Reply to Thread

Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the Diabetes Forum Survey 2025 »

Message: <blockquote data-quote="DiabeticGeek" data-source="post: 18664" data-attributes="member: 7961">An alternative to the scam theory is the conspiracy theory!  Maybe no one have heard of these guys recently because they have retired to a beach in Fiji, having been bought out by a consortium of strip manufacturers!  :wink:  :roll: Seriously, though, I dare-say that this sort of thing will come eventually - but don't hold your breath, there are a lot of problems to overcome.  The Glucowatch tended to be unreliable (moving could cause it to cut out), half of the people who used it developed skin problems and it was supposedly a real pain to callibrate (this needed lots of conventional fingerprick tests).  Add to this the fact that the gadget itself cost $700 and the consumables cost $5,000 per year and you can see why not many people ever used them and the company that made them went bust!  Unless someone comes up with some very clever engineering, this sort of gadget is going to have to wait for a whole new generation of technology - and that isn't going to happen any time soon.</blockquote>

Top Bottom