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Blood glucose monitor manufacturers! Listen up!

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Ok, am I the only person who would like a monitor, integrated storage for test strips and lancing device the size of a pen or a mobile phone?

C'mon people how hard can it be?

Latest device I have seen is really small and fits onto the top of a bottle of test strips (although the bottle looks decidedly taller than the length of the test stripd - duh) and a sepatare lancing device.

Geez.

Minor rant I know, but shouldn't this be easy??
 
Reducing the cost of the strips to a point where PCTs would allow them would be nice too. :lol:
 
A wind-up rechargeablw battery as in wind-up radio, might be a useful option for some people
 
The small meter with tests strips in the box below that I have seen is part of a throwaway system. The meter is integrated with the box lid and gets tossed once you have finished the 50 strips. It is marginally larger that the Aviva box of strips I get. However, it seems to be available on prescription only.

On the price of strips, I found that I had to buy a box as the surgery was closed and the Chemist I would normally used was on holiday. When I went to the nearby Chemist they thought it odd that I wanted to buy strips. I explained the position. The Chemist then produced the strips, looked up the catalogue price for NHS provision, asked a colleague what the marker was on strips then multiplied the catalogue price by 1.75. This took the price up to just over £24.00. Not so much the producer that is raking the profit, Chemists too seem to have a snout in the trough when they can justify filling a prescription at price x but want x*1.75 for all of the work that is involved in handing over the box sons prescription.
 
I have the accu-check compact plus..

And I hate it, compact it's not...

It's constantly miss reads drums so you can't use the last couple strips and you aren't sure by looking at the window how many are really left...

It then tells you that a error has occured can't read, you have to clean window normally several attemps..

The only reasons I haven't tossed it in the bin is that it's compatible with my insulin pump and software that I and the hospital use!
 
I have the same monitor but have never had a problem, if you rang the help line I'm sure they would resolve your problem,

Graham


jopar said:
I have the accu-check compact plus..

And I hate it, compact it's not...

It's constantly miss reads drums so you can't use the last couple strips and you aren't sure by looking at the window how many are really left...

It then tells you that a error has occured can't read, you have to clean window normally several attemps..

The only reasons I haven't tossed it in the bin is that it's compatible with my insulin pump and software that I and the hospital use!
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lionrampant said:
Trinkwasser said:
This is the nearest I knowof

http://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/rewrite/c ... e_4583.htm

It's all an art of compromise, bear in mind some users are visually impaired and need a large display and batteries can be either large or expensive etc. etc.
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I have the slightly order, more chunky version of that and I do have to say it's useful.
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Me too. It requires a piece of gaffer tape over the button that conveniently dumps the strip drum on the floor when inadvertently pressed, and needs the batteries fiddling with on a semi-regular basis but apart from that it works pretty well (plus you get 51 strips for the price of 50)

I'm quite happy with the separate finger stabber except when I try to use it to write a shopping list
 
i quite like the compact plus meter actually, I've only had one issue with the meter where it spits the strips out before use... but i just called their support line and they replaced the meter without question (after some trouble shooting) and i had the new one with 2 days.

It is a little on the chunky side... but you have to consider that there needs to be a motor in there to turn the drum... we want all this technology in such a small box... things are bound to go wrong sooner or later, and they're not likely to get it spot on the first time round... this being the only motorized drum meter on the market and all (that i know of).

Im sure there was a topic around here somewhere that had a number for a guy in sweden who is interested in hearing from anyone with idea's on new technology for diabetes management.
 
I could not agree more, I have spent a fortune on so called mini or slimline versions, to no avail.
At present I am using the One Touch Ultra Smart which I rate very highly, it is like a hand held computer which can store and show in any form, everything you need to monitor it terms of Diabetic control.
Like most Type Ones, I am just waiting for a I Phone type monitor where all you do is press it to your skin and a reading is given.

Hello there goes a flying pig! how strange.

Type One Devil :twisted:
 
I have the "Optium Xceed£ meter and it comes with pricking device, sharps for the pricking device, pocket for the strip calabration device, and a seperate pocket for the strips. The strips used for this device are individually wrapped. They come with 5 stips to a set. The box of strips is 50 strips or 10 sets. It is in a small zipped pouch which is only 10cm x 14cm in size.
that should meet your needs.

Gary
 
I had the Accu-chek and traded up to a Breeze 2. The Accu-ckeck was always fine for the first 6 months then the motor seemed to pack up after that and gave error messages left right and center(I had 4 in 2 years). But I have to say the customer care line staff were awsome.

I prefer my new Breeze 2 because it has less motorized parts to go wrong and it uses these cool disks with ten tests each(5 disks/box). I loved my Accu-chek when I first got it but after consistantly having the same problems over and over I just gave up.
 
I have a "diabete-ezy" holder for all my sons stuff. It takes both of his insulin pens, meter, strips, test wipes (also diabete-ezy brand), needles, spare lancets and room for a few other things. It is also insulated. I carry this everywhere with me and have another meter at home in a small pouch. I used to have an accu-check meter but the errors annoyed me so I have an Optimum Exceed (that can also test for blood ketones) and a True Track which seems pretty good. The diabete-ezy brand stuff is from Australia and created by Alissa and Steve Renouf (famous footy player with T1). They have 5 kids and I think 4 have T1 now. The stuff on their web-site is great. With 5 diabetics in their house you can imagine they know what people want.
Jen
 
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