Pill Sorter, Organizer, Vitamin and Medicine Packaging System for Travel, Easy-Tear Pill Pouches, BPA Free

Works well, but the little bags are very hard to open once you've torn them free from the spool. In fact tearing them free from the spool can be challenging without destroying them if you don't pay close attention. Also note that these do not create waterproof or even airtight pouches. They are perforated and you end up with a little pouch that's very easy to open, which I think is a very good thing depending on who is the end user of the little packets that you create with this thing. It's a decent system at a very good price. Just takes a little work to open each bag and make your little pill pouches, but worth it to prep in advance.

Being a hospital and LTC pharmacist I have been around a plethora of packaging. This system is fantastic for a few person household with a few medications. Totally worth the price. I have used million dollar robots to do the same thing. Multiple other packaging methods as well. For home use this is stellar and affordable. I love that the packaging is small for travel and can be put in a pocket or bag so to not forget. Have a problem opening the bags. A little water on fingertips and rubbing back and forth on the top works fantastic. Use a scissor if you feel heavy handed at splitting the packages. Definitely a great price for the service. Sorry the video is off a bit.

Bottom Line: I would buy this Pill Suite 7-Compartment Pill Organizer and Dispenser again (especially if the plastic was water-clear and colorless), recommend it to friends, recommend it to family, and buy it as a gift for someone I care about. Pros: * Helps prevent errors in assembling pill sets, like missing or or duplicate pills. * Spoon-style output chute makes dispensing pills into pill organizer compartments (and probably mini-plastic bags) much more spill proof, less time consuming, and easier than by hand. Helps one drop much less pills. * Very easy to use: 2 piece design assembles and disassembles simply, quickly and easily; indent "lock" stops, centers, and securely holds dispenser output chute at each of compartment, yet chute rotates easily to next compartment. * 7 empty compartment rotary dispenser makes weekly pill planning easier. * Can be closed so that no pills fall out using the 8th rotary position, which is not a compartment. Not recommended for use as a travel dispenser. Cons: * Orange color can make it difficult to see if orange-ish colored pills have emptied from the dispenser. * Expensive for a consumable, plastic tool. * The indent "lock" will eventually wear out. Notes: * If this dispenser was made with plastic that was water-clear and colorless, I would rate it 5 stars, and it would be worth some additional cost. * This is an excellent companion to weekly pill organizers like the Ezy Dose Weekly (7-day) AM/PM Push Button Pill Planner (XL) . * The rotary lid is most easily removed by pushing the axle out from the bottom of the dispenser.

Mine orange pill sorter came an hour ago. First thought was wow, this thing is so small YET it holds way more than most ppl need. Easy to dispense both in the bags i bought separately listed below and i also use in to fill my new 7 day vitamin containers which I’ve listed below. Just cut, paste and put it in the search bar. I just did a weeks worth of meds in no time! So thrilled! Here’s how: Order these specific bags if you are choosing to put meds in bags-The Pill Bag 100 Count Resealable Zipper Poly Bags, 3 by 2-Inch, 3 mil Clear Plastic Bags with White. They are reusable and much stronger than the other bags I’ve used from the stores. I am choosing to do a weeks worth of pill bags in case I go somewhere. BUT I LOVE my new vitamin containers- 7 days, 4 times a day usage. These hold everything- some of my pull compartments have 12 pill/capsules with one being extremely large. SO happy today when I was filling. This weekly pill planner is THE best I’ve come across over 15 years. It’s Ezy Dose One-Day-At-A-Time Weekly Pill Planner with Pop-Outs (Large) bought from Amazon. Just perfect. Can pop out each day separately and can also take it with you. However I’m giving my new bags a try for that. This orange little sorter is terrific when used with the pill planner above. I put a weeks worth of pulls I take in the morning, then use it to easily fill the morning compartment. Then I do noon, evening and bedtime the same way. It’s so helpful pouring rather than using one pill with your fingers getting in those compartments. I am already ordering 3 more of these orange EZ Dose Pill Vitamin sorters to go with the 4 new Purple Pill planners I just got. Have 28 days of meds/supplements done within 15-20 min at most. I see ppl complaining about the little pull bags that supposedly come with this orange sorter( I didn’t get any with mine) but I knew that I should order stronger, reusable bags. I know this is a long review which I rarely review things. But this is a very efficient way to now do my meds/supplements once every 28 days! A real gem of a find!

