Amplex Fresh Breath Capsules

I have used Amplex capsules for at least 20 years and think they are the best breath freshener around. However, the company have redesigned the container with a spring type dispenser which is a total disaster. My wife does not have the strength to pull the lever back to release the capsules. I can do it occasionaly, but of late I have to prise open the container with a screwdriver, and put all of the capsules into a small metal tin and use that as the dispenser. I also buy alternative products from Boots and other retailers. Amplex must have lost a lot of business by this complete disaster of dispenser design. The old type of recangular dispenser was certainly a lot more ...

I have used Amplex for many years, partly as a deterrent for halitosis, partly as an 'anti-alcohol-odour' medium. Recently, I have seen a change in the packaging for this item — presumably as an anti-overdose potential. I feel, however, that it is an 'anti-sales potential', because I find that the only way that I can access the spherical objects is to burst open the casing, which has the potential to spill the contents on the pavement / floor / surface on which I am walking. This new kidney-shaped container, with the potential (I use the word tentatively)to issue one 'pill' at a time, usually results – after 8 – 10 attempts – in causing the above action of ...

The packaging on Amplex Breath Freshening Capsules is the worst example of design that I have ever encountered! Not only is it overly complicated, it just doesn't work. You struggle with a spring loaded cap that hurts your thumb, but the little blighters just don't pop out. After repeated squeezing and swearing you then get 3 at once. I imagine that it's expensive to produce too. Someone, somewhere got paid to design this blunder. Wonder if they still have a ...