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11-01-2006, 03:19 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia.
Posts: 3
| |  What do you find is a good compact meter?
 Hi Everyone. Just new to these forums but have had type 2 for 7 years now. Am totally maxed out on tablets and will soon be on insulin.
I'd like to know of a small, compact blood/gluclose meter that I can get.
My day to day life is rather busy and takes me all over the place. I quite often have mild hypo's.
I need to test my blood more than I do but don't want to lug around a bulky meter.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Much appreciated for any response. |
11-01-2006, 03:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Posts: 162
| | | It depends on what country u r in to what meters are available. Im from Australia and have an Optium Xceed meter, and I love it. If u go to a chemist or diabetes clinic they can show u each meter that is available and how to use it. That will give u a better idea of what is currently available.
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Using Humalog and Lantus
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11-01-2006, 04:42 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia.
Posts: 3
| | | Hi Cyclonekitty. Yes, I'm in Australia as well, Melbourne.
I guess I want to know what other people are using before I get a new one. I currently use a Medisense Optium. It's ok, but i'd still like something a little more compact. Cheers. |
11-01-2006, 03:28 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Putrajaya, Malaysia
Posts: 53
| | | Medisense Optium Xceed
I've been using the Medisense Optium since 2003. I bought the Optium Xceed (a.k.a. Precision Xtra) for my mum yesterday. The pictures on the Abbott website ( Abbott Diabetes Care) and even on the box don't do it justice (I guess if one is used to the Optium one kinda thinks that the Xceed is just as "big"). I was really surprised to see how small the meter and the carrying case are.
It was also very good of them to give the Xceed 100 package (sorry I don't know whether it's available where you are) where the meter is literally free when you consider that you get 100 electrodes with it.
The Lifescan One Touch Ultramini ( LifeScan, Inc. - Home of OneTouch Blood Glucose Meters) is also compact but IMHO doesn't come close to the features of the Xceed.
Good luck making your choice.
Regards,
Shamsul |
11-01-2006, 03:44 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,847
| | | I like the Freestyle Flash but don't know if it's available there and if so, what it's called.
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11-01-2006, 04:08 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | | I'm in the U.S. Don't know what is available to you there, but I use a Lifetouch OneTouch Ultra, it's compact. (I love it!) They also have a OneTouch UltraMini that is even smaller, it's very small infact. And they're both quick (5 seconds) and take only a very small sample of blood.
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[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08  
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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11-01-2006, 04:32 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 1,072
| | | I use the freestyle mini and it's great and small and you can download to your pc.
Liz
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11-01-2006, 05:55 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,421
| | | I have a freestlye flash and use it primarily because of its small size. |
11-01-2006, 07:45 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New York, NY
Posts: 156
| | | None are in the size I'd most appreciate, but the OneTouch Ultra is fairly reasonable in size. I leave that meter in my desk at work. I carry around my OneTouch UltraSmart in my messanger bag basically eveywhere I go. I have a backup OneTouch Ultra at home too--just incase, and as a spare for traveling. |
11-02-2006, 07:44 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Devon, England
Posts: 759
| | | I like the AccuCheck Aviva - quick and small with a small blood sample size.
What I call small is: 5.5cm x 9cm x 2cm
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11-02-2006, 08:30 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Elgin, IL
Posts: 209
| | | I've been very happy with my Freestyle Flash. It's tiny, the screen lights up and the test strip area even lights up when I need in darker areas.
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Prevacid 30mg x 1
Clonazepam 1mg x1 (for restless leg syndrome, but he seems to think it will help my migraines too)
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11-02-2006, 08:44 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by JacquiS  I've been very happy with my Freestyle Flash. It's tiny, the screen lights up and the test strip area even lights up when I need in darker areas. | "light up" that's one thing I wish mine did! Otherwise, I love mine.
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
•••
[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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11-02-2006, 08:52 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5
| | | Compact
I use the accu-chek compact. it's a little all in one device no stripes to carry lancets fit in the little leather pouch. |
11-03-2006, 02:17 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lower Templestowe, Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 2,987
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by chlojoau Hi Cyclonekitty. Yes, I'm in Australia as well, Melbourne.
I guess I want to know what other people are using before I get a new one. I currently use a Medisense Optium. It's ok, but i'd still like something a little more compact. Cheers. |
I'm in Melbourne too!!
I have a caresens, and love it, but the packaging is a little bulky.
It sounds as though tyou have the older Optium... they are quite chunky... The Xceed is tiny...
Kit
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11-03-2006, 07:06 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
Posts: 1,610
| | | i gotta say, i haven't tired many meters, i was given the OneTouch Ultra when I was first diagnosed. And i thought that felt cheap and tacky, not to mention breakable. But two weeks after that I was given the Ultrasmart, which i think is a really good meter, it does loads of things and gives your averages of so many variables, plus plotted graphs. I also think it FEELS good too, as in, it felts like a solid, quality meter that doesn't rattle around or feel like it's gonna break every time you use it.
As i said, i can't spk for any other meters because i've not used or seen them!
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