Accu-Chek Active Blood Glucose Meter Kit, Vial of 10 strips free (Multicolor)

Bought this for Mom. This meter includes 10 Lancet Needles, and 10 test strips.This item was Manufactured and packed on October 2018 as the box says. the package was not tampered I opened the seal by myself, but still the battery was dead. Had to buy the battery from shop for 30rs.New users those who are confused on how to use this, there is a video in youtube called "How to use Accu Chek Active Blood Glucose Monitoring system | Accu Check Demo by Happy Pumpkins" Hope this helps you.And also don't forget to register your meter so that u can get 10yrs warranty.

Let me start by giving this device 5-Stars for its good looks and brand name.From the above, I deduct 2 stars for lack of accuracy. What do I mean? Let me explain.You see, every alternate day, I was doing fasting sugar test with this device. Looking at the good results, the doctor reduced the diabetes medication dosage.Within days, my body was indicating that something was wrong. All this while however, the Accu-Check continued to show that my fasting sugar was more-or-less okay (for a diabetic). So, I went back to the doctor and he rightly suspected that the meter was giving bad readings.He prescribed two lab tests on two different days and told me to do a test with the Accu-Check at the same time as the lab took the blood sample. In both cases, the lad reading was roughly 35 mg/dl higher than that indicated by this Accu-check meter.In fact, I have an older Accu-check version that required a chip. When I tested my sugar levels with the older Accu-check meter, it too displayed a reading that was 30 mg/dl higher than the new meter. Obviously these no-chip glucometers are not as accurate as we are made to believe. At best, they only give a rough indication of the sugar level and cannot be used as a basis on which to change medication dosage.It seems glucometer reading that is off by 15% of the lab results should be considered accurate. But in this case, it was off by more than 30%.Of the remaining 3-Stars, I deduct another 2 stars for error reading. Let me explain.Very often after putting a drop of blood on the test strip (while it is in the meter), the Accu-Check meter would display an error. Result; wasted test strips and we all know how expensive these things are. Now, I'm not new to using the glucometer. I've been using the previous chip based glucometer for three years. So, yes, I know how to do the test. The number of times it displayed such errors, indicates to me something is seriously not right with this meter.So finally, we are left with just one star (I wish I could knock that off too). Should you buy this product? I'm sorry, but I have to say absolutely not !!!!

Using for about 6 months. It is so easy to use. I can't say about the accuracy. The box is very useful to carry it along with. This is a new model, and doesn't contains the slot for coding chip, which used to be provided with test strips. This makes easy for older and low educated people.

In this model, the drop of blood has to be placed on the green part of inserted strip which is close to device. It is not easy to use at all. If the drop is not placed exactly in centre of green area or blood is not enough, it gives error and strip becomes useless.Better to go for the model where blood is to be placed at tip of the strip and then inserted in device

I purchased this on 22nd July.I reported inaccurate reading on 16th August.After lot of justification & followup they send me liquid solution to test on 26th August. I have been told meter was OK after sharing the reading using it but it was not.I provided fresh pathology report along with meter reading. The maximum reading difference was between 14% to 52%. Minimum was between 14% to 23%.I sent meter them on 3rd September. It's almost a month over now & still I didn't got it back. I have been told there was random reading problem in many machines ( Earlier they were not accepting problem ?) & it will take more time.The summary is that after purchasing the meter I was not able to use it in ~3 months for getting single reliable reading. Moreover one has to justify a lot to prove meter reading are not correct. False assurance & promises have been observed by support person. If you are lucky you may get a good one otherwise be prepare to get frustration.