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Taking good care of your diabetes today means avoiding other health related problems often related to diabetes in the years to come. Work with your healthcare team design the best care plan. Use of a blood glucose monitor with blood glucose test strips will help provide valuable information to help you control your diabetes.

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Abbott Diabetes Care
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Freedom	2.0 x 3.3 x 0.63	1.5 oz	Yes	0.3 microliters	5 secs	250 test	Freestyles	Yes
Lite	1.57 x 2.9 x 0.65	1.5 oz	Yes	0.3 microliters	5 secs	400 test	Freestyle Lite	Yes
Precision Xtra (glucose & ketone)	2.94 x 2.1 x 0.64	1.48 oz	Yes	0.6 microliters	5 secs	450 events	Precision Xtra	Yes

Bayer Diagnostics
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Breeze2	4.5 x 2.7 x 1.1	3.8 oz	Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	420 test	Breeze2	Yes
Contour	3.8 x 1.2 x 0.6	3.8 oz	Yes	0.6 microliters	5 secs	480 test	Contour	Yes
Contour USB Meter	3.75 x 1.25		Yes	0.6 microliters	5 secs	480 test	Contour	Yes

Diabetic Supply of Suncoast
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Advocate	3.42 x 1.77 x 0.75	2.56 oz	Yes	0.7 microliters	7 secs	450 test	Advocate Strips	Yes
Advocate Duo	2.95 x 2.48 x 1.6	5.57 oz	Yes	0.7 microliters	7 secs	450 test	Advocate Strips	Yes
Advocate RediCode	3.5	2.0 oz	Yes	0.7 microliters	7 secs	450 test	Advocate Strips	Yes

Diagnostic Devices
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Prodigy® Autocode Meter	3.79 x 1.79 x 1.0	1.86 oz	No	0.6 microliters	6 secs	450 test	Autocode Strips	Yes
Prodigy® Pocket	3.54 x 1.38 x 0.83	1.2 oz	Yes	0.7 microliters	7 secs	120 test	Prodigy Pocket Test Strips
Prodigy® Voice Meter	3.78 x 2.05 x 0.91	2.76 oz	Yes	0.6 microliters	6 secs	450 test	Prodigy® Personal Strips	Yes

Entra Health Systems
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
MyGlucoHealth Meter			Yes	0.3 microliters	3 secs	250 test	MyGlucoHealth Test Strips	Yes

Arkray USA (formerly Hypoguard)
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Glucocard 01	2.0 x 3.9 x 0.5	1.6 oz	Yes	0.3 microliters	7 secs	360 test	X-SENSOR Test Strips	Yes
Glucocard 01 Mini	3.6 x 1.2 x 0.5	1.1 oz	Yes	0.3 microliters	7 secs	50 test	Glucocard 01-Mini	Yes
Glucocard X-Meter	2.0 x 3.9 x 0.5	1.6 oz	Yes	0.3 microliters	5	360 test	X-SENSOR Test Strips	Yes
Glucocard Vital			Yes	0.5 microliters	7 secs	250 test	Glucocard Vital	No

HealthPia America
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
GlucoPack			No	3 microliters	9 secs	uploaded	GlucoPack Blood Test Strips	Yes

Home Diagnostics
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Prestige IQ			No	4.0 microliters	10 - 50 secs	365 test	Prestige Smart System	Yes
Sidekick	1.7 x 1.5 x 2.5	1.6 oz	Yes	1.0 microliters	10 secs	50 test	Sidekick Test Strips	No
TRUE2go	1.7 x 1.46 x 0.89	0.6 oz	Yes	.5 microliters	4 secs	99 test	TRUEtest Strips	No
TRUEread			Yes	1.0 microliters	10 secs	200 test	TRUEread Test Strips	Yes
TRUEresult	3.44 x 2.16 x 0.69	1.66 oz	Yes	0.5 microliters	4 secs	500 test	TRUEtest Strips	No
TrueTrack	3.52 x 2.15 x 0.67	1.66 oz	Yes	1.0 microliters	10 secs	365 test	TrueTrack Smart System	Yes

Lifescan
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
OneTouch Basic			No	10.0 microliters	45 secs	75 test	Basics	Yes
OneTouch FastTake			No	1.5 microliters	15 secs	150 test	FastTakes	Yes
OneTouch SureStep			No	10.0 microliters	15 secs	150 test	SureSteps	Yes
OneTouch Ultra			Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	150 test	Ultras	Yes
OneTouch Ultra2	3.8 x 2.25 x 0.9	1.5	Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	500 test	Ultras	Yes
OneTouch UltraMini	4.25 x 1.26 x 0 .67	1.2	Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	50 test	Ultras	No
OneTouch UltraSmart	3.8 x 2.3 x 0.9	2.8	Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	3000 test	Ultras	Yes

Nova Biomedical
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Nova Max	3.6 x 2.3 x 0.9	2.65	Yes	0.3 microliters	5 secs	400 test	NovaMax
Nova Max Link	3.6 x 2.3 x 0.9	2.65	Yes	0.3 microliters	5 secs	400 test	NovaMax

Relion
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips
Confirm			Yes	0.3 microliters	7 secs	360 test	Confirm Strips
Micro				0.3 microliters	7 secs	50 test	Micro Strips
Ultima	2.9 x 2.1 x 0.6	1.48 oz	Yes	0.6 microliters	5 secs		Ultima Strips

Roche Diagnostics
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Accu Check Active	4.6 x 1.7 x 0.9	2.0 oz	Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	200 test	Active	Yes
Accu Check Advantage	3.3 x 2.2 x 0.8	1.8 oz	No	4.0 microliters	26 secs	480 test	Comfort Curve	Yes
Accu Check Aviva	3.7 x 2.1 x 0.9	2.12 oz	Yes	0.6 microliters	5 secs	500 test	Aviva	Yes
Accu Check Compact Plus	4.9 x 2.5 x 1.3 (w/ lancing device) 4.8 x 2.2 x 1.3 (w/o lancing device)	5.2 oz	Yes	1.5 microliters	5 secs	300 test	Compact Drum	Yes

U.S. Diagnostics
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Acura	3.5 x 1.9 x 0.5	1.8 oz	Yes	0.5 microliters	5 secs	250 test	Acura Test Strips	Yes
Control AST	3.6 x 2.1 x 0.9	1.9 oz	Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	250 test	Control Test Strips	Yes
EasyGluco	3.6 x 2.1 x 0.9	1.9 oz	Yes	1.0 microliters	9 secs	200 test	EasyGluco Test Strips	Yes
Infinity	3.6 x 2.1 x 0.7	1.8 oz	Yes	1.0 microliters	5 secs	365 test	Infinity Test Strips	Yes

WaveSense
Meter	Size (inches)	Weight	Multisite	Sample Size	Test Time	Memory	Strips	Software
Keynote	1.6 x 2.8 x 0.6	1.55 oz	Yes	0.5 microliters	4 secs	300 test	Keynote Test Strips	Yes
Presto	1.7 x 3.0 x 0.6	1.65 oz	Yes	0.5 microliters	4 secs	300 test	Presto Test Strips	Yes
Jazz	1.81 x 3.27 x 0.79	1.69 oz	Yes	0.5 microliters	6 secs	1865 test	Jazz Test Strips	Yes

Information on Other Current Meters has also been collected in a very useful fashion by Rick Mendosa.