GU Energy Liquid Energy vs Maurten Gel 160

Choose it if

• You want the cheaper gel. At $2.50 against $4.58, an hour at 60 g costs about $6.25 in GU (2.5 gels) and about $6.87 in Maurten (1.5 gels).
• You count on your gels for some of your sodium. Three GU packets give you 225 mg, and three Maurten gels give you 90 mg.
• You want to take your carbohydrate in 24 g steps instead of 40 g ones.

Choose it if

• You want fewer things to carry and open. An hour at 60 g takes 1.5 Maurten gels and 2.5 GU packets.
• You want a gel that lists a glucose-to-fructose ratio. Maurten's is 1.25 to 1, and GU's isn't listed.
• You want an unflavored gel.