Relief Factor is a nutritional supplement brand that markets joint support and anti-inflammatory products, primarily through direct-to-consumer sales and television advertising. This page aggregates customer reviews from RetailCoupons.com shoppers to help you understand real user experiences, including both reported benefits and significant concerns about product effectiveness, tolerability, and billing practices.
Relief Factor Reviews
What Shoppers Say About Relief Factor
Relief Factor is rated 1.8 out of 5 by 16 shoppers, with a highly polarized response. Those who report positive results praise the product's effectiveness for joint pain and digestive health, though they note the high price point. However, the overwhelming majority of reviewers report negative experiences: severe digestive issues and bloating when starting the product, concerns about aggressive automatic billing before customers can properly evaluate results, and skepticism about the gap between paid celebrity endorsements and actual customer satisfaction rates.
Recurring complaints center on three main issues: adverse physical reactions including stomach problems and bloating, billing practices that charge customers automatically before they can fairly assess the product's effectiveness, and questions about the authenticity of marketing claims given the stark contrast between celebrity promotions and low customer ratings. A few satisfied customers suggest that gradual dosage increases or ingredient substitutions may help with tolerability, but such workarounds are not mentioned in the company's standard guidance.
Customer Reviews (16)
Sorted by: Most recentChanged My Running Life - I've been competing in races since the 1960s through every decade since then. After a second meniscus operation late in 2020, I started running again in early 2021 but something felt off and I had ongoing discomfort. I figured I might lose the sport I've loved my whole life. Around December 2021, as a last attempt, I decided to try Relief Factor. The three-week starter package initially didn't seem to help, but I kept taking it. Five weeks in, I noticed my back wasn't aching when I woke up anymore, which wasn't even something I was expecting it to fix. Not long after that, my knees began improving when I run. It's been about two and a half years now and I continue using it. I genuinely think I wouldn't be able to keep running without it. The company has been wonderful to work with and sends me reminders before my orders ship. My routine now is one packet on rest days and two when I'm running. They've been accommodating whenever I need to adjust my shipping schedule, and I usually have them send me a supply every six weeks. Occasionally I end up with extra, so I tell them to hold off a month and they do without any fuss.
Return Policy Blocks Opened Packages - The return policy is unfair because they won't accept returns on anything once you've opened it.
Unfair Return Policy - This company primarily targets senior citizens. When my stepfather was dealing with caring for my passing mother and then suffered his own health crisis, there were four unopened and unexpired bottles of Relief Factor left behind that couldn't be used. Following their recorded instructions, I returned them for a refund. They only gave me a refund for one of the unopened, unexpired packages. I called and explained: "You sell mostly to elderly customers and expect them to navigate all these requirements just to meet your 90-day window? You get to resell these unopened packages and my dad is out three hundred dollars on top of all his medical bills." The representative was nice enough but this felt exploitative.
Unethical Billing Practice - My husband gave this a legitimate try during the introductory three week period for $26.90. Before we even had a chance to cancel because it didn't help at all, they shipped out the following month's supply and charged us $86.90. We sent the unopened package back. They did issue a refund, but only for $79.95 with $6.95 held for shipping. This felt wrong to us. As retirees living on a fixed budget, every dollar matters.
No Better Than Budget Alternatives - This isn't any different than what you'd get with a basic GNC Multivitamin Pack. When it arrives, it looks practically identical to those GNC packs, and it doesn't perform any better either. Just another overpriced product that doesn't deliver on its promises.