Visual Strips

[LantusFiend]

I'm fed up with the inaccuracy of my Accu-chek aviva meters. We've checked against the endo's venous blood draw three times, on three different accu-cheks. The first time, the accu-chek was about 10% high, which was fine with me. I lost that meter. The second time, it was a little over 30% high, which was not at all fine with me. I switched meters. This most recent time, it was 20% high.
My endo says that you can't rely on it to always be high and just adjust from there either.
My insurance covers Accu-chek and Prescision meters only. I was thinking that the Accu-chek Active, which changes color on the strip, might be more accurate, or at least let me check that it's not 50% off or something crazy like that. Have any of you tried the accu-chek active and some other accu-chek? Can you tell me about accuracy?

[BrendaK]

Hmmm...I just got the Aviva and have been using it. I'm going to check it today against Carson's Flash.

Our endo's office uses the Aviva and it was within a few points of Carson's Flash last week. Did you try the control solution?

Sorry I'm not much help w/other meters.

[LantusFiend]

Yeah, it's fine with the control solution, and the few times I've checked it against other meters it's been ok. My first aviva I think was pretty accurate, but not the second and third. The endo uses the venous blood to get a really good comparison, 'cause another home meter is probably just as inaccurate.

[hypercarmona]

I have two OneTouch Mini's and an Accu-chek Aviva, and I can count on the Aviva to always be around 20 mg/dl higher than the Mini's, and the Mini's to be within just a couple mg/dl of each other, every single time. All are within range for their control solutions, and are consistant. I just figured it was the brand.

I've tried an Accu-chek Active, and I am not a fan. It takes a HUGE blood drop and I didn't notice that it was any more accurate than the others, but my former CDE recommended it highly.