A time cost of 0.0417 $/d for 7.5 s/d and 20 $/h.
Nitpick: I just timed myself taking creatine and it took me 42 seconds.
(My process consists of: take creatine and glass out of cabinet; scoop creatine into glass; pour tap water into glass; drink glass; put creatine and glass back into cabinet.)
Agreed that creatine passes a cost-benefit analysis.
Thanks for the comment, Michael. I did not time myself, but 7.5 s/d is my guess for the difference between taking 5 capsules (including one of creatine; capsules are 23.5 $/year cheaper under my assumptions) and the 4 I already take after lunch (D3, Omega 3, iodine and a multivitamin; I take B12 before breakfast). I have all the supplements in the same place, so it would not take me much time to take another capsule.
capsules are 23.5 $/year cheaper under my assumptions
My financial cost of capsules was 3 times as high as it should be. I thought the 3 g of creatine mentioned in the nutritional composition were the amount per capsule, whereas they were the amount per 3 capsules. Now powder looks 116 $/year cheaper than capsules for a time cost of 30 s/d (instead of my original assumption of 20 s/d).
I have updated to reflect using powder with the updated time cost. The updated break-even net income is 15.5 k$/year, 1.46 (= 15.5*10^3/(10.6*10^3)) times my original value.
Nitpick: I just timed myself taking creatine and it took me 42 seconds.
(My process consists of: take creatine and glass out of cabinet; scoop creatine into glass; pour tap water into glass; drink glass; put creatine and glass back into cabinet.)
Agreed that creatine passes a cost-benefit analysis.
Thanks for the comment, Michael. I did not time myself, but 7.5 s/d is my guess for the difference between taking 5 capsules (including one of creatine; capsules are 23.5 $/year cheaper under my assumptions) and the 4 I already take after lunch (D3, Omega 3, iodine and a multivitamin; I take B12 before breakfast). I have all the supplements in the same place, so it would not take me much time to take another capsule.
My financial cost of capsules was 3 times as high as it should be. I thought the 3 g of creatine mentioned in the nutritional composition were the amount per capsule, whereas they were the amount per 3 capsules. Now powder looks 116 $/year cheaper than capsules for a time cost of 30 s/d (instead of my original assumption of 20 s/d).
I have updated to reflect using powder with the updated time cost. The updated break-even net income is 15.5 k$/year, 1.46 (= 15.5*10^3/(10.6*10^3)) times my original value.