It was a tough choice between these two retailers, while thefeed.com was the top place to buy energy gels online due to their endless selection of gels. Runningwarehouse.com was actually a little bit cheaper for the standard gels like GU or Honey Stinger. We therefore are calling it a tie.
Both brands catered to the needs of the full spectrum of runners. Ultrarunners who may want to fuel with fat-based gels for example. Or those runners who insist on using only real food.
The brands we spotted at thefeed.com with some reference prices: GU every flavor ($1.60 for singles / $37.99 for 24 packs) GU Roctane ($2.59 for singles / $62.40 for 24 pack), Honey Stinger ($1.75 / $9.99 for 6 pack), SIS, Maurten, SIS Go, Spring Energy, Huma almost all the flavors, Untapped, Precision fuel, Ucan Edge, Neversecond, Tap, Enervit, Clif Shot and Bloks, GU Liquid, Muir, Tap, First Endurance, Trail butter, RX Nut butter, Chargel, Split, Fast Food, Hammer, Nooty, and even a trial pack of gels.
Really helpful filter at thefeed.com to help you navigate their products:
Runningwarehouse.com had a similar, but a little bit smaller selection with slightly lower prices for the most popular gels. The GU was $31.95 for 24 pack vs. $37.99 at thefeed.com. Similar differences were seen across other top energy gel brands. One thing to note is that thefeed.com did offer a membership/subscription program which brought the prices to a similar level.
They also had a helpful filter to help you get to the products you need:
Here’s a breakdown of our two winners side by side with some key stats: