What the difference between Creatines?

Ive seen Monohydrate, Ethel Esther and another one i dont remember the name of.
 
Whats the difference and which one would you recommend?
 
Thanks
 

Supp company reps will no doubt give you lots of differences. In real terms, as in regarding whatever benefit you may or may not see from using Creatine, there is no difference.

Creatine mono powder, cheapest and will do the same as the others.

Mono hydrate has been proven to work, the others haven't really :) as a bonus it's also the cheapest!

Well they say the ester attached the to Creatine ethyl ester makes it readily available so no bulking period is required and it's fast acting.

But all in all go with mono hydrate. There's a reason it's most popular

for your taste buds sake please dont get ethyl ester haha

CitizenKane


Supp company reps will no doubt give you lots of differences. In real terms, as in regarding whatever benefit you may or may not see from using Creatine, there is no difference.

 
Not this one. Mono all day long.

Mono for me

Monohydrate - it's been around for near 170 years or so - tried and tested.

Monohydrate - it's been around for near 170 years or so - tried and tested.

Ive tryed a few types, and see most forms of creatine in diffrent blends/preworkouts etc over the years.

From what ive tryed, read and experinced myself...Creatine Monohydrate everytime...BUT, if your willing to pay a little bit more, i found Creatine Gluconate to be a good 2nd option.

Agree, would try mono 5g daily and give it a few weeks and see how you get on, if you have no luck with it then maybe look into other creatines, just saying as i found i didnt respond to mono but did to other diff creatines.

Thanks for the advise, I'm gonna order some Mono tabs

Any reason not for powder mate?

As always mono. There was not real need to try and imporve it in the first place and no real evidence that it has been imporved upon.

I would agree with others and say monohydrate if you've never tried it before.  Get 5g a day in and see how you get on over 8-12 weeks.  You will need to drink a lot more water though!
 
That being said I found that I got fairly bloated off using mono.  I switched to try gluconate after seeing an offer on a board sponsors website and have since had the benefits of creatine, but without the bloat.  So I would say that gluconate has worked better for me.  Still need to drink a bath tub full of water every day though!

Mono is the best IMO, and thankfully the cheapest!

rc10andy


Thanks for the advise, I'm gonna order some Mono tabs

I'd advise mono for sure mate, but go for powder rather than tabs.  Mono doesn't taste rank and 5g per day every day chucked in a shake is just as convenient as remembering to take tabs with you.

Creatine Gluconate all the way for me!! Helped me with a new PB on the bench, jumped up 10kg since using it!

I am sorry to say that creatine dose not cause max strength increase as above. You may gaine a few reps over the cause of a session if you use modest to higher rep ranges etc. I think that any drastic increase in your bench is through your own hard work!
 
As to some posts regarding water intake. Dont need to drink that much extra water, as a matter of course, with creatine. Just keep hydrated as normal