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Glucose measuring watch

Jo_the_boat said:
I wear a smart watch already, sleep, heart rate etc. But no glucose measuring.
Anyone tried one of these
These multi-function items probably compromise accuracy to some degree, but as an indication as an alternative to finger-pricking it may be worth a try?
Any comments?
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I was considering of getting one a couple of years ago, but upon research I found out that it doesn't work. Not only would it be a waste of money, but also inaccurate reading be dangerous.
 
I was reading something on a totally different subject that made me think of these watches. Basically, they're pricing an item that if it worked would be a) of interest to many of us and many healthcare systems and b) probably very durable, you'd expect years from it.

Given that the cost to the user for 2 weeks of CGM is >£50, you might expect that people or healthcare systems might pay a comparable amount for a non-invasive watch device that accurately monitored BG. Let's say you discounted it a little so that the watch purchase cost only the equivalent of £40 a fortnight (a saving against CGM of £5/week). That comes to just over £1000 for 52 weeks. And if the watch lasts 5 years, you'd be looking at a price around £5,000. Obviously that gives you loads of room to reduce the price further (once you've sold to all the people who'd pay £5,000) while still making huge profit. I expect the CGM manufacturers have been down this road already.

So why are these things being advertised so cheaply? If they worked, they'd be worth an awful lot more, thousands of pounds more. My conclusion is that they are so cheap because they're junk, and the fact they're so cheap proves they're junk. And when they prove to be junk, no-one will chase them for being scammed out of £70 the way they'd be chased if someone had spent £5,000.
 
EllieM said:
All of the ones I've ever looked at had disclaimers saying they weren't to be used for treatment decisions (ie useless to diabetics).

I keep hoping that one of these days someone will post a link to one that actually works, but it hasn't happened yet.
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I wear an Apple smart watch, I have an irregular heart beat, last time I saw my GP he asked to see my phone and he took the reading off that, some was around the normal but one was 125 BPM and he gave me treatment for it, so they must be accurate, although I haven't seen any way of measuring BG so far, but then I haven't been looking for it, as I'm newly diagnosed
 
KennyA said:
I was reading something on a totally different subject that made me think of these watches. Basically, they're pricing an item that if it worked would be a) of interest to many of us and many healthcare systems and b) probably very durable, you'd expect years from it.

Given that the cost to the user for 2 weeks of CGM is >£50, you might expect that people or healthcare systems might pay a comparable amount for a non-invasive watch device that accurately monitored BG. Let's say you discounted it a little so that the watch purchase cost only the equivalent of £40 a fortnight (a saving against CGM of £5/week). That comes to just over £1000 for 52 weeks. And if the watch lasts 5 years, you'd be looking at a price around £5,000. Obviously that gives you loads of room to reduce the price further (once you've sold to all the people who'd pay £5,000) while still making huge profit. I expect the CGM manufacturers have been down this road already.

So why are these things being advertised so cheaply? If they worked, they'd be worth an awful lot more, thousands of pounds more. My conclusion is that they are so cheap because they're junk, and the fact they're so cheap proves they're junk. And when they prove to be junk, no-one will chase them for being scammed out of £70 the way they'd be chased if someone had spent £5,000.
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I have looked at several watches advertised on Amazon and Ebay and although they are advertised as blood glucose measuring devices when you look at the details they only actually do pulse/oxygen level/ (maybe blood pressure) but they don't do glucose measurement so they are in the main being mis-advertised.

If any company like Diamontech / Samsung actually cracks the technology, it would be quite easy in this day and age to lock users in to a subscription model rather than having a high entry price. Revenue stream is the way of modern business.
 
urbanracer said:
I have looked at several watches advertised on Amazon and Ebay and although they are advertised as blood glucose measuring devices when you look at the details they only actually do pulse/oxygen level/ (maybe blood pressure) but they don't do glucose measurement so they are in the main being mis-advertised.

If any company like Diamontech / Samsung actually cracks the technology, it would be quite easy in this day and age to lock users in to a subscription model rather than having a high entry price. Revenue stream is the way of modern business.
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It is, but the scam watches aren't being sold on a subscription basis and I wanted to make the comparison.
 
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