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<blockquote data-quote="gbswales" data-source="post: 139202" data-attributes="member: 21675"><p>I have used two accu-check Aviva monitors for over a year now and am very pleased with them.</p><p>I have tried other meters on offer but none of them seem as efficient</p><p>To be honest it is more the needle stick pen that I like the most - it has a cartrige so no handlng of lancets at all and is the least painful of any that have used</p><p>The drums of test strips come with a micro chip that you replace so that no coding is needed and the carry case has just about everything you need.</p><p></p><p>After convenience of use to myself the next most important thing I look at is the cost of test strips since this is where the meter manufacturers make their money! If you choose something where the strips are too expensive then you likely face a battle with your GP to get what you need - I managed after a struggle to get 100 strips a month (they only wanted me to have 50) because I like to monitor my sugars regularly (following pancreatitis my insulin production varies and will suddenly go up or down for no reason - so I need to check it)</p><p></p><p>anyway at the moment - accucheck aviva all the way with me.</p><p></p><p>I decided against their computer based monitoring software and opted instead to use glucose buddy so that I can enter my reading and insulin (+ food if you want) through the free iphone app - its really easy to use and I am afraid I have abandoned the diabetes.co.uk tool in favour of this - largly because the iphone app makes it really easy to keep records</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gbswales, post: 139202, member: 21675"] I have used two accu-check Aviva monitors for over a year now and am very pleased with them. I have tried other meters on offer but none of them seem as efficient To be honest it is more the needle stick pen that I like the most - it has a cartrige so no handlng of lancets at all and is the least painful of any that have used The drums of test strips come with a micro chip that you replace so that no coding is needed and the carry case has just about everything you need. After convenience of use to myself the next most important thing I look at is the cost of test strips since this is where the meter manufacturers make their money! If you choose something where the strips are too expensive then you likely face a battle with your GP to get what you need - I managed after a struggle to get 100 strips a month (they only wanted me to have 50) because I like to monitor my sugars regularly (following pancreatitis my insulin production varies and will suddenly go up or down for no reason - so I need to check it) anyway at the moment - accucheck aviva all the way with me. I decided against their computer based monitoring software and opted instead to use glucose buddy so that I can enter my reading and insulin (+ food if you want) through the free iphone app - its really easy to use and I am afraid I have abandoned the diabetes.co.uk tool in favour of this - largly because the iphone app makes it really easy to keep records [/QUOTE]
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