Accu-Chek Compact Plus Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring System

by Accu Chek

Product Description

Accu-Chek Compact Plus Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring System provides all-in-one convenience, and it's proven less painful. Features of the ACCU-CHEK Compact Plus Blood Glucose Meter: No strip handling: Preloaded drum of 17 diabetes test strips—for no individual strip handling. No coding: For fewer steps in testing. Detachable lancet device: The ACCU-CHEK Softclix Plus lancet device can be used attached or detached from the blood glucose meter, and it's been proven least painful. Fast results: Test results appear in just five seconds. Alternate site testing, too. Test from your fingertip, palm, forearm, upper arm, thigh, or calf. Save results: • 300-value memory with time and date. • 7-, 14-, and 30-day averages. • High and low test results over 7-, 14- or 30-days. Smart data management: Download test results to your PC with ACCU-CHEK Compass Software or online with the Diabetes Assistant® Program. Specifications: 4"H x 2"W x 1.2"D. Weighs 4.2 oz. with battery and test drum. Features of the ACCU-CHEK Softclix Plus Lancet Device: One-Button Operation: The ACCU-CHEK Softclix Plus lancet device features cam-driven design with one-button to prime, fire and dispose. Match your skin type: The Comfort Dial's 11 customizable depth settings help reduce pain by matching your skin type and avoiding lancet to nerve contact. Precise lancet movement: The ACCU-CHEK Softclix Plus lancet device has unique cam technology, which provides: A linear sliding motion to minimize the side-to-side movement of the lancet, which can tear the skin and cause unnecessary pain. Short lancet dwell time that reduces pain by decreasing the duration of contact with nerve endings. No "bounce-back" effect since the cam guides the motion allowing a slow stop before retracting. This greatly reduces pressure waves caused by the lancet coming to an abrupt stop. Precisely manufactured lancets: Beveled 28-gauge lancets for smo The product referenced on this detail page is sold be Each.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0009VPYJ2
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,654 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Accu-Chek Compact Plus, March 14, 2008

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M. GUERNSEY "Old Soldier" (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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I was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and needed a reliable monitor. I am a health care professional and have used commercial Accu-Cheks and thought the Compact Plus would be a good unit. The set up was easy and the instructions were well written and easy to follow. The unit works well but with a few quirks. After the first drum was empty, I changed it with a new 17 strip Roche unit and turned it on. The unit would not accept the code and insisted all blood checks were control checks. I ended up throwing away a new drum and having to use another. Another feature I didn't like was the amount of blood needed for a test and having to precisely place the strip in the blood drop. I have vision problems and and wasted a lot of blood and strips trying to get a test to work. I used this unit for several weeks and ended up buying a Bayer Ascensia Contour which works much better and is much easier to use plus the strips are much cheaper. I compared results with both units and they have the same degree of accuracy. If you have good vision and like technological things, this would be a good unit. I like simple things that are easy to use and the Compact Plus did not meet my needs.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great little device. Easy to use and understand, not many problems, March 29, 2008

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James Friel - See all my reviews
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I decided to purchance a blood glucose test machine recently. I don't have diabeties, but since I am 40, and overweight, I decided to shell out some money and get a tester nothertheless to see what my blood sugar readings looked like. I wanted something easy, inexpensive, and worked.

This did it all. The machine comes with easy to follow instructions on how to get started and how to operate. I never needed to look up anything other than the "basic starting instructions" that come in the manual.

They looked like this..
1) How to turn on your machine and use it
2) How to test using included base sample mix
3) How to put in the 15 use drum and change the needle
4) How to test your blood

pretty easy. After reading it over got it up and running in about 10 minutes. No sweat. The reader comes with a 15 use test strip drum, a carrying case, a pack of 30 or so needle tabs (i don't remember what these are called). Poke needles are easy to insert in the side plunger mechanism. Take off cap, insert needle, twist, put cap back on.. To remove it after use, simple remove cap and push plunger down, needles drops into trash so you can insert another.

After inserting the drum with the test strips pushing the main button is all it takes to put out another test strip. Once done, pushing the button again drops the test strip out, and turns off until next use. Takes about 10 seconds to put in a needle and test your blood. Very quick and easy.

Now, any problems? The only problem I noticed was that the test strip didn't read the drop of blood very fast. You don't need a huge drop, but sometimes it worked right away in a few seconds, sometimes I sat there trying to get it to read for up to 30 seconds or so. The test strips and reader could use a little work on future models, but everything else worked easy and without a hitch.

And my blood glucose during the day ran from about 110-150ish. Not bad.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use and a great system, June 20, 2006

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Vance Williams "Vance Williams" (Irving, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

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Their customer service is the best, they are open 24/7/365.
The drums are easy to drop in and pop out. Nothing to code or anything else. Just press the button, stick and test.

Try the new plus system.