Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: February 11, 2007
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$3.00
Purchased At:
Sport Check - Scarborough
Strengths:
Doesn't stick to your teeth, Doesn't require a lot of chewing, Tastes good.
Weaknesses:
Like eating a pressed (not loose nuts) trail mix.
Similar Products Used:
Powerbar, Herbalife Energy Bar, Power Gel.
Bike Setup:
2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk
Bottom Line:
I used a few of these bars along with Powerbars on 100-120km long bike rides in 2000 & 2001. They were good but not to my exact taste. They felt more like eating a pressed trail mix of nuts. Bottom Line: Good but Powerbar is still the best in my opinion.
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Submitted by
Zach
a Weekend Warrior
from Oklahoma Date Reviewed: June 7, 2005
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Purchased At:
A convenient store
Strengths:
Tasty. Well at least the strawberry is. Of course it has some funk to it, but all energy bars do.
Weaknesses:
Eh, price.
Bottom Line:
The strawberry ones aren't bad tasting. A little dry without fluids to wash it down, but alright. I can't testify on the energy. I rode a couple of hours afterwards, but I could have done that without an energy bar.
These aren't miracle workers, but aren't a bad snack when you are hungry on a ride. After all isn't that the purpose?
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Submitted by
Will Duke
a Cross Country Rider
from Orlando Date Reviewed: August 20, 2004
Favorite Trail:
Santos
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$2.00
Strengths:
nutritional, tastes good and more sustained energy for a longer time.
Weaknesses:
Not a jolt of energy and a little bulky
Similar Products Used:
reg. power bars and cliff bars.
Bike Setup:
Trek 9.8, XT, dics, tubless.
Bottom Line:
If your looking for those gels that give you a burst of energy this is not for you. I like these because it gives me energy for a longer period of time. I eat one 1/4 or 1/2 through my ride and drink plenty of water with it. I drink Desighner Whey protein after and I get no soreness or fatigue.
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Submitted by
Donnie Anderson
a Weekend Warrior
from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada Date Reviewed: May 26, 2004
Favorite Trail:
Bathurst Ski Chalet
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At:
Shoppers Drug Mart
Strengths:
Tastes Great. More like a chocolate dipped quaker gronola bar than a regular power bar.
Weaknesses:
Not to sure of the energy these things give.
Similar Products Used:
Melaleuca Bars, Nature Valley Granola Bars, Kellogs Nutrigrain
Bike Setup:
Giant ATX 870 Stock....for now!!!
Bottom Line:
I dropped in at a local pharmacy during a ride to stock up on some sort of power bars. They had their store brand with half the carbs of the power bars...so I quickly dropped those. They had all the protein bars which I'll drop since I'm not a body builder. I'll take my protein shakes when I hit the gym, not bike 50km. They had the power gel but that says it has 25mg of caffein in big letters so I didn't want to take that. Caffein makes you sick. So I got 2 peanut butter chocolate chip harvest bars and a chocolate mocha power bar.
The regular power bar was like chewing on a tootsie roll. Very difficult to do while riding. The harvest bar was awesome...like eating a milky way or wonder bar. But I didn't receive the rush of energy I expected. I wasn't sore the next day so I assume they helped some.
The only product I've previously tried are Melaleuca bars. Holay #*($ those things rock. Tons of energy, and no soreness the day after. But you have to be a member of Melaleuca to buy these, and they are expensive. It's kind of like an amway club you join and enter the pyramid scheme. But hey...I have to admit some of the Melaleuca products (not all!!!) are great.
The bottom line is...the flavor I tried was fabulous. Just like eating a chocolate bar. And no water required like the reviews state....but I have a camelbake full of gatorade anyways. But the energy/nutrition levels leave something to be desired so I'm going to keep looking. I'm going to try some cliff bars next since my grocery store started carrying them. My grocery store has a section full of energy and protein bars. I'll go try some of what they stock and look for a repeat buy to stock up on by the box.
I give it 3 flaming farts for being not overly expensive, and tasting like a Heyshey Bar. But no where near 5 flammers cause it lacks the energy value a true olympic calibre energy bar sould have, not as good as my previouse Melaleuca bars. If I'm going to pay a premium price for energy bars...they better work. Otherwise I'll just eat pop tarts and cereal bars.
