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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1953827" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Hi, [USER=480011]@Jollymon[/USER] , I'm wondering whether, as well as hand temperature, the temperature of the strips might be playing a part in this? </p><p></p><p>Strip chemistry is way beyond me (last did chemistry at secondary school over 30 yrs ago!), but you've basically got something like glucose oxidase in the strip which reacts chemically with glucose in the sample, to produce electrons which gets measured as a current and gives a bg result.</p><p></p><p>Because it's a chemical reaction, and reactions depend a lot on heat, maybe if the strips are too cold, the reaction is going to be more "muted" than it might otherwise be?</p><p></p><p>I don't know how or where you store your strips when on the bike, but I wonder whether it's worth having a look at that to make sure they're not getting too cold?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1953827, member: 374531"] Hi, [USER=480011]@Jollymon[/USER] , I'm wondering whether, as well as hand temperature, the temperature of the strips might be playing a part in this? Strip chemistry is way beyond me (last did chemistry at secondary school over 30 yrs ago!), but you've basically got something like glucose oxidase in the strip which reacts chemically with glucose in the sample, to produce electrons which gets measured as a current and gives a bg result. Because it's a chemical reaction, and reactions depend a lot on heat, maybe if the strips are too cold, the reaction is going to be more "muted" than it might otherwise be? I don't know how or where you store your strips when on the bike, but I wonder whether it's worth having a look at that to make sure they're not getting too cold? [/QUOTE]
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