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<blockquote data-quote="qrp" data-source="post: 109753" data-attributes="member: 1199"><p>I favour Optium Xceed for out and about because it's so neat and slim and doesn't make a bulge in a pocket. BUT, I have to reduce the readings by 10% - 15% because that's how much it overreads by. But for that, I'd use it all the time. I did write to Abbott about it with a stack of readings against a One touch and a Contour, but deafening silence! My 'regular' meter is a One Tough Ultra which I've tested against clinic blood test readings many times now and it's always within half a mmol. The much-promoted (over-promoted?) Bayer Contour also reads 10% high ie not quite as much as the Optium.</p><p>My consultant advised me to "use the one that reads the lowest". Easy to see why.</p><p> I have a beef. Surely it's not too much to expect that all BG meters when presented with an identical blood sample should give a result that's within their acceptable accuracy (which is about 15%, I believe?).</p><p>Someone's gonna tell me that there's so many variables, you just can't expect that. Bullshine, say I. Why is it that the One Touch can do it and the others not? qrp</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="qrp, post: 109753, member: 1199"] I favour Optium Xceed for out and about because it's so neat and slim and doesn't make a bulge in a pocket. BUT, I have to reduce the readings by 10% - 15% because that's how much it overreads by. But for that, I'd use it all the time. I did write to Abbott about it with a stack of readings against a One touch and a Contour, but deafening silence! My 'regular' meter is a One Tough Ultra which I've tested against clinic blood test readings many times now and it's always within half a mmol. The much-promoted (over-promoted?) Bayer Contour also reads 10% high ie not quite as much as the Optium. My consultant advised me to "use the one that reads the lowest". Easy to see why. I have a beef. Surely it's not too much to expect that all BG meters when presented with an identical blood sample should give a result that's within their acceptable accuracy (which is about 15%, I believe?). Someone's gonna tell me that there's so many variables, you just can't expect that. Bullshine, say I. Why is it that the One Touch can do it and the others not? qrp [/QUOTE]
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