[lilituc]

I have an Ultrasmart and I love it. I also use it as a logbook and download the information. I have gotten errors, but I'd say less than 1 in 100.

As far as that goes, it's probably not a meter for someone with shaky hands, and it does require a little more blood than it says. I find that if I see any yellow after it's sucked in the blood (meaning it didn't fill the entire area), the reading will either say "error" or it will be inaccurate. So I will just pull the strip out if I see yellow and it's counting down, heh. Since I rely on the downloaded information I don't like to have an inaccurate reading in there. But like I said, this doesn't happen very often - only if I'm not paying attention and the sample turned into a smear instead of a drop.

Most importantly though, I've used the US when I get my blood drawn and it's always been within 1-5 points of the lab test. I know it can vary more when the reading is above 360, but I can live with that for accurate results.