[Diabetes-talk] Excellent Deal on Solus V2 Meter and Strips

Wed Oct 8 02:50:50 UTC 2014

I agree with you here, Mike.
And with all the hacking going on, no way am I ready to store something so
personal as my BG readings on line. But that's just me. And my biggest gripe
when dealing with all of the various companies is that people who are blind
or visually impaired deserve choices just as much as do those with working
eyeballs. Okay, off my soap box now. <grin>
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From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Mike Freeman via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 4:24 PM
To: 'Alan Lemly'; 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Excellent Deal on Solus V2 Meter and Strips

Alan:

There is one "feature" of the Solus V2 that people should be aware of and
that almost everyone ignores; it's a "feature" that I think should be
prominently publicized.

In fact, the Solus V2 was *not* primarily intended for the blind or visually
impaired market although BioSense Medical did modify the meter firmware to
make it a bit easier for the blind/visually impaired to use. The Solus V2 is
primarily intended for the Medicare market -- especially the elderly type 2
who may not keep his/her own logbook as best practices say he/she should.
The talking feature was primarily designed for those who might not be able
to see the screen all that well and might need some reinforcement of the
knowledge of the reading.

But ONLY THE LAST TEN READINGS can be reviewed using speech. Any farther
back and a sighted person needs to review them. This is using the meter
itself. If one uploads logs to the MyMeterLink website, one can read all the
readings on that site.

But if one isn't especially savvy but one is a conscientious diabetic and
really does keep his/her own logbooks, he/she must write down readings
immediately in order to have access to the readings without sight.

Now if one doesn't keep a logbook and doesn't keep track of readings, the
Solus is a good deal. And I like the Solus V2. But that "last ten readings"
feature is a show-stopper for me.

Why can't we review all readings? BioSense Medical put money into making the
Solus V2 speak both English and Spanish and a representative tells me that
the meter would have to cost a lot more to implement review of the entire
memory using speech.

So I have a Solus V2 for emergencies but went back to the Prodigy Voice.

Mike Freeman

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Alan Lemly via Diabetes-talk
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 12:11 PM
To: blind-diabetics at yahoogroups.com
Cc: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Excellent Deal on Solus V2 Meter and Strips

After poking around (thanks to those who replied to my post on meter
downloads), I've decided the Solus V2 offers the best talking meter with
upload capabilities. Granted, as mentioned by others on the list, their
desktop software is not very accessible but I believe I still have enough
vision to be able to use it. I did write Biosense to say that it seemed
inconsistent that a company selling a talking glucose meter with their
largest market being the visually impaired would have inaccessible software.
They also have an online product which they call MyMeterLink which if I
understand it correctly, will allow one to upload meter readings to a
web-based account which will hopefully be accessible since it would be done
with a browser. Here is the link I bookmarked to the online product:

https://mymeterlink.com/login.php

You need a serial number to set up the online account so I'll have to wait
until I have a Solus V2 in hand to comment on whether this process is
accessible. Perhaps others who already have a Solos V2 could test this out
and comment on it.

Back to the subject of my message. I found what seems to be a very good
price on the Solus V2 test strips. They seem much less expensive than my
OneTouch UltraSmart meter strips and also the Prodigy voice strips I bought
as a test sample a couple of years ago. This online site called
www.beststrips.com <http://www.beststrips.com/>  sells a box of 50 Solus
strips for $9.95. The special deal they have is you can buy 4 boxes of test
strips for $39.80 plus shipping of $6 and change and get the Solus V2 meter
for free. So for a little over $46, I can get the meter and 200 test strips
which seems a very good price to test out the product. Here's the link to
the deal:

https://www.beststrips.com/catalog/special-offers/free-solus-v2-meter-with-p
urchase-of-4-boxes-of-test-strips

I understand that Medicare will cover the cost of Solus test strips so I'll
be getting those from CCS Medical when I eventually move to the Solus
permanently and get my doctor to update my test strips prescription.

I hope others will find this information helpful.

Alan Lemly

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