Accu-Chek Mobile Meter

[mum2westiesGill]

Just had my DSN on the phone querying how often i'm testing & how many test strips i'm using, the small problem was sorted and it was my chemist who were at fault as to how many test strips i'd ordered & gone through since last Friday. I'm Type 1 and testing 4 - 6 times per day which my DSN said is quite correct. However, a few weeks ago my DSN gave me the Freestyle Freedom Lite Meter & when i go for my next diabetic review at the beggining of December she's going to show me the Accu-Chek Mobile Meter which she said she thinks i'll like. She's got one in her cupboard for me if i like it. Does anybody have one of these & is it easy to use?

 

[grandma]

Yes I have one and think its great you do your blood tell it how mant carb you are going to have and it then workes out what to give it has to be set with the different ratios for different meals that you are on but its very easy to use

 

[Northerner]

Yes I have one and think its great you do your blood tell it how mant carb you are going to have and it then workes out what to give it has to be set with the different ratios for different meals that you are on but its very easy to use

Isn't that the Expert you are talking about? I think the Mobile is a different meter, that doesn't use test strips but has them in a drum in the machine itself. Might be wrong though! 🙂

 

[Casper]

I have the Accu-chek mobile, been using it for nearly 2 years, and have no complaints. It's a little chunky, but everything is together, so there's no fumbling for the softclix lancet, or any used strips to dispose of. The softclix lancet has 6 needles in one drum for finger pricking, and the cassette winds itself round before and after use.

Easy to use, looks like a mobile phone, so often folks will think I'm just using phone and not notice the blood from fingers

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Just had my DSN on the phone again and she now doesn't know whether to let me continue using the Freestyle Freedom Lite Meter (which i'm quite happy with, and may i add that i'm not very technical) or change to the Accu-Chek Mobile Meter as the latter might be better for me because i need to test quite often. Help needed / wanted please for which one to use?

 

[Northerner]

Just had my DSN on the phone again and she now doesn't know whether to let me continue using the Freestyle Freedom Lite Meter (which i'm quite happy with, and may i add that i'm not very technical) or change to the Accu-Chek Mobile Meter as the latter might be better for me because i need to test quite often. Help needed / wanted please for which one to use?

Personally, if happy with the meter you are using there's no real reason to change to a different one. I still use the Accu Chek Aviva that I was given at diagnosis even though I have about 5 other meters! What advantages doe your DSN think the Mobile will give you? I daresay it's slightly less messing about as the lancet and test strips are incorporated, but that's not really a huge problem or advantage. 🙂

 

[Tina63]

My son has the Accu-chek mobile. I thought when we first saw it he would hate the bulkiness of it, but that doesn't bother him. He had the Optium Xceed before and the big advantage he saw was that without having to open foil covered strips and insert them when sometimes a little shaky from a hypo, the Accu-chek mobile was by far superior. You literally just flick open the bottom cover, a new 'strip' winds round on the cassette ready for use. You just prick your finger with the lancet which is all attached to the side and dab the blood on the exposed bottom strip. That's it, all done and all in one unit. No fiddling getting a strip out and inserting it into a monitor, it's all done and there. You just close it up, and when you open it next time, the new 'strip' just winds round automatically ready for use again. The whole cassette just comes out and is thrown away, and a new one inserted. As easy as pie. As has been said before, the only slight disadvantage is the size of it. You could always go on their website and have a look at it? Larger Boots stores and other chemists may well have them in stock too so you could have a look.

 

[grandma]

Isn't that the Expert you are talking about? I think the Mobile is a different meter, that doesn't use test strips but has them in a drum in the machine itself. Might be wrong though! 🙂

yes sorry it was the Mobile that I had before the Expert your righ it dose have the cassett so no need to carry test strips its all in one havent been well latley and got a bit confused thanks