earlenyramearlenyram, the hba1c is for a completely different purpose to Meyer readings. Neither is better, nor worse, more or less necessary. Your medical team will sort your hba1c, but day to day you need to be checking with a meter, especially if you are on insulin, even more especially if you intend to drive, take exercise, are ill or stressed, or want the kind of God day to day control that gives a good hba1c reading!