OneTouch Verio FLEX Glucose Monitoring System (1)

I've given it four stars only because I've only had it for a week. Hard to prove it's a five-star product in such a short time. However, so far, it is excellent, as long as you pair it with a compatible smartphone, such as an iPhone or Android device. (See last paragraph for why you should otherwise stick with VerioIQ.)The device is compatible with other current OneTouch systems, like the VerioIQ my HMO provides, so I can still get my test strips, etc., at reduced price from the HMO while using a more advanced device to read them.The FLEX works with OneTouch's iPhone or Android app, sending collected data to the phone via low-power Bluetooth whenever you open the app with the device turned on. You don't have to do a transfer every time you take a reading: it will transmit all new entries when you link up. The app, in turn, allows you to see the data in a variety of formats, including charts.If used on an iPhone, you can set the app to communicate your readings to the Apple Health app, so you can view them in context with data from other health information.According to the OneTouch phone support people, you can send the data from multiple systems to the same phone, so you can, for example, keep a second FLEX at work and sync both sets of data to the phone app. (I've just ordered a second FLEX myself because I travel a lot, making one less thing I have to get anxious about forgetting on the day of travel.)The FLEX does not have the depth of built-in capabilities that the IQ does, but that's because it is expected you'll be using the phone app, with its superior interface. One thing it does lack is the ability to tag readings as being before or after meals. There may be a way for you to add them later on in the app (though I haven't found it yet), but, unless you transfer the data each and every time you take a reading, you'll likely forget, for example, what that 8:45 reading from Wednesday a week ago should be tagged when you eventually transfer 10 or 15 days worth of readings at a time. If this is a serious concern for you, you might want to consider the IQ or some other meter instead.The battery: The FLEX, like the IQ, has a USB port, which indicated to me that it also had a rechargeable battery. Not so. Instead, it uses a commonly available, long life, disposable lithium 2032 button battery. Fine. What is strange is that when you turn on the FLEX, it shows a low-battery symbol for about one second. It turns out this in no way indicates a low battery. Instead, when you turn the device on, the display is very briefly lighting up with every single embedded symbol on the system so the factory workers can test it during manufacturing to ensure the display is fully functional. The device itself, unlike the IQ, offers no way for you to see the current battery level in any state by low or dead. When low (and, per the call center, in plenty of time to buy a new one), that low-battery symbol starts blinking persistently. Since there's no way for the user to check the battery, they have no need for additional battery segments to show varying levels of remaining energy, so the sole symbol shown during the brief test time is the low-battery warning. Ignore that brief test mode, and you'll have no problems. (Or, you can do what I did, which was to plug the device into a USB charger for five hours to charge the nonexistent rechargeable battery. Didn't have any effect at all.)Finally, do not buy the FLEX unless you intend to use it with your phone. As a stand-alone unit, it is clearly inferior to the IQ, which, to begin with, offers a color display. (the color stripe you see on the FLEX is permanently printed there with that black upside-down triangle on the black and white display pointing to the currently correct segment.) The IQ also offers an in-depth full-color manual. The FLEX offers a greatly reduced black and white manual because the device has greatly-reduced on-board capabilities, depending, as it does, on the presence of a phone for anything beyond just scrolling through your list of readings. It also has a replaceable battery, rather than the IQ's rechargeable battery, even if battery life will prove long.

I've been using the OneTouch IQ but wanted the ability to sync reports to my iPhone/ipad via Bluetooth. But what I immediately realized, from the moment I turned it on, was it's not backlit and very difficult to read. The Date and Time, in fact, are in a light font at the very top of the screen and barely visible without tilting the meter.While the Bluetooth abilit to send reports to my phone would have been nice, it's just not happening with this meter. I don't understand why OneTouch would upgrade the IQ with a meter that has a screen similar to technology from the 1990s when Nano Pets were popular. I mean really, OneTouch???I'll stick with my OneTouch IQ and stick this one in the drawer at work as a backup or something. At least I didn't invest in strips I couldn't use.

I don't actually know how well the One touch verio flex actually works... I don't think I'm going to try it. Maybe I'm being overly paranoid or something but I don't think I received a new device. Or something. I'm going to return it. I have posted some pictures showing what I mean. I was fooled by the round seal on the package that says do not use of seals are missing and broken and I did open the box. It was only after looking at the contents of the box that I started to wonder whether or not this was a new device or put back together after return or what was going on with it. It's very much all about India for the websites the warranty and the printed materials inside. So I'm not even sure if it would work with our stuff in the US for the app and whatnot and using the warranty sounds a bit like a hassle to send something to India and stuff. So I opened the box and I just see this battery laying there which looks to me as if someone is adding a battery to the product after the fact. Then the plastic bag that contained the product and its case is just one of those sticky plastics that can be opened and closed over and over again and made to look like it hasn't necessarily been opened but there's actually stress on the bag that shows it was originally stuck tighter than how I found it. I took a picture of the contents inside because I don't know if that's what everybody else is getting or if that's just what I got. I have no idea. But you can see in that image I posted with the seal on the outside of the box how there is a skinny rectangular seal covered up by a large circular seal. The skinny rectangle matches the same skinny rectangle on the bottom of the box. I didn't realize at first that the large circular seal was added afterward. So I think I'm just going to have to go to my local pharmacy or something and see what they have for products. Sorry I can't give a better review on the actual item itself!

I'll readily admit that I am not good about keeping up with my finger sticks. This meter, and particularly the app, are already helping me do a better job with before & after meal measurements.The oneTouch lancet is pretty good at minimizing the discomfort of daily sticks. I've been using them for years.The Verio test strips do a great job of getting a reading with a small droplet of blood.The device itself is small & the whole kit is about the size of the OneTouch UltraMini I've used for several years.OneTouch does a great job keeping their meters easy to use & the Verio meets this standard.I'd tried one of the earlier smart phone apps w/USB cable & honestly stopped using it after a week because it was so confusing. I'm initially impressed by the OneTouch Reveal app used with this meter.It was very easy to pair the meter with my phone. I actually purchased 2 of the meters so I can have one at home & 1 at work - the app is already set up to consolidate data from multiple meters for a single user.If you take a measure while the smartphone app is turned on, the app automatically syncs with the meter to pull in any new measures. It's easy to add notes to the individual measurements and equally easy to switch between displaying your measurement history in table, line graph or pie chart configurations.I'm looking forward to finding out if there is a desktop version of Reveal - I'm in the late baby-boomer age bracket & more comfortable with a full keyboard.

Very very big. 1:4 fail to read strip. Measuring is off from OneTouch mini and doctor’s office. Strips are pricy for so many failures. Syncing with iPhone 8 is hit and miss. I will stop using when I receive the Dario and do not recommend this device especially if you travel because it is too big and bulky..