Genteel Plus - Pain Free Vacuum Lancing Device for Diabetes Testing - Blood Sugar, Glucose, Ketone, and DNA Home Tests (Buff Black)

I was recently diagnosed with Diabetes. I was given one option and one option only in what device I could use to help monitor my blood sugar. I spent weeks back and forth with both my doctor and my health insurance to put me on a new device but it was all for not. The lance I was using before was very much broken, even though I didn't know it was, and I was forced to poke myself over a hundred times a day. Quick reference, I have very sensitive skin and poking my fingertips causes issues so I poke my arm instead. After much complaining to my doctor they just suggested I test myself once or twice a week which I took as them just wanting me off their back so I stopped testing all together. My blood sugar was within normal range to slightly high so it wasn't that big of a deal. Then comes a new medication that boosts my blood sugar to dangerous numbers. I wasn't feeling right one day and decided to check my blood sugar, 422. I about had a heart attack. I started walking more than once a day, started eating much healthier than what I was and started testing my blood several times a day. By the second day I was just tired of all the poking and my arm was hurting and fatigued. I had to find a better way so I bought a new monitor and lance. Neither are covered by insurance but at this point I was desperate. Got the new monitor in Contour Next One. I wanted this monitor because it can test without the need of a lot of blood. Used the lance it came with and realized my old lance was broken. My old lance had an adjustable position system for the lancet to move up or down depending on the distance the tester needed to draw blood but mine didn't seem to work. The new lance did and I quickly found that sometimes the lance still hurt. Queue taking a giant leap in purchasing this lance. I hated the price, I mean I changed my mind so many times that it felt like I was breaking the Amazon website by how often I was adding and then deleting this lance from my cart. Finally I just shut my eyes turned away while I blindly ordered this lance. The day I opened this product I was intimidated by how well made it is. I expected something so cheap and fragile, like all the other lances I've seen. Because of its design I contributed that to how awful it'll be to use. I didn't feel a thing and it drew enough blood to test twice over. Sure it took a little trial and error to get the end size to draw that much blood but not a single time did it hurt. To be honest, until I lifted the lance I didn't think it worked at all until I saw that beautiful red dot on my arm begging to be scooped up by my test strip. I love this lance and am still surprised by how much it doesn't hurt. Yes it costs a lot for just a lance but I'm convinced it was a worthwhile investment into my journey with diabetes. If you read this far then thank you and if you are on the fence on this purchase like I was, take the leap it's so worth it. Also, if you were thinking of buying this for a child just know it comes with stickers for them to make the lance their own which is such a great idea in my opinion. Did I mention this lance doesn't hurt, just a reminder for those thinking of buying this for a child. No pain!

My dog was diagnosed with Cushing disease which likely brought on diabetes so my vet gave me materials to draw blood and test glucose levels. I was shown how to prick the inside of the ear with an individual needle and use a drop of blood in a glucose monitor for this process. I struggled and struggled to get enough blood so finally I went online and began searching for another method. I found the Blue Genteel Lancet and it looked good so I purchased it. Let me tell you it was a miracle. The company says that it makes drawing blood painless and it DOES! I tried the lancet on 4 different parts of my body and it is painless! I selected a small part of the dog's hip, trimmed the hair so a seal could be made. You hold the Lancet like a pen, put the rubber tip against the skin and trigger the mechanism, holding it firmly against the skin until a drop of blood big enough to activate the glucose monitor is obtained. Then you release the vacuum, insert the strip into the blood to activate the glucose monitor. It is so simple to use and my dog went from shaking violently to just laying on her side with no shaking. I know this lancet is expensive but it is worth every penny. My dog used to run away from me when I was going to prick her ear. She totally stressed out each time I picked her up in anticipation of the ear pricking process. I have never felt so inadequate at any level of care for my dog, including whelping, as I was while trying to measure her blood sugar. This lancet brought me relief and made the blood sugar testing an easy process. I recommend it to any pet owner.. You will be grateful to have an instrument that is easy to use and effective. Amazon, it would be helpful to have this item show with the group of lancets shown initially. I looked for a while until I came across it. It truly is a GREAT instrument.

For a little gadget, I think this is very overpriced. However, if I have to be honest, the lancing device is not bad. Despite being equipped with a larger needle, it is less anxiety, and less painful if used on AST. The directions say that you can use it in your fingers as well, but I would not recommend doing it. I tried on my finger and it hurt way more than a regular finger prick lancet. So just use it for AST only, and if you want to prick your finger, use a normal lancet device instead. For more accurate reading you will need a good glucose meter designed to read blood drawn from AST. Your normal glucose meter can still read it but the reading will be around 30-40 points off. When using a glucose meter designed for AST the reading would be very close to the finger prick' s reading.

