Customer Reviews

EZY Dose Jumbo Weekly Pill Reminder, 2XL - 1 ea

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I take a bunch of different vitamins, supplements, medications, etc. I was always having to squish them into other vitamin packs. This one has the space, is clearly marked, has firmly snapping lids but easy to open. Working Great. Love it.

Perfect container for meds, vitamins or whatever. The lettering leaves no doubt about where you are in any given week. Super spacious and should be fool-proof. Once the items are in the pill box you're set for a week.
Very handy container can be used for just about any small items.

I have pills I have to take in the morning and some at night. I've been using some 2X boxes that my retired-nurse wife got from drug reps at the clinic.

The problem is that they were too small. My vitamin, Glucosimine-Condroitin, Fish Oil, Welchol and Co-Q10 capsules are all huge. Just those five things add up to nine capsules in the morning batch and five in the evening. Then add in my aspirin, BP meds, Lexapro, Plavix, Niaspan a few others...

Anyway, everything is solved with these 3X containers.

One holds all my morning meds for a week with room to spare. Yes, even with nine large capsules. The other holds my evening meds with LOTS of room left over.

The only thing I wish is that I could have gotten one in a different color or perhaps tinted a bit darker to make it REALLY obvious which held my nighttime meds.

Several years ago I had purchased a few of the very same type of pill organizer, at a local store. But then when I decided I wanted several more, to accomplish more sorting and organizing each time I did it, the store no longer had them, nor anything nearly this large for all of those over-the-counter vitamins and supplements I've been taking. I did keep checking the store frequently, but these large organizers just never showed up again. What a joy it was to find them at Amazon. It's been such a help to have these extras, enough to bring the total to the number that could be stacked three deep and readily fit the width of a kitchen drawer. Have used a marker to mark the upper left end of each organizer as to which meal the pills in that container are to be taken with. Would very definitely recommend these for anyone needing pill organizers large enough to hold several pills in each compartment. Also, being able to stack them as I do is a big plus too. For my purposes, these jumbo pill reminders are most definitely worthy of a 5-Star rating.

The plastic is solid, the lids stay closed. The individual containers are huge. I take 7 suppliment/vitamins a day and this thing helps me keep track. I have no need to take more pills but if I did, there is still room for me to put an entire weeks worth in one day's container. Probably not ideal for travel due to its gigantic size, but its high visibility helps remind one to take pills at home.

I take a lot of supplements. In fact, I am personally responsible for the "vitamin and supplement industry bailout program" (Mr. President, you can thank me later). Anyway, I have never found a pill container that would hold all my supplements. I have the size smaller than this one and I would try cramming everything in there and praying the lid would close (and stay closed). The 3XL size is PERFECT! My only regret is that I didn't buy 3 or 4 more.

Measurements are approx 9 inches long.

This one DOESN'T LOCK. I have an old version of the same thing, and it is very hard to open with your hands, yet seems to fall open by itself in your bag. So annoying. Skip this one and get the locking one for fifty cents more.

This product should have the size in inches so you know what you are ordering. Although the product was great, it took me three orders before I got the size I needed as all the pictures look the same.

First I'd like to acknowledge that I realize, or I discovered from trial and error, that pill cases are something that should be chosen by the person who will be filling them and administering the medicine/pills, because there are numerous different kinds, sizes, and styles and each one is good for different reasons. It's a very personal item, and everyone will like or hate certain types for their own, very good reasons.

If you want the short & sweet version of my review, know that I chose this one because it was easy to fill, easy to handle, easy to dispense, had the number of days I wanted, was the size I needed in overall dimensions as well as the size of each compartment, and it did not pop open when it should not. If you want a more in depth review, see below.

I purchased the EZY Dose 3XL for $4.29 and I'm very happy I did. I rarely recommend something that's a bit more expensive. I only do if the item is much better in quality than cheaper ones and therefore worth the extra money. I purchased others that were cheaper, and had to return them.

