Appears to be an accurate, consistent alternative to pricey OneTouch Ultra Blue strips
Genultimate Test Strips appear to be a good, low cost alternative to the pricey OneTouch Ultra (Blue) test strips I'm currently using with my OneTouch Ultra 2 meter.  But of course, price doesn't matter if the strips aren't accurate.  To check them out, I used both my regular OTU strips and the GU strips (adjusting test strip vial code as required and marking the GU readings as Controls).  Below are my admittedly small sample size findings:<br />256, 223 (Control)<br />182, 185 (Control)<br />158, 140 (Control)<br />129, 120 (Control)<br />142, 139 (Control)<br />120, 125 (Control)<br />175, 152 (Control)<br />77, 76 (Control)<br />178, 152 (Control<br />These readings were taken over the course of a couple of days, each sample pair drawn from the same location on the same finger (but not all sample pairs from the same finger - that would start to hurt!)<br />The OTU strips usually read a bit higher than the GU strips, with a variance of up to 17%, but mostly they were within less than 10%. As Glucose meters themselves have an accuracy of up to 20% compared to lab testing, this would appear to be 'tolerable'.<br />At any rate, I'm cautiously optimistic that they are accurate enough to use since I'm mostly concerned with tracking high glucose readings.
Rating: 4 stars