The simple point is that many food sources provide plenty of calcium, without spending a few bucks for a few ounces. A few bucks per pound, or alot less can produce better results, been there, seen it, done it, and learned from it.
All of the fancy petstore products in the world wont make a bit of difference if the animals husbandry sucks.
Let me ask you this, do flukers cricket suppliers use their gutload product to produce crickets by the millions? Nothing against the company or their products, but Ive seen first hand and experienced their cricketfood being used compared to other food sources.
You said it correctly, in a few years, and most times only a few months to a year it shows. There have been many of those who have a monitor they spend extra on, only to see it die in a few years at most and dont understand why.
I buy my crickets in bulk, feed them croc food that Im still using up for years, and have done so with roaches (until just recently Ive kept several roach species for longer than most reptile keepers have had reptiles). I have fed cheap catfood, cheap dogfood, leftover human foods(depends what it is), and used monkey biscuits in the past. Ive used cricket "gutload" products that caused crickets to stay smaller, live for short periods of time, and cause me to buy crickets alot more often. In fact Id be more worried with the average new keepers husbandry about crickets who are thirsty roaming their reptiles cage, anyone who has much experience with insectivorous reptiles knows why I say that.
A better cage, better living conditions, whole animal foods, and less stress will go a long way to produce great results, this is a proven fact, not a sales pitch or an assumption.

Look at the results produced by the person giving advice, then make your mind up.

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