Works fine for tablets, not so much for gel caps
I bought this to replace another popper that had seen better days. After a couple of years of struggling to pill my cat daily with about a 75% success rate (and a lot of angst for both of us) I found that putting his half-pill into a #2 gel cap, smearing it and the tip of the popper with GNC High Calorie Booster Gel, and plunging it into his mouth had a 99.9% success rate on the first plunge and created a lot less angst.<br /><br />This didnt work at all for me with this particular popper, though. I did some test runs (sans kitty) with both tip sizes to no avail. The tips are too soft and the plunger is too pointy,  so when the plunger hits the capsule it slips around the sides of it (I did it without smearing the capsule with the booster gel, so that wasn't the issue). The capsule got stuck in the tip and I had to do a lot of poking to dislodge it.<br /><br />What I found, however, is that the soft tips pretty much eliminate the need for the gel caps. I popped the half pill into the small tip, smeared the outside of the tip with the booster gel (avoiding the opening), and it went down without a hitch.<br /><br />It might work with sturdier gels caps -- mine are vegetarian caps that I bought in bulk and they're admittedly a bit fragile -- but I did note that a few others had the same comment so just keep that in mind.<br /><br />This came with no instructions, but I found the best way to use this is to push the soft tip onto the end of the unit as far up as you can get it -- it takes a bit of finagling -- then push the pill into the tip so that it sits right at the opening. The rubber end keeps it from falling out; it's better if it's kind of a tight fit so try both size tips. BEFORE you insert the popper into your pet's mouth push the plunger slowly until it's touching the pill -- that way all you need to do is a quick pop once you get your pet involved.<br /><br />Long review, but I hope it was somewhat helpful.<br /><br />Update 12/6/16: Three of the tips have split, so I wouldn't buy these again.
Rating: 2 stars