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When I was first offered the chance to try this product I wasn’t expecting much at all. I figured it was just another organizer box of some sort that, like all the others I’ve tried, wouldn’t hold all the supplements and medications I take on a daily basis.
I was pleasantly surprised.
Diane, the creator, wrote –
“PillSuite evolved from the need to create a product which made taking vitamins and prescriptions easier. My husband, Phil, and I were celebrating a special Anniversary abroad and were to be away two weeks. Wanting to keep our medication with us (not in checked baggage), Phil sought out an alternative solution to the bulky, hard plastic, flip-top lid containers and PillSuite was born.”
When you have a chronic illness, traveling can be a pain by itself. But when you add in all the items you need to pack, even if you’re only going away for a day or two, it can be completely overwhelming!
The need for necessary meds and supplements can result in taking a separate suitcase just to haul all the bottles, jars, and containers. The typical pill sorters have snap lids that always seem to come un-snapped in my suitcase. Also, I have more meds and supplements than those sorters will hold. So if my trip is on a Tuesday – Thursday I would fill the sorter with the pills and then I’d have to try and remember, “Did I put my Tuesday P.M. pills in the Monday compartment, or was Sunday through Wednesday all A.M. meds and Thursday through Saturday my P.M. meds?”
Am I the only one that’s had this confusion?
When it came to my powdered d-ribose supplement, I had never been able to find a convenient way to take only the necessary doses for the time I’d be gone. I always ended up having to take the entire large container with me.
Or you can do what my husband’s done in the past – throw all your pills in a single little zipper sandwich bag that delightfully grinds the pills until a lovely powder covers the whole bunch.
I knew there had to be a better solution.
Enter PillSuite!
My personal PillSuite Review:
Here’s what you get
- The Suites (little plastic pouches that are 100% biodegradable and made with soy ink. So you don’t have to worry about adding to the landfills)
- The green sealer
- The orange pill sorter
- Batteries (Don’t you love it when a product comes with the required batteries!)
Here’s how it works
- Label the Suite (little plastic pouch) according to your needs. Example: P.M. Meds or A.M. Supplements
- You fill the orange sorter with your pills. I divided mine up into batches- sorting my A.M. pills and then my P.M. pills, A.M. Supplements, and then P.M. Supplements.
- Turn the spouted lid of the sorter so that it’s open to the desired group of pills.
- Take a Suite and slide it over the sorter’s spout, then tip the sorter so the pills slide down into the Suite.
- Slide the open end of the Suite into the green sealer and press down. The red light will come on while the Suite is being sealed and goes off once the sealing process is complete.
- Release the sealer button.
My necessary meds & supplements for a two-day trip
One of the huge benefits to me was the fact that I could fill the little suites with my individual dose of powdered D-Ribose which meant I didn’t need to lug the large container with me. It also made taking this supplement easy. While at a restaurant I was able to grab the dose from my purse and discreetly open it, similar to a small sugar packet, mix it in my glass of water, and Ta-Da! Previously I would have waited until we were back at the hotel so I could pull out the jar which resulted in doses being skipped at optimal times of the day.
If you’ve been looking for a handy, convenient system for sorting your meds and supplements, you might like PillSuite! Be sure to watch the video below. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0a-ZBJ-AIM
