ReliOn Premier Compact Blood Glucose Monitoring System

i love this meter. please put back in store. went to 3 stores and could not find it . best meter to have.

Meter size is great easily fits in my purse returns results very quickly have had other Relion models all have given consistent results the lancets and finger stick device works well i have never had an issue with the lancets or the device I would buy this again

I've owned this two weeks and replaced the batteries twice already, in addition I've gone through 50 test strips to get only 13 readings, the rest were errors. I'm not new to this so I doubt it was all user error. In addition, my readings seem to be unusually high with this meter, I'm going to need to calibrate the results against a blood test at my doctor's office because I'm feeling like its not very accurate based on my recent lab work.

I bought this for my dad to check his sugar levels as a nurse said he's a little too close to being pre diabetic. So this tool is great to check monitor his sugar. He loves to drink sodas everyday, and loves to eat sugary sweets. So this is handy for him. Also is great to check your sugar when you don't feel good just to rule out low blood sugar especially when you are on a diet. Everything is easy to assemble and instructions are very clear! This includes the 10 lancets or needle and 50 test strips. I would use the 2 or 3 line setting on the lancet to poke your finger. And then squeeze on your finger so that there is enough blood sample for the test strips to absored, so then you don't have to take another sample again. A little tip from my mistakes or if it's you first time using one.

I thought I'd try this because the strips are so cheap and I don't care about the memory and don't use apps for health data. The sample size required for this meter seems extra small, which is great. I didn't try the lancet device because I like the one I was already using. Like others have mentioned, control solution isn't included and isn't even available on the Walmart site. I inquired at the ReliOn site and they said they would send some for free, but I haven't received it. So without the control solution, I can't know if the strips are bad, but so far this meter seems inaccurate compared to my Contour Next One. It consistently reads much higher than the Contour - I guess I can't know for sure whether the high or low number is correct, but the lower numbers are more consistent with my a1c. I also think it's the ReliOn that is less accurate because if I take multiple readings - literally using the very same drop of blood from a single poke - the results will vary by as much as 30%. If I do this on the Contour, the results are within five points of each other every time. I'll wait and see if the control solution comes to check on that, but will probably end up throwing this in the garbage and sticking with the pricier strips for the Contour