Which is best machine to test sugar at home and which is good and cheap with not expensive strips for testing.

[tarunshar]

[Hidden]

One touch,Acu check are good.

[Gospi in reply to Hidden]

Agreed Venkataramana

[tarunshar]

Thanks Venkataramana

[asku2013]

I use Prodigy. Convenient and easy to use.

Costs about 20 rs. Per strip.

Any one has a better / cheaper and reliable glucometer? Pl. Let me have the details.

Reg

AK

[Nane in reply to asku2013]

Try accuchk. 100 strips Rs.1350/ -

[ShooterGeorge in reply to asku2013]

If PPBS is near or above 140, urine testing at home with Benedicts solution is sufficient; very cheap & no puncturing the fingers!!!

[asku2013 in reply to ShooterGeorge]

Unfortunately ppbs is around 170...

[ankitthakkar]

Yes I agree with Venkatramana, One touch and Acu check are well known. but strips for both machines are very expensive. If u want to use machine regularly then buy strips in bulk so u can save some money.

[ShooterGeorge in reply to ankitthakkar]

If PPBS is near or above 140, urine testing at home with Benedicts solution is sufficient; very cheap & no puncturing the fingers!!!

[Kocjhu]

Johnson&Johnson one touch glucometer is god and I am using this Since 2002.

[ShooterGeorge in reply to Kocjhu]

If PPBS is near or above 140, urine testing at home with Benedicts solution is sufficient; very cheap & no puncturing the fingers!!!

[Hidden]

I ve been using Accuchek Active- since 4-5 yrs no problem as it is very easy to use, and clean up in case you drop blood- very long battery life which is easily available, the strips are available at very low cost at ebay.in. I got a box of 100 strips for about Rs.1100/- and at ebay you can see the expiry date which is normally over a year after you get the delivery - 2 to 3- days max.

[asku2013 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Anil.

[tarunshar]

Thanks all of you

[palumpazhamum]

one touch select is best and strips are cheaper

[jitander]

One touch,Acu check i best

[Scpathak]

I use accuchek go and pay 750/- for 50 strips in Indore MP on purchasing from whole sale market DAWA BAZAR Indore

[kodlaya]

I am using One Touch Horizon. It is very expensive and in each pack of 10 strips one or two go waste shows error. Effectively cost of each strip comes to around Rs.40/- ! But the machine if goes out of order is replaced free of cost!

[ShooterGeorge in reply to kodlaya]

If PPBS is near or above 140, urine testing at home with Benedicts solution is sufficient; very cheap & no puncturing the fingers!!!

[Ameerpet]

Iam using RIGHT CHECK.We can use AAA batteries and the strips work out to Rs.23/ each

[vettathan]

One Touch

[Hidden]

i use Accuacheck Active from the last ten years,test stips are readily available,and also are cheap just rupees 750-00 for pack of 50

[eugine in reply to Hidden]

Where do you get Accucheck Active strips of 50 for Rs. 750/- because I am paying the same amount for strips of 25.

[Hidden in reply to eugine]

eugine : try e-bay.in The current quoted price for 100 strips is Rs. 1060/- including quick free delivery.

[Hidden]

From where you belong,I get it from my agent,printed value is rupees 1500-00 fpr fifty pack

[Ramnaresh]

I use EASY-PRIK Basic Blood Glucose Monitoring System. It is giving good service. Earlier I used Pulsatom;s ACE Blood Glucose Meter but it gives so called accuracy. I found false reading many times. So I give up it and switched over To EASY-PRIK which is reliable for me. It is proved good in sense of Pathological cross checking. But I want to say no any of the machine is fully reliable and no each medicines are suitable to diabetes. It is my experience . It vary man to man.

[ONIL]

I AM USING OPTIUM XCEED OF ABBOTT FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. I FEEL IT IS VERY GOOD AND ACCURATE TOO

[Gpsharma]

Actually machine cost around 700/= stripts costs 13/= inbulk means of 100 but mind expiry date is 6 months

[avam7491]

I use Gluco Care Ultima for last three years and working satisfactorly. A pack of 50 strips cost Rs. 750/= from whole seller. You can try it.

[ksamy]

I use Accu chek and it is cheap and best

[ylrao]

I am using Rite check ,switched over from One touch ,25 strips Rs.450/ from Med Plus stores getting relatively good results as I get it checked in lab also ,recommended to my friends ,they also satisfied it

[anuragm]

Accucheck Active available strip 100pack at rs.1000 after getting discount

[benedictpa1]

One Touch Select. Strip Costs Rs 18 if buy 50 strips pack

[getz08]

Every machine is best provided it is caliberated periodically.Moreover all these stripped machines gives higher lavel of blood sugar so they limitize to only diferenciate in hyper or hypoglycemia. otherwise its role is just to have rough guides.

[damayanti]

What is d expiry period? is it same to all strips made by different companies,

I heard the variation(reading) 20%

[asku2013]

Thanks to all.

George- can you explain in more detail how the Bennedict solution method works out? Is there a kit one can buy? Or you need to buy components separately? If so, what to buy? How do we test?

[ShooterGeorge in reply to asku2013]

Hi asku2013,

When I bought long long ago for my mother, it was available as a kit. Those are still with me & shall publish photos in a post here if you need to see. Full name of it is Benedict's Qualitative Reagent; colour is Blue. Composition is printed on the label.Five colour strips are also printed for users to interpret the result. If the resultant colour is Blue - no US, Green - 0.5% US, Yellow - 1.0%, Brown - 1.5% & Red - 2.0%.

Components of the kit are:

100 ml bottle of BQR

A test tube

A holder to hold the test tube while heating

A spirit lamp to heat the mixture

A dropper to measure urine & reagent

If what I remember about the measure is correct a mixture of one portion of urine & eight portions of reagent is to be taken in the test tube & heated gently till boiling. By that time the colour-change would take place. Then interpret the colour& decide the extent of US. Till US is not zero, Blood sugar test may be avoided.

[bhaskarraut in reply to ShooterGeorge]

Is Benedict's solution available easily with pharmacists ?

[esipl]

I use the machine marketed by Thyrocare laboratories named SUGAR SCAN I have 6 branded machines but i found this accurate.

[Delhinew]

Using within the Expiry period is very important as strips after expiry dates gives very wrong and unreliable readings

[asku2013]

Thanks George. Will do this.

[rajan_vmv]

No body mentioned which is the best machine for testing sugar level in blood. Can any one please suggest cheap and best machine brand Sir