Shirley and Ragnar
Member
Hi,
Somehow, in the chaos of buying Contour strips on eBay and having sellers not send them or send 10 when they listed 50, I wound up with an Aviva meter, sent free from Accu-Chek. I really like it - though I still use my Contour too, it has several advantages. Unlike Freedom Lite, it takes blood from the end of the strip (like Contour), which is easier to take from a cat's ear. It takes only a tiny drop of blood - very unlike the older Accu-check meters that needed enough blood for a transfusion. :? Compared to Contour, the test strips are much more economical and easy to get on eBay. This may be because Accu-Check offers Aviva strips for a max price of $15 to people who have insurance, so there is less competition for them. I just won two auctions for 100 and 150 Aviva strips, $8.26 for the 100 and $16.05 for the 150 - plus $8.60 postage each, but the seller said he'd refund excess postage. Even paying all the postage for each, try getting Contour strips for that price - on the first try! (I bid on 3 auctions and won two of them.)
As long as the meter is equally accurate, this looks like a good option, though I also received (VERY belatedly) 50 Contour strips today, and just before that I won an auction for 50 Contour. Once in my life, I hav enough strips to last a while - even after paying Dr. Jen back (in strips) for all those she lent me!
Blessings,
Shirley and Mr. B.
Somehow, in the chaos of buying Contour strips on eBay and having sellers not send them or send 10 when they listed 50, I wound up with an Aviva meter, sent free from Accu-Chek. I really like it - though I still use my Contour too, it has several advantages. Unlike Freedom Lite, it takes blood from the end of the strip (like Contour), which is easier to take from a cat's ear. It takes only a tiny drop of blood - very unlike the older Accu-check meters that needed enough blood for a transfusion. :? Compared to Contour, the test strips are much more economical and easy to get on eBay. This may be because Accu-Check offers Aviva strips for a max price of $15 to people who have insurance, so there is less competition for them. I just won two auctions for 100 and 150 Aviva strips, $8.26 for the 100 and $16.05 for the 150 - plus $8.60 postage each, but the seller said he'd refund excess postage. Even paying all the postage for each, try getting Contour strips for that price - on the first try! (I bid on 3 auctions and won two of them.)
As long as the meter is equally accurate, this looks like a good option, though I also received (VERY belatedly) 50 Contour strips today, and just before that I won an auction for 50 Contour. Once in my life, I hav enough strips to last a while - even after paying Dr. Jen back (in strips) for all those she lent me!
Blessings,
Shirley and Mr. B.
the strips will not work past the expiration date so make sure you use those up first. somehow that chip that comes with the strips tells the meter the expiration date and mine always kicked them out about noon on the day they expired.
Anybody want to buy some, cheap? (I mean it - anybody want to buy some for my actual cost, which was a bargain if you can use them up?)