After being diagnosed with gestational diabetes and given a standard finger pricker, I was wincing four times a day when it came time to prick my finger. So my mother-in-law sweetly gifted this to me (she's a former nurse) and got one for her husband's practice, too. A side/note on how this thing works-you can use a lot of lancets/needles that you prefer, but the main idea is that the Genteel creates a suction on your finger right before it pricks it. The pain is lessened. It's not completely painless, but after using it 4x daily for almost two months, I have no problem pricking multiple time in even a minute or two. It's just "background" pain that I don't even notice except maybe every 6/7th prick I do, where i will feel it poke a bit more (still not painful in my book). At first the Genteel seemed not that different from my standard device that insurance gave me, so I tried out a few different lancets (needle prickers) and finally found the winner for me (tiniBoy ultra-thin 36 gauge). The other ones I used I don't remember the name, but they were rated high on Amazon and are multi-colored. Those were too painful. Now, it's important to know that every person's skin has its own thickness, which is a huge factor with this. On a 1-10 scale, where 1 is the gentle, delicate, thin-skinned finger of someone who does absolutely no labor, and 10 is a hard-core construction worker who uses his/ her hands all the time, I'm about a 4. As far as pain tolerance, hard to gauge, but I would say I'm somewhere in the middle (shots don't bother me, but finger pricks I general make me flinch). The Lancets are key to this device in my opinion, which is why tiniBoy works for me. But sometimes/fairly often i prick and get no blood. This is annoying since my Lancet reader is timed for about 30 seconds. So when that happens I have to re-prick quickly. This is where the little colorful plastic rings come in the play (these will come with the Genteel, and this is what makes direct contact with your finger and is attached to the tip of the Genteel device). Each ring creates a different amount of suction on your finger tip, which causes the needle to puncture your finger and a different strength. So with a tiny, thin needle like the tiniBoy, a "stronger" ring on the Genteel device is going to draw more blood (the purple ring is the strongest). So that's what I use. I much prefer to re-prick a few times and use a thin lancet/needle than prick once for blood that draws every time, but hurts way more. Also, at first I was conditioned to kind of flinch away once I pressed the button on the Genteel (which triggers the needle to prick), and this makes the device a lot less effective. You have to push the device firmly on to the pad of your finger (I do it much harder, even though the YouTube video says it's completely unnecessary), then press the button, and (even though I want to flinch) I keep the device still on my fi get for another good second or two. This part is when the suction happens on your finger tip, which is the key reason of why the Genteel is indeed more gentile. Hope this helps.

It’s not worth the name “Genteel.” Not gentle at all, seriously. The first two rubber caps barely pierced my finger and third one hurt my finger still not enough drop of blood so I had to stroke from the baseline of my finger to the tip and squeeze and at times I had to prick again on a different site of the same finger or on a different finger. Those repeated stockings left quite ugly dark scars to the point where I thought I could not let the level of skin injuries continue. Another thing that bothers me is unlike other brands you have to grab the used lancet with your fingers and pull out of the device which I think is not only inconvenient but also not advisable because the blood-coated tip of the test strip might possibly have been contaminated. And finally when the release button is pressed the spring generates quite a loud noise with some vibration. Again not gentle at all. Been using this device a little over 2 months and the spring seems to be getting rougher when released. Unfortunately it is unreturnable as I missed the time. I would not recommend this device.

This is easily the best lancing device for people afraid of needles. It’s me, I’m the someone TERRIFIED of needles. Seriously, giving blood is something I see in my nightmares. When I found out I had to consistently poke myself with a lancing device I did some research on the best ones. I was hesitant when I came across this one claiming to be pain-free but I tried it anyways. Best decision I could’ve made. I use the second largest gauge (yellow) and it works like a dream. Well, mostly. Depending on my chosen finger and if I’m pushing down a little it may not stab deep enough so I then have to try again. BUT it gets easier with practice and it genuinely doesn’t hurt. It’s more like a surprise than anything. Really the only drawback for me is how loud the spring is when it goes off. But I’ll take the noise over the pain.

I’ve been type 1 diabetic for 20 years and suffered from numerous (5+ times daily) finger pricks. My finger tips on both hands used to be peppered with tiny prick marks and I dreaded the next blood glucose test. I discovered this product and figured that although pricey, I would be well worth the cost of entry if it alleviated the pain and stress of constant testing. The product works as advertised and provides suction when pricking, drawing blood to the surface and avoiding failed tests. Better yet - for the first time I was able to test somewhere other than my finger tips (a small and sensitive) area and using one of the supplied tips managed to consistently and successfully draw blood from my thighs allowing a recovery period for my fingers while hurting significantly less. The item is big and intimidating at first but, as the name implies, is much more gentle than a traditional lancing device. If you’re on the fence I suggest taking a leap of faith. Just make sure to branch out and test locations other than your fingertips!

