Customer Reviews

ECOMM CARDIOCHEK 1790 TOTAL CHOLESTEROL TEST STRIPS

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This is a great product. I have had consistent results. Reviews that I see for this product which talk about readings being inaccurate may be due to poor technique in many cases. For example, your finger has to be clean and grease free. You also should not be squeezing the blood sample out of your finger as this changes the composition of the blood sample your are squeezing out and can provide inaccurate results (eg. you are also squeezing out oils on the surface of your finger, etc.) You also need enough blood sample to analyze (albiet it is still very small... just a drop). The technique that I use, and I think is easiest, is applying the blood sample directly to the test strip rather than using the enclosed capillary tube, which I find isn't always easy to use.

We've had good luck. I know I've been told by my doctor that the cardio check may be a couple points different but not enough to be a problem. I had my total cholesterol checked by the doctor and it was 235, a bit high went on a strict diet and 1 month later, used cardio check and my reading was 222. I believe it probably was quite close. My husband has a greater problem and we've checked his right after the doctor and it's quite close actually.

i ordered 2 boxes...enough for 6 months of testing. however they sent me 2 boxes...total 6 strips...that expire in 90 days! one box order would have been ok but now after 3 tests at 1 per month, the other box will be expired and the unit will not read the test. so i wasted my money by buying two boxes.

fresh strips should have at least 180 days before experation......not happy with old stock.

I bought 2 of these because I thought there would be a learning curve and lots of errors. The good news first:
1) Very easy, so I got it right first time
2) Everything you need is included (i.e., lancets)
3) Reliable results (the whole reason for having a monitor) I would say plus or minus 5 points, maybe even more accurate than that.

The bad news is that I bought these in August and they expire in December. So I'll be testing my cholesterol a lot over the next 4 months. :)

I have used these strips regularly and they give a very accurate result. I tested my blood at home with CardioCheck and this company's strips just before I went to get blood work done to check my lipid panel. When I got the results, the total cholesterol was off by one point from the home test.

This is the best way to check your colesterol. I purchased the machine to do
the checking about 2 years ago and could get the strips at the local Walmart
but they discontinued selling them and So I looked on the internet to see if I
could purchase them. Luckily I was able to obtain them from Amazon and was very
very happy. If you have one of the colesterol machines these are the best strips

First of all the company didn't not let us know that the items were back ordered, then when we requested information about the order the admit it they were not available . We were also shipped one box at the time and waited forever. We were not satisfied with the customer service, and we will not recommend their service.

i have been using cardiochek and the test strips for several years. it is a system that is easy to use and lets you know how you are doing with your diet. unfortunately, the strips have to be bought on line since no stores carry them.

Test strips recorded inaccurate scores. I compared results with lab tests from hospital. This is a first for me last strips were much better.

I was dissapointed by this purchase. This testing devise is not at all user friendly. I had to take blood from my finger many times(which is not pleasant). The readings were different every time, so how do you know which one you can rely on? My lab reports were not even close to those on the home testing.