Shower Shock: Don’t Drink Caffeine Shower with It
Everyday I’m amazed by the creative products that are out their in our glorious and perfect capitalist kick-ass market. Shower Shock soap is exactly one of those creative products. Get this, it’s caffeine infused soap so when you shower with it rather than ingest your caffeine like the millions of people who partake in each morning the caffeine is absorbed through the skin and you get your jolt in the morning literally through osmosis.
After each wash you are supposed to get a dose of approximately 200mg of caffeine which is twice the amount in a normal cup of coffee. Of note the soap also contains calories so if you were starving you could also eat it.
The real question is, does it work?
The science says technically the body should be able to absorb caffeine through the skin (though i find it weird that anything cab absorb through the skin). However some have their doubts to how effective this absorption process. There’s a review of Shower Shock over at Ars Technica where they tried out this soap. The author found that it did add a little boost to his morning though he didn’t think it could replace his morning boost with his normal cup of coffee. He put up this nifty graph to describe the effects of Shower Shock.
For the more visual of you guys there was a news report on Shower Shock soap that had a guinea pig try it out.
The test subject “Bobby Bones” found that Shower Shock soap smelled like peppermint and when applied to his body gave him a tingling sensation much like Ben Gay. Apparently this caused some discomfort to his more intimate areas. In the end he gave it a “thumbs down” stating that he didn’t think it could replace his morning coffee and Red Bull ritual.
Shower Shock Soap comes in two main forms…
Shower Shock Bar Soap
Shower Shock Gel
Either way, I still think Shower Shock is a pretty cool product. I just wish they could find some additional things to deliver to your body via the Shower Shock absorption process. It’d be perfect if I could shower and at the same time get my morning nutrients so I don’t need to eat breakfast. For people who do other drugs like heroin…imagine… no more needles!
FuncFash-ness: 7/10
- Functional: 4/5 (shower and get a does of drugs at the same time)
- Fashionable: 3/5 (still looks just like normal soap)
Where to Buy:
- Thinkgeek: Shower Shock Bar Soap $6.99, Shower Shock Gel Soap $12.99
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