What do you think of the Tespo Vitamin Dispenser?

Judiththomps

Tespo is a Vitamin Dispenser that liquifies vitamins. I curious as to what the Fitbit Community thinks of this new device? I just purchased one (have not received it yet) and am not affiliated with the company.

bpetrosky

Firstly, this is the MyFitnessPal community, not the Fitbit. They're a couple doors down to the left.

The device looks like a very expensive gimmick, trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. $99 for a gadget to mix a vitamin solution with water that's the size of a coffeemaker. That's not even considering the cost of the vitamins you have to buy from that company. I don't think there is any recognized concern about people not being able to absorb the vitamins from a pill or gummies, so liquifying the dose doesn't provide a significant benefit.

Also, does the company use USP to certify their vitamin pods? It would be insult to injury if the vitamin packs do not even contain the dosages they claim to provide. This is one of the recognised problems in the supplement industry where many products do not contain the product claimed on the label.

ETA: I compared the price of their multivitamin pods to a USP brand I would consider a decent value, and Tespo is nearly double the cost per dose. Comparing the labels doesn't show anything to justify that premium.

Bottom line, if I buy a bottle of vitamins at the store for $10-$15, I'm only out that money if I don't like the product. I wouldn't also have a $99 gadget sitting unused on the shelf. If the company goes under you probably won't be able to get the pods either.

Can you get your money back?

stanmann571

Judiththomps wrote: »

Tespo is a Vitamin Dispenser that liquifies vitamins. I curious as to what the Fitbit Community thinks of this new device? I just purchased one (have not received it yet) and am not affiliated with the company.

I don't believe you

kshama2001

I agree this sounds like a solution to a nonexistent problem. Also, I don't buy from brands that use artificial colors, so that's another problem I don't have.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tespo-is-the-keurig-of-vitaminsbut-does-it-work

...The company says the liquid eliminates “unnecessary ingredients” like artificial coloring, producing the “purest vitamins” you can take.

..Even more unclear is whether or not liquid vitamins are, in fact, more easily absorbed by the body. The company does not include links to any outside sources—and scientific studies on the topic are hard (if not impossible) to find.

Purplebunnysarah

Makes expensive pee even more expensive?

Aaron_K123

A lot of vitamins are not water soluble which is a problem with that concept. I mean some are and those you could dissolve but the rest the best you could do would be a suspension. Even then I'm not sure they would be absorbed unless you drank it along with a meal that had fats.

Diatonic12

Just eat fortified gummy bears. Almost all gummy bears are fortified now, hard to find the plain old silly kind.

Diatonic12

Melting them into a solid block saves time.

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VUA21

Why would I spend money to liquify a pill??? Seriously, waste of money unless you have a medical condition that prevents the swallowing of anything solid, then you have bigger problems that a liquid "pill"

Stockholm_Andy

I honestly can't the the point in a Nespresso machine for vitamins.

However, more to the point I can't believe you get vitamin fortified gummy bears LOL

amusedmonkey

So basically, a gummy without gelatin. Not worth the price or the counter space. Gummies dissolve nicely in hot liquids if you want liquified vitamins.

JaydedMiss

.............why

nutmegoreo

I wouldn't buy it. I try to get what I can from foods. But to be fair, I can't be arsed with a Keurig either. I can't wrap my head around paying so much for something I can do for less cost and for relatively little extra effort.

ladyreva78

nutmegoreo wrote: »

I wouldn't buy it. I try to get what I can from foods. But to be fair, I can't be arsed with a Keurig either. I can't wrap my head around paying so much for something I can do for less cost and for relatively little extra effort.

Not to mention the additional waste/trash produced by those capsule systems, since each one of those capsules/pads can only be used once.

MsHarryWinston

This is the stupidest thing I’ve heard of all morning.