| Honestly I wouldn't use the strips. Good for a quick and dirty reading, but as Tamianth has pointed out, with the drip kits around and easily attainable, they are really prferred for their greater accuracy. Having said that, they are really only as good as the human eye and technique. Meters are pretty good if you can afford them and keep then tuned.
What I like to do/have is two drop kits and if one gets a disturbing or shocking reading, use the other kit to confirm that. It is actually helpful to have kits from two different manufactures for this kind of confirmation.
And of course, it pays to throw these kits out after a period of storage and buy fresh reagents. JR |