I got some information about these new meters in the post recently and liked the idea of strip free testing.
They cost over 50 on the high street,at least they did when I lasted checked,and they are also available on prescription.
I had to go to the diabetic clinic recently so I asked about them. I was lucky that they had some available so they let me have one.
Instead of the usual test strips, they have a cassette which needs replacing after 50 tests and the finger pricker comes attached to the side of the meter.
They're great if you are on the move and it's supposed to be less painful(I'm holding them to that.
I've tried it a few times. You can't beat it for convenience.
Just one thing though, I tried it last night and I got an unexpectedly high glucose of 12.5 but then tested using the Accu-chek Active which came in at 2 mmol lower. Not sure what went wrong there, all of my other readings have matched.
