Apex-Carex Healthcare Pill Pulverizer 1 Unit

I’ve been using a mini pestle and mortar for years but needed something to take to the Cattery as my aged cat now has more meds than me and being able to crush the tablets properly reduces the stress considerably . It really works. I was a little sceptical and one of the tablets needed a bit more effort. After a second attempt all crushed to powder. I now have the knack. Only had it a couple of weeks but if it lasts like other reviewers have stated I will be very pleased.

It works really well, was reasonably priced. Had never heard of a pill crusher until I needed to crush all my husbands’ pills to administer through a PEG tube directly into his tummy and I was asked by one of the professionals overseeing my husbands’ illness how was I coping with administering his medication and I said I’d had to result to crushing his tables between clingfilm with a rolling pin and she suggested a pill crusher. I would definitely buy this model again.

This pill crusher uses a pointed shape for the top which fits perfectly into the bottom. The pointed design makes it easy to crush pills, because the point puts more concentrated pressure in one spot. The two ears on the top piece provide a good grip. The only negative is that there is no good grip on the bottom part, which is very hard. So you have to hold tighter and if you have to crush a lot of pills, you may develop calluses on your fingers/hand.I find that to get a really fine powder, I have to screw the top down, then up and down, repeating maybe 5-10 times, while shaking it a little. If I do it just once, there will be small hard chunks in the resulting powder. It's fairly easy though, thanks to the good grip on the top.There is another version of this pill crusher with a bottom that has a better grip, but I read that its edges are sharp. You may be better off using this one.

They seem to have sent me the more expensive version which looks like the Ultra Pill Crusher from Apex but I'm not complaining. The Ultra is really easy to grip and really doesn't require any pressure.Gets the cats' tablets down to a fine powder. I'm very happy with it. Certainly easier and less messy than my previous spoon attempts!

This does just the job. It's a bit bigger than I expected but good. The one that I received is also different from the picture stated but I think it is actually better because it gives you more grip. It is easy with large tablets and if there are a couple of bigger bits, then just turn again.

Had this for about 3 days, getting repetitive strain injury already as the pills I have to crush are very hard. It's very hard on the hands turning the screw even with flanges, and I don't even have arthritis. Pretty sure I'll have to revert to putting pills between kitchen paper and crushing them with my very heavy hammer, otherwise will cause damage to my hand. I'm sure it's good for softer pills though, and certainly very convenient....

Bought this to be tested by a peer reviewer circle, and it came up trumps on other models. Easy to use, no uneccesary parts, and the lugs on the lid made it easy to turn for people with limited dexterity. You can see that the pill is crushed and it's easy to clean the power out without leaving half the dose behind.

How can a designer get something so simple so wrong! The reason why someone would buy this is because the pills are to big to swallow so what good is it if when you put a large pill in there isn't enough thread on the gadget to engage and crush the pill, had to break the pill in half then put half in and bash the top down to break up the pill a bit then the thread will just about engage to allow screwing down to crush the pill up fully, trust me I've been an mechanical design engineer in aerospace for 40 years and my pills are for a very common condition and used all over the world so the pills ain't that big.