As I mentioned above, I was looking for a very simple, easy to read, easy to open, easy to handle, clear, 7 day pill case that would hold a large amount of pills and hold them securely, without popping open. This was the largest and best I found that held 7 days. I looked online and in stores in my area. I did not buy my first 2 from Amazon, but now that I know they have them at a reasonable price that I can afford, I'll be buying more because I find preparing my daily pills to be boring, annoying, and monotonous and I want to be able to prepare 4 to 8 weeks of pills at one time, so I'll be buying at least 4 to 6 more through Amazon this time (so I don't have to drive to the one store I finally found that carries this). I have Amazon Prime free shipping privileges, so that's a plus too. If you want to know how to get Amazon Prime free shipping, just ask me.

To give you an idea of how many pills the EZY Dose 3XL will hold - I measured it by filling one compartment with water and found it holds 2 fluid ounces (2/3 of a 3 oz bathroom Dixie cup). So, to know if your pills will all fit, put your pills in a 3 oz Dixie cup and if your pills don't fill up the cup more than 2/3, you should have no problem. That's the easiest way to know, if you can't test it first (when you buy online). See below for exact dimensions of the 3XL. See our photo above for a comparison with two other pill organizers.

I had purchased other pill organizers but they were smaller and none of the other simple basic holders I tested held the pills securely and simply, without popping open, without having to fumble with special levers, without the extra space special levers and markers took up. I wanted simple, compact but large (but only 7 days), and secure, and that's what I got with the EZ Dose 3XL.

I placed this in my larger bag (purse) in a realistic walk from my home to my car and shopping all day and had no problem with it popping open. I also tossed it and dropped it onto my counter several times (with and without pills in it) and it never popped open like others did. But I do not recommend tossing this (or any product like it) loosely, without care, into any bag. It's not made for that. It's made for sitting on a counter, a table, or in a drawer. Personally, if I knew I was going to bring it with me in a bag (purse) every day I'd slide it into an umbrella cover, just to be sure. I have several umbrella covers with no use, since I never put them back on my umbrellas once I take it off the first time so I'm happy to find a great use for them anyway.

The total outer dimensions are 11" long, 2 5/16" deep (including levers and hinges), 1 5/16" tall (including the little brail nodes).

The inner dimensions of each compartment are 1.5" wide, 2 1/16" deep (front to back), and just under 1 /18" tall (bottom to top). And again, as I mentioned above, the volume is 2 oz liquid measure. But of course you do not want to put liquids in it, that's just to give you an idea of the size of the compartment. I put 22 pills of various sizes in one compartment and it's only 3/4 full. I wanted it to be this large because I might have more pills to take in the future and wanted the "room to grow", plus if you try to stuff too many into any case you can make it pop open just by over loading it, stuffing it too full. I can easily put another 10 to 15 pills in the EZY Dose 3XL (for a total of nearly 40 pills) without any problem.

Highly recommended if you want simple, clear, easy open, large, nothing busy looking, fancy or complicated.

Lastly, for those of you who hate the boring chore of preparing pills every day like I do, and want to use a pill organizer that has many more compartments, I do NOT recommend the kind with a sliding plastic lid like this Ezy Dose Four-a-day Weekly Maxi-pharmadose Medication Organizer or this EZY Dose Four-A-Day Weekly Practidose Medication Organizer. I have one like this, and it's very difficult (especially if you have dexterity problems) to pour the pills out and not have them end up all over the counter or floor. It's just very awkward to pour them out. If you need a larger pill organizer that holds more than 7 days or has more than 7 compartments, make sure the organizer allows you to remove one row or one compartment at a time from the entire case. It should lift out, so you can easily open the compartment and pour the pills out into your hand (or a cup for a patient), similar to this one: Ezy Dose Large Four a Day Weekly, One Day At a Time Medication Organizer.

I highly recommend, before making your purchase, that you look closely at the many different kinds of pill organizers there are available to you here at Amazon and in your local stores, and make sure you get the one that's best for you. You have many choices, which is rare these days.

Wishing you all Good Health, Happiness, and Prosperity

Make no mistake, you can fit all your pills in here! I take about 14 supplements a day (bodybuilder) and I was so happy that they all fit in here! AWESOME!