Got one or these sent free. You need an iPhone or iPod to use it. I think Android phones now have an app for it as well. It is not a stand alone meter, more or an adapter for your phone. It uses a standard type Lancet but has no storage for them. It does store the strips but there is no case supplied with the unit. The software is in my opinion very good.Hi All,
I use the one touch verio from Johnson & Johnson here in OZ, but I've had it for a few years, it still works Okay. But I just received an Email from the NDSS here in Sydney offering a 20% discount on the new Dario it's an all in one system that let's you store your information on a secure cloud. I first saw it on this web sight, so maybe you could check it out, because with the 20% discount it cost $69.00 AUS, which isn't to bad. Also, take care and catch ya all later.
Stemar, (Downunder)
Cheapest is probably the SD Code free, 100 strips are about £13 - but the more you buy the cheaper they get. Meter in case with lancet and a few strips are about £12. Check out Homeheath or they also trade through Amazon Marketplace. Make sure you tick the I am a diabetic box as you then get them VAT free.I'm type 2 on two Metformin 500mg daily.
Now my current GP refuses to prescribe test strips so I've been wondering which test strips are cheapest to buy?
Would this site consider listing the price of different test strips, and any special offers too?
One matter of concern is the different reading by different meters for the same drop of blood:
My Bayer Contour gives the lowest reading, almost always 1 mmol/L lower than my Bayer Contour Next and my OneTouch Verio when the reading is around 7 mmol/L and 2 mmol/L lower when the reading is around 11 mmol/L; seems rather more than the ±15% tolerance although if one meter reads 15% low and the other 15% high, I suppose it might account for a 1 or even 2 mmol/L difference.
Another matter of concern is my GP takes the view that my HBA1C of 6.5 is "almost non-diabetic, so why bother to test at all?" and used my concern about spiking to 11 mmol/L an hour after breakfast to justify his opinion that I shouldn't test. He went on to suggest I stop taking Metformin AND limit myself to an annual HBA1C "because you've never had a hypo".
I don't believe my diabetes is sufficiently well controlled for that, at least not yet.