Before I jumped in with both feet, I wanted some information that I could trust instead of just the information given by the companies who manufacture the meters. There are so many different glucose meter options available that I wanted to be sure that the one I was getting was a good one. I read a bunch of reviews, and then I found an online pole that ranked the top meters, picked by people who had actually used them. Hundreds and hundreds of diabetics tested ten different popular meters, they voted on the ones they liked the best and gave the reasons why. All of the major brands were represented and there was a write in category for those diabetics who preferred their personal meters that weren’t among the ten represented. All of the pertinent data was logged: the speed of each test, the ease of use, the level of pain and the winning meter was picked based on the information gathered from the voters. I think this study will make it a lot easier for me to pick the meter I’m going to get, because I can read all of the comments and gauge which meter will work the best for me.