OneTouch Verio FLEX Glucose Monitoring System (1)

Only because I've only had it for a week have I given it four stars. It's difficult to demonstrate that it's a five-star product in such a short time, but it's excellent so far, as long as you pair it with a compatible smartphone, such as an iPhone or Android device. (See the last paragraph for reasons why you should stick with VerioIQ otherwise. ) )br>br>The device is compatible with other current OneTouch systems, such as the VerioIQ my HMO offers, so I can continue to get my test strips and other supplies from the HMO while reading them with a more advanced device. br>br>The FLEX connects to OneTouch's iPhone or Android app and sends collected data to the phone via low-power Bluetooth. When you open the app with the device turned on, Bluetooth will be turned on automatically. Every time you take a reading, you don't need to do a transfer: When you connect, it will send all new entries to you. The data can then be viewed in a variety of ways, including charts, thanks to the app. If you're using an iPhone, you can tell the app to send your readings to the Apple Health app so you can see them alongside other health data. According to OneTouch phone support, you can send data from multiple systems to the same phone, so you could keep a second FLEX at work and sync both sets of data to the phone app. (I've just ordered a second FLEX for myself because I travel a lot and don't want to forget anything on the day of my flight. ) )br>br>The FLEX lacks the IQ's depth of built-in capabilities, but that's because it's expected that you'll use the phone app, which has a better interface. It doesn't have the ability to label readings as being taken before or after meals, for example. There may be a way to add them later in the app (though I haven't found it yet), but unless you transfer the data every time you take a reading, you'll likely forget what that 8:20 means, for example. When you eventually transfer 10 or 15 days worth of readings at a time, 45 readings from a week ago should be tagged; if this is a serious concern for you, you might want to consider the IQ or another meter instead. The battery is: br>br> Like the IQ, the FLEX has a USB port, which I assumed meant it had a rechargeable battery. Not so. Instead, it makes use of a disposable lithium 2032 button battery that is widely available and has a long life. Fine, but when you turn on the FLEX, it displays a low-resolution image. For about a second, the battery symbol will appear. This, it turns out, has nothing to do with a low battery. Instead, when you turn on the device, the display briefly illuminates with every single embedded symbol on the system, allowing factory workers to test the display during production to ensure it is fully functional. Unlike the IQ, there is no way to see the current battery level in any state other than low or dead on the device itself. When the price is low (and there's still time to buy a new one, according to the call center), that low-priced item becomes a low-priced item. The battery symbol begins to blink incessantly. Because the user has no way of checking the battery, there is no need for additional battery segments to display varying levels of remaining energy, so the low-energy symbol is the only symbol displayed during the brief test period. a warning about the battery You won't have any problems if you ignore the brief test mode. (Alternatively, you can do what I did and charge the device for five hours with a USB charger to recharge the non-existent rechargeable battery. ) It had no effect whatsoever. )br>br>Finally, unless you plan to use the FLEX with your phone, do not purchase it. It is clearly inferior to the IQ as a stand-alone unit, which offers a color display to begin with. (The color stripe you see on the FLEX is permanently printed there, pointing to the currently correct segment with that black upside-down triangle on the black and white display. ) ) In addition, the IQ provides an in-depth look at a variety of topics. a full depth Manual in color. Because the device has greatly-reduced the size of the black-and-white manual, the FLEX offers it. lowered on- Because it relies on the presence of a phone for anything other than scrolling through your list of readings, the board's capabilities are limited. It also has a replaceable battery rather than the rechargeable battery found in the IQ, despite the fact that battery life is expected to be adequate.

Esmeralda Rowe

| Jan 13, 2022

I've been using the OneTouch IQ, but I wanted to be able to sync reports to my iPhone and iPad via Bluetooth. But the first thing I noticed when I turned it on was that it wasn't backlit and was extremely difficult to read. The Date and Time are, in fact, in a light font at the very top of the screen, barely visible unless the meter is tilted. While the ability to send reports to my phone via Bluetooth would have been nice, this meter does not have that capability. I'm not sure why OneTouch would upgrade the IQ with a meter with a screen that looks like it belongs in the 1990s, when Nano Pets were popular. OneTouch, what do you mean? br>br>I'll keep my OneTouch IQ and keep this one in the office drawer as a backup. At the very least, I didn't waste money on strips that I wasn't going to use.

Aliya Hartman

| Sep 14, 2021

I'm not sure I'll give it a shot. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I don't believe I've received a new device, or something. I'm going to give it back to you. I've included some images to demonstrate what I'm talking about. I was duped by the round seal on the package, which stated "Do not use if seals are missing or broken. " I opened the box anyway. It wasn't until I looked at the contents of the box that I began to wonder if this was a new device, if it had been reassembled after being returned, or if something was wrong with it. For the websites, the warranty, and the printed materials inside, it's all about India, so I'm not sure if it would work with our stuff in the US for the app and such, and using the warranty sounds like a bit of a hassle to send something to India and such. So I open the box and see this battery laying there, which looks to me like someone added a battery to the product after the fact; then the plastic bag that contained the product and its case is one of those sticky plastics that can be opened and closed over and over again and made to look like it hasn't necessarily been opened, but there's actually stress on the bag that shows it was originally stuck tighter than how I found it. I photographed the contents inside because I'm not sure if that's what everyone else gets or if it's just what I got. I'm not sure. However, you can see how a skinny rectangular seal is hidden behind a large circular seal in the image I posted with the seal on the outside of the box. The skinny rectangle on the top of the box matches the bottom of the box's skinny rectangle. I didn't realize the large circular seal was added later, so I'm going to have to go to my local pharmacy or something to see what they have in terms of products. I'm sorry I can't give a better review of the product!.

Harmony Rubio

| Aug 30, 2021