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Submitted by
Carlos
a Weekend Warrior
from Florida Date Reviewed: August 15, 2003
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At:
Mail order per box
Strengths:
Very tasty. I like the strawberry one. Fills me up very quick and does not upset my stomach.
Weaknesses:
Bulky for small hydra packs.
Bike Setup:
2002 Trek Fuel 100
Bottom Line:
These are some great tasting bars. Although I have not felt the jump in energy from them, I have used them when I am hungry.
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Submitted by
Greg
a Cross Country Rider
from Calgary, AB Date Reviewed: October 30, 2002
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At:
Superstorre
Strengths:
Great taste, especially the peanut butter chocolate, way better than the Clif or Luna's.
Weaknesses:
Should be eaten warm, you'll also need some water.
Similar Products Used:
Clif, Luna, nature harvest, etc.
Bike Setup:
ATB
Bottom Line:
I live on these things, I buy them by the case. They taste great, are filling and keep me going. They also make a great breakfast, when I'm in a hurry. What more could you need?
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Submitted by
Bob
a
from Salt Lake City Date Reviewed: August 17, 2002
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At:
Galyans
Strengths:
Variety of flavors, size, weight.
Weaknesses:
Make sure you check the product expiration date. Old ones they can be pretty dry. The regular powerbars can be hard as a rock on a cold day!
Similar Products Used:
Clif, Luna.
Bottom Line:
I am a field counselor for a youth wilderness group and I have to eat the same food as the kids (corn meal, cream of wheat, tuna, peanut butter, macaroni, ramen, etc). They complain that they have to eat the food for 6 or 8 weeks but I have to eat it every other week of my life as long as I keep the job. If it wasn't for Powerbar I would weigh about 64 pounds by now. I can haul in 20 bars a week, different flavors, and they keep me going. Late at night, when the kids have gone to sleep, I sneak a double chocolate or a strawberry or a banana nut and it is like having a secret desert. I have always loved the chocolate powerbars, they remind of tootsie rolls. Powerbars make me increase my intake of water, a necessity when you are overseeing a bunch of delinquent kids in the deserts of Utah!
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Submitted by
mike b
a Cross Country Rider
from Sodom in the North Date Reviewed: January 22, 2002
Favorite Trail:
boggs
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Price Paid:
$2.00
Purchased At:
the kettleman city general store
Strengths:
acceptable taste and texture
Weaknesses:
chunks of them get caught in your windpipe, causing the user to nearly choke
they are not as good as luna bars.
Similar Products Used:
i have been mountain biking a long time. i have tried many, many energy bars. most of them have turned out to be very, very nasty. only a few of them are not horrible.
Bike Setup:
what in the name of great mother mary methuselah does this have to do with the review of an enery bar, pray tell?
Bottom Line:
what am i reviewing here?
oh yeah, powerbar harvest bars. the apple one is pretty good, i guess. i only buy these things when i can't get anything else. i would definately eat these things over the standard power bar, which is like trying to chew through a petrified cow's tongue. at least you're eating something that is reasonably similar to a granola bar.
but goldangit, these things are'nt luna bars and that's why i relegate powerbar harvest bars to the "emergency food" stash in my hydration pack. the only thing i eat are either luna bars or a new product on the market called the "reward bar". all of these bars will try to asphyxiate you though, if you don't drink water with them. those little pieces of grain or whatever can get caught sideways in your throat and cause some serious problems. don't forget the water.
energy bars are a subject of the user's personal preference. what might be a tasty little scooby snack to one bonking rider might taste like rotting human flesh to another. the only way to find out if you like one bar over another is to roll the dice--pony up the cash and bite it.
one way or the other, you'll find out whether you like what you've just bitten into, i guarantee it.
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Submitted by
Kevin
a Weekend Warrior
from NY Date Reviewed: January 22, 2002
Favorite Trail:
Grham Hills
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
5 finger discount
Strengths:
Good amount of carbs to keep ya going, lots of flavors, lowfat, granola bar taste.
