Apex Ultra Pill Cutter, Professional Medical Pill Splitter with Retracting Blade Guard, for Precise Cutting Small or Large Tablets, Vitamins, Blue/Green and Clear, 1 Count, Compact & Travel-Friendly

Great pill cutter at a fabulous price.Works on all shapes of meds

This is a good product at a good price. It does cut the pills I need it to and it cuts them smoothly. It was packaged well and arrived quickly. When I need another one this is the one I will buy.

I bought this pill cutter to cut 90 pills into fourths. Before I reachef the 20th pill, I had already encountered every problem that people complained about in these reviews.* The pill cutter stops opening completely, and if you want to open it fully, you have to push the little flexible plastic shield on the bottom up toward the device. However, even if you don't fix it, it doesn't make it any harder to cut pills or less accurate.* The pill cutter cuts unevenly, but only if you don't position the pill correctly (in orientation, or you don't push it securely into the triangle holder), or you're not using it on a hard flat surface. In other words, this is user error.* The blade does dull very quickly, but that doesn't affect its effectiveness or accuracy.* This pill cutter can crush your pills, but only if you're not using it on a hard flat surface.The only problem that I found that was slightly annoying, was that the cutter left pill dust all over the table underneath it, but it was a minor inconvenience.In each case, the pill cutter still did its job, and was significantly easier than cutting the pills with a knife.All you have to do is place it on a hard, flat surface, and make sure that you push the pill into the top of the triangle until it fits snugly. If you care about the pills being even, then make sure that you line it up evenly. And have a wet washcloth or something to clean up the pill dust afterwards.That's it. It's not perfect, but it's easy, and it works. :)

I've had a lot of pill splitters in my day (I have a lot of chronically ill pets) but this is one of the better ones. (I actually got this for one of my own medications.)This is super easy to operate. The part where you put the pill is a slightly flexible silicone so you can sort of push the sides to get your pill lined up properly. The silicone also helps keep the pill from going flying during or after the cut. While it's open, there's a plastic shield that covers the razor blade so you won't cut yourself. This slides smoothly into and out of place as you operate the splitter.I'm getting nice, clean cuts with this, so I am actually properly dividing my dose of medication in half. There's not a lot of powder or crumbling (although do pay attention to the recommended storage conditions for your medication to help prevent disintegration). What I do is cut the pill in the evening and take one half, then take the remaining half in the morning (as directed by my doctor!) and then I know that I haven't missed any doses.Anyway, this operates smoothly and does everything I need it to, so I'm happy. It's also well made with no cracks or chips in the plastic. The metal blade was in good shape and not rusty. I'd gladly buy the same one again if I had it to do over.Please don't split pills unless recommended by your doctor. Some medications are not designed to be split.

So, I wanted to have a good pill cutter that I could use to halve my pills. (obviously) I gravitated toward this one because it has the little rubber finger gripper that would seem to make it easier to grip when cutting. "Cool!", I thought. It gets here, I'm excited to use it because I'm waiting to try to wean off of a medication and I'm anxious to get that going. You know? Anyway, I read the back of the package, because I'm a nerd like that, and I took it out. Seemed ok. The gripper was grippy, felt and looked a little strange. Smelled like it was flammable, but whatever. I put my pill in, lined it up, pushed in down..aaannnnd nothing. It didn't even score the pill. I thought maybe I was missing something. Was there some kind of blade cover? Well, there is a flimsy piece of plastic inside the cutter itself, I thought maybe that was the problem. I tried to remove it. Nope, it doesn't come off. Plus, I watched the mechanism at work, and the plastic slid under when you closed it. Pretty sure it's just there so you don't cut your fingers off when loading the pill. So, I tried again. And nothing. I re-adjusted the pill toward the middle of the cutter. I squeezed down as hard as I could and it finally cut the pill. But it cut it into a million pieces, mostly powdery pieces. Which sucked because then I had to take a pill that was basically like tasting BC powder times 50. So gross. I didn't want a crushed pill! In addition, the same rubber grip that is on the outside it on the inside where the pill sits. Which you'd think would just hold the pill better, but since it destroyed my pill into shreds, it basically ended up being a rubber grip full of powdery pill bits. Basically, the point of my story is this; don't purchase this. It's useless. Spend a few extra bucks and get a better one. Don't trust the grippy bits, they're a gimmick. Now I'm stuck with a piece of useless plastic. I don't even want a refund, I just want to forget this ever happened.

I bought 2. One for myself and my husband. I've had issues in the past of these breaking after only a few uses and these aren't like that. Nice and durable plus they cut nice and clean. So nice sharp blade with smooth cut for even the larger thicker pills