I ended up having to throw these pills away because they made my entire apartment smell. I didn't really notice the smell when just hanging around the apartment, but it was very obvious when you first walk into a room. I tried putting the pills in a ziploc bag, but that still didn't help. The smell wasn't so strong I couldn't stand it when taking the pill, it was just nasty to have the whole apartment stink.As for them being easy to swallow, they are the size of most regular pills. Maybe a bit bigger. Definitely way smaller than most multivitamins but still not small. If you can swallow a regular pill, you can swallow these. But I have a hard time swallowing even small pills so these were too big for me. I'm switching to Flintstones.