[Diabetes-talk] Talking Glucose meter question

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Tue Nov 6 20:49:01 UTC 2012 

The meter is about the same size but slightly differently shaped. Strips, a
lancet device and a few lancets also go into the Solo/solus V2 case. The
strips are slightly smaller but the blood goes on the end of the strip and
the hole or slot where the blood is sucked up is more centered than in the
early Prodigy Voice strips although the newer Prodigy strips have the slot a
bit more centered also.

I don't see much difference in ease of getting blood on the strips; some
people find one meter easier and some find the other easier.

There are fifty strips in a bottle; that's pretty-much standard across the
industry.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d
m gina
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:52 AM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Talking Glucose meter question

Is the meter larger than the prodigy or smaller?
You can fit your bottle of strips as well as a lancit and holder correct?
Do you think it is harder to put blood on a strip compared to prodigy?
Or does the blood go on the end of the strip as the prodigy?
Do you get 25 or 50 strips in bottle?

Original message:
> Insofar as I am aware, there is no switch. Nor would you really want 
> one as people would become confused when their meter didn't work. But 
> the Solo has a hard case that prevents accidental button-presses. And 
> what is a drawback for some -- flush buttons -- is an advantage here.

> Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 9:31 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Talking Glucose meter question

> Can you turn it off, and if so that is good, or when I cary my prodigy 
> in my purse it babbles more than I do giggle.
> I can turn this off, but it would be nice if there was a switch 
> instead of having to go threw settings.

> Original message:
>> I like that it now says the time. also, I find it is easier to use in 
>> some ways than the Prodigy voice.  I also like the before meals and 
>> after meals flags on the readings.  Also, although I haven't used it 
>> yet, you can upload the meter to a website, and not have to hand 
>> write
> logs.I

>> I also like the hard case, and the buttons are flush with the meter, 
>> so they're not as easily accidentally pressed as with the prodigy. 
>> Sent from my iPhone

>> On Nov 5, 2012, at 8:48 AM, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:

>>> What do you like about the upgrade of the meter?
>>> And how do you like it different from the prodigy?

>>> Original message:
>>>> Mike, when you say that the solo v2 does not say time readings is 
>>>> no longer correct!  I have the latest version, Which I was sent to 
>>>> evaluate, and it now does say the times, unlike it's earlier 
>>>> counterparts.  I switched to this meter from the Prodigy voice, and 
>>>> just love it!  I don't use the alarm reminder though.

>>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>>> On Nov 4, 2012, at 9:53 AM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

>>>>> The meter that has an alarm to remind you when to test is the Solo V2.
>>>>> However, it has some drawbacks: There's no SAY DISPLAY key; one 
>>>>> has to review readings in memory. Moreover, although times of 
>>>>> readings are displayed as one reviews them, the times are not spoken.

>>>>> And although you may differ from me, I never saw the necessity of 
>>>>> an
> alarm
>>>>> to remind one when to test. It's sort of like a string around the
> finger:
>>>>> one can put one on but one is then faced with trying to remember why.
> Seems
>>>>> to me it's pretty easy to remember to test when you get up, go to 
>>>>> bed, before meals or two hours after meals. That pretty-much 
>>>>> covers when
> people
>>>>> (either type 1 or Type 2) test. To me, almost everything else is
> unnecessary
>>>>> froth. But to eash his/her own.

>>>>> Mike Freeman


>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>>>> Behalf
> Of
>>>>> Terri S
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 3:41 AM
>>>>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Talking Glucose meter question

>>>>> Hello everyone,

>>>>> A friend of mine was telling me that there is a meter out there, 
>>>>> that
> is
>>>>> fully talking. It can remind you when to test somehow, and it can 
>>>>> keep
> track

>>>>> of certain times, or all times you test. I can't remember this for
> sure.
>>>>> Also, you can't easily waste strips, because it tells you if there 
>>>>> is
> not
>>>>> enough blood, or possibly even too much blood on them.

>>>>> However, I can't remember the name of this meter. Does anyone have 
>>>>> any
> ideas

>>>>> as to what I could be talking about?
>>>>> Does anyone have this meter? If so, what do you think of it?

>>>>> My friend tried to get this meter for her husband.
>>>>> However, Medicare wouldn't cover it for some reason.
>>>>> Does anyone here have this meter, who has Medicare? If so, how did 
>>>>> you
> get
>>>>> them to cover it?
>>>>> I'm curious about this, because I'd really like to have it. Right 
>>>>> now I
> am
>>>>> using the Prodigy Voice. While I like it alright, I'd like 
>>>>> something
> better.

>>>>> Thank you so much!

>>>>> Terri


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