Hard Male Enhancement 1 Capsule Swiss Navy

What it is

Swiss Navy Hard is a herbal dietary supplement for adult men, supplied here as one capsule sealed in a single foil sachet. The Supplement Facts panel gives a serving size of one capsule containing an 820 mg proprietary blend of botanical extracts and free-form amino acids. The pack is marked "Herbal Dietary Supplement" and carries the Swiss Navy brand mark.

This is the single-sachet format rather than a bottle, so it suits someone who wants to try the formula once before committing to a larger pack. The sachet is small, flat and sealed, which also makes it straightforward to carry. You can browse the wider range in supplements for men.

What's inside

Everything in this capsule sits inside one 820 mg proprietary blend, so the panel gives a single combined weight rather than a milligram figure for each item. That is how the manufacturer has chosen to declare it, and we transcribe it as printed rather than dividing the total up. What follows is a plain description of each ingredient — what it is and where it comes from — and nothing here is a statement about what the product will do for you.

• Maca (root) — a root vegetable grown high in the Peruvian Andes. It is a relative of the radish and turnip and has been eaten as a food crop there for centuries, usually dried and milled into a powder.
• Avena Sativa (oat straw, leaf extract) — the green aerial part of the ordinary oat plant, harvested before the grain matures. It is a long-standing ingredient in European herbal tradition.
• Taurine — an amino sulfonic acid that occurs naturally in meat, fish and shellfish. It is one of the more common additions to energy and sports formulas.
• Yohimbe (bark extract) — the bark of a tall evergreen tree native to West and Central Africa. Of everything in this blend, this is the ingredient most worth reading up on before you buy: the NCCIH page on yohimbe sets out general background, including its interactions and the reasons it is not suitable for everyone.
• Horny Goat Weed (Epimedium sagittatum, aerial parts) — a low, leafy flowering plant long used in traditional Chinese herbal preparations. The common English name is the one printed on the panel.
• Tribulus Terrestris (fruit) — a low, spreading plant found across warm regions worldwide, sometimes called puncture vine after its spiny seed cases. The fruit is the part used here.
• Siberian Ginseng (root extract) — also known as eleuthero, a thorny shrub from north-eastern Asia. Despite the common name it is not botanically a true ginseng and is a different plant from Asian or American ginseng.
• L-Tyrosine — an amino acid the body also obtains from dietary protein such as cheese, soy and poultry.
• L-Citrulline — an amino acid named after Citrullus, the watermelon genus it was first isolated from.
• L-Arginine (as L-arginine HCl) — an amino acid found in everyday foods including nuts, seeds, dairy and red meat. The HCl form is simply the hydrochloride salt, used because it is stable and easy to compress into a capsule.
• Xanthoparmelia scabrosa (aerial parts) — a lichen rather than a plant: an organism formed from a fungus and an alga living together. It grows as a crust on rock and bark.
• Cnidium monnieri (seed) — the seed of a flowering plant in the carrot family, used in traditional Chinese herbalism.
• Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali, root extract) — a slender shrub from the rainforests of Malaysia and Indonesia. The root is the part harvested, and it is bitter enough that the plant's traditional preparations are usually taken as a strong decoction.

The capsule shell itself is a vegetable capsule, and the panel lists magnesium stearate, chlorophyll and titanium dioxide alongside it as the non-active ingredients. If you want to see how proprietary blends are declared generally, the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements has an overview of botanical dietary supplements, and NCCIH maintains a plain-language herbs at a glance index covering many of the plants named above.

Supplement Facts

How to use it

The Supplement Facts panel sets the serving at one capsule, and this sachet holds exactly that one capsule. Beyond the serving size, the packaging prints no timing, no frequency and no dosing schedule, so none is given here — anything else would be invented. If you want guidance on when or whether to take it, that is a conversation for a pharmacist or your doctor, and the yohimbe content is the specific thing to raise with them.

Store the sealed sachet somewhere cool and dry and out of direct sunlight, as you would any supplement. It is intended for adults aged 18 and over.

Who it's for

This is a men's herbal supplement in a single-serve format, and the single sachet is the smallest way to buy it. It makes sense for an adult who has read the ingredient list, wants to see what the blend is like before buying a bottle, or simply prefers a sealed one-off pack to keeping a container at home.

It is not suitable for anyone under 18, and it is not a food, a medicine or a substitute for either. Anyone who is pregnant or breastfeeding should not take it. If you are already taking prescription medication — blood pressure medication, nitrates, antidepressants and heart medicines are the usual points of concern with a blend of this kind — speak to a healthcare professional before you buy rather than after. Other formats and formulas are grouped under male enhancement pills.

Good to know

• Yohimbe deserves a second look. It is a well-documented botanical with real interaction potential, and the NCCIH page linked above is a better starting point than any product description. If you have high blood pressure, a heart condition, anxiety or kidney problems, read it first.
• It is a proprietary blend. You know the total weight and the full ingredient list, but not the individual amounts. That is legal and common, and it is worth knowing before you compare it against a fully itemised competitor.
• Keep it away from children and do not use it if the sachet is torn or the seal is broken.
• No Prop 65 warning is printed on this packaging, so none is reproduced here.
• General background. NCCIH publishes a useful overview of how dietary and herbal supplements are regulated and how safe they are, which applies to this category as a whole and is not specific to this product.

Frequently asked questions

How many capsules come in this pack?

One. This listing is a single Swiss Navy Hard capsule in one sealed foil sachet.

What is the 820 mg figure on the label?

820 mg is the combined weight of the Swiss Navy Hard proprietary blend in one capsule — all thirteen botanical extracts and amino acids added together. The manufacturer does not break that total down per ingredient on the panel.

Does the capsule contain gelatin?

The Supplement Facts panel lists a veggie cap among the other ingredients, which is a plant-derived capsule shell rather than a gelatin one. No gelatin appears anywhere on the printed ingredient list.

Is there a full ingredient list?

Yes — the Supplement Facts table above reproduces the Swiss Navy Hard panel in full, including the four non-active ingredients. Maca, oat straw, taurine, yohimbe bark, epimedium, tribulus, eleuthero, L-tyrosine, L-citrulline, L-arginine, xanthoparmelia, cnidium and tongkat ali make up the blend.

How is it packaged and shipped?

Orders leave in plain packaging with nothing on the outside describing the contents or naming Gear Isle. Our returns policy covers what to do if something arrives damaged.

Product information compiled and reviewed by the Gear Isle product team. We transcribe supplement facts directly from manufacturer packaging. Found an error? Tell us.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Dietary supplement for adults 18 and over. Consult a licensed healthcare professional before use, especially if you have a medical condition, heart concerns, or take prescription medication (including nitrates). Keep out of reach of children.