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One Touch Verio IQ

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Hi Guys


Not been on for while but hope your all doing ok, I received this One Touch Verio IQ blood testing machine as freebie yesterday in post but I'm happy with my one touch that I have would anyone like it hopefully you'l be able to get test strips for it. All I ask is you cover post threw paypal.

thanks Marie 🙂
 
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I thought it was quite a good idea - identifying trends - and if I wasn't using the pump one, I'd try it.

Is it not ?
 
I use a One Touch Vario IQ. I actually have two of them. They are okay. Colour screens that are easy to read - they track "before" and "after" meal readings to user settings for limits (highs and lows) but it only tracks the last 750 reading - a bit low compared to other readers. One of the nice things is that it has it's own battery that is rechargeable. The battery is enclosed and cannot be replaced; this is bad since you'll have to dump the Vario IQ after the battery life dies but it's good since you plug it in to recharge it and you don't have to pay for new batteries. I also use a Bayer Contour Next reader but I don't like it that much. The big thing about the readers are the lancing devices that come with them; I much prefer the One Touch Delica that comes with the One Touch Vario IQ than the Bayer lancing device. Strips cost about the same - I've got a premium insurance plan that covers whatever I get my Endo or GP to give me a prescription for so no big difference to me. Vario IQ is my reader of preference.

See http://community.diabetes.org/t5/Re...and-a-BIG-thanks-to-all-the/m-p/441863#M34699 for the details of my diagnosis and dealings of my T2DM.
 
I am getting increasingly annoyed with my Verio. I've disabled the 'intelligent' alert system as it kept telling me things I already knew and yesterday I inserted a test strip, pricked my finger and then saw the meter wanted me to confirm the date and time. Love the display but don't like the continual nagging and find the strip sample ports awkward to place the blood on, and it takes forever to turn off (p.s. if you remove the strip it seems to turn off straight away).
Battery lasts a month if you are lucky between charges, which is not impressive.
 
Vicsetter

Thats not so good .you wouldn't like this free one to try lol lol 🙂
Marie
 
I can't praise my two, the Contour Next USB and the Freestyle Insulinx enough. I'm using the Next USB most and have no trouble with alarms, mostly because I haven't set any. :D My alarms and reminders are all on my moby. They do generate a weekly report however that gives me my averages and I like that.

It sounds like your meter may have developed a fault, so if you don't want to change, maybe you could get in touch with the manufacturer and ask for some help. Otherwise, why not try the Bayer and/or Abbott's websites to see if they will send you a freebie? I thinks there's not so much difference between the cost of the strips so that shouldn't be a problem.
 
Alison, if you are talking to me then there is not a fault with the meter that is what it does. I have just about every meter out there, including the Contour USB, but I can't keep getting my strips changed every five minutes. I'll stick with my Mylife Pura, which is great and I believe the most accurate. The Verio seems to read high.
 
Vicsetter said:
Alison, if you are talking to me then there is not a fault with the meter that is what it does. I have just about every meter out there, including the Contour USB, but I can't keep getting my strips changed every five minutes. I'll stick with my Mylife Pura, which is great and I believe the most accurate. The Verio seems to read high.
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Yes, Vic, I was. But as long as you have a meter you're happy with that's what counts.
 
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