Acu-Life Pill Splitter with Storage, Stainless Steel Blade

I own this pill cutter since 2023, my husband borrowed it so bought a second identical pill cutter so we don’t have to share one. I own 2 or 3 other styles but this is my favorite!!!

Blade has lasted a long time. Easy to use.

I used to have to cut bupropion in quarters for my dog (now just in half). This pill is not intended to be split, so it’s very thick. It broke two of my other pill cutters over time. This pill cutter cuts it with no problem! I also like this pill cutter for tiny pills like ondansetron because the blade is lower profile, as I called it. So it can reach the tiniest of pills to cut in half. I am a pharmacy technician at an animal hospital and I had my clinic switch over to these pill cutters instead of our old ones that we give out to clients. Really superior, basic pill cutter.

Overall this is a pretty good item for my purposes, but there are pros and cons. I chose this cutter because I've been looking for one that doesn't have the safety guards - it's easy to accidentally get the piece of the pill trapped in the safety guard when you open it. This one works pretty well for my purposes in terms of being sharp and cutting cleanly. However, I don't need to cut them perfectly in half, and I know that's a deal breaker for a lot of folks. The pills I take are also very hard, so the cutter is able to cut cleanly through them, even all the way down into super small pieces. However, the lack of "padding" on the cutting surface (usually silicone) means that the pill does slide around a lot, and pieces even flip out onto the floor if you open it too fast. Even though I don't have to worry about it being cut perfectly in half, sometimes it slips to the point where only a tiny part of the edge gets shaved off. Ironically, even though it's slippery, it's very hard to turn the pill 90 degrees if you're trying to cut into quarters. Lastly, there are two compartments, but both are so small/narrow it's really hard to get the pieces out. You can turn it upside down to let them fall into your hand, but that means if you are using one of them for storage, those pills come out as well, creating a bit of a mess and more likely to spill the whole thing. This does the job and will work for the moment, but unfortunately it looks like I'm still on the hunt for one that works best for me (with a silicone surface, no blade guard, and no extra compartments.)

I have tried other pill cutters. This one is by far the best. If you have a large pill, this one never splinters the pill. Two others that I tried from Amazon, advertised as never splintering, did splinter! So glad I found this one!!!

I have two of these. One for my morning medications that need to be cut in half and stored in this container, and another for my evening medications that need to be cut in half and stored in this container. I wrote a M for morning, and E for evening on the top of the containers, so I know which ones I take in the morning, and which ones I take in the evening.

I HAVE TO THROW THIS PILL CUTTER AWAY, having used it for one day only. The pill cutter consistently cuts one side larger than the other, something like 2/5 and 3/5. It is helpful to have a certain amount of precision when taking prescription medicine. Using this pill cutter means that one might take several pills in a row that happened to be smaller, reducing the prescribed medication, and then perhaps taking a few larger pills, thus increasing the amount of medication higher than the prescribed dose. This cannot be good for someone. The concept of cutting a few pills at a time is very helpful, and the holder seems to hold them in place fairly well.

If the pills are flat this would probably work well. For pills that are not completely flat not so much. It doesn't cut pills with slight convex shape such as lisinopril evenly, which makes for unpredictable dosages halves. The plastic prongs do not hold the pills steady for their shape and the blade does not cut through cleanly because they seem to 'roll' slightly when the blade makes contact. Going slower didnt really help. I think if there was a slight concave dent where the pill sits it would cut much more evenly.

Tiene una buena calidad y la navaja tiene un filo apropiado para cortar las pastillas, aunque a veces se batalla con las de forma oval o con cubierta especial.

Works perfectly, you don't need to apply a load of pressure to split the pill. I've split two pills a small round one and a large round one and it split them with no problem. You slide the pill between the triangle and then simply close the lid and once you open it the pills split the two storage compartments are great as when I used to use a knife to split them I'd end up losing the other half. Well work the money.

This pill cutter is pretty good at what it does, though a part of me wishes the part that 'holds' the pill was made of rubber instead of hard plastic. While it hasn't been a big enough issue to give it lower stars, sometimes the pill does move slightly on its own accord, meaning it doesn't always cut in half the way you would want it. Once you're aware of this, you can slowly move the blade down so it puts some pressure and then complete the cut. So keep that in mind.

Pour en avoir essayé plusieurs, je peux confirmer que celui ci est bien étudié et qu'il coupe à la perfection les médicaments de toute taille ce qui n'est pas le cas de beaucoup d'autres !

Brilliant product. Splits even the smallest pill. Just remember to position the pill correctly.