Here are my first impressions of the One Drop Chrome meter...
Unboxing, it looks pretty snazzy and nicely packed, and comes with everything ready to start testing, like 100 strips and a year supply of lancets(Haha! Yeah! I'm a bad D and don't change those things out often, but they're 33 gauge so they won't quite last as long as the old bullies do). Turning over the meter though I noticed it's basically a rebranded Agamatrix Wireless Jazz 2 meter getting ready to hit the market(or at least it looks like it to me, strips are identical to the Jazz though, so will test this out), just in a slightly snazzier housing. I will admit I was hoping for some color options right off the batt since I saw some other color options in pics from One Drop while awaiting FDA approval and release but I guess the company's not quite ready yet which is understandable being new. It paired up pretty easily with my iPhone 6 via Bluetooth and the app which I've been toying with for months(was just missing a linked meter, so I'll see how much I really like it now). Testing back to back six times yielded the numbers I was looking for and all were pretty consistent, which I've always been partial to Agamatrix's accuracy because it's always been pretty consistent for me(my Verio's decided to turn against me and reads too high nowadays). The case fits everything, but the strip container is a touch loose and will fall out easily if turned upside-down. The vegan leather(pleather?) on the case is okay, but I'm not sure how long it'll hold up. The lancet device takes standard lancets which is nice, but to make the case smaller it'd have been nice if it were about an inch shorter and had a little more heft to it - it feels like it might break easily, so we'll see. Over all, I like it, not sure it was worth the $80 for it though, paid more for my first UltraSmart meter back in the day, but I feel like a lower price point might have drawn in more customers - One Touch was already the established brand for accuracy back then and could demand a higher price especially considering the prices of such tech back then. I don't have the price on the Wireless Jazz 2 to compare it to yet either, so we'll see that comparison when it hits. No commitment on the sub and access to professional advice can be helpful and nice, $40 a month for unlimited strips is also another nice bonus(cheaper than an extra vial of 50 ct Verio strips, which happens frequently). Still need to compare to the local pharmacy and Amazon to see if it will be more cost effective to keep up the sub or go the OTC route for strips(which I still need to experiment with to see if my hunch is right), just depends on prices and my usage, which is generally pretty high so the sub is still likely a savings(also, I'd lose the ability to harass a CDE, which would likely really bum me out).
if you want to look for yourself, here is the link to their site: http://onedrop.today/
