:18feature toy between rounds and that's
8:20the honest frame for it. This is not
8:21like some performance enhancer, it's
8:23more like a stabilizer. If you play in a
8:24cold room, if you're like at a LAN with
8:26the AC blasting, if your hands generally
8:28go cold from stress, warming them is
8:31like real. Cold fingers really are much
8:33slower. But at home, normal temperature,
8:35warm hands, there's nothing to fix. So,
8:37for my case, it's a three out of 10,
8:38waste of money, basically. Which brings
8:40us to the last product in this group and
8:41this one you stick on your face. And I'm
8:43talking about nasal strips and yeah, I
8:45stuck this on my face for you. So, the
8:46pitch sounds simple, the strip pulls
8:48your nostril open, you breathe easier,
8:50more air and in theory, that means more
8:52oxygen, better focus. At least that's
8:53what the box wants you to believe. And
8:55pros started wearing them in official
8:57matches, on camera, in front of
8:58millions, so I tested the expensive one,
9:00the cheap ones, basically everything I
9:02could find. And look, the breathing part
9:03is kind of real. You do feel your nose
9:05more open, the sensation exists, but
9:07that was the entire experience. Because
9:09feeling more air in your nose and
9:10playing better are two completely
9:12different things. And in my games, I
9:13felt nothing. No extra focus, no better
9:15aim, no difference at all. As a gaming
9:17product, it's a placebo, at least for me
9:18and on top of doing nothing, they're
9:20generally annoying. You have a sticker
9:22pulling on your face the whole session
9:23and good luck if it's like summer. So,
9:25for me, it's a one out of 10, the worst
9:26thing in this entire pile. But there is
9:28exactly one thing on that box that's not
9:30nonsense. [music]
9:31Because the one place where these strips
9:33have an actual legit use case is sleep.
9:34And that word is the perfect bridge
9:36because the last product on this desk
9:38doesn't do anything while you're
9:39playing. It works while you're
9:40unconscious. And I'm talking about Mad
9:42Monk Zen Plus, a sleep drink made for
9:44gamers from a brand that follows me
9:46around the internet non-stop. Their ads
9:47are everywhere, so at some point I said,
9:49"Fine, let's actually test it." And the
9:51logic behind it is honestly the most
9:52solid one in this entire pile. You sleep
9:54better, you wake up fresh, and if you're
9:56fresh, you play better. So, I took it
9:57for a few nights and I track everything
9:59on my Whoop. And the recovery scores
10:00those days were generally high, so case
10:02closed, I guess, but not really. Well,
10:04here's the part the marketing doesn't
10:05tell you. When you look at what's
10:06actually inside, the two ingredients
10:08doing the heavy lifting are like
10:09magnesium, and they don't even specify
10:11which type of magnesium on the box,
10:12which is, again, a red flag in my case.
10:15And again, L-theanine, the same
10:16L-theanine from earlier in this video.
10:18And here is the problem. Before this
10:20product, I was already taking generic
10:21magnesium and L-theanine before bed.
10:23Same combo, both separately, way
10:25cheaper. And my recovery scores on that
10:26generic stack, the same. So, this drink
10:29didn't beat my normal routine, it just
10:30repackaged it with a gaming brand on top
10:32and a better story. And honestly, when
10:34the combo is secondary, because the real
10:36secret to waking up fresh is stuff
10:37nobody can sell you. Drink your water,
10:39don't eat 3 hours or 4 hours before bed,
10:41and don't doom scroll on your phone till
10:43like 2:00 a.m. Now, do those things and
10:45you're already ahead of any powder. So,
10:47is it worth it? In my opinion, no,
10:48because the same ingredients exist
10:50without the mascot for less money. So,
10:52it's a five out of 10. The logic is
10:54right, the price is not. And with that,
10:55the pile is done. Except the best
10:57enhancer I own isn't even on this pile,
10:59which brings me to the real one, my
11:01glasses. Now, real prescription glasses
11:03made for my eyes, my correction, my
11:05face, not gamer glasses with zero
11:07diopters they sell online. Actual
11:09glasses made from an actual optician
11:10because I can test powders and stickers
11:12all day, but nothing on this desk comes
11:14closer to the difference between seeing
11:16clearly and not seeing clearly. And
11:17that's a 10 out of 10. So, that's the
11:19real takeaway. Find the thing that
11:20actually holding you back, tired eyes,
11:22bad sleep, sweaty arms on the pad,
11:23whatever it is for you. That will do
11:25more than this entire pile combined. And
11:27if you've tested any of this stuff
11:28yourself, tell me in the comments what
11:30it did for you. Now, the scores are on
11:31screen, and that's the video. And if you
11:33want to see more about gaming
11:34peripherals in general, check out the
11:35next video.

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