Lifescan Blood Glucose Meter

The OneTouch Phenomena

The Lifescan blood glucose meter family of products, called the OneTouch, is the company's sole line of business. LifeScan is completely focused on diabetes testing. In fact, over three million people use OneTouch glucose meters to manage their diabetes daily.

Despite its smaller testing focus, LifeScan is actually part of a much larger corporate umbrella owned by Johnson & Johnson.

The Onetouch meters fill the gammit from small, simple portable models, all the way to hyper sophisticated models that work wirelessly with insulin pumps.

Let's take a look at the current models being offered.

I like the One Touch glucose meter family of products. The company does a good job explaining the differences of each meter and why one particular meter is different than the other. Interestingly, most companies do not take the time to do this. There are currently four OneTouch Meters.

OneTouch UltraMini. This is one small glucose meter and comes in multiple "hot" colors. It is small, fast, and easy to use.

OneTouch Ultra2. The Ultra2 offers fast testing, approximately 5 seconds. It also allows the user some advanced features, like pre and post meal glucose level averages.

OneTouch UltraSmart. The UltraSmart is aimed at people looking to make insulin adjustments. Incredibly advanced reporting features is also touted as being the only meter which helps reduce your A1C levels.

OneTouch UltraLink. The UltraLink is simply pretty cool. If you are on an insulin pump (MiniMed Paradigm Insulin Pump), this device will wirelessly send a signal to the pump to establish the right dosage based on your glucose test results.

OneTouch Verio IQ. The Verio IQ was introduced in 2012 and offers a brilliant color screen and easy navigation. The other hallmark of the meter is that it has software that monitors your blood sugar patterns so you can more easily discover trouble spots in your diabetes management.