Weaknesses:
little protein, granola bar taste
Similar Products Used:
Peak, Clif, PB, PB Protien+.
Bike Setup:
White n Black Cannondale Super V 700( USA made dirt pig!), Aerospoke front, Rhyno lite back, Fox Vanilla X, P-Bone + Koski risers.
Bottom Line:
I nosh on these thing while at work instead eating fried chicken. Strawberry and Iced Cinnamon roll are tasty. They are like pumped up granola bars and are good for snacking. Get Peak or Clif Bars for the 6 course meals!
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Submitted by
Reno Rains
a Cross Country Rider
from Back woods oregon Date Reviewed: June 21, 2001
Favorite Trail:
the one you don't know about
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At:
cosco
Strengths:
You would halft to be stupid not to love this bar. Tastes like a candy bar. Keeps you going during long rides. Avalable almost everywhere.
Weaknesses:
Like all energy bars they are spendy.
Similar Products Used:
Most major brands of enery bars.
Bottom Line:
best taste and nutrishion.
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Submitted by
Sourav
a Weekend Warrior
from Madison, WI Date Reviewed: March 3, 2001
This stuff tastes like eating a sand bar. THe chocolate expecially...it tasted exactly like a old stale rice krispie treat with sand in it and artificial chocolate. Im sure they work well, but they all work the same. and im sure something else tastes much better. Make sure you got water with this or youll choke and cough up sand.
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Submitted by
Mitch
a Racer
from Wisconsin Date Reviewed: February 7, 2001
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At:
Milhaupt's
Strengths:
great taste,(toffy choclate chip0 great texture, and soft
Weaknesses:
none
Similar Products Used:
them all
Bike Setup:
2001 fihser supercaliber, time pedals
Bottom Line:
almost like candy, it makes my mouth water just writing this
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Submitted by
diyj98
a Weekend Warrior
from Collisnville, VA Date Reviewed: September 15, 2000
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
Kroger
Strengths:
Love the chocolate, better than the regular chocolate Powerbar. Crunchy with actual chocolate chips. This bar tastes as good as quite a few candy bars on the market.
Weaknesses:
slightly more expensive than a regular Powerbar
Similar Products Used:
Powerbar, Cliff bar
Bottom Line:
Tastes good and its seems to work, so what more could you ask for?
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Submitted by
Turner Brown
a Cross Country Rider
from Rochester NH USA Date Reviewed: May 31, 2000
Favorite Trail:
Hedgehog ledge Bear Brook NH
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Strengths:
The peanut butter chocolate chip is the greatest.
Weaknesses:
A little grainy.
Similar Products Used:
Clifbar(carrot cake & fudge brownie) they are evil >:{ Nature Valley granola bars ( Oats and Honey is great)
Bike Setup:
Cannondale F600
Bottom Line:
A good additive for an empty stomach. The peanut butter chocolate chip has precisely the correct amount of PB and Choc. Chips.
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Submitted by
Stephen Dennehy
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle, WA Date Reviewed: December 30, 1999
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Strengths:
The Chocolate Harvest Bar tastes awesome! It's better than a candy bar. The Apple bar is also very good!
Weaknesses:
The cherry and strawberry bars are okay. They're not bad for breakfast.
Similar Products Used:
Clif Bars, regular Power Bars
Bottom Line:
I don't know what the negative reviews are all about. These things are GREAT.
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Submitted by
dean
a Weekend Warrior
from mill valley, ca Date Reviewed: December 10, 1999
Favorite Trail:
anything beats being in the office
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
good snack food.
Weaknesses:
dry texture (apple isn't so bad).
Similar Products Used:
clif bar, regular powerbar, balance bar
Bottom Line:
not a substitute for regular powerbars, these aren't meant to eat when you're actively engaged in activity, more like a between meal snack or meal substitute. You have to drink some water when you eat one, it's probably a good thing to drink more water anyway. Buy just one to begin with, if you don't like it you're only out a buck and a half. I buy them by the case to bring to work, eat one near the end of the day to tide me over until dinner.
