- No Coding technology
- Plug and play USB meter opens Bayer’s GLUCOFACTS DELUXE software onto your computer with easy to view result history and trends
- Bayers GLUCOFACTS DELUXE software can help you discover valuable insights
- Utilizes CONTOUR test strips with No Coding technology
- Bright color display is easy to read
Product Description
Contour USB from Bayer is the only blood glucose meter that connects directly to a computer for instant access to information, trends, and patterns. It transfers individual blood glucose readings into the knowledge you need to act smarter than ever. It’s a simple win. The first and only USB integrated diabetes monitor. No Coding technology. First and only full color display.Plug and play diabetes management system. Small sample size (0.6ยต1). Fast 5 second test time…
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I’ve had this new meter for about 6 weeks and it has been great,small,color display, and the USB connection is far easier than keeping up with yet another cable in the writhing mass of gadget cables we all seem to collect. One reviewer says it isn’t supported on Windows 7 64 bit but it works fine on my Vista 64 bit system. Does not work on Snow Leopard Mac but big surprise there… The test strips are the usual rip off but if you search Amazon there are mail order vesions of (as far as I can tell) the same test strips for about half the price. I had been using One Touch and was happy except for getting reults into the computer via one off cable they charged for hence move to USB meter.
So all in all only imporvemets I could wish for are Mac Support and an Iphone app to display my results..
Rating: 5 / 5
After many years of using Lifescan One Touch meters I’m now switching to Bayer Contour. The Contour strips use less blood and suck up the sample easily. The color screen is very easy to see. Since I use the backlight on my Lifescan UltraSmart constantly having a backlight is necessary. The color screen does that one better as well as adding a lighted test strip port. The meter is very easy to use and comes with a wall charger and USB extension cord in case you can’t plug it directly into a computer’s USB port to charge. I plan on keeping the wall charger at work because I have an older computer there and it does not have USB 2.0 ports.
At home I have a very inexpensive Acer desktop running Windows Vista and have no problems with the software.
The lancet device is cheap and I recommend tossing it in a drawer and replacing it with an Accu-Chek MultiClix device. The strips vial is very big and could really be downsized. The case overall is poorly designed and bulky due to the big strip vial.
This meter reads very close to my Lifescan One Touch meters and since I’m used to those I don’t anticipate any problems switching over to the Contour faily of meters. You can get regular Contour meters for free or close to it for backups which is always a good thing. Nobody should have just one meter and since the Contour meters do not need coding you can move you vial of strips between meters.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have been trying for four days now to get this meter to work on a computer, any computer. Under Mac Snow Leopard, the installation software crashes. Under any version of Windows 7, you have to start the installation manually and install Sun Java RTE6. After you install that, the software will run off the meter exactly once. It will ask you if you want to download the software to install on your machine, and the Bayer web site will time out with a message saying An error occurred, please try again later. This will happen every time you go to the web site to try to download the software for either Mac or Windows. It will happen on any computer you try.
Once the software has run in Windows 7 off the meter exactly once and the download has failed, every time you try to run the software again, it will tell you another meter is already connected, please disconnect that meter and reconnect the 2nd meter.
If you call Bayer, a recorded voice will tell you about how much they care, but no one will ever, ever, ever, ever answer the phone. You will leave many messages, but no one will call you back.
Mind you, I have successfully programed Logitech Harmony remotes and installed third party open source software on my linksys router; I’ve successfully removed my Macbook pro’s hard drive and upgraded it to a larger one; I’ve hacked my iPhone. So it’s not that I just don’t understand how to install software. This is easily the worst software installation I have ever seen.
I could try installing it on a Windows XP with service pack 3, but I don’t have any Windows XP install cds lying around anymore.
On the plus side, the meter is cute. I like being able to mark readings before or after meal, something I could not do on my One Touch Ultra mini, making the reading downloads useless because I never started or finished meals in any preset time frame. I was hoping with the USB Contour, I could stop having to enter my readings eight times a day manually, but no such luck. I don’t believe Bayer actually provides working software for this meter.
Rating: 1 / 5
Having been using this new meter for about a week now and it is much beter than the Freestyle Freedom Lite. It is extremely easy to use and the fact that you can specify when the reading was taken and other comments on the meter is great. The software is another issue. While I am not an IT person I am much more familiar with computer operations that the average user. I am using Windows 7 professional 32 bit edition, and like others have stated the software will not autoload, you must go in and find the .bat file and manually start it, and also load the correct version of Java, however even that did not work, I then downloaded the software from the website and true to form just like other users received the error message that a previous version was in use. At that point I called tech support Ha, what a joke that was, some off shore third world country. after back and forth for an hour she had me downlaod a differant version of Java and low and behold that sovled the problem. It is now operating as it is supposed to and downloads everything from the meter to the Glucofacts program. The only problem is as with every usb storage device when you plug it in to the the computer it opens a dialouge box asking you what you want to do and in the case of the USB Meter 2 boxes open one for each percieved drive. You just have to close them and proggram recognizes the meter and then proceeds to ask you what you would like to do. All in all the concept is great and makes testing much easier. Just keep in mind that unless you are running XP, you are in for some frustration till you are able to get the software working, once that happens you are home free! Bayer should work on updating the software to be more compatible with Windows 7, and move their tech support to the USA, we need the jobs here in this country and the vast majority of us speak English much better than those whom you now employ for tech support.
Rating: 4 / 5
I am very disappointed in both the meter and the software. First, the meter cannot be used outside. It’s close to impossible to see the screen. The case barely zips close when you include the strips and the layout of the straps seems to imply that you’re supposed to take everything out of the case in order to use it. Production quality for both the meter and case is much lower than the old Bayer Contour. And the USB/software side of it is a flop. The software doesn’t work properly on Snow Leopard or Win 7, so the only thing I can run it on is my netbook. This software has a completely rigid, clunky interface. It can’t be displayed or navigated properly on smaller screens and its feature list is a bare fraction of the old WinGlucofacts software–which is badly in need of an overhaul, but much better than this new piece of Java junk.
Save your money. The Bayer Contour meter is much better.
Rating: 1 / 5