Suggestions for human meters?

[ELLIOTT & Fran Munschauer]

Crazy? yes..I have now FIVE alphatrak 2 meters which is fine..but every once in awhile I wonder WHY IF we are using freestyle lite or Insulinx in the Alphatrak meter, do we change the code to match the Alphatrak strips? Unless you believe they are really the same exact strips, it makes no sense to me why we change the codes of the freestyle strips since the Freestyle manufacturing has nothing to do with the claim that Alphatrak 2 strips may jump from 5 to 37 based on the environment they are made in. I use Alphatrak 2 strips for safety sake for at least 4 BG tests/day and use the Freestyle or Petsure for the other 4 tests. Zoetis will not give a straight answer and am starting to wonder if our dependence of Alphatrak2 strips is questionable. I have had very good results with Petsure using code #2. I am thinking of asking ADW to send me only #36-37 strips but also buy them off Ebay. If I sound confused it's because I am after 3 years of trial and error. Again, My biggest confusion is still WHY we change the code of freestyle strips simply because Akphatrak strips require a specific code. When receiving my new #5 Alphatrak meter that came with strips #36-37 code, I compared results from Alphatrak meter #3 with AlphaTrak strips # 5-6 and the difference ..AT code #36=365 AT code #5=420. My last call to Zoetis who claimed conditions at the factory and testing determines the code..I asked. "Are you telling me that there is cat or dog that some "person" is testing their BG relative to the atmospheric conditions and then, determining what the code should be?" The tech did not know the answer. I think I will keep my freestyle code the same regardless of the AT code. If anyone can tell me why m thinking is wrong, please do...I cannot figure this out..hope to try Libre next??? Thanks for reading

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[Figaro's Liz]

Crazy? yes..I have now FIVE alphatrak 2 meters which is fine..but every once in awhile I wonder WHY IF we are using freestyle lite or Insulinx in the Alphatrak meter, do we change the code to match the Alphatrak strips? Unless you believe they are really the same exact strips, it makes no sense to me why we change the codes of the freestyle strips since the Freestyle manufacturing has nothing to do with the claim that Alphatrak 2 strips may jump from 5 to 37 based on the environment they are made in. I use Alphatrak 2 strips for safety sake for at least 4 BG tests/day and use the Freestyle or Petsure for the other 4 tests. Zoetis will not give a straight answer and am starting to wonder if our dependence of Alphatrak2 strips is questionable. I have had very good results with Petsure using code #2. I am thinking of asking ADW to send me only #36-37 strips but also buy them off Ebay. If I sound confused it's because I am after 3 years of trial and error. Again, My biggest confusion is still WHY we change the code of freestyle strips simply because Akphatrak strips require a specific code. When receiving my new #5 Alphatrak meter that came with strips #36-37 code, I compared results from Alphatrak meter #3 with AlphaTrak strips # 5-6 and the difference ..AT code #36=365 AT code #5=420. My last call to Zoetis who claimed conditions at the factory and testing determines the code..I asked. "Are you telling me that there is cat or dog that some "person" is testing their BG relative to the atmospheric conditions and then, determining what the code should be?" The tech did not know the answer. I think I will keep my freestyle code the same regardless of the AT code. If anyone can tell me why m thinking is wrong, please do...I cannot figure this out..hope to try Libre next??? Thanks for reading

I'm not sure. Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable using strips "off label" in a different device. But I know many people on the board do that... they may or may not see your post on this thread, so if this is a pressing question for you, you may want to create a separate post to draw attention