Tue, May-06-08, 00:17
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,900
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Plan: Eat Fat, Get Thin
Stats: 212/162/155
BF:32/23.5/23.5
Progress: 88%
Location: Breaux Bridge, La
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I found but did not buy a monitor and test strips here in China, for several reasons.
A meter can be purchased here for as little as $21.....
Test strips can be purchased for about 18 cents each in boxes of 40...........
The hastle is unbelievable. If you find a meter at a place, they don't have but a hand full of strips and don't know if and when they can get more. The instructions are only in Chinese, of course, but I do have interpreters. The meter reading is in a different system than in the USA, so the number you read has to be multiplied by 18 or something like that. You can't try it in the store and once you walk out with it, there is no return or refund. I don't trust the reliability of it. These shops are all exposed to the weather/elements every day, so depending on how long the meter and strips have been in stock, they've been exposed to a lot of temperature variations, which can't be good. Then I'd be afraid to stock up on test strips to last a couple of years (I might not return for that long when I leave) as the dang meter might break in the first month or so...
I'm going to run out of test strips in a few weeks, but I feel I have such good control now, I won't worry about it till I go home and just buy more strips for my relion meter and live with that.......
Anyway, just thought I'd share my experience at trying to come out cheap on meters an test strips....
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