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10-26-2004, 11:41 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 66
| | | what glucose metre does everyone use?
Hey there since im new im not sure what kind of metre everyone uses so i thought i would just ask... as for me being visually impaired i like the precision extra glows in the dark (good when at hockey games and rock concerts) and the numbers are big and its small and easy to carry around....ive used some others but this one rocks!!! :p |
10-26-2004, 12:01 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 288
| | | ACCU-CHECK ADVANTAGE IS THE METER I PREFER TO USE. I HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DOWNLOAD ALL MY READINGS ON MY COMPUTER AND PRINT OFF TO SHOW CDE OR ENDO.. I JUST GOT A FREE ONE ( THANKS TO A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL ON THE FORUM) BUT I DONT LIKE IT. THE READINGS ARE WAY OFF COMPARED TO MY METER NOW.... |
10-26-2004, 12:29 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 28
| | | Onetouch Ultrasmart. Does everything I need it to do. Freestyle Mini when I prefer to carry around something small. |
10-26-2004, 12:55 PM
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I am a: Parent | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Palm Harbor,FL
Posts: 1,092
| | | Onetouch Ultrasmart also |
10-26-2004, 01:28 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 129
| | | Onetouch ultra here, I like it because of it's speed (5 seconds) |
10-26-2004, 01:52 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Do Dah, OZ, aka Kansas
Posts: 4,543
| | | ULTRASMART for the last year and a half and it's been reliable.
A hockey game in the dark! Don't think they would dare it here, pandemonium in the stands.
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PROCLAIMING..."WOW! WHAT A RIDE!"
"Reality is what does't go away when you stop believing in it..."
-PHILIP K. DICK
Last A1c 6.3% up 0.1 5/22/08 Lab Range 4.5 - 5.9
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10-26-2004, 02:00 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,843
| | | The Accu-Chek Complete is my favorite. I also like the Freestyle Flash and the One Touch UltraSmart, but I'm not sure how accurate the UltraSmart is. Roche has a device which is used with the Accu-Chek Advantage meter that will give a vocal reading of what is shown on the meter. I think it is called the Accu-Chek Voicemate.
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Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
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(you) 
Last edited by lgvincent : 10-26-2004 at 02:07 PM.
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10-26-2004, 02:49 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,843
| | | So, the Freestyle Mini and the Freestyle Flash are the same thing! Well, I'll be....
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Brandy
My Little Princess
August 18, 1990 - May 3, 2006
Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
Christine,
that's all I ask of . . .
(you) |
10-26-2004, 03:02 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 2,868
| | | Currently the Freestyle Flash.
Have used, Freestyle, Ascencia Glucometer XL (my personal fav), One Touch Sure Step and One Touch II (back a hundred years ago when I was first dx'd)
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T1 since 1991, Cozmo Pump 11/05
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10-26-2004, 03:34 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gales... Rain... Sleet... Snow.. you name it, I've got it! (UK peep!)
Posts: 1,428
| | | I use the accu chek compac, find it really easy to use as the strips come in a drum which is placed in the meter, the numbers are also quite big on the screen, and its small so easy to carry around with you.
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10-26-2004, 03:46 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 66
| | | good point harold but sometimes depending where your seat is the light can get dim ...we dont have hockey games in the dark here either but im visually impared from the diabetes so the glow in the dark feature is great...i still like learning what everyone elses uses for metres |
10-26-2004, 03:48 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England
Posts: 303
| | | Accu-check compact. I like the strips being in a drum so no fiddling around inserting strips. |
10-26-2004, 04:14 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | I use the One Touch Ultra, it has been my meter since being dx'ed. I'm thinking my next one will be the Freestyle Flash..I like that it's so compact  |
10-26-2004, 04:24 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
Posts: 4,299
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am1977
I use the One Touch Ultra, it has been my meter since being dx'ed. I'm thinking my next one will be the Freestyle Flash..I like that it's so compact
| Freestyle Flash = = That thing would be lost in my possession in a second----I'd always be afraid of losing it
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10-26-2004, 05:54 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,142
| | Hi debaroo,
I haven't tried the Precision monitors, but have heard they are very good. The Children With Diabetes site seems to recommend them for ease of use and other attributes. The one I've been using lately is my Cozmonitor (that attaches to the Deltec pump). I like it pretty well, but personally, I think the Ultra is very reliable.
I was reminiscing about the meters I've used and tried in my life...LOL - There was the Glucocheck S.C. (old school - readings in 2 minutes), The Glucometer M (readings in approximately one minute), then on to the One Touch II, One Touch Profile, Dex (as part of a trial study), One Touch Ultra, Reli-On Ultima - lol  too many to count...
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
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