I am seriously thinking of switching to the Aviva meter. Mainly because the co-pay is considerably cheaper than the Freestyle strips, and partly because Freestyle is paired with two pumps I don’t care for. Also, my last two “visits” with customer service on the phone left an off taste.
One of my issues with the Aviva meter, was the non-ability to download, which you now can. I sprung for the $29.95 for the Compass software, which I am impressed with. It was easy to load and works well.
The good news, is that the IR port that came with my pump works just fine with the Aviva meter — one of the things I was hoping for. I didn’t want to have to deal with another peripheral.
I sure wish the meter would work directly with EzManager and my Treo, but that’s just hoping for too much.
And yeah, Roche is Distronic — or should I say Roche bought Distronic — but I kinda of like the Roche pump, too bad they have never been able to sell one in the US.
I’m going to snag one of each of the Lifescan meters from my CDE on Tuesday, try each of them for a couple of days and decide which I’m ultimately going to switch too.
All of them sadly, take up more purse space (and pocket space) than the Flash.