[Diabetes-Talk] meters

[Les Fitzpatrick]

I am looking at purchasing 3 different meters the relion the Clever choice
or the Advocare meter Could I get some feed back about any of all of these
choices please before I purchase them?

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Greg
Wocher via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 10:17 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Greg Wocher <gtwocher at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters

Hello,
There is also the Clever Choice Voice HD meter. It requires a bit less blood
than the Prodigy. It is also completely accessible like the Prodigy. 

Greg Wocher


> On Jan 13, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Sandi Ryan via Diabetes-Talk
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I haven't noted that anyone is touting anything. And I'm glad you get 
> excellent readings from your Prodigy, but I have had problems, and so 
> have others. I went to using a One-Touch Verio about four years back. 
> I have to have sighted help with it, but I do all the work and my 
> husband reads the result. It's not accessible, and not the best 
> answer, but it works for me far better than the prodigy.
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, the Prodigy requires more blood than many of the 
> more current meters. That might be a reason to upgrade and update it. 
> And there may be others. But no one is trying to take your prodigy 
> away, we're just discussing other things that are out there with their 
> pros and cons. Your mention that the app with the newer one gets a 1 
> rating would certainly give me pause!
> 
> Sandi
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Alan Lemly via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:10 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Alan Lemly <walemly at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters
> 
> Well, I've had no problem with the quality of my Prodigy meter and I'm 
> much more interested in a meter's accessibility than where it shows up 
> in reviews by most who are not concerned with accessibility. And I'm 
> curious what sort of updates you expect for a meter that does what 
> it's designed to do and is fully accessible. I've been using glucose 
> meters for years and I don't recall any of them getting updated like a 
> smart phone or smart phone app. It would be nice to have a meter that 
> could transfer its readings to a well-designed app that was fully 
> accessible and allow review of past scores as well as transfer of 
> those scores to medical professionals. I see that the ReliOn that 
> you're touting has an app but 70% of its reviewers give it one star so 
> it has problems. I like that I can upload my Prodigy Autocode readings to
Diasend where I can print the reports my endocrinologist needs.
> 
> Alan Lemly
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Dorothea Martin via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:04 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Dorothea Martin
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] meters
> 
> Hello, Ed and Everyone,
> To go on with what Ed said, the ReliOn Pro Voice is easily available 
> though hardly as accessible as the Prodigy Voice. However, 
> accessibility is not the whole story, since the quality of the meter 
> itself must be considered. The ReliOn meters show up near the top of 
> reviews, while Prodigy courts the bottom. We must also keep in mind 
> that the Prodigy meters, including the Voice, have not been updated in 
> years and are getting long in the tooth. I'm beginning to think that 
> if we must continue to use those inexpensive little glucometers with 
> small memories, we will also keep on having to face a trade-off 
> between the device's actual quality as a meter and its accessibility.
> Dotty Martin
> 
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