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First Check Home Cholesterol Test, Two Single Use Tests

First Check Home Cholesterol Test, Two Single Use Tests
Brand: First Check
Category: Health and Beauty

Buy New: $19.99
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Seller: drugstore.com
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars 7 reviews
Sales Rank: 33963

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 3.8 x 5.5

Model: 6502
UPC: 643281065025
EAN: 0643281065025
ASIN: B000ILIWHE

Release Date: September 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Features:
  • Cholester Test - 2 Count
  • Easy Accurate
  • Results in minutes
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1 out of 5 stars dangerously inaccurate!   June 17, 2009
Alana Gold
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

My cholesterol was 288, so I made changes in my diet and started to monitor it dropping using this test every 3 months for an entire year- I watched my cholesterol drop to 220, then 200, then 180, then 140. Wow, I was really impressed until I read the reviews here that this test is inaccurate so I decided to go back to my doctor to be rechecked. Well, my actual cholesterol is 225, nearly 90 points higher than this test is saying! My advice would be don't buy this test or you may be fooling yourself into a false sense of security.


1 out of 5 stars Difficult to use   May 8, 2009
C. Yeung
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Bottom line: don't waste your time and money.

The instructions require you to squeeze at least 5-6 drops out of your finger. Even before I stabbed myself, I couldn't believe that that was even possible. After two tries, I have decided that it really cannot be done.

Reading the result is somewhat of a guessing game because after the blood has soaked into the test strip, it says to "Read the scale on the test by finding the very tip of the blue or purple colored line, regardless of how faint the line may be." Granted, it doesn't seem to matter too much if you're off by a few lines in your reading because at least it will put you in the right ballpark. This is assuming that the test is accurate to begin with, which is something that the other reviewers seem to have evidence against.

I haven't gotten a real cholesterol test before so I don't know how accurate this is. My result came back in the "desirable" level so we will see if this was anywhere close to accurate once I get a real test. Keep in mind though that I was unable to follow the instructions to the letter because I simply could not get enough blood to get to the "fill level" of the blood well.

If you bought this at the store and haven't opened it yet, I highly suggest returning it. I certainly wish I had come here before I opened the box.


1 out of 5 stars lancette sucks   April 21, 2009
W. Campbell
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I bought this test kit to keep track of total cholesterol, but never got a chance to evaluate the results because the lancette device provided didn't provide enough blood (two tries) even though I followed the instructions to the letter.


1 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Money!   December 16, 2008
Jackie A. Connelly-fornuff (Long Island)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

I bought this exact home test. The morning of my lab test I tested at home first out of curiosity. It said 200. A week after testing at the lab, the results came back as 263! That is way off and products like this shouldn't be on the market. There are too many people that don't go to Doctor's and this testing kit is not accurate by any means!


1 out of 5 stars Inaccurate reading   November 6, 2008
a. audio listener (Reston VA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I tried the version of this kit that included two test kits: one for total cholesterol and one for HDL (it cost about $25 at a Rite-Aid). I followed the instructions to the letter for the total cholesterol count. I was so excited about the low total cholesterol number it gave me! I began thinking new diet was paying off! The following week I had a real test performed at a doctors office and found that the reading given by this kit was about 80 points too low. Bottom line: don't waste your money.

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