[Diabetes-talk] Comments RE: Solo Meter
The Jacobs Family
bandbjacobs at verizon.net
Thu Apr 8 13:13:24 UTC 2010
Good Morning Gang:
Sorry this took so long. I had to weigh very carefully my comments/posting
here this morning.
On Monday evening, an ADS rep delivered the shoes I had ordered to me.
After trying them on and liking them, (Sure beat the tar out of the "shit
Kickers" I used to have!" I hope you folks can forgive the "farming"
vernacular. My mother used to call them "Shit Kickers." Ya know those
old-boat-type boots that come up just barely above the ankles? At any rate,
these shoes are real nice! Bill couldn't get over 'em. Nice black,
professional looking, leather, nice tread on the bottoms. And, they
actually resemble S H O E S!! Holy Buckets!! Light and comfy too!!
Anyway, in further conversation with this rep, I said to him, ya know, I'd
like to get my hands on one of those solo meters. Gotta check everything
out ya know. After all, I consider myself to be a sort of "watch dog" ya
know--for diagbetics as well as competition. His next question was, So,
how'd ya ever find out about that? It's only been out barely two weeks. I
said, I just wanna see it sometime. "ya wanna see one now?" Got one?
Really?" "I'll have to run out to my car and get it." "Bring it on!"
First thing I observed in checking it out was the case. The thing is kind
of boxy and institutional looking. However, in it's defense, other than
that, the design is absolutely phantabulous!! Everything snaps securely
into place. The meter, lancing device, control solution, alternative-site
testing cap, strips, and all. There's even a space beneath the meter for
extra clean lancetts. Everything fits very nice and snug.
As for the meter itself, I would not accuse them of steeling the PV
technology. This works on a similar premise. But the voice is entirely
different. It has before/after-meal average settings, the buttons do not
depress so easily that it sounds like you have a talking purse, book bag, or
briefcase. And yes, it is completely accessible. It is very slightly
thinner than the PV as well and also uses tripple-A's. It does appear to be
very easy to set and user friendly. As for its accuracy, however, I haven't
heard about how it tests with lab testing. But then I hadn't heard that
about the PV either. I, myself have never had any trouble with the PV until
I had to replace mine just last week after having it about two and a half
years. Of course, the guy asked me if I wanted to switch over? I simply
said to him, "You're forgetting who I work for? I take things like loyalty
and ethics very seriously. I'm forever accused of wearing my heart on my
sleeve. I actually like both meters and at this point, I'd say, it's one's
choice depending on what one wants and how many of the features on it one
would have use for. The Solo does have a few features that the PV does not.
I would not accuse these folks of steeling anything from anyone. I see it
as honest competition. These folks have taken many of our suggestions to
heart and I'd like to commend them for that. My very biggest issue with PV
is their not-so-user-friendly software. Neither my husband nor I have been
able to figure it out in three years. I simply take my meter into my doctor
and he just scroles through it and does the A1C anyway. I'm never without a
meter anyway so I figure what's the big deal? I'm not out to find fault
with anyone here--simply chalk it up to, matter of preference. Nothing
more, nothing less. Have a great day gang!
Bern
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> 1. Re: Legislation (Mike Freeman)
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> 3. Re: Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
> (cheryl echevarria)
> 4. Re: Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
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> 5. Re: Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:47:38 -0700
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Legislation
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> I would never delete a reading just because it was too high; one is only
> hurting oneself by cherry-picking readings. But readings that don't make
> sense because of too little blood ought to be deletable.
>
> Mike
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Legislation
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>
>> mike,
>> Are you speaking of the readings that don't read well?
>> Or because there isn't enough blood?
>> If I understood your message, I must agree with you.
>> You never know, as advanced as meters are coming, I bet they will come up
>> with something like that.
>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:58:42 -0700
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose
> Meter
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Gray" <chris at bayareadigital.us>
> To: "ACB Daibetics Mailing List" <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:59 PM
> Subject: [acb-diabetics] Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>
>
>> Hi Everybody:
>>
>> This is not the official announcement that will be forthcoming next week,
>> but I wanted to mention to all of my friends in ACB Diabetics in Action
>> that Bay Area Digital and BioSense Medical are partnering together in
>> bringing the Solo meter to market. It is an exciting new product that
>> offers a similarly priced alternative to Prodigy Voice for the blind
>> community. My experience with the meter is somewhat limited thus far,
>> but
>> that is changing day by day. It appears to be an excellent product, and
>> I
>> am extremely impressed by the engineering of the product and the
>> knowledge
>> of the BioSense Medical management team about what the blind community
>> really wants and needs in a meter.
>>
>> Next week, there will be a full press rlease with availability, prices,
>> and additional information about Solo. Please stay tuned.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>> Christopher Gray, President
>> Bay Area Digital
>>
>> Promoting good health with innovative technology and superior health
>> products
>>
>> 870 Market Street, #653
>> San Francisco, CA 94102
>> Phone: (415) 217-6667
>> fax: (415) 962-2520
>> Email: chris at bayareadigital.us
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 21:04:36 -0400
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose
> Meter
> Message-ID: <BAY110-DS18843EBED192645E9BADA5A1170 at phx.gbl>
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> okay! And!
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:58 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Christopher Gray" <chris at bayareadigital.us>
>> To: "ACB Daibetics Mailing List" <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:59 PM
>> Subject: [acb-diabetics] Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>>
>>
>> > Hi Everybody:
>> >
>> > This is not the official announcement that will be forthcoming next
>> > week,
>> > but I wanted to mention to all of my friends in ACB Diabetics in Action
>> > that Bay Area Digital and BioSense Medical are partnering together in
>> > bringing the Solo meter to market. It is an exciting new product that
>> > offers a similarly priced alternative to Prodigy Voice for the blind
>> > community. My experience with the meter is somewhat limited thus far,
>> > but
>> > that is changing day by day. It appears to be an excellent product,
>> > and
>> > I
>> > am extremely impressed by the engineering of the product and the
>> > knowledge
>> > of the BioSense Medical management team about what the blind community
>> > really wants and needs in a meter.
