I used the True Test meter for Beau the whole time he was on insulin and I felt it was accurate - testing myself, I got a believable number every time. When the strips went up in price I looked into a "better" meter and got the True Result one. It used a smaller blood sample and overall worked better - except for the test results. I compared it to my two True test ones and got way lower numbers on both Beau and myself on the TR one over both TT ones. I called the company and they said it was bad strips and sent a free vial of them - I got the same kind of results with the new strips and ended up giving up on the TR meter. I then switched to the Contour, which tested closely to the TT meters and stuck with that until Beau was OTJ, and then again with Jeddie until, well......
Consumer Reports findings aside, I could not trust the TR meter. Not for testing in numbers at 100 +/- 50. I think it is less accurate at the lower numbers - off on the low end. This makes managing FD with the L insulins, especially if you are using the TR method difficult. Is your cat at 30 or 50? Bring out the HC or LC for that low number? Is your cat at 90 or 125? Reduce the dose a tad because you won't be home, or shoot a full dose?
Rebecca, I am not sure what you are saying here. We are not supposed to post about bad results using meters, strips, lancets, insulin, etc.? We have to keep abreast of all diabetes care tools and methods? That would be a full time job.
It's our real-life use of the meters that determines their reliability and trustworthiness, not the results of studies on humans who are not treated the same way cats are. Meters, accept the expensive AT one, are designed for humans, we do the best we can with them on our cats. It is not surprising that some work better, or to an individual seem to work better, on our cats than others.
