CEL M-Test...

[TommyTuffGuy]

Smaller capsules.

Who's got the scoop.

Should I be worried.

On bottle 5 or 6 now. Favorite product. Better not be gettin' shafted. Soon as I poured them into my hand I could feel these micro-machine wannabes.

3 to the left is the new bottle. 3 to the right is my old one.

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[rowz4broz]

if you open the caps on the right are they completely filled?

if you have a scale available to you i would weigh out the contents of both

 

[TommyTuffGuy]

if you open the caps on the right are they completely filled?

if you have a scale available to you i would weigh out the contents of both

I'm being partially facetious with this post I do not have a scale, but was hoping someone who knows this company could chime in if they simply just are packing smaller capsules now with the same serving size.

 

[rowz4broz]

im sure a rep will chime in... just trying to provide quick solutions to put you at ease!

 

[TommyTuffGuy]

im sure a rep will chime in... just trying to provide quick solutions to put you at ease!

Yeah I was just finishing up my bottle of the prior batch and usually dump out a day's worth on my counter to dose for the next day and as soon as they hit my hand I had to check the bottle to make sure I didn't order the wrong thing, haha. It was jarring.

 

[vujade]

maybe mw1 can chime in

 

[heavylifter33]

I've got a bottle on the way, i'll check them out and see if i notice anything. Going to assume that they simply went with a smaller capsule bc of the manufacturer.

 

[Distilled Water]

To my knowledge, nothing had changed. Just appears to be a different capsule size but mg for mg g2g

 

[cheftepesh1]

Knowing the company it is probably just the manufacturer switched the size of the capsules which happens more often then not. The same raws are placed inside just less free space. Have had many conversations with the owner and he is a straight shooter.

 

[LeanEngineer]

I would say more than likely it's the above case, where the manufacturer switched the size of the caps.

 

[TommyTuffGuy]

Ok, just making sure and getting out ahead of it, I know there will be questions popping up from it from M-Test users who are used to the large caps.

 

[warbird01]

Where did you buy them from OP?

Can't remember if any of the bottles I have ran used different sized caps.

 

[corsaking]

how does the dosage compare against old and new.
if you now get smaller caps with the same dosage , theyve got to be wider if smaller in length to match the quantity in each old capsule

 

[Farlesworth]

how does the dosage compare against old and new.
if you now get smaller caps with the same dosage , theyve got to be wider if smaller in length to match the quantity in each old capsule

This assumes the larger capsules were completely full, assuming zero change to the powder itself

 

[EMPIREMIND]

Smaller capsules.

Who's got the scoop.

Should I be worried.

On bottle 5 or 6 now. Favorite product. Better not be gettin' shafted. Soon as I poured them into my hand I could feel these micro-machine wannabes.

3 to the left is the new bottle. 3 to the right is my old one.

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Less is more ? Lol that would bug me out too man.

 

[TommyTuffGuy]

Where did you buy them from OP?

Can't remember if any of the bottles I have ran used different sized caps.

Amazon. M-Test is on Prime so it comes ASAP. Have gotta probably 4 of my 5 bottles from there.

 

[warbird01]

Amazon. M-Test is on Prime so it comes ASAP. Have gotta probably 4 of my 5 bottles from there.

Honestly I wouldn't worry too much. I know CEL has changed cap sizes in the past which freaked me out a little until I found out they were changed. CEL is a super reputable company so if they say you are getting X, you are getting X.

 

[mw1]

The manufacturer was out of the same size caps we previously used...same amount of active ingreds but the smaller size has less filler

 

[vujade]

The manufacturer was out of the same size caps we previously used...
same amount of active ingreds but the smaller size has less filler

thx for clarifying mw :biggthumpup:

 

[bosskardo]

The manufacturer was out of the same size caps we previously used...same amount of active ingreds but the smaller size has less filler

Hope this continues. Less filler is better.
BTW what's used as filler?

 

[corsaking]

Hope this continues. Less filler is better.
BTW what's used as filler?

is it not declared on the label?
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/content/standards/quality/additives-fillers.html

 

[bosskardo]

is it not declared on the label?
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/content/standards/quality/additives-fillers.html

I was too lazy.
I think cellulose was reduced. Reducing magnesium stearate would make production harder.
Cellulose is one of the better ones used.

Did you post the link to say fillers are needed?
I agree on that but often too much is used. Either nobody took the time to try if less would work for production or machinery is old. Or wrong pill size is used and more filler needed.

I'm going a bit off-topic now but why isn't something useful used as filler (instead of filler that isn't needed for mixing,you just add a bit of something useful)? Like magnesium cit or agmatime. I haven't seen anyone doing it but this would bring pluss points in my eyes for sure.