FreeStyle Freedom Blood Glucose Monitoring System

by Abbott Diabetes Care

Product Features

• Easy-to-read, easy-to-hold glucose monitoring system
• Ideal for those looking for simple and accurate testing
• Ergonomic shape and large numeric display

Product Description

Freestyle freedom blood glucose monitoring system is an easy-to-read, easy-to-hold glucose monitoring system. It has an ergonomic shape and large numeric display and it is ideal for those looking for simple and accurate testing. Also, no coding and the world's smallest sample size means easy testing on the go.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 3 x 3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0009S9CX4
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,496 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Painless testing!, January 11, 2007

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G. J. Toth (Louisville, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FreeStyle Freedom Blood Glucose Monitoring System (Health and Beauty)

Having recently been diagnosed with T2 Diabetes, I opted to get this system over the one my wife has mainly because of size. The real surprize was not only the size of the glucometer but the size of the test amount of blood; no need to waste a test strip for "calibration"; the bells & whistles that come on this little bugger! If you don't think a little thing like the size of the test sample make a huge difference, you haven't tried this thing. With my wife's system, it takes FIVE times the size of the sample the Flash requires. That means a relatively deep and painful stick... I know. I tried her's out. She tried the Flash and will be switching over at the beginning of next month.

The actual test time takes a tad longer than my wife's current system. Two seconds more. Big deal! Gimme painless anyday.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect meter for use on children, April 17, 2007

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MoonPye "Monica" (Hawley, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FreeStyle Freedom Blood Glucose Monitoring System (Health and Beauty)

My son was diagnosed type 1 at age 23 months. The endo sent us home with a meter that required an enormous amount of blood. I saw Freestyle Flash advertised and decided to give it a try. The sample of blood needed for this meter is incredibly tiny! No more screaming (by my child) while we're trying to get huge amounts of blood out of my little guy's tiny fingers. I've seen some people complain (on other sites) the meter takes 7 seconds for a reading. (like that's a long time??) I don't care that it takes 7 seconds to get the results, I do care my son likes it much better than the first meter! The only reason this meter didn't get 5 stars is because of the nature of the product ~ I don't think it can ever truly be totally "painless".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horribly inaccurate, May 9, 2008

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RETIRED FOR GOOD "TJ the Grouch" (Columbia, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FreeStyle Freedom Blood Glucose Monitoring System (Health and Beauty)

On the plus side, (the only star), the device take less blood than the meter I was used to. On the minus side, even after careful setting, calibrating, coding, etc., even on the same drop of blood -I got carried away after things didn't make sense-, the readings (three of them) were off by over 30 (THIRTY) PERCENT. For blood glucose control that is not acceptable, as matter of fact, it is dangerous. I threw the piece of junk away and rather give a little extra blood every day.