“I did not receive the Keto Kickstart Guide: The Keto Diet for Beginners (a 100+ page eBook). The Control Solution is too thick for capillary action to fill the check window, wasting test strips. The control test range is too wide for an accuracy check. The check window is too small to see if it filled. The Quick Reference Guide has incorrect instructions. Each test strip foil pouch is notched for tearing across the pouch but it needs to be torn lengthwise. The phone app is impossible to understand and no instructions are provided.”
“OK, here goes:
1. Well, I started using the older model a while back and it was fine, then you folks removed some of the other diagnostic numbers, for whatever reason.
2. Those numbers are still missing in the new meter, though we get a new number – GKI.
3. The individual strip packaging is an absolutely horrible decision vs the simple container approach. I’ve already damaged a few stirps because of it and if the average cost is a dollar per strip, well you know. I already have to throw away strips from the old meter, because they won’t work in the new one. Again, more money in the trash.
4. The meter is smaller, harder to handle.
5. Operationally, it’s more cumbersome than the old model.
6. The numbers vary just as widely as the old one.
7. The app would never sync to my android phone, even for basic setup, until I physically deleted the app, reinstalled it, force a reset by pulling the batteries, the put them back in.
Yet, I guess much like an acquired taste, you just have to deal with it.
Well, you did ask. ;-}”
“I think the meter works better and the strips are more forgiving as far as taking a sample. I also like how the strips don't require a specific batch code. The only criticism is the individual packaging of each strip. It creates more waste and you've got to carefully cut each one open. On the other hand, I occasionally receive a bonus 2fer in these single strip packages.”
“This meter is easy to use, and the supplies are very affordable. I highly recommend it to anyone who is tracking their ketone and glucose levels while on Keto. This meter makes it very easy to know whether you are in ketosis or not.”
