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Creatine Monohydrate Stinks

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A two part post.

First: Does anyone not natty actually use creatine?

Second: This ones weirder. Maybe it's my own sniffer (I have had COVID) Creatine Monohydrate smells like old milk and an old water bottle to me combined. This is after mixing some CM then refill with water from my 32oz mixer bottle without washing.

Only out of sheer weirded curiosity to I ask the community if anyone has had this experience.

SIERRA996's picture

The reward:cost ratio makes creatine make too much sense to NOT use IMO even at current prices.

JohnJuice's picture

I use it all year around, no cycling it.

As for the smell, I can't tell if I had such an experience, cuz I always dry scoop it.

But I remember I had L-arginine one time 1kg bottle, and when you mix it with water it smelled like an old rag that was left wet for a week in a bottle, and then you open it and it hits HARD in your nostrils. But oh boy how good it was performance-wise...

JEX30Sex's picture

I don't normally use it. I had a canister left over from before I started cycling. I figured I'd see how the two combine and if there was any noticeable difference. It's fruit punch flavored stuff from wally world. I don't feel bad after drinking it. It was just super strange.

wanted's picture

We are taught as young men !!!! if it stinks LEAVE IT ALONE and get another one
Cause the ones ive used dont smell. But i wouldnt leave it outside in the heat or in a car

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JEX30Sex's picture

Agreed.

OlympicLats's picture

I dont use it

Makwa's picture

Wash your mixer bottle next time

JEX30Sex's picture

Mixer bottle is clean every time. It's primarily just used for plain ol' water. I'll just wash the bottle after the CM mixture from now on.

Rushourhead's picture

I also remember the sandy stuff from before, it was terrible. the smell could also come from the can in which the creatine is stored, since then I've mostly been using 2 liter canisters of flavored creatine throughout the day...

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Badgoat1's picture

I've been using creating off and on since like 1998 and never noticed a smell or taste. The texture back then was horrible and it didn't dissolve so it was like choking down a pile of sand. But no taste or smell

roidsbre's picture

Wtf kind of scented creatine have you been getting mate? Drop that asap before your farts get scented too.

JEX30Sex's picture

LOL. It's from wally world and fruit punch. So far my farts are as stinky as they have ever been.

Drexyl's picture

This makes me want to try it.

Catalyst's picture

Shouldn’t really have any smell.

press1's picture

I use to use it on gear and it definitely works, but I just don't feel that great on it lol It gives me terrible acid reflux and puke burps once there's a good amount built up in me which can be very off putting especially during training. But there is a hell of a lot of evidence that it increases lifts by 5% so on something where you are lifting 200kg then thats a 10kg rise!

RMDL's picture

Yes I use it. For me its more so for recovery.

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Rushourhead's picture

It smells very neutral, depending on the brand, it can smell fishy or chemical, such smells are difficult to describe. Most of it comes from China, my supplement dealer told me..

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alekaras's picture

Yeah buddy I always use it!!
I didn't notice any kind of smell tbh!!