# Money-saving training hacks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Created:** [September 5, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/money-saving-training-hacks/20543 "2019-09-05T01:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![toyman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/toyman/32/677_2.png) [@toyman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/toyman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/money-saving-training-hacks/20543/41 "2019-09-06T16:43:11Z")
Here is a post I made about my homemade electrolyte mix. > [@Homemade electrolyte mix, 1-10 cents/serving](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/homemade-electrolyte-mix-1-10-cents-serving/11325/4): > > Hi, Yes, all the numbers you list are weights in grams, and I just used a kitchen scale - +/- 10 grams on any of these is not super critical. My scale goes from 0-1000gms in 1 gram increments, and that is what I used. I did verify the serving size with a (cheap) precision scale, but that is really approximate too. The density of the powder depends on how tightly packed it is, so it’s hard to be very precise with measuring this. I use 24 oz water bottles, so I add a heaping/rounded top 1/4 t… The salts are quite cheap, the flavoring is the most expensive part, and will take the most experimenting. I’ve recently tried some ‘powdered fruit’ which has not gone well. The pomegranate powder was inedible as a drink, the raspberry is tolerable. So far the citrus flavors are the only ones that work reasonably well. I find that these taste much better cold, and less good as they warm up. I have been experimenting with adding sugars to the drinks. Adding 20 grams of a sucrose/fructose mix make it very sweet. Adding about the same amount of maltodextrin gives a much better flavor. --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/money-saving-training-hacks/20543)._