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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / October 2005Accu-Check Advantage vs. OneTouch Ultra
Would anyone care to make a comparison between these two meters?  SignatureLou | Would anyone care to make a comparison between these two meters? I have used both... by no comparison... the Ultra is far better the best meter. -- though, I use the softclix lancer with my ultra. <g> RK, t1 I have both (also Freestyle). I like them in the following order: 1. Freestyle Flash--tiny purse-sized so easy to carry, uses tiny amount of blood, and fast. 2. Ultra--fastest and relatively small amount of blood. 3. Advantage--The newer ones may be better. My year old one seems to be most accurate when repeat testing within a minute of so of last test compared to others--mine is much slower and requires much larger amount of blood, so once I ran out of strips, I stopped using it--nicknamed it "Vlad." I just got my new OneTouch Ultra yesterday. My old one is an Accu-Check Advantage. The OneTouch is consistently 20%-25% lower than the Accu-Check. All readings were made at the same time. Both were properly calibrated. Confucius say "Man with one watch know what time it is, but man with two watches never quite sure!" I can now identify with this proverb. CB > The OneTouch is consistently 20%-25% lower than the Accu-Check. > All readings were made at the same time. Both were properly > calibrated. How old was your Accu-chek? Mine matched lab readings for several years--up through this past June. But recently I started to wonder about it, and then, this past week, it suddenly started acting like a random number generator. I bought a cheap Walgreens meter, for comparison and the Accuchek was all over the place--the new meter would read 125 and the accucheck would read 170 one time, then they'd match at another time, then the Accuchek would be 25% lower. The people at the Accuchek regular customer service number sent me new control solution last month, and it tested out okay. But I called a different, replacement number at Roche that my health insurer gave me, and the woman there told me that the Advantages tend to stop working properly at about 2.5 year old. That just happens to be the age of this one. (She didn't know that.) They sent me an Aviva and it matches the Walgreen's meter very closely--within a few mg/dl. So it is possible your Advantage meter was getting old. TOO BAD that Accuchek's general customer service number doesn't give out the same information that their replacement line does! --Jenny http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/ Type 2 Diabetes info http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Low Carb info >> The OneTouch is consistently 20%-25% lower than the Accu-Check. >> All readings were made at the same time. Both were properly [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >--Jenny Mine is about that old, maybe a little older. Does anyone know a way to get a one-time check someplace, just for comparison with my new OneTouch that I will take with me? CB >>> The OneTouch is consistently 20%-25% lower than the Accu-Check. >>> All readings were made at the same time. Both were properly [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > CB Could it be time to change the battery, even if the "low battery" warning hasn't yet appeared? Peter G. > Would anyone care to make a comparison between these two meters? go with the U.S. The UltraSmart has a lot of additional useful features that make it the one I generally choose. It stores/reports a lot more data and provides much easier computer access compared to the others. >The UltraSmart has a lot of additional useful features that make it the >one I generally choose. It stores/reports a lot more data and provides >much easier computer access compared to the others. The computer software (free if you download it) is infinitely better than Roche's. You'll only pay for the necessary interconnect cable, unless your wheedling skills are better than mine. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G Yes, I downloaded the software for free. I see no use for another box to gather dust or CD to occupy a slot until it becomes obsolete and then ends up in a landfill. pc Lou, My diabetes doc let me use a new Accuchek Advantage in his office that had just been tested, and it was a lot faster than my old Accuchek--I'm not sure how much blood it needs, since I did a large drop so they could pipette some for another purpose. But I noticed it was about 7 points higher than my UltraSmart that I had used about 20 minutes earlier. pc One of the things I "liked" about the UltraSmart was the ability to use a USB cable and then download the results into their software. But this is a really klunky program! It even looks like something a programming class might have as a semester project. I'm glad that I tried the manual entres before buying that $30 cable or I'd really be pissed. As it is, I am creating an ordinary Excel file which will show charts. It will take a while, but should be as good. Unless, of course, somebody has already done this and offers it....? [broad hint] bob > Lou, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > pc Hi Bob, Check out HEALTH software at http://wave.prohosting.com/ugleeeee/index.html. I've been using it for almost two years with manual entries and chart everything I need. It even has a diary module. And it's FREE. The writer updates it fairly often. Peter G. > One of the things I "liked" about the UltraSmart was the ability to use a > USB cable and then download the results into their software. But this is [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> pc Oh Wow! That is 10 x better than anything I could have written [and 50 x better than Ultrasmart] Many thanks! [saved me hours of struggling] > Hi Bob, > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> > >> pc Bob, I do agree that a good programmer who also understands diabetes could do a better job, but it's hands down better than the software available from other meter companies. For the average novice or busy person, it's relatively easy to print off the "big pieces" and show them to a doctor. I wouldn't steer most users away from it. I use SPSS with survey software, and even there, I tend to import the data into Excel first and do initial cleanup before I export it to SPSS and run the hardcore stats. pc >Lou, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >points higher than my UltraSmart that I had used about 20 minutes >earlier. The Advantage meter typically reads 20 - 30 points than any other meter I have. Others have said the same thing. Use the accu chek complete meter for better accuracy. It is about the same as the one touch ultrasmart meter. The complete meter can be purchased for just a couple bucks off ebay. |
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