CURO L5 Kit with TC and TG Strips

This machine was a little hard to set up at 1st,you have really got to take time out to set it up,the down side is only 25 strips and they are 25$ and up,also you have got to make sure you get enough blood on the strip or it will not work correctly,but the numbers were excellent and the same as my doctors numbers,so great product to me

For context, my wife is a trained nurse and I have a biochemistry degree. We both know very well how to collect blood and run tests. That said, this device never worked reliably for us. Collecting the right amount of blood has been hit or miss with the entire 25 count capillary set. We got a little better over time, but never to the point that we felt “ok, this just works “. I bought the unit to monitor my cholesterol. It looked like I was getting progressively better and reaching 150 mg/dl. Because the value clearly and repeatably dropped I trusted the trend, even if not the absolute value. Then I had my annual checkup and cholesterol was at 248 mg/dl compared to last years 233. I had made no progress at all, but the Curo unit made me think I was on the right track. Worse still, my triglycerides came back at 247 mg/dl from the lab. So out of curiosity I measured triglycerides at home within 2h of the lab test. The Curo unit showed 338 mg/dl. Useless! So don’t waste your money, you cannot get reliable results to track your health with this unit and its test strips.

Worked great. Easy to use and read

East to use, but replacement strips can be costly. Never matches my blood work but keeps you in check.

I think the product itself is probably ok. There's a newer version the L7 that costs more but seems to have more capability. I did not have the device long enough to determine accuracy because I returned it. Why? The device displays total cholesterol, HDL, and Triglycerides. The documentation shows the ability to test these three as well as getting a calculated LDL. However, the HDL test strips were not included in the kit and they were not available for purchase. Until you get the kit and open it, it's difficult to know what capabilities it actually has and the product description avoids indicating HDL testing despite it appearing on the device itself. I reached out to customer service and they indicated that the HDL (and therefore LDL) strips are no longer available. This rendered the product moot for me. I was offered an upgrade, but even the upgrade cost was more than this device (L5) and kit together. I decided to return the product. Frustrating because it probably can't be used again by anyone else and some better clarity on the product description would have saved time and money and possibly steered me toward the L7 in the first place. So if you are ok with just total cholesterol and triglycerides, this product will at least test those. If you need HDL / LDL, then look at the L7 or other products. Check the price on the L7 and the test strips for the L7 to make sure it meets your budget needs long term.

No se batalla nada para utilizarlo no para programarlo

This product is so inaccurate! Took a test for total cholesterol and got 121 and then went to get lab work done the next day and my total cholesterol was 256! Extremely inaccurate and followed instructions and have watched video. I have tested with this before, but this is first time having lab work done immediately after. I had ordered and received new test strips a few days before so they were new test strips. Not very accurate when your cholesterol is actually twice as much. Needless to say, I will not be using this again!

The product seems to work fine and properly. I would purchase again if needed.