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Bayer's Contour Blood Glucose Monitoring System | Health and Beauty

by Ascensia

List Price:

$80.00

Sales Rank:

1,693st

FEATURES

No coding required
5 second test time
Pre/post meal test marking for better glucose control
0.6 blood sample size, alternative site testing, palm or forearm
480 test result memory with 14 day average

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
Bayer HealthCare LLC does not warrant use of the Ascensia Contour Blood Glucose Meter with any strip other than Ascensia Contour Blood Glucose Strips. For complete warranty information, refer to User Guide. For in vitro diagnostic use. Store meter at room temperature 50 -86° Fahrenheit. This kit contains the following Ascensia Contour items: *Blood Glucose Meter*Quick Reference Guide*User Guide*Ascensia Microlet Adjustable Lancing Device with 5 lancets*Ascensia Clinilog record Diary*Carrying case*Warranty card. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back within 90 days of purchase. Five year limited warranty. For questions or comments, or help with reimbursement, call: 1-800-348-8100, or www.bayerdiabetes.com. Bayer HealthCare LLC is dedicated to providing the highest quality products and services to our customers.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 18 reviews)

It's ok by Robert A. Flickinger (Woodstock, GA USA)

3 Stars
November 21, 2009
I bought this because Bayer used 1 type of test strips for all their meters. Prior to this I used a FreeStyle Lite meter. I got tired of trying to find the "lite" test strips. Seems they have a different test strip for each model of their meters. As for the bayer meter, 1. it's a little bigger but that's no big deal. 2. The test strips are a tighter fit to get into the meter. 3. The strips themselves work well. You can actually watch it suck the blood drop in very quickly. The problems I found... If the blood drop isn't big enough and the strip doesn't suck it all the way up the strip, it errors and waste the test strip. It seems to be accurate but not precise. That is, when I compared testing against my FreeStyle, 80% of the time the readings pretty much agreed - within a few points. When it was off - it was off. For Example, I could reading 117 on the FreeStyle, but the Bayer might read 132. I could then re-run the test and it would then show 120. So, I would conclude that was the Bayer meter in error and not the FreeStyle. It's quick on the read and the test strips draw up the blood drop better then the FreeStyle lite strips. I haven't decided if I will switch to it yet. The other reason I'm considering the Bayer meter is because they are going to introduce a new meter that plugs into a usb port and is Mac computer compatible and it will use the same strips.

NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS 7 by Robert in NY (New York, NY)

1 Stars
November 17, 2009
Nov 17, 2009: After ordering and paying for the data cable and software, I was advised by Bayer's Customer Service that their software is not compatible with Windows 7, and they have no idea when/if it will be. So if you intend to use the meter and your computer to maintain records, avoid this device. One of the more clueless customer service reps I've ever dealt with.

Does the job by Daniel (Ithaca, NY United States)

4 Stars
October 17, 2009
This is my first glucose meter so i can't compare it to other models. All i know that the Consumer Reports gave it a best buy and that it does the job. It's nice that the kit comes also with 10 test strips and 10 lancets.

Excellent and easy to use meter by TarotGirl (Springfield, MA)

5 Stars
September 15, 2009
I like this meter because it's easy to see results on the big screen, you can mark them for pre and post prandial readings, and the test strips are simple to insert and remove. Plus, the results in the large memory can be uploaded to your computer using free software from Bayer so you can see graphical monitoring of your blood sugar over time. The USB cable for uploading is an extra cost item, but it's worth the nominal cost. You can even email the results to your doctor.

Painful lancing device by Prasanta Roy (calcutta,India)

5 Stars
August 08, 2009
I agree with all the above reviews. One thing I must add that the new lancing device accompanied this model is not very satisfactory and is simply painful whenever used to get a drop of blood.The depth settings are not clear on the barrel and you must be very careful not to press it too hard against your skin or you will get pain during blood sampling.In all other sense this is accurate and very convenient meter to use.For blood sampling pl use accucheck multiclix or soft clix lancing devices with very little pressure at the time of blood sampling.

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