iHealth Align Blood Glucose Meter for iPhone and Android Phones, Smart Diabetes Monitoring Meter, 10 Sterile Lancets. Mini, Sleek and Smart Self Care Glucose Monitor

I've been using this for two years, and it is hands down the best glucometer I've ever used. No more poorly-designed, cheaply made, expensive, giant plastic gizmos with bad user interfaces that feel like they were designed 20 years ago. No more depending on insurance companies to tell me which overpriced strips they will pay for, then change their minds a year later. The iHealth glucometer is inexpensive, the strips are inexpensive (and can be shipped the same day to me if I get in a bind), and the iHealth app is very modern and well designed. I have Amazon send me recurring shipments of the strips and tweaking your deliveries is very easy.These days my Type 1 Diabetes management is all done on my phone. I use the My Fitness Pal app to count carbs, the iHealth app to test my blood sugars, and RapidCalc to do my insulin calculations. My A1C has literally never been this good. Switching to this glucometer and this process is the best thing I've ever done for my diabetes aside from the brief period I was able to afford a pump.I'm on my second iHealth glucometer (lost the first while traveling - yes they are small and cheap enough to travel with a backup!). In the two full years I've been using these, I have not experienced any of the inaccurate measurements that others have claimed here. I can't explain those reviews. I will say that with my old iPhone it was a little harder for the camera to read the QR code in darker rooms, but haven't had any problems with my iPhone 7. I keep the app on my wife's phone in case something happens to mine.I encourage every diabetic I know to look into this. Take control of your health and your money.

The BG1 is a good device but it can be so much better. I've been using it for a few months now. I love the size and portability but hate that it eats batteries like no ones business! I also love that it syncs the reading to be analyzed on my Galaxy S5. Most of my cons are with the connection issues and crap battery life for something sooooo simple with no display. Makes no sense why does it even need a battery.Pro's:* Small and portable - Easy to carry with strips, lance, and meter but I hate the cheap stupid blue baggie.* It has accurate results when compared to my other meters* Website is great for compiling the collected data over time. I use two meters one at work and home to upload.* Test strips are cheaper than my deductible on other test strips, especially with Amazon auto-ship* It interfaces with Samsung's S-Health and other apps like My Fitnesspal.* From the i Health website I can run reports and export to take or send to my EndoCons:* It is unreliable when plugging into the phone. Sometimes it just is not recognized, and sometimes it complains the device is in "suspend mode sometimes it connects as headphones. Its also a pain when in power save mode. I've wasted a few strips with this issue. I hope they fix this soon.* Crappy batteries and battery life - Buy good Energizers or Duracells you'll get more life out of the BG1 but it still sucks that you even need batteries for something that can be powered from the smartphone jack or mini usb port.- Need Advanced settings to connect more than one reader to the app and also associate a bottle of test strips to a specific reader. Like I mentioned before I have one meter at home, and another at the office. Better yet stop forcing the need to scan a bottle whenever the apps believes I've run out. Its not accurate anyway.I'd still recommend the BG1 for those that use their smartphone all the time and wanted something portable to tie your testing with other apps and health websites.

I converted to this device from a competing device because of it's small size and the "convenience" of avoiding manual data entry into my iPhone. After 2 months of use I had mixed results, followed by a recent deal breaker.Observations:The Good:- This device is amazingly small.- The price is very affordable at the time I purchased it (I bought two, see below)- I set up an Amazon "subscription" order for testing strips, which is a nice convenience.The Not As Good:- This device reads high compared to my other devices. After purchasing a second unit which reads a littler lower, I proceeded with only using the iHealth device. (I assume the device is within +/- accuracy requirements, so I'm not accusing the device of not being "accurate." It just seemed to me to be biased in the + direction. This is a subjective observation.)- The "convenience" of use is impacted by needing to use a 3.5mm plug to Apple lightening connector. And the order of plugging them in seems to be important, but I learned to live with it. This is the first "ding" on convenience.- The software does not have an "A1C" estimator included. So I manually enter each reading into my other iPhone app which does have an A1C Estimation feature. This is the "second" ding on convenience.The Deal Breaker:- On going to take a measurement, the iPhone app suddenly needed sign-on credentials. Nothing I did seemed to work. I went to a computer browser to open an account online. Using those credentials in the app produced a vague system error message.- I had to go find my previous device and use it. Fortunately I had a few testing strips.- I submitted an online support request. The email response says they received it. It has been less than a day, so I decided to call the support number in the email before submitting this review. The phone number informed me that due to COVID-19, while everyone is working from home, nonetheless, they are not taking phone calls, only online support tickets or email.Conclusion:- I can't recommend this device.- I can't recommend this company.- I've cancelled my subscription for testing strips.K