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Buying cheapest test strips for freestyle optium neo

Debandez

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im going through these like feeding an elephant peanuts!!!! Its not cheap, im self funding. That said i havent asked my gp if they would supply them. Im not taking meds and type 2 so expect they wont supply.

Could someone help me by supplying a link to cheapest available in the uk?

Many thanks
 
Why don’t you consider spending around £12 for an SD Code Free instead. You’ll soon get your money back as the pots of 50 strips work out from £5.98 each if you order from Homehealth ( https://homehealth-uk.com/ ) and use these discount codes:
5 packs 264086
10 packs 975833
It’s a basic meter but does the job!
 
Thanks rachox. I do have 2 meters, got an easy life one too which came with cholestrol tester but havent opened it yet! I might just do that and go for a hat trick. I will be spoilt for choice!!!
 
I've bought really cheap test strips off Ebay that have only a month before "Use by Date" is up.
 
Debandez said:
Thanks rachox. I do have 2 meters, got an easy life one too which came with cholestrol tester but havent opened it yet! I might just do that and go for a hat trick. I will be spoilt for choice!!!
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Just a note of caution: the standards for BG meters are +/-15%. This can lead to a wide variation.
Therefore, once you have decided on your favourite meter, I would advise sticking to it to ensure you are comparing apples with apples with each reading.
 
Thanks for this info. I really like this meter but it's going to work out much more expensive in the lobg run (and I'm focused on it being a marathon not a race!). So the cheaper option is looking good but I have noted your comments. Thank you so much. Everyone is so helpful here. I really do feel part of the community.
 
Helen, that is so true. I ended up with 3 different meters (one I bought myself pre diagnosis, one the Dr gave me and one the hospital gave me, all different makes). Whenever one showed low (say 3.2) I'd test with the other two which respectively showed anything between 2.8 and 4.1). They were all 'good' makes too. Funnily, no one of them was always showing the lowest or highest reading either, ie there was no real correlation between one always showing lower.
 
I’m looking for info on Glucowise meter which doesn’t use test strips at all. Not sure if available yet.
 
myths said:
I’m looking for info on Glucowise meter which doesn’t use test strips at all. Not sure if available yet.
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From the GlucoWise website:


It will be released when it is more readily available in quantity I assume.
 
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