I was so excited to get this thing but I'm so very disappointed. The directions say the sealer will heat for 3 to 5 seconds. It doesn't quite stay on for a full 3 seconds and does not seal at all. I can see a faint line but it doesn't do a thing to actually seal. If you stick your finger on the pad it was just on, nothing is even warm. I have changed out batteries to see if branded batteries would work better but haven't had any luck. The bags are SO thin and absolutely impossible to open to even fill! The first few were ruined by the sticker used to hold the roll together. I would not recommend this. Hopefully mine was just a fluke. I am requesting a replacement. If the new one works the way it is supposed to I will definitely update my review!

These are a great way to keep things organized, especially during ground travel. My dog is my most frequent traveling companion, and he takes almost as many pills as I do. I use a labelmaker to avoid the hand cramps and can get our various daily configurations done and in their own freezer bags, plus some packs of the "as needed" type. At home, the "as needed" packs are great for stashing in my purse or having handy bedside. The company really stands behind their products, and were eager to help when I called with a question. I wasn't even certain I had a serious problem, but they shipped a replacement for the part immediately. Any problems with the bags in other reviews seems to have been fixed. You do have to be careful not to tear the perforated strip when separating the bags from the roll, but if you look where you are holding there is no problem. You can even cut a corner off if you need to add another pill and then reseal the corner. The sorter is pretty clever. It could be a little tricky for shaky hands to fill but once the lid is on it feels pretty secure. The sealer works fast. I took the batteries out to store it between uses and they lasted twice as long as I expected. Overall I am very glad I purchased the system and find it makes daily life a bit easier, especially on a trip. I have not tried it on TSA--I like having the official labeled bottle to back me up. But I might bring it along just to sort pills after arrival!

Love the concept of this product. The small plastic pill envelopes take up an incredibly smaller space than what I had been using, but this Pill Suite system is not particularly easy to use. An easier and less expensive way to do all this, I think, is to purchase on Amazon a sorter and pill packets (as described above), but not this Pill Sealer: Alternate Method: 1. Ezy Dose Pill Suite 7-Day Pill Organizer and Dispenser (use with Pill Suite Pouches) $12.95. (Identical stand-alone sorter) and 2. The Pill Bag, 100 Count Ziplock Bag Size 3 X 2 3 Mil (2) $11.97 Both these items can be found on Amazon with a search of the descriptions above -The pill bags are zip-lock type closure, so no heat sealing, can be reused, and are much easier to open and handle. -These particular zip-lock bags have one side of the opening shorter than the other, so it is much easier to separate the plastic to open these bags and to hold them onto the sorter beak. Or- Follow the instructions below to use the heat sealer combo (more expensive): Tips for using the Pill Suite and heat sealer package: Getting the plastic sleeve open to receive pills is not easy. Best way is to lick and slightly wet thumb and forefinger. Wipe finger and thumb with towel or cloth to reduce moisture, and then rub the “fill end”of the sleeve in circlcular motion on top of the right hand arrow corner of the sleeve until the pouch opens. The sorter cover removes easily when twisted back and forth slightly to release the catch. Transferring pills from the sorter to pill bags is also not easy. Best way is to fill all the sorter compartments, replace the cover, turn it upside down and place it upside down on your working surface. Slide the beak of the upside down pill sorter into an already labled plastic sleeve, and hold the dispenser straight up for gravity to slide the pills out and into plastic sleeve. Return the sorter upside down to the working surface. Place the filled sleeve into the battery powered sealer, pressing and holding its button until the light goes off. I found it best to line up pill bottles for each seven day course and distribute the pills to the sorter one medication at the time into the seven compartments. Repeate this for however many days you want packets for. If you discover you left out a pill, you must scissor cut the packet at the "pill fill" end, place or replace the pill, and reseal the envelope. If a bag opens on the side, stick the open side in the sealer to seal it closed. Also if you have only a few pills, cut the bag in half and seal on the "bottom" and top of the filled bag, Seal the other half of the bag only on the top where you cut it. If you purchase a pill sorter and True Pill Bags described above, follow the same instruction, holding the pill sorter the same way and pour pills into zip lock bags. I love the space and time saving features of sorting and packaging pills with either of these approaches.

The best way to prepackage supplements for short (less than a month) trips. It's a little tricky learning to fill them, but once you get a method that works well you'll be in good shape.