iHealth Gluco+ Wireless Smart Blood Glucose Monitor Kit with Free App, 100 Glucometer Strips, 100 Lancets, 1 Blood Sugar Monitor, 1 Lancing Device, Portable Diabetes Testing Kit for Home Use

This is my first time using this and the app and kit works perfectly. I was nervous about the finger tester but it’s not that bad. I started at 3 and found out 5 is the best for my fingers. My fingers are a little sore only because I was recently diagnosed with diabetes but apparently my new doctor has found evidence in my medical records that show it started as early as 2017 so I was doing a lot of testing throughout the day to track the effectiveness of my medication. A CGM would probably be better but I’m retired and living in the Philippines now so some products like CGM’s aren’t available to ship to me so this is the next best thing.

***Updated:Customer Service was very quick to respond. It works well now...when its fully charged, the batter symbol shows an outline of a battery, but its actually charged.Everything syncs well now and it automatically transfers the information to the telephone.Before tips from customer service:The App is not efficient. It pairs, takes the reading, but then gets stuck in calculation mode.Only reason it's not 1 star is because the device works as long as I'm not using the App and I can enter the info manually to keep my logs.Another thing, if control solution is necessary for the first usage, it should be included or expressively made known during ordering.

There are a number of steps to go thru in order to take one blood sample. That is probably unavoidable, and most people should be able to figure it out. Once you understand it, the results are great an accurate. However, I could not get the results to display on the monitor device, but with the device connected to the iHealth phone app, I do get almost immediate results. The phone app will also keep track of every individual measurement you take and will give you an average for a week, month or for entire time used.I bought a glucose control solution from another supplier, which you use a drop of to obtain a test glucose reading. This allowed me to test the accuracy of the iHealth device. The control solution is fixed and controlled to a glucose level of 70, and my iHealth monitor correctly read that level from a drop of the control solution on three different times.

Why did mine not come with the control solution? Works fine. Paired up correctly. EVERYONE: you MUST HAVE CLEAN HANDS BEFORE TESTING OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE INACCURATE READINGS. Also you can set the pin at 2 or 3 and use the side of your little finger. Do not use your thumb, index or middle finger since those are your primary fingers and have thicker skin. You will need to go deep for you to get a sample…ouch!!!

I love this monitor. It is super small. The monitor itself is a little bit bigger and longer than your biggest finger. Came with plenty of test strips and lancets. The case it comes with it very nice and feels heavy duty. The lancet comes with a pen looking device to stick your finger. It is very nice but I found I have to turn it up higher to get enough blood out to measure on the test strip. I have very soft fingers, so I shouldn’t need a 7 but if I do any lower the blood just comes out in one tiny dot not even big enough to register anything. The test strips themselves don’t need much blood to test. The app is amazing and you can upload offline measurements and it makes it easy to calibrate your continuous monitors with this. I love the fact that it’s white and has a clean feeling to it. It is very fast to read glucose levels and seems to be very accurate!

Very slick, syncs with my phone via bluetooth. Took a little bit to understand the setup, but once I did it, it is very simple. I love the iHealth products. I have the BP monitor and the scale. Now with the glucose meter, all my numbers store to my phone, and I can share them to my doctor.

This is an excellent monitor with a no-brain app that collects data and allows you to make important notes about each test. Highly recommend this and wish I had found it sooner. No more problems collecting data and sharing it with the doctor.

It’s a good meter and it’s fairly easy to use and to sync but the battery life is horrible compared to other meters I have used. Unlike a traditional meter that uses a lithium button battery where you can easy get several years out of single battery, I frequently find myself scrambling to locate my back up meter because this one is completely dead. The fact that neither the meter or the ihealth app tell you an accurate battery charge is a big issue for me. The app always says 100% and the device only tells you when it’s fully charged or completely dead. I think I only get about 2 weeks of charge out of it and I’m not exactly checking my blood sugar multiple times a day unlike a lot of people.I would rate it 4/4.5 stars if this wasn’t such an issue - it’s a great size, it comes with a case and the case fits everything while still fitting in even most women’s back pockets, it’s very easy to use and read, the results are consistent, the new ihealth app syncs with Apple health, the test strips don’t cost an arm and leg unlike most meters and frankly the kit comes with more then enough to get you started. Just beware if you are a diabetic or hypoglycemic - you are going to want to have a secondary meter that uses a traditional battery as a back up or be diligent at charging.