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Submitted by
CDaleRider
a Cross-Country Rider
from Bellport, NY Date Reviewed: November 12, 1999
Favorite Trail:
Anything thats not asphalt
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Bottom Line:
I don't understand all the negative reviews, I like them more that the originals. The blueberry is berry berry good.
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Submitted by
Eric
a Cross-Country Rider
from Milwaukee, WI Date Reviewed: October 18, 1999
Favorite Trail:
John Muir/Emma Carlin!
Duration Product Used:
tested or demo'ed only
Strengths:
Got it free with a purchase at REI
Weaknesses:
Everything!
Similar Products Used:
Clif Bar, Stoker (don't even bother with the Stoker)
Bike Setup:
Phat GT with Zokes Z1, full XT, Crossmax wheels
Bottom Line:
They should've called it Powerbar Harvested3YearsAgo. Tastes about the same as a pile of steaming cow dung. Although I don't know that from experience, butI can imagine. Don't even bother with this, the regular Powerbars are better as long as you warm it up. Clif bar is still the best though!
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Submitted by
Spaz
a Weekend Warrior
from there Date Reviewed: September 19, 1999
Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month
Strengths:
Hmmm Boosty! Partially edible.
Weaknesses:
Dunk these things in water or something.. they are hard
Similar Products Used:
Dunkaroos Twinkies
Bottom Line:
Energy bars are an aquired taste... similar to motor oil, broken glass and cow manure. They're more like fuel than food... treat them that way. (NOTE: I am not aware of the nutritional qualities of motor oil, broken glass or cow manure)
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Submitted by
James Doanes
a Weekend Warrior
from Westy, CO USA Date Reviewed: September 10, 1999
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
Full of good stuff.
Weaknesses:
Full of good stuff (that is rock hard in cool weather).
Similar Products Used:
Clif, Steel Bar, Tiger's Milk, etc.
Bottom Line:
Great bar, but a pain in cooler weather. I had one with me during a fall trek and when I bit into it, a chocolate chip bit into the roof of my mouth. Though painful to eat, the bar isn't bad. They could cut back on the grainy taste though.
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Submitted by
mtb_411
a Weekend Warrior
from Montreal Date Reviewed: July 24, 1999
Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month
Strengths:
-Easier to bite than a regular Powerbar
Weaknesses:
-Disgusting
Similar Products Used:
-Regular Powerbar -Bread
Bottom Line:
Physically it's easier to eat that a regular Powerbar but oh man is it bad! After climbing the mountain I needed energy for the ride back down and I almost hurled eating this bar. In retrospect I souldn't have bought cherry! Maybe it's just this flavor but I will not get this again!!
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Submitted by
Dave
a Cross-Country Rider
from SC Date Reviewed: June 24, 1999
Favorite Trail:
Dairy Ridge (spartanburg)
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
I like the taste/consistancy
Weaknesses:
gives me heartburn
Similar Products Used:
clif bars, powerbars, tiger bar, etc
Bottom Line:
I think these taste better than Clifs (imho), Clifs taste too much like compressed bird food for my liking, and they are too damn cruncy. I like these way better than regular powerbars (what's up w/ opening the wrapper?), and I prefer them to Clifs. Plus these I can buy at the Grocery Store for .89!!! Clifs are 1.69 at the bike shop (hmmmm. which whould you buy?) I don't like the Chocolate -1 star
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Submitted by
Eric
a Cross-Country Rider
from Johnson City, TN Date Reviewed: May 24, 1999
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Bottom Line:
These are great as a pre-ride snack--especially the cherry. They are filling without bogging you down like a regular power bar. ALthough others may thing differently, I like them.
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Submitted by
SGT ROCK
a weekend warrior
from Drumheller, AB Date Reviewed: December 30, 1998
Bottom Line:
Tried these this weekend, totally inedible at slightly below freezing temperatures. Even the German Shepherd along for the ride couldn't chew these things. Don't taste as good as Clif bars, cost the same, and freeze harder than the hubs of hell.
