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

Wed Oct 8 11:00:03 UTC 2014

My feeling Veronica and Mike!! I'm with both of you!!  Bern

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> On Oct 7, 2014, at 10:50 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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>
> Veronica
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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