>> >
>> > Next week, there will be a full press rlease with availability, prices,
>> > and additional information about Solo. Please stay tuned.
>> >
>> > All the best,
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------
>> > Christopher Gray, President
>> > Bay Area Digital
>> >
>> > Promoting good health with innovative technology and superior health
>> > products
>> >
>> > 870 Market Street, #653
>> > San Francisco, CA 94102
>> > Phone: (415) 217-6667
>> > fax: (415) 962-2520
>> > Email: chris at bayareadigital.us
>> >
>> > Visit my blog at http://ChristopherGray.squarespace.com
>> >
>> > Visit me on Facebook by linking to http://www.facebook.com/cpgray
>> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:20:33 -0400
> From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose
> Meter
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> Cheryl, was there more to your comment on this emailthan what got out?
> I'm
> confused by this.
>
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:05 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose
> Meter
>
> okay! And!
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Independent Travel Consultant
> http://Echevarriatravel.com
> 1-866-580-5574
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:58 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Christopher Gray" <chris at bayareadigital.us>
>> To: "ACB Daibetics Mailing List" <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:59 PM
>> Subject: [acb-diabetics] Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>>
>>
>> > Hi Everybody:
>> >
>> > This is not the official announcement that will be forthcoming next
>> > week,
>> > but I wanted to mention to all of my friends in ACB Diabetics in Action
>> > that Bay Area Digital and BioSense Medical are partnering together in
>> > bringing the Solo meter to market. It is an exciting new product that
>> > offers a similarly priced alternative to Prodigy Voice for the blind
>> > community. My experience with the meter is somewhat limited thus far,
>> > but
>> > that is changing day by day. It appears to be an excellent product,
>> > and
>
>> > I
>> > am extremely impressed by the engineering of the product and the
>> > knowledge
>> > of the BioSense Medical management team about what the blind community
>> > really wants and needs in a meter.
>> >
>> > Next week, there will be a full press rlease with availability, prices,
>> > and additional information about Solo. Please stay tuned.
>> >
>> > All the best,
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------
>> > Christopher Gray, President
>> > Bay Area Digital
>> >
>> > Promoting good health with innovative technology and superior health
>> > products
>> >
>> > 870 Market Street, #653
>> > San Francisco, CA 94102
>> > Phone: (415) 217-6667
>> > fax: (415) 962-2520
>> > Email: chris at bayareadigital.us
>> >
>> > Visit my blog at http://ChristopherGray.squarespace.com
>> >
>> > Visit me on Facebook by linking to http://www.facebook.com/cpgray
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > acb-diabetics mailing list
>> > acb-diabetics at acb.org
>> > http://www.acb.org/mailman/listinfo/acb-diabetics
>>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:28:40 -0400
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose
> Meter
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> well this was showing what the ACB was doing. We did the Prodigy Voice as
> the NFB. It is nice that ACB is getting involved and showing support, but
> why are we so concerned what they are doing, I am sure they had comments
> when we did the the PV.
>
> so and responds was Okay! and !
>
> Was there a statement to the post.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose
> Meter
>
>
>> Cheryl, was there more to your comment on this emailthan what got out?
>> I'm
>> confused by this.
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:05 PM
>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose
>> Meter
>>
>> okay! And!
>>
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>> Independent Travel Consultant
>> http://Echevarriatravel.com
>> 1-866-580-5574
>>
>> http://blog.echevarriatravel.com
>> Reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel
>> CST-1018299-10
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:58 PM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>>
>>
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Christopher Gray" <chris at bayareadigital.us>
>> > To: "ACB Daibetics Mailing List" <acb-diabetics at acb.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:59 PM
>> > Subject: [acb-diabetics] Comments about the Solo Blood Glucose Meter
>> >
>> >
>> > > Hi Everybody:
>> > >
>> > > This is not the official announcement that will be forthcoming next
>> > > week,
>> > > but I wanted to mention to all of my friends in ACB Diabetics in
>> > > Action
>> > > that Bay Area Digital and BioSense Medical are partnering together in
>> > > bringing the Solo meter to market. It is an exciting new product
>> > > that
>> > > offers a similarly priced alternative to Prodigy Voice for the blind
>> > > community. My experience with the meter is somewhat limited thus
>> > > far,
>> > > but
>> > > that is changing day by day. It appears to be an excellent product,
>> > > and
>>
>> > > I
>> > > am extremely impressed by the engineering of the product and the
>> > > knowledge
>> > > of the BioSense Medical management team about what the blind
>> > > community
>> > > really wants and needs in a meter.
>> > >
>> > > Next week, there will be a full press rlease with availability,
>> > > prices,
>> > > and additional information about Solo. Please stay tuned.
>> > >
>> > > All the best,
>> > >
>> > > Chris
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ----------------------------------------
>> > > Christopher Gray, President
>> > > Bay Area Digital
>> > >
>> > > Promoting good health with innovative technology and superior health
>> > > products
>> > >
>> > > 870 Market Street, #653
>> > > San Francisco, CA 94102
>> > > Phone: (415) 217-6667
>> > > fax: (415) 962-2520
>> > > Email: chris at bayareadigital.us
>> > >
>> > > Visit my blog at http://ChristopherGray.squarespace.com
>> > >
>> > > Visit me on Facebook by linking to http://www.facebook.com/cpgray
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
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