Yeah, I DID hate this meter, and I still am not real happy with it.<\/p>\n
The Freestyle Flash is smaller and has the cute little flashlight for the test strip. Also I personally think it is easier to use. For one thing, if you don’t get enough blood on the first try, you can give it more and it will eventually read. Not so the Ultrasmart.<\/p>\n
However, the copay on the Ultrasmart is quite a bit cheaper than the Freestyle. Plus I like having the graph in my hand. It makes it easier to see trends, both good and bad. If the Freestyle\/Palm combo, I have to wait till I get to the big computer and run EzManager. <\/p>\n
I think that the Lifescan tech support sucks, but the last couple of times the Freestyle sucked too. You should not have to wait seven minutes to talk to a tech when you are dealing with blood sugar readings. Yeah, I time these things.<\/p>\n
However, they did send me a bottle of 25 test strips, which pretty much takes care of the strips I’ve wasted, and I’ve gone from wasting 3 strips a day to one yesterday and so far, knock on wood, none today. So maybe I’ll have figured it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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