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Message: <blockquote data-quote="goji" data-source="post: 109806" data-attributes="member: 11291">I use Abbott Freestyle Lite. I chose it because if you need to buy your own top-up strips, Abbott offer the best deal at just under £15 a pot in contrast to other manufacturers who charge upwards of £20 a pot.The freestyle has other features that I like -  it has an internal light so I can test my blood in the cinema or at night. It is very small so it fits nicely in my bag. The best feature is that it only requires a tiny drop of blood, whereas previous meters required more blood.The downside of the Freestyle lite is that I am on my 2nd one and I think there may be a fault in this one as well as the battery light comes up within days of replacing the battery. Sometimes the Freestyle has given me very erratic readings that don't correlate with the other machines I have at home. Another downside is that it isn't suitable for people on certain medications containing large amounts of galactose as it leads to false high readings. I take meds that contain a small amount of lactose and so I wonder if that's why my readings seem a bit inaccurate sometimes.If you can get one that isn't faulty then I'd recommend the Freestyle Lite. I used to use Onetouch Ultra. I was not keen on this machine as you have to enter a code every time you use different pot of test strips. Another thing I disliked about this machine is that it requires a larger blood sample and if you don't get enough blood on the strip first time then you get an error message and the strip is wasted. I rarely have that problem with the Abbott. I think OneTouch may be more accurate than Abbott though so i would still recommend this machine for those with tough fingers.</blockquote>

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