Eat Right 4 Your Type Home Blood Typing Kit with Eldoncard

by Right 4 Your Type

Product Features

• Official Blood Typing kit for Dr. Peter D'Adamo's Blood Type Diet®
• Results in minutes
• Safe and easy

Product Description

Easy, Self-testing Blood Type Kit - Everything you need to discover your blood type and rhesus factor in the comfort of your own home - pain free.This affordable kit comes complete with everything you need, including instructions, finger lancet and alcohol prep, plastic applicator sticks and testing card. Performing the test is easy. After first cleaning with the supplied alcohol prep pad, the finger is lanced with the sterile disposable lancet. The hand is then turned downward and a drop of blood is placed on top of each of the four sticks. The sticks are then applied to the card, and stirred for two minutes. The results are then read from the card. Total time to results is less than six minutes. Single use blood typing kit (for educational purposes only).

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00199ZABK
• UPC: 858394000096
• Item model number: YTE001
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,528 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #23 in Health & Personal Care > Medical Supplies & Equipment > Tests

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally satisfied my curiosity!, November 9, 2009

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Angie - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Eat Right 4 Your Type Home Blood Typing Kit with Eldoncard (Health and Beauty)

The rest of my family members were able to find out their blood type when they first donated blood, but since I don't weigh enough to donate, I figured that I would only find out my own type if I ever needed a transfusion for some reason. Maybe it's because I'm a science nerd, but I really couldn't help wondering which antigens my red blood cells are carrying, so I was very excited to come across this inexpensive kit. Having read reviews that mentioned ambiguous results, I was extra meticulous in following the instructions and fortunately came out with a very clear result. It's not a difficult process, but it helps to pre-read the instructions and organize your materials before starting. The instructions also include an internet address were you can view a video demonstration of the procedure if it's unclear to you. Basically, you add a drop or two of blood to 4 different substances on the card and check to see if your blood reacts or not. In addition to improper technique, I'm guessing vague results could possibly indicate a rare blood type? Otherwise, your blood either reacts or it doesn't. A non-reaction just looks like smeared blood. However, if your blood does react, you will see it change from the smeared appearance to a speckled appearance as the blood cells clump together. You can have larger or smaller clumps depending on how strong the reaction is, but basically: No reaction = no distinct clumps or specks; Reaction = clumps/specks that have separated out. One of the substances on the card is a control and shouldn't cause any reaction unless there was a manufacturing defect, so as long as the blood just looks smeared around on that part of the card, you can use it to compare. You do have to realize that the results depicted in the instructions are just illustrations; they're not actual photographs so you can't expect your results to look exactly like them. Also, it might be easier to tell once the blood has dried. I've uploaded a picture of what my results look like (after drying) as an example.

In any case, the kit is not that expensive, so it's worth a try if you really want to know your blood type and have no cost-free alternative means of finding out (e.g. blood bank).

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Blood Type Kit, July 15, 2008

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Curly Q "JoJo" (South Dakota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eat Right 4 Your Type Home Blood Typing Kit with Eldoncard (Health and Beauty)

Eat Right 4 Your Type Home Blood Typing Kit

I like the idea of this blood type kit. Most people don't know what blood type they have and so this is helpful if you don't want to go to the clinic and go through all that hassle. Plus it's pretty inexpensive. I thought this kit was ok. We were confused with the pictures and what we were looking for. Nothing that showed up looked exactly like the sample pictures that were shown. But I think that we figured it out. It was not a "No Brainer" because you really had to study the pictures. But it was painless. I would give it a B-. But the Eat Right 4 Your Type diet is fantastic. I've never felt better then when I am doing this diet. Hopefully this has helped someone out there!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Use and better than I expected, January 29, 2010

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Chad Tibbetts "Brooklyn Running" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eat Right 4 Your Type Home Blood Typing Kit with Eldoncard (Health and Beauty)

I had read some reviews and was a little nervous about the "difficulty" of using and decyphering the results, but the price was so good, I decided to give it a shot.
I received it in a few days after ordering and made sure to read the instructions so I wouldn't make a mistake.
Everything went smoothly until it came time to prick my finger. I was curious as to how deep and thick the needle would be. So I was trying to push the needle out of the container and in doing so, I "set off" the needle, which upon further reading, realized it was a single use spring loaded needle. So, now I was "stuck" (no pun intended) I could just get a safety pin, but it wasn't sterile. So I decided the next best thing would be to disassemble the single use contraption and just poke my finger with the needle inside. Granted, it wasn't really a needle, just a sharp needle like device. Since it is hard to poke a needle into yourself I didn't really get it very deep, and not that much blood came out. But a little was fine in the end. As I smeared it into the water droplets the mixture didn't cover the whole circle but the results were still clear and readable. In the end I found I am A+, I also purchased the Eat Right for Your Blood Type and have started employing some of the guidance into my diet.
So REMEMBER!! THE NEEDLE IS SINGLE USE, USE IT ON YOUR FINGER, NOT THE TABLE :)