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<blockquote data-quote="julifriend" data-source="post: 425388" data-attributes="member: 74624"><p>I emailed Glucomen and they sent me a free meter. The finger pricker that came with it is very good and adjustable for five different depths and three strength settings. You don't have to buy the Glucomen lancets as they're made by a company called Owen Mumford who sell their own on Amazon --> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unilet-ComforTouch-28G-Box-200/dp/B001ID0DY6/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1379259813&sr=8-11&keywords=lancets" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unilet-ComforTo ... ds=lancets</a> At £6.60 for 200 there's little need to reuse them for any more than a day.</p><p></p><p>I then bought the SD Codefree meter from Amazon as the test strips are so much cheaper, but kept using the Glucomen finger pricker as it's a much better device. The reviews for the Codefree are very diverse, but I've found mine to be pretty consistent. My latest HbA1c results were very close to my 30 day average according to the meter. As with other meters, I do get the odd rogue reading. Yesterday night I had a 2.6 which as a T2 on diet control only would be very odd. Retesting with a sample from another finger yielded a 4.8 which is closer to what I'd expect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="julifriend, post: 425388, member: 74624"] I emailed Glucomen and they sent me a free meter. The finger pricker that came with it is very good and adjustable for five different depths and three strength settings. You don't have to buy the Glucomen lancets as they're made by a company called Owen Mumford who sell their own on Amazon --> [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unilet-ComforTouch-28G-Box-200/dp/B001ID0DY6/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1379259813&sr=8-11&keywords=lancets]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unilet-ComforTo ... ds=lancets[/url] At £6.60 for 200 there's little need to reuse them for any more than a day. I then bought the SD Codefree meter from Amazon as the test strips are so much cheaper, but kept using the Glucomen finger pricker as it's a much better device. The reviews for the Codefree are very diverse, but I've found mine to be pretty consistent. My latest HbA1c results were very close to my 30 day average according to the meter. As with other meters, I do get the odd rogue reading. Yesterday night I had a 2.6 which as a T2 on diet control only would be very odd. Retesting with a sample from another finger yielded a 4.8 which is closer to what I'd expect. [/QUOTE]
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