I did not eat well today and I was feeling a bit feverish. I ate cafeteria sandwich, whole grain rye with veggies, cheese and fried egg. One in my "morning" 12:00 and another at 16:00. That's all I had to to eat all day.
Coming home at 19:00 I measured my BG. And it showed 7.3mmol I was did not believe it even though I had washed my hands. So I squeezed another blood drop form same wound and not the NHS (Finland) ****** Chinese meter showed 6.6 . Still not trusting it so I washed my hands again. Used a new needle and measured with Contour Next meter and it showed 8.3 ! I measured again from the same blood drop with the Chinese **** meter 6.6. Then again with Contour and it was 7.9.
So from same blood drop I got 8.3mmol and 6.6mmol with different meters. And 5.7 and 7.3 with same meter.
So Bauer Contour NEXT error margin 5% and that cheapo-china-**** 14%
Both what to be expected, but when compared to each others it is 25% error margin.
That was more than my usual carb amount and it self was my mistake (I am fairly new to T2 so still learning my limits) but that is besides the point. Also besides the point is the reason why I am mixing the meters. I bought the Bauer myself and got the cheap-o meter and strips for free from NHS. I am using the Chinese meter and strips to measure meals and the good with more expensive strips for Fasting values. This way I also get more meaningful history as the apps mess up after meal and fasting values in history. (That and the strip price being the only drawback of the Contour NEXT).
P.S.
30min later 6.5 with china meter and 6.8 with Bauer. Which is what I was expecting.
Coming home at 19:00 I measured my BG. And it showed 7.3mmol I was did not believe it even though I had washed my hands. So I squeezed another blood drop form same wound and not the NHS (Finland) ****** Chinese meter showed 6.6 . Still not trusting it so I washed my hands again. Used a new needle and measured with Contour Next meter and it showed 8.3 ! I measured again from the same blood drop with the Chinese **** meter 6.6. Then again with Contour and it was 7.9.
So from same blood drop I got 8.3mmol and 6.6mmol with different meters. And 5.7 and 7.3 with same meter.
So Bauer Contour NEXT error margin 5% and that cheapo-china-**** 14%
Both what to be expected, but when compared to each others it is 25% error margin.
That was more than my usual carb amount and it self was my mistake (I am fairly new to T2 so still learning my limits) but that is besides the point. Also besides the point is the reason why I am mixing the meters. I bought the Bauer myself and got the cheap-o meter and strips for free from NHS. I am using the Chinese meter and strips to measure meals and the good with more expensive strips for Fasting values. This way I also get more meaningful history as the apps mess up after meal and fasting values in history. (That and the strip price being the only drawback of the Contour NEXT).
P.S.
30min later 6.5 with china meter and 6.8 with Bauer. Which is what I was expecting.