I just got a MiniMed pump after 36 years of injecting and when I opened one
of the ten boxes of test
strips they sent me the test strips container is the size of a shot glass.
The BD Lancet
is twice as long as my Soft Touch so I gave it to my health care provider
along with
many insulin supplies.  The small vial to hold strips is no longer
available. (The one that came with the meter)

MiniMeds solution was to send an even bigger pouch to carry my meter in. I
told them that
I was transferring my strips to the small container they had sent me with
the meter.  They said
not to do that as my readings might vary by as much as 100.  I told the
spoksman that even
my healthcare provider went along with this because I carry my meter in my
cargo pants at all times.

I told her that if they don't know how to make a meter to look at Precision
Extra's compact
meter where the strips are individually wrapped and not near as flimsy as
MiniMeds.  Fifty strips
can easily be carried the meter and your fingers never touch the strip.  The
VA issued me an Accu-Check
meter and I refused to use it because of the big vial of strips. Bigger is
not better when it comes to
carrying supplies with you.

I forgot to mention that the reson for going to a bigger vial was to
accommodate older people.
I informed her that I "am older people and this sucks."  What do you think
of this ?  No, I haven't
been to the pumpers site yet.

Charlie in SC