This meter apepars to be inaccurate. I have had readings 25-40 points HIGHER than my bayer. ANyone else have this?
142520
yes-the one touch vario iq ok-(needs to be recharged quite often). I have stopped using the one touch ultra 2-it always gave readings that were much higher than any of the other meters that I use to compare.
142521
I have discovered something rather interesting. You can get reliable and replicable readings if you take an exceptional degree of care NOT to touch your skin with the test strip when picking up the blood drop. The design of the test strip, which is 90 degrees off from the usual design of other brands of test strips, almost encourages the user to drag the strip across the finger and into the drop. This will result in erratic, and usually VERY high, readings. But if you touch only the blood droplet and not the surrounding skin, you get pretty good and highly repeatable readings. The whole design is flawed, but this precaution negates the worst problem with this flaw. I still like the AccuChek Nano, but my insurance (BC/BS - CareFirst) stopped covering the strips for it.
142522
yes, meter does not work very well, used for about 4 months and never was accurate, stopped using
566947
2032 is the battery number, if your replaceing batteries every month then the meter is defective. You can buy a new meter for less than $10.00, but I suggest you get the Bayer Contour USB, it recharges through your USB jack on your computer and the test strips are about the same price.
1189885
I didn't have any problem. However I sent mine back due to I didn't/don't think it gave me accurate readings.
566948
2032 is the battery number, if your replaceing batteries every month then the meter is defective.You can buy a new meter for less than $10.00, but I suggest you get the Bayer Contour USB, it recharges through your USB jack on your computer and the test strips are about the same price.
2120801
In my case, just the opposite. When compared to my old meter, I get 8 to 10 points higher reading. A comparison of A1C may be a more relevant reflection of accuracy to see if your numbers go up or down.
1945498
I've experienced the results of high readings way above my real bood pressure tested on another device. So needless to say I'm not sastified with this particular cuff.
1348322
I have some of this problem too and not accurate at all, such a wasted of money. So, I don't use it anymore.
2077615
Check your paper work that came with meter. Other than that, I have had no problem with mine. I set it for what I want to check and it works just fine. Your meter and mine are the same.
989382
Asumming that you put your arm in properly, not to bind the sensor, It measures quite consistently. If we get a higher reading, as we're concerned about our results, we lay back to rest for 3 minutes, breathe deeply 4 times,then the measurement drops as much as 10 points. I find it's Memory records daily consistent BP's, vs our old Arm-Band unit.Checking it with the local Market, or Drug Store, it's results are very Good!
1628093
I bought those too, the readings with the no-calibration strips still came out as 0.1's almost all the time with occasional 0.2's just like the first set of calibrated strips that I had bought with the meter originally. I'm an engineer and don't know exactly how they do it, but nanoscale manufacturing these days is doing amazing things so maybe the calibration sample is on the strip sub-microscopically and we simply can't see it. Just follow the instructions and be happy.
324473
Mine seems fairly accurate yet sometimes takes 4 or 5 tries before giving me a reading. Also, very occasionally I get a "high" reading (like 156) that I know is wrong. So I just wait a minute and re-check. This happens very on very seldom occasions.
1196487
I ordered this for my mother, she hasn't had any problems with the reading been inaccurate. She takes this to her doctor to have them check it against their reading and it has been fine. I hope this information helps. Joyce
199335
It's been quite a while since I purchased my last one, but at the time it was $39.95 for ONE kit at Walmart. If they have them for $19.95 now, I would assume that either the mfg dropped the price or Walmart is blowing them out to get rid of stock. This blood sugar monitor's readings were very inaccurate when I used it several years ago; I ran several tests using this unit and some others that I had, taking readings right before I had blood drawn for my regular tests. This unit was consistently off by 20 or more points every time, while my other brand testers were consistently within 5 to 8 points of the actual test results reported to my doctor.
1338709
Sorry Scott, I can't. I only know there is no uniform calibrating of meters - and therefore they are all different. After trying 3 - I found, for me, the Freestyle Lite to be the most accurate. My daughter uses One Touch - and her readings come in high too.
1289656
I am not sure but I just bought a life source monitor at the the drug store and I consistently get accurate readings on the first try. Once again, I think the sensors in this machine do not work very well. Money not well spent.
454549
Bayer has a very sensitive approach about the accuracy of this product. You may call the Customers Support anytime and they will conduct a test along with you. In case the test fails, Bayer replaces your Meter at no cost.
1703995
This unit is pretty innacurate. It will give different readings (upto 30mb) if you don't position it exactly the same way each time, and will also give inconsistent readings (upto 15mb) if you takes consecutive readings without adjusting it at all.