Bayer Contour
Bayer Contour

Best blood glucose monitor

*Est. $20
Estimated Price

The Bayer Contour blood glucose meter covers just about all the bases, reviews say. It's accurate, affordable, small and easy enough for kids to use. It's also full-featured, with the ability to read test-strip codes automatically (no entering them by hand), several test-site options (fingertip, palm, forearm, thigh or abdomen) and optional computer software to help you track your blood sugar over time. Reviews say the Bayer Contour is the best blood glucose monitor for most people. For patients on a tight budget, the ReliOn Micro (*Est. $9) and its matching test strips cost less. If you have vision problems, you may prefer the talking Prodigy Voice Meter (*Est. $65). Test strips for the Bayer glucose meter cost about $25 for 50 strips.

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ReliOn Micro
ReliOn Micro

Budget blood glucose meter, cheap strips

*Est. $9
Estimated Price

This is the cheapest glucose meter in our report, with some of the cheapest test strips (about $20 for 50 strips). Experts say it's also one of the easiest to use, and users find it accurate, too. The ReliOn Micro doesn't boast as many extras as the pricier Bayer Contour blood glucose meter. For example, although the ReliOn Micro can strore 50 test results in its memory, it doesn't come with computer software to help you track them, and the meter allows only fingertip or palm testing. The ReliOn Micro also takes a couple of seconds longer to calculate a result. But like the Bayer Contour, the ReliOn Micro is compact and requires no coding -- and it takes an even tinier droplet of blood than the Bayer glucose meter, which users say results in fewer errors and wasted test strips due to too-small samples.

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Prodigy Voice Meter
Prodigy Voice Meter

Talking glucose meter for the sight-impaired

*Est. $65
Estimated Price

Vision problems are a common complication of diabetes. Experts say the Prodigy Voice talking glucose meter allows people with blindness or low vision to test their blood glucose without any help. It speaks all instructions and results, requires no coding, and it makes other functions -- from inserting the test strip to changing the batteries -- easy to accomplish by touch alone. A volume control and headphone jack make it possible to test discreetly (at sites including the fingertip, palm, forearm, upper arm, calf or thigh), and the matching test strips (*Est. $17 for 50) are no more expensive than ordinary test strips. The Prodigy Voice wins awards from the American Foundation for the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind. If you don't need an audio glucose meter, reviews recommend the cheaper Bayer Contour (*Est. $20) as the best blood glucose monitor overall.

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