CURO-L7 Professional Grade Blood Cholesterol Testing with Home KIT - All-in-One Test Device, Test Strips 5ea, Lancets, and EziTube Rod Included

First, my Curio-L7 results vs Lipid panel done by a lab. Same day, after fasting, blood samples taken about 20 minutes apart from each other:Desc. Lab Result Curio-L7 ResultTC 192 181TG 269 264HDL 37 34LDL 117 94.2LDL/HDL N/A 2.77TC/HDL 5.2 5.32Non-HDL 155 147Many people seem to be using this incorrectly.1. Yes, it requires a lot of blood compared to say, a home glucose meter. It's not easy or pleasant to do, however if you watch the video on how to collect the blood (keep the collection tube horizontal, laying in on a raised surface), and you use the lancer provided (at first I was using the lancer to my glucose meter which seems to have a much thinner needle, therefore I was able to retrieve less blood before it started coagulating) then it's still a LOT less blood than they take at the lab by sticking a very large needle (compared to the lancing needle) in your vein, not to mention the cost, time, and inconvenience of going to a lab.2. Make sue that you only insert the chip when they say, make sure to open the door when the unit tells you, and only close it when it tells you, etc. Once you have done this CORRECTLY once or twice it's really no big deal at all. I DID waste a few test strips by not following all of these these directions at first.For me, the cost savings and convenience of this meter is well worth it. For me, the results are close enough. Only LDL was off more than I would hope, but the others were within a very tolerable range. My numbers are above, so decide for yourself.The one knock I will give it is that it does not come with a carrying/storage case, which another, much more expensive unit with fancy colored touch screen had. The results from that unit, which I have since returned, were WAY off, to much to be useful.

Ridiculous and complicated product. Went through 4 test strips and kept getting error code.Followed instructions-still not working.Would return - but used most of testing products since error came up as expired test stripsSAVE YOUR MONEY

Accurate and fast results! And easy-if you read the reviews/videos first!After reading the reviews, I was nervous about messing this up and wasting money. However, I read the reviews that list step-by-step instructions and, most importantly, watched the video posted in one review. After that, it was easy. Without watching the video, though, I would not have been able to draw enough blood. I am a Type 1 Diabetic, and finger sticks do not bother me at all, but what would have confused me is how much blood has to pool on the fingertip for the pipette to work. I am used to glucose test strips which will suck up tiny amounts of blood, but the pipette only works if you have squeezed out a small pool of blood (and stops working while there is still blood on the fingertip). I guess there has to be some depth to the blood pool. So, I had to prick, milk the blood out, use the pipette to suck up the blood, put the pipette down (with the end pointing up), and then start the pricking process over again several times. But I noticed that in the video, and it was no problem.I was a bit worried because there is such a variance in how much I bleed when I lance my finger. So, just to be sure, I placed my hands in a sink of hot water while standing and leaning over them. I could feel my hands swelling, and sure enough, I bled well. (I still had to stick myself 4-5 times because, as mentioned previously, the pipette does not seem able to suck up all the blood on a finger.) Just to be safe, drink a lot of water in the hours before you test!Also, I have seen many lancets over the years, but nothing like what came in this package. I am still not sure if they are supposed to work on their own or if they are supposed to attach to some device that was not included. So, I just used my regular diabetic lancets. This could be why I had to do it several times (maybe the included lances go deeper), but really, finger sticking with a diabetic lancet is easy and next to painless, so it didn't really matter to me if I had to do it a few extra times.I assume my results are accurate because they are similar to my lab results from 6 weeks ago but slightly improved, which makes sense as I have been eating better.I am excited to have a way to test my cholesterol more frequently so that I can determine if the changes I am making are helping at all.