Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this, set it up, and left it sitting in a drawer between uses. On the fifth use (two days after receiving it), it slipped out of my hand and dropped about 5 inches from to the wooden table I was standing over, shattering into multiple pieces. I never bothered to return it, as I had read the other Amazon reviews *after* purchase and realized this was almost my fault for purchasing a meter that is so well-known for being inaccurate. Regarding the reports of inaccuracy, they sound unbelievable for a medical device but they are indeed true. I had an appointment and took the results to my doc who promptly told me to toss it in the trash. Apparently Dario has made a meter that is so well-known for it's failure that doctors are even aware of how bad it is. That's an accomplishment, but probably not the one they were aiming for. I assume this inaccuracy stems from the attempt to use house-made test strips, and their subscription model alludes to this a bit. The pricing per month means they are getting these strips made at a very low cost, and we are all experiencing the side effects of those low costs in the form of glucose readings that are regularly 10 to 20 points off the mark (and there's no predictability to this, so you can't even, say, deduct 15 points from each reading and get a close-enough result - it could be 20 points high or 20 points lower than actuality). Thankfully, I am not diabetic, just someone who wants to remain non-diabetic and/or catch it early. I have relatives that are Type-1 who I warned about this product as a result of my experience with it. I hope Dario hires new hardware engineers and/or restructures their pricing model to include strips that allow for actual clinical-level accuracy. This was an abysmal experience, and my frustration got the best of me, so I don't even have the item to return for a refund (I broke it even further with my spirited toss into the trash can - ha!). It's probably worth the $70 just to warn my Type-1 friends though - this product could kill someone over time with it's inaccuracy! Oh, the app works quite well! There, I said something positive :)