I've just switched over to these:

http://www.carlsonlabs.com/p-244-solar-d-gems-2000-iu.aspx

2000IU gelcaps, and, they're in cod liver oil, so at my 6,000IU I'm getting about 630 mg of omega 3s. So, I reduced my 1g fish oils from 2 caps to 1, and I take a 500mg krill oil.

I use dirt cheap NOW 5k sofgels. The 5k are in olive oil, where the 2k are in soy I believe. I also take with coconut oil usually. The rest of my D comes from CLO.

I use Ddrops 1000iu liquid "D3" . www.ddrops.ca

I chose this option of the liquid drops because I also give it to my young children. We do "D" shooters. Because d is a fat solulable vitamin I put some half 'n half into a shot class, add one or two drops (or 6-8 for me and DH) and then each child "does" their shot. Lol. I'm also thinking about adding liquid kelp to these shots for their iodine.

I suppose if you are a dairy free paleo practitioner, you could use coconut (or other nut) milk or maybe a tablespoon of EVOO. Its just important to remember to take your "d" with a fat source.

I use 2000 IU Vitamin D3 drops from Carlson. Originally, Amazon had the best price. But now I purchase them here: http://www.vitacost.com/Carlson-Vitamin-D-Drops

The drops are coconut oil based.

I just found Carlson's Ddrops at Whole Foods, FYI. Each teeny drop is 1,000 IU which is such a nice change from having to swallow tablespoons of oil (cod liver oil, coconut oil...)

Note that if you have non-oil based pills (white, powder-y pills like aspirin) then it's not worth your time. You want D3 which should be oil based.

I have some 5000IU pills like this. Weird, that they don't have the 5000 IU on their site anymore.

I too went with Vitacost. They ship from Las Vegas. My order took one week to get to Portland, OR. I went with the NSI drops. Olive oil is the carrier. http://www.vitacost.com/NSI-Vitamin-D-Drops

I didn't price shop too hard, but $10 + $5 shipping for 900*2,000 IU seemed hard to beat. I bought some of their vit-K as well, to amortize the shipping.

Note also, there is little reason to buy lesser strength fat soluble vitamins. One can spread the dosage over the course of a few days if the minimum dose size is more than you want to administer on average such as with small children. In other words, 2000IU every other day is equivalent to 1000IU everyday is equivalent to 7000IU every Sunday.

When looking for the in gelcaps, be sure to check the type of oil that is used. Many brands use soybean oil...too many omega 6s. Look for olive oil as the carrier. This is one http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Vitamin-D-3-Highest-Potency-5-000-IU-240-Softgels/22335?at=0

I take the Life Extension D3 (5000) IU supplement. Things to keep in mind: 1) you want the D3 form. 2) You should get blood tests done to test your D levels - I believe GrassrootsHealth currently is the cheapest source to get this tested.

A selection of D3 5000 IU available at Amazon.

I've seen a good selection on Amazon and evitamins.com. Evitamins has a nice feature of listing all ingredients, and high quality pictures of the product.

Does anyone have an opinion of D3 supplements using soybean oil vs. soy free?

Bio-Tech Pharmacal is the supplier recommended by the Vitamin D Council for many years now. It is a powder-capsule preparation but it has successfully raised the 25(OH)D3 levels of myself and many others and Dr. John Cannell has vouched for its potency. It is probably the only exception to the "oil-based preparations only" rule for Vitamin D3 supplements that I'm aware of. Their prices are very competitive too. Ships by FedEx. 1,000IU 5,000IU and 50,000IU dosages are available.

NOW Foods Vitamin D-3 Liquid. 5000iu per dropper/400iu per 4 drops in a base of MCT oil. I love Coconut oil and all its MCT goodness.

My family and I take BLUE ICE Royal™ Butter Oil/Fermented Cod Liver Oil Blend.

The paleo way involves real, whole foods. Get your vitamins the same way.

Aw, we just drove to Mexico for the winter and walk around in the sun for awhile every day! Hope that is good enough.

Any good European sources for vitamin D ?

Country Life offers 5,000 IUs and is Gluten, soy, milk, artificial color free. I bought mine at Whole Foods but Im sure you can find them online

I get mine from Biotech. I take 1 50,000 iu pill a week and get my blood levels drawn periodically. It works out to be incredibly cheap, 100 capsules will last 100 weeks and costs $30. So it's about $15 a year!

I take Country Life 5000 iu's. They're small softgels. The best thing about them is that they have MCT oil in them, which is an awesome oil, instead of yucky soy. Cheap at iherb.com

AT the link below is a photo showing mice of the same age, the one on the left was genetically engineered to have high vitamin D activity.

My recommendation: DON'T take any vitamin D supplements.

If fair skinned people have been under natural selection for optimum UV eposure and vitamin D levels they should feel uncomfortable when these optimum levels are exceeded. You (rightly) trust your body when it tells you "no more sun". Short circuiting this adaptation with an evolutionary unprecedented ingestion of vitamin D 8000IU ( equivalent to 50 ounces of samon!) per day every day is going to damage your health. The relationship of many of these diseases and agingrelated changes in physiology show a U-shaped response curve to serum calcidiol concentrations. In other words: too much is just as bad as too little.

Implicit in the talk of vitamin D insufficiency is that there is a best vitamin D level applicable to everyone and everyone should supplement until it is reached. It just doesn't work that way, levels reached by supplementation do not bring the expected benefits for antioxidant/vitamin supplements. It will take longer for the deleterious effect of vitamin D supplementation to be discovered because it mimics aging and aging is a subtle process. Please don't be listen to benighted amateur nutritionists and supplement sales shills, you'll put your life into fast forward.