[poodlebone]

My problem with the US has nothing to do with the battery. It's happened even after putting new Energizer batteries in. Sometimes the display just blinks on & off quickly, but other times it's stayed off for as long as 5 seconds. When it happened to my original meter I called Lifescan and they sent a replacement. I then promptly lost the replacement (or it was stolen while I was doing laundry) so I never sent my original one back. I then had to call Lifescan for something else and the guy informed me that I was ssupposed to send the faulty meter back to them. I explained that I lost the replacement and needed my original one, and he was really nasty. I was worried about the screen, so I bought another one from eBay but that does the same thing.

When I get this freebie from Lifescan I'll have 3 UltraSmarts, and can leave one at work. I think I brought in the U2 to leave there, but I prefer the US since I'm bad about keeping track of my carbs/insulin on paper sometimes. The pump holds most of that info, but won't retain carb info unless I've bolused for them. So, I prefer keeping everything in the meter.

Oh, and my meters reset themselves sometimes. I just have to fix the date/time but all of my other settings are retained.