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Submitted by
Brad Hartsock
a cross-country rider
from Phx, AZ Date Reviewed: December 30, 1998
Bottom Line:
i'm a little caught off guard by the negative reviews. i was a hard core powerbar fan previously, but massive intake during training kind of put me off them for a while. i really like the apple & chocolate harvest and will pass on the cherry and strawberry. chocolate, with a starbucks frappacino, is like dessert. NEVER attempt to eat these without liquid or you'll gag. harvest for meal replacement and mocha/peanut butter regular bars during rides rule!
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Submitted by
jc
a cross-country rider
from Toronto Date Reviewed: October 15, 1998
Bottom Line:
Just tried one of these - strawberry - and they taste like cardboard. Better than some of the regular Power bars though but I think I'll stick with Clif bars. In TO, the cost of the Clif and Harvest bars are about the smae. Have tried all of the Clif flavours and have not come across one that is really that bad.
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Submitted by
Geg
a weekend warrior
from Victoria BC Date Reviewed: September 28, 1998
Bottom Line:
I used to eat powerbars all the time because they were the cheapest and most available but now I eat Cliff bars because they actually taste good and are quite pleasant to eat. Harvest bars DO NOT change my decision. Sorry power bar but these ain't going to cut it! I would rather pay a little more for something I would enjoy as opposed to something that just gives me energy. When I used to race I could care less but life is to be enojoyed not ended by choking on some dry brick passed off as a meal replacement. Maybe if I was starving...
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Submitted by
anita
a cross-country rider
from Appleton, WI Date Reviewed: September 21, 1998
Bottom Line:
I really like the Harvest Bars. They are somewhat dry, but it goes great with a glass of water or skim milk. Actually, I have a Power Bar Harvest wrapper in my garbage at work....240 calories, fat 4g (not too bad), 45g carbo, 7g protein, and 4g fiber. What else could you ask for. Great taste and nutrition combined! This bar is much better tasting and has better texture than their normal/original Power Bar.
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Submitted by
Sherman
a weekend warrior
from British Columbia, Canada Date Reviewed: September 16, 1998
Bottom Line:
Well comparing these to Powerbars they are definately better. They are chewier and they taste better. I am kinda undecided when comparing them to Clif. It is obvious that they see Clif is working and they had to copy it to get a chunk of the Easy to eat and tastes good market share. For me what it all boils down to is price. Depending on which one I can get cheaper I will get it instead of the other but they are both kinda pricey. I tried the strawberry one and I loved it. I forgot to read the nutritional info on it so I don't know how it compares with regards to carbos etc.
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Submitted by
GIO
a cross-country rider
from CHICAGO Date Reviewed: August 18, 1998
Bottom Line:
SORRY POWERBAR, NOT ONLY DO THESE SUCK, BUT YOUR NEW RADIO ADS SUCK EVEN MORE. TRYING TO COPY CLIFF BARS IS A GREAT IDEA, IF YOU COULD MAKE THEM TASTE EVEN HALF AS GOOD. THE RADIO ADS WERE O.K. LAST YEAR, BUT NOW THEY ARE TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE. C'MON, RUN MY DOG 8-10 MILES A DAY, HAUL PORTA JOHNS WITH A BIKE, GET REAL.
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Submitted by
Randy Gann
a weekend warrior
from KC Date Reviewed: August 8, 1998
Bottom Line:
I love these things. The Chocolate is excellent and so is the Strawberry. I will try Clif when I get a chance but I never see them any where. Harvest Bars are very edible I can't say the same for the normal Power Bars. I'd rather bonk they are incredibly bad.
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Submitted by
Jack
a racer
from SC Date Reviewed: August 6, 1998
Bottom Line:
Ditto on the review below. This is targeted at the Cliff Bar, but is nowhere near as tasty. Sorry, Powerbar folks. Although I am one of the few on the planet who actually like your original bars (and buy them!) I will not buy these. Better luck next time. Keep buying the Cliffs!
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Submitted by
dinsdale piranha
a cross-country rider
from the east end Date Reviewed: August 1, 1998
Bottom Line:
can anybody say clif bar? twice the fat of a regular power bar; of the four flavors, three are ok, and the cherry blows. if they crank out a couple of decent new flavors and sell them for much less than clif, then they'll do alright. otherwise, they'll have to market the shit out of these because the clif bar is still better.
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