Walmart's blood glucose meter

Diabetes Technology Glucose Monitoring
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Hi Everyone,

I'm wondering what other people's experiences are with the Relion blood glucose meter from Walmart.

This is the one I've been using. I know that there have been a lot of discussions comparing meters. I'm not expecting to change meters, I'd just like to know what other people think of this one.

Thanks so much!

marty1492

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ive been using a relion meter the past year to supplement the accucheck given to me by the doc. i only get 200 strips a month covered by socialised medicine and so i stock up on the relion Brand when back in the states. i find it consistently runs about 10 points higher tan my accucheck but as i said, it is consistent. i think it Works fine.

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The one I used to have tested pretty close to what my One Touch tested. not off by much at all.

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I've noticed at higher bg levels it will read slightly higher, but in the 60-100 it is very close to one touch. I also found it was within 5 points of my lab bg reading. What i do like is when i test twice in a row the readings are very close to each other. where with my one touch it seems like i always get the 75-160-112 WTF readings.

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i like that, jim-75-160-112 WTF readings...

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This is timely, yesterday I had a 63-168-145 WTF reading. When I have a reading requiring treatment, I'll usually confirm with an additional test. I often test high, then rewash my hands and find that my fingers were contaminated causing a false high. But a false low? Does anyone else get false lows? What causes them, just bad strips?

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That would be an interesting topic: can we get false low on meters?
I believe it never happened to me.

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If you are impatient and do not wait long enough for the extra water to evaporate from skin you can get false lows. Drying the skin with a towel will not remove water soaked up buy dry skin, it must evaporate. A small amount of water in the surrounding skin will migrate to the small sample when the skin is punctured.

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It's been my observation that if I have a hard time getting a drop of blood I can't trust the reading. This has happened so many times I don't even bother testing, instead I re-stick and only test when I get a nice drop.

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Thanks, everyone. It's good to know that, for most people, the Relion meter gives relatively consistent readings.

I've really liked how inexpensive the strips are.

marty1492