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Originally Posted by DCaplinger  I don't have a problem with people saying they hate this or hate that. I do have a problem with people saying so without qualifying why. What about them do you not like? The color? The button sizes?
I loved my Aviva. Just because I don't use it as my primary meter doesn't mean I hate Accu-Chek. I don't use their meter as my primary meter because I found it not to be as accurate as a few other brands. I still use mine as a backup, though.
Accu-Chek and Lifescan both have very friendly customer service and support. I have no complaints about either company.
Regards,
D |
I hate that Lifescan seems to think they're secure in their spot of the number 1 meter manufacteror and therefore seem to think they can stop improving their meters. I can't think of any other explanation on why their meters take 3x as much blood as what has become the industry standard, and the most blood of any major meter on the market. I also can't think of any other reason why they'd be the only major meter that still requires coding. Abbott, Bayer, Accu-chek- they all have meters that don't require coding.
I also hate how Lifescan meters start the test the SECOND it detects any blood on the strip at all. I can't tell you how many error messages I get as a result of this, plus the larger blood sample required. I often have had to try and test 5 times to get one result.
I hate that Lifescan kind of gave Minimed users the big middle finger with their UltraLink meter. The thing is huge and a piece of ****. No backlight, a screen near impossible to read, huge size. It looks and acts like a meter that was put together with 2 days notice.
No Lifescan meters have a strip test light. What the heck is up with that? Thanks for that backlight (on some of your meters, not the UltraLink, of course...), but I still have to turn on the light to test if I can't see the strip.
I also hate that their software comes close to ideal as a logging replacement, but then you go to print the log table, and look, no times! Guess what, those glucose numbers are useless if I don't freakin' know what time I took them.
I feel like they really gave no thought to what diabetics need or want, and are giving no thought toward moving forward with their meters.
My favorite meters are Freestyle meters, but my insurance won't cover those strips any more, so I'm fairly bitter there.
