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I've been using the One Touch Verio IQ since being informed I needed to bring my HbA1c down from 6.1% last June. Subsequent quarterly readings show that I have done so - at least somewhat (5.5 in Sept, 5.7 in Dec, 5.5 again in Mar). But I've had a suspicion that the meter was consistently reading high, since my HbA1C results come close to the average of my tests, which are mainly fasting before breakfast, and don't seem to reflect the inevitable high results after a high-carb meal, most of which I have avoided testing.
Enter the Accu-Chek Connect. A few weeks ago I got a coupon for a free Accu-chek Aviva or Connect with the purchase of 100 test strips. Since my husband's Blue Cross coverage pays 80% of this (up to 3000 strips a year, apparently), I decided to go for the Connect, which allows separate averaging of fasting, before, after, etc. levels, as well as all together - even on the meter itself (which is good, since the software isn't compatible with my phone). I'd also read somewhere that the the Accu-chek was more accurate than the Verio.
Well it is consistently lower than the Verio IQ, although not always by the same amount. And it feels to me like it gives a more accurate picture of levels that would produce the A1C levels I've had.
But I wonder if anyone else has had experience with these two (or with the regular Aviva and the Verio IQ, since I'm told that the Accu-Chek Aviva and the Aviva Connect function to the same standards), and what your experience with them has been.
Thanks for any input (meanwhile, I think I'll save the Verio for travel, when I'll mainly stick to fasting testing, and use the Accu-Chek for my ongoing record keeping).
Enter the Accu-Chek Connect. A few weeks ago I got a coupon for a free Accu-chek Aviva or Connect with the purchase of 100 test strips. Since my husband's Blue Cross coverage pays 80% of this (up to 3000 strips a year, apparently), I decided to go for the Connect, which allows separate averaging of fasting, before, after, etc. levels, as well as all together - even on the meter itself (which is good, since the software isn't compatible with my phone). I'd also read somewhere that the the Accu-chek was more accurate than the Verio.
Well it is consistently lower than the Verio IQ, although not always by the same amount. And it feels to me like it gives a more accurate picture of levels that would produce the A1C levels I've had.
But I wonder if anyone else has had experience with these two (or with the regular Aviva and the Verio IQ, since I'm told that the Accu-Chek Aviva and the Aviva Connect function to the same standards), and what your experience with them has been.
Thanks for any input (meanwhile, I think I'll save the Verio for travel, when I'll mainly stick to fasting testing, and use the Accu-Chek for my ongoing record keeping).
