I recently got a new Bayer Contour USB meter. My insurance wouldn't pay for it so I reluctantly coughed up $70.00 because I really wanted this meter. I am giving my review on the Contour USB in a week or so.
I decided when I got the meter home that I would do comparison tests side by side with my One Touch Ultra Ping meter and in a few cases, the regular Bayer Contour. I had hoped these comparison tests would let me know how they stack up and give me a sense of the accuracy of both.
Below are the results and my conclusion of these results will follow:
USB Bayer Contour One Touch Ultra Ping
216 213 255
USB Bayer Contour One Touch Ultra Ping
158 139 177
USB Bayer Contour One Touch Ultra Ping
92 97 100
USB One Touch Ultra Ping
68 73
USB One Touch Ultra Ping
148 171
USB One Touch Ultra Ping
341 (yikes) 401 (I know, yikes!)
USB One Touch Ultra Ping
228 274
USB One Touch Ultra Ping
167 179
Very interesting that in every single test, the One Touch Ultra tested higher than both the USB and regular Contour meter.
It seems that the higher my glucose number, the greater the difference between the two.
Correct me if I'm wrong in this but it seems that I should go with the meter that tests LOWER rather than the one that consistently gives HIGHER readings. My reasoning behind this is that I can take too much insulin if relying on the One Touch Ultra (which gives the higher readings) and then go into a low. When my numbers were more within range, the meters seemed to be more agreeable. I really like this new meter and am going to give it some more time before I post a review on it. Watch for it!
3 comments:
I switched from One Touch to Liberty Gold Sensor Strips. I did a comparison with 1 to 5 point difference using American Diagnostics meter and strips distributed by Liberty Medical under the private label brand Liberty. The strips are 75% less expenive than One Touch and I got the same result. Nipro is the manufacture that makes the the Liberty Glucose Strips.The web site for Nipro who bought American Diagnostics that has the Gold Sensor Technology for there brand of glucose strips is below. Nipro also owns thee AMIGO Insulin Pump company. Diabetic supplies and pumps have become a commodity. This company is much more reasonable on price for as good technology-research other glucose strip-meter manuafacturers offer for a much lower cost.
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Good to know mdenson, I'll check it out. I had a little problem with my new bayer USB meter a few days ago and plan on writing about it on the blog. I am all for saving money. These brand name strips are outrageous! I recently bought a Reli-on Confirm meter and found that my numbers were pretty close to the USB. The strips for them cost 20.00 for a can of 50.
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