ACCU-CHEK Compact Plus Meter Kit | 
| Brand: Accu Chek
Category: Health and Beauty
List Price: $69.18
Buy New: $17.99
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Seller: Diabetic Corner
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 3164
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 3.1 x 8.9
MPN: 075537490709
Model: Compact Plus
UPC: 075537490709
EAN: 0075537490709
ASIN: B00005V3D9
Release Date: May 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Lancet technology makes testing less painful | | • | Attachable lancet device allows you to easily carry the system | | • | Automatic coding and a new 5-second test | | • | Pre-loaded 17-test drum helps remove struggling with test strips | | • | All-in-one convenience |
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Product Description
$40.00 Mail in Rebate and $25.00 Coupons
All-In-One Convenience
Bright, Easy-To-Read Display
No Coding
Detachable, Least painful Lancing Device
17 Test Strip Drum Fits Inside (Not Included)
What's Inside?
Accu-Chek Compact™ Blood Glucose Meter (batteries included with preset time and date)
Detachable Accu-chek Softclix Plus Lancing Device (with lancets and clear cap for testing on different area of the body)
Accu-chek Compact Blue Control Solution
Easy-to-use Instructions (English and Spanish)
Carrying Case
Self-Test Diary
Warranty Card
Unique Design - Proven Least Painful *
Allows one hand meter operation
Use attached or detached
One button action
No side-to-side lancet motion reduces skin tearing
Choice of 11 customizable depth settings for different skin types
Choose from five other areas of your body to give sensitive fingers a break. Test from your palm, forearm, upperarm, calf, thigh, or finger - whichever works best for you.*
Accu-chek® software and the online, secure Diabetes Assistant® program provide easy-to-read graphs and charts to help you use your results to manage your diabetes. Call 1-800-858-8072 to order software and cables. Visit accu-chek.com to see demonstrations or download tools.
Made in Ireland
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 17
 Sleek, convienent and wonderful!! March 6, 2009
Chess Heart (Canton, OH)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Having just recently been diagnosed as Type II, the first thing I knew to do was seek out a glucose meter I would use and keep on using. I first sent away for an older model that was free but required the use of key-coding chips and whatnot, and testing quickly became something akin to a kid with a chemistry set-- strips, codes, lancets, etc. What I love about the Accu-Check is the way it's all contained into one unit.
Having the strips preloaded in a drum is wonderful-- you don't have to fumble getting them out of a vial or avoid touching either the electrode end or the blood uptake end. This also means they have a longer shelf life than just the "use within 3 months of opening" rule of regular strips. I imagine this would especially be a boon to anyone with arthritis in their hands or who have limited range of motion in their fingers-- press the lil' button and it spits out a strip. Done.
The lancing device, which is removable or can be used still attached to the meter itself, really DOESN'T hurt much at all compared to the one I got w/my free meter, so when they say it's less painful, they're serious. Apparently it has something to do with vibration-- other lancets hit the skin and wiggle which causes more pain, whereas the Accu-Chek doens't-- in and out and that's it. The device also works like a ballpoint pen: click to load, click to fire the lancet, click again to eject the needle. Again, no doubt a boon to people with arthritis who may not have the fine motor control to pull a teeny lil' lancet out of the device.
Because the strips do come in a drum the whole device IS larger than most other meters on the market, so if size is important, you might want to take that into consideration, but IMHO having the machine load and unload the strips FOR you more than makes up for the larger size (it also means you have to carry less gear: I carry my meter, some lancets and that's IT; no need to carry around everything else with you and no more accidently knocked-over vials of test strips that scatter everywhere on the floor!!
I highly recommend this product and wish I could shake the hands of the engineers who designed this meter. Bravo!!
SIMPLICITY IS THE KEY September 25, 2005
B. ENG (NORTH CAROLINA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
THIS PURCHASE WAS FOR A SPARE METER, I KEEP ONE HOME AND USE ONE FOR TRAVEL. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS METER IS THAT THE TEST STRIPS ARE IN A DRUM THAT'S LOADED INTO THE METER. ONE LESS THING TO CARRY AROUND. NO NEED TO INSERT STRIPS FOR EACH TEST. THE STRIPS LOAD THEMSELVES AND STICK OUT THE BOTTOM WHEN POWERED ON. READY FOR APPLYING YOUR BLOOD SAMPLE. WHEN DONE, AT POWER OFF, THE TEST STRIP DROPS OUT THE BOTTOM. YOU NEVER HANDLE THE STRIPS . THAT'S WHY I WENT WITH THIS METER. IT'S SO EASY TO USE, I'VE EVEN USED IT WHILE STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
Painless and easy: Great for kids August 16, 2009
C. F.
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Once you read instructions, this device is very easy to use; there is no need to handle the strips and it is painless when you use Accu-Chek Softclix Lancets. Kids don't have to be afraid anymore. My 10 years old daughter is happy with it. I recommend this device.
Best Meter I've Used January 7, 2009
M. Mercer (Kansas)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have tried several meters over the last year and a half, since being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. This meter is by far the easiest to use, and very handy. The preloaded strips make using it a breeze. I find it takes less time and is less of a hassle for me to check my blood sugar using this meter, so I actually do it when I am supposed to. I have not used the software to download and compile my results, but I look forward to getting it. You should read the instructions when you get it, so you know its ins and outs, but its not much different from any other meter. Its a keeper, I love mine.
Painless, easy and convenient March 8, 2010
Busy Executive (Long Island, NY)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had been using the older Accu-chek compact plus, but recently replaced it with this revised version. So far no regrets - it's the same terrific meter I've grown accustomed to, just in some new packaging.
Among the many features I like:
- Painless lancet...notably better than most of the competitors thanks to the thinner lancets and the teflon coating
- Highly accurate...agrees exactly with my doctor's unit and with the lab
- Convenient and easy to use, one piece design
- Large, legible display
- Drum design holds supplies for 17 tests so there's less to carry around or fumble with
- Good memory functions built-in
- Long battery life...my last one was three years old and I never once needed to replace the batteries with daily testing
Something not mentioned on the Amazon product description is the wonderful interface to the Accu-chek software package called SmartPix, which you can order from the manufacturer. This software talks to the meter using an IR (infrared) signal like your TV remote control, and it lets you create all sorts of useful data on your PC. The product generates all sorts of charts and graphs, which you can share with your doctor to give him a much more detailed view of how you've been doing. I'm a big believer in data collection on the PC, and I routinely monitor blood pressure, exercise (via my pedometer) and blood sugar levels this way.
About the only complaint I have is that the supplies for this meter are somewhat hard to find locally, and when I can find them, they tend to be 2-3 times as expensive. I just order through Amazon way in advance and that seems to work for me. I also liked the older style case better, but luckily the meter fits in my old case.
Recommended.
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