Jim writes:

Someone here said that the best deal on a blood sugar tester is to get
the Sams Club meter and their test strips.

I went into my local Sams CLub and the pharmacy guy agreed and said
that the prices were as much as 50% below the competitors.

There are many "free" offers for meters, but they stick you in the end
for all of the higher cost test strips.

Yeah, since you only buy one meter but can use each strip only once, the
cost of the strips is the important thing. The cheapest I've seen
strips is a little under 50 cents each for the Wal-Mart Relion, while
some strips run $1 or more each. I pay 50-60 cents each for the strips
for my Accu-Chek Active, but at least I can get them lots of places.
Trips to Wal-Mart make me hate the human race.

I was a little alarmed to read in Bernstein's book that some BG meters
can be 40-100% off! I think mine is good; at least the numbers always
make sense. I just checked his forum (it let me register this time,
yay!), and about a year ago he was recommending the Accu-Check Aviva, so
at least I've got the same brand.



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