The Geek

Qualia Focus vs. Alpha BRAIN represents a nootropic match-up between two hugely popular brain booster brands that take seemingly opposite philosophical approaches towards cognitive enhancement. While Qualia Focus wears a more techy, Silicon-Valley style on its label, Onnit’s Alpha BRAIN (like many Onnit products) goes for the more sporty, Earth-grown look. If Qualia Focus and … Read more

I may as well copy-&-paste my Qualia Mind vs. Mind Lab Pro review for this Mind Lab Pro vs. Qualia Focus comparison review, as Qualia Focus isn’t all that different from Qualia Mind. In fact, Qualia Focus is essentially Qualia Mind just with fewer ingredients and a much cheaper price tag. But are these changes enough for … Read more

If Qualia Mind is the “Qualia 2.0” stack, as compared to the Qualia Original Stack duo, then Qualia Focus is the “Qualia Mind 0.8” stack, a downgrade from the upgrade of the original Qualia formulas. Having said that, Qualia Focus still shares many of the quirks and perks of the other Qualia supplements, namely: High ingredient count … Read more

Gorilla Mind makes it very easy to riff on their products — namely because having a gorilla mind would be a significant regression from the more advanced human mind. However, Gorilla Dream seems to have figured it out by removing “Mind” from its name, making it a much less memeable supplement. Which is actually pretty boring. … Read more

What’s Smoother than a Gorilla? I’ve reviewed Gorilla Mind Rush — a genuine rush of stim-powered energy — and now I’m moving onto the Gorilla Mind Smooth, a supposedly smooth, stim-free supplement. Or at least smoother relative to other Gorilla Mind brain boosters. Comparisons aside, Gorilla Mind Smooth seems like a fairly decent brain booster, delivering some awesome nootropics with a couple meh ingredients, … Read more