Genteel Plus - No Prick Pain Vacuum Lancing Device for Diabetes Testing - Blood Sugar, Glucose, Ketone, and DNA Home Tests (Buff Black)

What an amazing device. Even though I am a gigantic man I am a giant kitten when it comes to sticking myself for diabetes. I did not like it at all whatsoever. As a veteran, I was often in trouble with my VA Doctor for neglecting to monitor my blood glucose levels. So, I bought the Genteel and I received it this morning. I evaluated my blood and I had to stick my hand about four times. Two times for when I was trying the lancets from freestyle and the other two were from genteel lancets. Really happy about it, I did not feel any pain at all. Highly recommend five stars.

I’ve been type 1 diabetic for 20 years and suffered from numerous (5+ times daily) finger pricks. My finger tips on both hands used to be peppered with tiny prick marks and I dreaded the next blood glucose test. I discovered this product and figured that although pricey, I would be well worth the cost of entry if it alleviated the pain and stress of constant testing. The product works as advertised and provides suction when pricking, drawing blood to the surface and avoiding failed tests. Better yet - for the first time I was able to test somewhere other than my finger tips (a small and sensitive) area and using one of the supplied tips managed to consistently and successfully draw blood from my thighs allowing a recovery period for my fingers while hurting significantly less. The item is big and intimidating at first but, as the name implies, is much more gentle than a traditional lancing device. If you’re on the fence I suggest taking a leap of faith. Just make sure to branch out and test locations other than your fingertips!

What a waist of money. It's not gentle at all. I hate having my fingers stuck and squeezed. After doing some research, this seemed like a good choice. It took 9 sticks the first time I tried. Between figuring out which size ring to put on the end and not getting enough blood. The only place I could finally get blood was from a finger and it's on the smallest ring and hurts! I don't use it often because I use a patch, but I like to check the patch every once in a while for accuracy. I've had it for about 3 months and the spring load portion doesn't work any longer! I would not recommend this product.

I was skeptical as my hands were quite tough being a machinist for 30+ years getting a drop was very difficult till I found this product, it blew me away very first try, so easy and painless to get a nice drop I wish I'd found this sooner

works well

I admit, it was intimidating at first. The 'stab' is scary but it is not intended to be used on your soft parts like hands and fingers etc. Unlike what even the experts say, provided your circulation is great ( that is important for the point I am about to make !), it does not matter where in the body you use your lancet. Hence this device works great for jabbing my thigh area or forearm. I have not found much difference between these areas and the fingers within the margin of error (because we we all know using the same device multiple times gives you different readings!). Suffice to say that I am not afraid of testing many times a day now because of this awesome device using cheap but reliable strips. Important note to fellow diabetics : I use CareTouch which, I have marked as always 15 - 20 mg/DL over the more expensive, but accurate strips (like Accu-chek). Hence, all I need to worry about is if my glucose readings go super high like 350. In that case, it does not matter if the highly accurate strip gives me 330, I am already in the danger zone ! So, always find a cheap and reliable brand and stick with it for a few months, you will not regret it and will save you hundreds of dollars.

I love that this came with the bag, stickers, and different size for depth.I have been wanting to get one of these and it’s only taken me a year to get one. I just wish I got is sooner!! My 7 year type 1 diabetic he said it’s painless, everyone in our family has tired it and wow I can’t believe how well this works and being able to test blood besides the fingers is a win.*Make sure to read the directions for proper usage. Keep the finger on the button for a couple of seconds and then release the button and then pull off of the skin. After he got that down. He even felt like a pro doing it. He was also so excited to personalize it.I only wish it came with a cover shown with the other devices.Overall the this is best purchase especially since we finger poke all the time due to low blood sugars.

This device IS quite expensive. But if you're like me and have delicate skin and a low pain threshold, it's completely worth the money. When used with the Genteel 30-36 gauge lancets, this combination truly is painless. I still wince when I click to activate the device because the sound became synonymous with pain. But that response is slowly going away now that I'm using the Genteel Plus, in combination with the Genteel lancets.Highly recommend!!!