FAQ

Echelon is a performance-energy drink developed with U.S. Military service members. It’s a proprietary blend of highly potent active ingredients that deliver amplified performance and sustained energy with a clean burn.

While most energy drinks nowadays are just caffeinated candy flavors, Echelon is focused on delivering a effective formula for those who can't afford to crash. We took the active ingredient commonly found in powdered pre-workout and formulated what we believe is the most potent energy drink on the market. Quality ingredient at proper dosages to deliver the best energy, endurance and focus possible. No bullshit ingredients, no crash. Everything in our drink serves a functional purpose. Even the fiber.

Echelon has a natural hint of spice from capsaicin, an active extract from chili peppers that studies show can help boost your metabolism by increasing energy expenditure, and regulating blood-sugar levels. And it's our middle finger to the license candy movement that has become the energy drink market.

When you drink Echelon will depend on the task at hand and your caffeine tolerance. For daily drinkers, you can use Echelon to replace your morning caffeine source. If you are strength training, you can drink it right before or during your workout. If you are doing conditioning, fighting, or shooting, Echelon is best 45min before you start the task.

Let's be honest, the military-aged male isn't consuming enough fiber. This combined with high levels of caffeine, causes the stomach to produce excess acid to compensate - which can lead to a whole bunch of issues. We took a proactive route here to try to aid in the digestive of caffeine and other active ingredients found in Echelon.

Echelon's current physical retail locations are only on US military bases worldwide. We are preparing to onboard civilian wholesale partners. If you are interested, please email hq@drinkechelon.com

Our lawyers tell us to say you should not drink more than one Echelon daily, as the FDA recommends no more than 400mg of caffeine per-day (Echelon contains 300mg).

What you’re feeling is something called paresthesia: a tingling sensation that happens as the body catalyzes beta-alanine. It means Echelon is working. Beta-Alanine generally enhances high intensity exercise lasting over 60 s, with greater effects on open end point exercise bouts, such as time to exhaustion tasks.

You should not drink Echelon if you’re sensitive to caffeine, under the age of 18, have tiny heart syndrome, pregnant or breastfeeding.

We use minimal levels of sucralose for sweetness modulation (it is the last ingredient on our label).  We never use high heat to ensure there’s no breakdown of compounds during production, resulting in a pure and harmless form. We added fiber to effectively balance the sugar breakdown and aid with gut health.

Over the past years, our community of 2,000+ U.S. Military service members and veterans formulated, iterated and developed Echelon with us. Echelon was created to deliver a performance in line with their specific needs, whether it’s rigorous training, mental acuity and general motor performance. These individuals, representing all branches of service and deployment environments, actively participated in both qualitative and quantitative insight for our R&D team to design the final product. In addition, the majority of our internal team are currently serving or veterans with high-performance fitness regimens and were all deeply involved in product development. 

We’re honored—please reach out to community@drinkechelon.com.