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05-07-2008, 12:11 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Laurence Harbor, NJ
Posts: 23
| |  Meter Opinion/Survey
Tell me which glucometer you like....
click here --> Life on the "Golden Road"
I'm trying to get as many opinions as possible and than blog on the results.
Thanks
Rich |
05-07-2008, 12:21 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 618
| | | I haven't used my Aviva very often yet. Still using up strips from my old meter. I was having some issues with it reading WAY higher than my old one when I first got it, which was not accurate, when compared with my latest A1C. I didn't stop to think that it had been sitting in a hot car for the entire morning. I've come to the conclusion that these little boogers are pretty temp-sensitive.
Once it had been at room temp for 24 hours, it started reading right along with my old meter--usually within 5 points, but rarely more than 10.
FWIW, I'd go with the meter my insurance company covers strips for. That's one reason I got the Aviva to start with. I've heard every meter on your page both cussed and praised. LOL. Now isn't that helpful? Heh.
Good luck in your choice!
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Glycemic impact diet
exercise
Metformin 2000 mg
Byetta 5 mcg/2x daily
Enalapril 40 mg
A1C, 5-1-08: 5.6!! 
A1C, 2-5-08: 7.4  |
05-07-2008, 12:22 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Clearwater
Posts: 86
| | | my endo thinks the accu check is closer to accurate
hI my endo thinks the accu check seems more accurate but I like the contour better and the strips are about the same cost really . |
05-07-2008, 12:24 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,431
| | I'm a fan of the Contour... pocket friendly and no coding but picking up on Scrabblechick's comment above, "I've heard every meter on your page both cussed and praised."... I'd say that there probably is little to choose between any of them, and it probably comes down to either practical issues like which your insurance pays for or which one you trust 
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity" "One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed |
05-07-2008, 12:32 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 5,908
| | | I really think its not so much WHICH one you use as long as you use one! I use the One Touch Ultra-II and the One Touch Mini, but recently got a new one for free from a commercial on D-Life....An Aviva..not tried it yet. I really like the mini because of its small size.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
05-07-2008, 12:35 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Laurence Harbor, NJ
Posts: 23
| | | Thanks all, seems everyone is getting whatever the insuance company covers best. My problem is, mine isn't covered. I have a $3,000 deductible so until I meet that, it really doesn't matter which is covered. |
05-12-2008, 10:38 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Newark, New Jersey
Posts: 6
| | | I too am a freak over the One Touch, I have all of them from years ago up unto now, I'm now usig the One Touch Ultra II., and I also have the One Touch Mini, it is so portable, I use that one in my pocketbook and the other at home. I also have the One Touch Smart, this one is connected to the computer, but I haven't gotten the hang of it yet.
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05-12-2008, 11:20 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Crestline, CA.
Posts: 175
| | | I swear, I must have had every meter known to humankind. Before my current OneTouch Ultralink, I used the Accu-chek aviva.
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~={Pokus Ouchus Diabeticus}=~ Pumping Apidra in the MM Paradigm 722 Clear | Meter - Medtronic UltraLink |
In the immortal words of Socrates - "I drank what???"
A1c: 12/07 12.3
03/08 8.3
06/08 5.6
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05-12-2008, 11:29 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Do Dah, OZ, aka Kansas
Posts: 4,413
| | | Survey is closed and so this thread as well. |
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