# Accu-Chek **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/accu-chek/5800 **Category:** Tips, Tech & Gear **Created:** [December 13, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/accu-chek/5800 "2018-12-13T01:02:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 9
### Author: ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen) #### Post date: [December 13, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/accu-chek/5800/9 "2018-12-13T03:14:25Z")
Here’s my fairly detailed review of the Guide (be sure to read additonal posts from me in that thread, as I add additional details/impressions). > [@Accu-Chek Guide (with flat strip container): First Impressions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/accu-chek-guide-with-flat-strip-container-first-impressions/4236): > > I received my free Accu-Chek Guide today (available to any Canadians through the Roche website), and first impressions are that I quite like it! Enough that, if it’s accurate, I’d seriously consider switching. The strip container is very flat and appears to hold strips in place by pressure, similar to the strip holder @Eric designed. The sample I got only came with ten strips, and unfortunately the container will only hold those ten strips. So I’d buy a full box of strips if I want to use the c… I ended up moving back to the Contour Next One because I prefer it and can carry 100 strips in its container. But the Accu-Chek Guide was fine as far as accuracy is concerned, and the meter/strips/lancing device were fairly compact. I used the Nano briefly years ago but can’t remember much about it. I think I mostly got it because at the time it came with the Multiclix lancing device. It has a chip in each vial of strips, and once strips expire, you can no longer use them. My Guide strips haven’t expired yet, but I plan on testing them once they do to see if they work. (I used an Accu-Chek Compact Plus and an Accu-Chek Mobile in the past, too, both of which had the expired strips issue. That’s really my biggest complaint about these meters.) I liked the Guide enough that, if I was forced to use it, I wouldn’t be too upset. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/accu-chek/5800)._