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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2075822" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>[USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] gave you some information above. If I may explain. You only need one blood glucose meter but you need many thousands of test strips, so it is the test strips where the expense comes from. This is why we self funding Type 2s look for reasonably priced strips rather than cheap meters. Some manufacturers give away meters because they know they will recoup their money from selling the strips. Strips are not interchangeable between meters. If you browse round Amazon or the internet, make sure you check the cost of the strips before you buy the meter. They vary from about £8 for 50 to about £30 for 50, so a huge difference. As Jo said in her post above, the Codefree and the Tee2+ have the cheapest strips that we know of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2075822, member: 94045"] [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] gave you some information above. If I may explain. You only need one blood glucose meter but you need many thousands of test strips, so it is the test strips where the expense comes from. This is why we self funding Type 2s look for reasonably priced strips rather than cheap meters. Some manufacturers give away meters because they know they will recoup their money from selling the strips. Strips are not interchangeable between meters. If you browse round Amazon or the internet, make sure you check the cost of the strips before you buy the meter. They vary from about £8 for 50 to about £30 for 50, so a huge difference. As Jo said in her post above, the Codefree and the Tee2+ have the cheapest strips that we know of. [/QUOTE]
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