North American Health + Wellness Herrschners Revolving Medicine Center, White (JB6300)

**Update: 16 months in** I just wanted to update this review since we've now had this organizer for over a year... and it is STILL going strong. I was concerned that maybe the "hinge" of the daily pill containers would begin to weaken and eventually break apart, but there's absolutely no sign of that happening any time soon. My ONLY complaint (which is minor AND patient-specific) is that the individual compartments are somewhat small. Now keep in mind, "small" is relative - I'm able to fit a large multi-vitamin, another "horse pill", three capsules plus a standard small round pill in a single compartment... but with the addition of new medications this month, I'm definitely wishing for a slightly larger compartment. LOL I believe there is still ample room for the majority of people's needs - never had any trouble fitting all of my husband's pills in his compartments. The 'lazy susan' has held up very well, even with a rambunctious cat TWICE knocking it off a table and onto a tile floor. No visible or functional damage at all. And it's because we were considering buying a second one (owing to the addition of some new meds for me that need to be taken on a slightly different schedule) that I decided to update this review. It speaks well of the quality of this item that it was the first option I thought of when it came time to figure out my new med schedule.*****Original Review*****My husband and I are both on several different medications, and we both take pills twice a day. We have used many different styles of multi-pill/multi-dose dispensers, trying to find a solution which fit our needs well. This turned out to be it.We're using one unit for both of our meds, and to do that required some slight but simple modifications of the product. Armed with a pack of sticky labels and a marker, I went through and stuck labels on each of the four compartments for each day. They are labeled "BA/RA/BP/RP" respectively. (Him AM, Me AM, Him PM, Me PM). I sit down once each month and dole out his morning/evening pills and my morning/evening pills. Using one unit like this has the added benefit of allowing each of us to tell easily - when we go to take our own meds - if the other has remembered to take theirs. For two sometimes forgetful people, that's been great!I also went through and put a label on the outside of each slot - Sunday through Saturday, with three left blank. I did this because, first thing in the morning, neither of us is thinking clearly - "Is today May 7th or May 8th?" But we can usually remember that it's Monday or Saturday! It's just another visual clue to let us ensure we're taking the right meds on the right day - since I have one pill I take only once a week, that's especially useful.This has worked out extremely well for us - neither of us has missed a dose since we began using this product, though we've both benefited from the other being able to tell at a glance if we've taken our meds already!As others have noted, the top and bottom do not rotate independently of each other. We haven't found that to be problematic for us. If we have any complaints, it's that the top recessed well space isn't actually wide enough to accommodate medium to larger bottles of Ibuprofen and our multi-vitamins. It's a minor thing, however, and really pales in comparison to the positives.Opening and closing the pill holders the first time can be a bit awkward - they're tight to open, tight to snap shut, But after setting up the first month, we never again found any trouble with that, so I think it's just a tightness that comes from them being brand new.We're very happy with this item... it's serving our needs perfectly.

Perfect concept great idea so easy to use so easy to organize. I wish I had seen this earlier unfortunately I only had it for a month before my mom passed away. Price was right a lot cheaper than it was in a medical store.

I wish I would have purchased this product a long time ago. Very helpful for my husband. He has low vision and doesn’t have to hunt for right pills. Great organizer for 30 days!

Update information:I have had this product for over four (4) months and the clear nail polish I painted over the numbers and words is working great. There has been no smearing of the writing and the Revolving Medicine Center still looks brand new! If you get one be sure you protect the numbers and words with a clear coat of nail polish or clear paint for plastic. It will keep the writing from smearing and rubbing off!Original review:The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that the the paint they use for the numbers and words will start rubbing off if you do not protect them with a clear coat. But overall they work very well.I would like it if they made the pill holders slightly bigger. For now my medicine fits it but the vitamins I put in the areas marked Noon and Eve sometimes get stuck because the fit is so tight.I bought my first Revolving Medicine holder, on Amazon, a little over three years ago for $19.50 (October 1, 2019). It was called Jobar International - Pill Organizer, 31 pill holders, Rotates 360 degrees and was sold by HOLDANDSTORAGE. It is still going strong but I lost day 31 (which I was able to work around) and then recently I lost day 2 and decided it was time to purchase a new one.Amazon no longer carries the Jobar brand but I found it at Walmarts but they wanted $37.21 which I felt was way to much for it. I found this one (North American Health + Wellness Herrschners Revolving Medicine Center, White) on Amazon (sold by Amazon.com Services LLC) for $27.62. That is almost $10.00 less (I felt it was still a little high but more reasonable) so I decided to give it a try and see if it was comparable.So far I can not tell any difference in them. The quality and size seems the same. In fact they are so much alike that I would be willing to bet they are made in the same factory in China on the same machines, using the same materials and paint.When I purchased the Jobar Pill Organizer I did not realize the numbers would rub off. They did, so I used a sharpie to fill them back in and keep them readable. This time I bought some cheap clear nail polish (L.A. Color - base coat/top coat) and painted it on the numbers and words. If you work with plastic models and have a clear coat made for them, it will probably work even better. However, model paint clear coat starts around $3.00 and I got the nail polish for less than $1.00 and it is working just fine ( I put on 3 coats and did not use even 1/4 of the bottle. I plan to add a fresh coat about once or twice a year.I will to use the remaining pill boxes from the Jobar as replacements for the new Revolving Medicine Center, if I lose or break a pill box. If needed I can rub a number off the old pill box, use my sharpie to write the number I need, then protect the numbers and the word on the pill box with the clear nail polish.A Revolving Pill Organizer is well worth having. I would miss taking my medicine about half the time without it.

I bought this for my grandfather. Previously, he had one single one-week organizer, one double one-week organizer, and he opened bottles individually for his bedtime pills. My grandmother had to get them all out every week and refill, it was always the chore she dreaded most.With this organizer, I now fill up one month at a time for them. It takes me about as long to do the whole month as it used to take her to do a week. I was worried it might be cumbersome to only fill up one day at a time instead of doing all the breakfast then all the noon pills, etc., but it wasn’t bad at all. My grandfather lays the day he’s on in front of the organizer and at the end of the day, he puts that day’s box back and sets the next day’s out.It fits in their cabinet just right. The tall 3-month pill bottles were too tall for the top shelf but they perfectly on the bottom shelf behind the pill boxes. They couldn’t be happier with this new system. It’s ideal for those helping aging parents & grandparents.