I have small, hard pills that need to be crushed. Plastic pill crushers won’t do the job. So I ordered this item.Yes, this item will crush hard pills. But if a pill is small, too much of it will get caught up in the teeth of the crusher. It’s very aggravating.So I ordered a mortar and pestle instead. Please take my advice on this. If you need to crush small, hard pills don’t buy this item. Instead buy a mortar and pestle. Be sure to get one with a see-through cover. When crushing a pill, you don’t want pieces of the pill flying all over the place.

Pefect pill crusher

Outstanding. Grinds pills to a fine consistency. Very little waste now when I put it in my drink. Plus its fun to use.

This pill crusher has been amazing with my mom’s medicine. She has a peg tube for feeding and medication so it has made life easy. It easily crushes 10 pills with no problem. Easy to clean with a small brush. Would give 5 stars, but you have to break up bigger pills for them to fit inside the crushing part. The turning function doesn’t get stuck or jammed. Also tried it with peppercorns and it worked well for those as well.

Crushes all my tablets in one go, is brilliant and very easy to use. Strong and easy to hold in use not too big for my small hands. I've had 2 now and when this one finally wears out I will buy another one. Not too expensive. Does exactly what it says it does.

Pillen voor mijn kat zijn erg makkelijk superfijn te maken

Bought this for my mom since she is now on NG tube and to make my life a little easier in giving her medications thru it. It was easy to use like grinding whole pepper corns even my son could do it. Easy to put it together however it was not as fine as I was expecting it to be. It was granules kind see photo provided. I still have to use her pill crusher to make it fine so it won’t clog her NG Tube. You could put multiple meds in it but for meds as big as centrum silver you have to cut it into quarters to grind it. I just kept it coz I was too busy taking care of my mom and lazy to return it.

True to form amazing product grind any medication strongly suggested great price

Good product

I ordered this "pill crusher" for my wife. I don't really see this as a crusher as much as it is a grinder, and the instruction sheet refers to parts of it as grinding. The overall construction is metal for the containers and the handle. The grinding part of the device is some form of plastic. Overall it appears to be fairly durable, but only time will tell how well the grinder holds up. Starting at the top and working down: The handle simply slips onto the lug on top of the crusher. There are no nuts or other items to secure the handle in place, so make sure you are using a slight down pressure as you crank the handle to keep it in place. The top cover separates opening the main cylinder for placing the uncrushed pills. This chamber is more than adequate to hold 20 or more large pills. The grinder is at the bottom of this cylinder. The grinder appears to be gravity-fed as there are no inserts or tools for pushing the the pills down into the grinder. Once you have ground the pills, pull off the bottom part of the container and you'll have access to the ground or crushed pills.I previously mentioned that you could put numerous large pills in the grinding chamber, I wouldn't want to try that. I think you will need to cut large pills into half at a minimum and possibly thirds in order for the grinder to pull the pills into the grinding section of the device.You can make adjustments to the grinder for more coarsely ground or finer ground pills.This grinder is only for hard tablet-type pills. Capsules, gelatin or gummi pills, and liquid caps will not work in this crusher, nor would they work in any crusher that I can imagine.

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I have ground ALOT of pills in my lifetime. Eighteen plus years of experience as an ICU nurse/nurse practitioner followed by another eight years of daily pill grinding for a family member that requires their meds via a GJ tube. I Have used ALOT of different makes/models and styles of pill grinders as well: cheap & simple plastic “screw tops”; mortar & pestle; compression squeezer models (where pills are placed in a plastic baggie and then “squeezed” till crushed); even putting pills in a piece of folded paper, covering with a surgical towel and then beating the towel to death with a mallet, hammer or any other hard object available. (necessity is the mother of inventions they say). No matter what method one uses, the outcome desired is always the same: a fine ground powder with minimal chunks.My current pill crusher of choice for home use the past year has been the SILENT KNIGHT (a baggie & compression type device) which I was introduced to while working at UCLA Liver Transplant ICU. The SILENT KNIGHT is the mother lode of pill grinders: it is a work horse, it is effective, it is efficient and once you get your own little system going with it, there is NO PILL IT CANNOT CONQUER! It is extremely well made out of high quality steel and aluminum; with that being said, this high quality construction does come at a price: the SILENT KNIGHT is heavy and not as travel friendly as other pill crushers on the market. Because we encounter travel frequently including overseas travel, there was a real need for a lighter and easier to pack pill grinder.Therefore, the “Pill Mill” was purchased simply to be used as the “travel pill grinder”. It looked light and compact, easy to assemble/dissemble, clean, etc. The reviews looked promising....who knew? Maybe we would be pleasantly surprised and it would outperform the SILENT KNIGHT.Shipping was quick. Delivered as promised. Packaged well. Removed from box. Instructions included and were easy to understand. As other reviewers have said, the removable top lid is somewhat difficult to get on & off; it is quite a tight fit, but to me it is a hallmark of quality construction and not really a downside of the product itself-however, I could see that if someone had severe arthritis or limited dexterity, they may have difficulty getting the top on & off. The removable crank arm turns easily (turn clockwise to grind pills), but it has to be reattached every time you remove the lid, which requires you to thread it down onto the post on top of the lid of the grinder. Once again, someone that has limited dexterity or poor vision may have difficulty doing this as well.Where the “PILL MILL” really fell short for me was in its basic function: grinding. It performed as promised when grinding small pills that had no waxy or enteric coating on them. When I say small pills, I am describing pills no larger than the diameter of a pencil eraser. Pills that were larger than that or were oblong had to be cut in half or thirds. Also, the “PILL MILL” did not perform well when it had say, more than 3-4 smallish pills in the chamber at once. If more pills were placed in the grinder or large pills placed, the gears of the grinder would get jammed, requiring you to either a) rotate crank shaft counter clockwise while shaking “PILL MILL” to dislodge stuck pills or b) dissemble entire grinder and fish out the jammed pills one by one.Gave it several more attempts using different techniques, hoping to make the “PILL MILL” perform up to my expectations....but to no avail.In the end, the “PILL MILL” is being returned & I am thankful this company offers a 30 day return policy.BOTTOM LINE: SAVE YOUR MONEY!I would only recommend this item if you have a few pills to grind (that are very small & have no waxy coating on them), and also have a need to grind spices or MMJ.Otherwise, you are better off saving your cash and buying a $2.00 plastic “screw top” grinder that you can pick up at your local pharmacy. (Or go the pounding with the hammer route which is free)However, if you have multiple meds to take/give that requires them to be pulverized into a fine powder, check out the SILENT KNIGHT. (I swear I am not affiliated with the company in any way; I am just a loyal user of their product). Although not perfect, it still is the best crusher/grinder out on the market IMO. So much so, that we will still be lugging it in the carry on, as heavy as it may be, grinding and crushing pills as wetravel the globe.Just a recap:“PILL MILL” Pros:-sleek design-lightweight; good for travel-works for small pills, small # pills, no coating-30 day return policy“PILL MILL” Cons:-removable lid hard to get on/off-removable crank handle may be hard to thread onto post for some people-can’t handle larger pills, large # of pills or pills with a coating-big pills need to be cut in half or thirds-crank seems to spin and spin when pills get stuck requiring counter clockwise rotation of crank and /or manual dissemble-DOES NOT PERFORM AS DESCRIBED!!!!