The main selling point is it takes the pain out of blood testing. Many people have agreed, so probably you should try it yourself - as far as I know they are good about honoring the money back guarantee. In my case, first I got a defective device. The lance trigger would get stuck and I couldn't get it to fire about half the time. The company was good about replacing it and as far as I can tell the replacement unit is as good as it gets. I sent email twice asking about it, but the email was never answered. So this review is on the replacement unit, no dings for the defective 1st unit - these things happen. Main issue, does it make blood testing painless? No. It does make testing less painful about half the time and no worse the other half. Also, when the trigger fires it makes a loud and forceful "SNAP" which is distracting (in a good way). So overall pain is about 1/4 of that produced by a regular device. I would consider this very good and probably worth the extra cost except for one thing: About 1 in 6 tests I get the dreaded "Blood sample is not enough." message, and have to stick again. Also, the company advertisement claims it is good to use for diabetic children. It very well may be and certainly worth trying if you have a diabetic child. But be warned, the pressure you have to apply to the plunger to set the trigger is unlikely to be something a child could do on his/her own. Details to follow below, but that's the gist of my review of the device: It's an improvement but no where near what they claim. I would far prefer a lower cost, smaller device that does not include the vacuum drawing part. It simply does not work for me at all. The device sets the lance depth by selecting a plastic ring on the lance housing. This is more accurate than the simple click adjustments of the low priced lancers, so it has better ability to place the lancet depth just at the spot where blood flows but nerves don't reach. The problem is that at least in my case there is some overlap so that if the lancet does not go deep enough to hurt it also doesn't go deep enough to get blood. They add the vacuum to compensate for this, but it simply doesn't work, at least for me. Using the recommended depth for fingerstick causes no pain at all. Amazing! But there also is no blood, or not enough blood, to test. Setting the depth deeper got enough to test about half the time, deeper yet about 5 out of 6 times, with corresponding increase of pain. Setting it to the next level got blood enough to test but the pain was about the same as the $5 drug store lancers. I'm using the Prodigy talking tester. I bought a box of the recommended Genteel lancets and also tried the generic ones. I could see and feel no difference. I do require a bit more blood than most people because I have reduced vision. I have tried taking blood from the heel of my hand, from above the knee and various other places recommended by Genteel. None work unless I set the lancet depth deep enough to get a real sting from it - the vacuum does not work at all for me, so now I just use the standard finger stick, and "milk" my finger to get enough blood to test. I've decided to keep the device. It's an improvement, just not enough to warrant the claims they make. And I do applaud that some one is trying to take the sting out of diabetic testing.

No hace daño, hay que adecuar la boquilla al lugar donde se utilice, es una firma de evitar los continuos pinchazos en los dedos, lo he utilizado en la palma de la mano y antebrazo, perfecto

Pungidito fenomenale! Innanzitutto se utilizzato con le lancette in dotazione è praticamente indolore (e io sono particolarmente sensibile). Permette di prelevare facilmente gocce perfette da siti alternativi senza dover premere, cosa che potrebbe falsare il risultato. Appena ricevuto è fondamentale leggere bene le istruzioni (c’è anche un pratico video su YouTube) perché non funziona come i normali Pungidito a cui potreste essere abituati. Lo consiglio assolutamente

Have been using it for 3+ months now. It's the only device I now use to check my sugar level; it really is less painful, and most of the time I don't even feel anything.I find that my palms and the back of my arm are the best places to get a blood drop. When you first get it, play around with the caps to get your best fit; for me, it was the yellow cap.

Was dubious at spending the money on this BUT it is honestly a brilliant item! Diabetic for over 20 and finally a pain free way to get blood for testing! The ability to move test sites is a life saver (my fingertips are very grateful!). I’ve been using it for a few days now and have no complaints at all. Delivery arrived earlier than expected, and the item comes with all information and kit you will need including a pouch to hold your meter, strips, needles and the device. A lovely touch is the addition of a sticker booklet which will be great if ordered for children.

Yes, this device is expensive but worth every penny because it works consistently well and does it with barely any sensation at all. My fingers have thick skin due to manual work and bass playing and was getting inconsistent results using the lancing device that came with my tester causing needless discomfort and time taken to reload the Lancet in order to try again. My fingers were beginning to smart so I looked for an alternate device and found the Genteel. I selected the clear tip for my Genteel and I test on my palm below my thumb. The Genteel removes the need to squeeze where you have lanced because it uses light suction to draw a sample bead to the surface. You see the bead appear and release the vacuum by lifting your finger from the button on the Genteel. Lift the Genteel off the site and bring the prepared meter the capture the sample. I usually press the used Lancet into the protective disc it came with to render it safe for disposal along with the test strip. The instructions are crystal clear and easy to follow. If you are unfortunate to have to test your blood glucose frequently or perhaps have to test a small child then this device can minimise the pain of testing and practically eliminate any discomfort in the tested area on going. The benefit justifies the cost of the Genteel in my opinion.