Plus Lancing Device – Blood Glucose and Ketone Testing with Vacuum Seal – Designed for Painless Checks (Butterfly Blue)

Yes, this device is expensive but worth every penny because it works consistently well and does it with barely any sensation at all. My fingers have thick skin due to manual work and bass playing and was getting inconsistent results using the lancing device that came with my tester causing needless discomfort and time taken to reload the Lancet in order to try again. My fingers were beginning to smart so I looked for an alternate device and found the Genteel. I selected the clear tip for my Genteel and I test on my palm below my thumb. The Genteel removes the need to squeeze where you have lanced because it uses light suction to draw a sample bead to the surface. You see the bead appear and release the vacuum by lifting your finger from the button on the Genteel. Lift the Genteel off the site and bring the prepared meter the capture the sample. I usually press the used Lancet into the protective disc it came with to render it safe for disposal along with the test strip. The instructions are crystal clear and easy to follow. If you are unfortunate to have to test your blood glucose frequently or perhaps have to test a small child then this device can minimise the pain of testing and practically eliminate any discomfort in the tested area on going. The benefit justifies the cost of the Genteel in my opinion.

I have found it hard to justify the cost of this so have struggled on with ordinary lancets for far too long despite being incredibly difficult to get blood out of. Even phlebotomists, paramedics and doctors can’t do it and so I have so many holes every day it it is ridiculous. With this I am using tip depth number 4 on my arms, only once have needed more than a single drop for my blood thirsty ketone meter, absolutely painless. Leaves a tiny dot of a mark (well you can also see the circle for a few minutes). Slightly wider than some lancets to carry but not huge (12.5 cm long with a slightly bigger case). Very easy to use, slightly stiff to push in plunger but I just push it down on the table

This works in a very different way from other lancing devices (when you get it you are pointed to a video that explains how to use it). Instead of pricking a finger, you can puse this on your palm or another suitable part of your body, and with a bit of practice and the right cap get a perfectly sized drop of blood almost every time. You really do need to follow the instructions carefully until you get the hang of it. Good points - it is well built, seems reliable and feels of very high quality, it comes in a variety of colours plus some customisation stickers, it works with standard lancets (some Genteel ones are supplied) and it also comes with a case to fit the device plus your test meter and test strips. Bad points - it is really very expensive (but you may be able to claim VAT back on it if you have a chronic illness such as diabetes) and it is quite large. Overall, if you have to test yourself a lot I feel that this is an excellent investment and it certainly does save a lot of wear and tear on your fingers.

Thickness? I wanted blood, I got blood. For a newly diagnosed Doggy diabetic Momma- perfect!

I am a newly diagnosed diabetic and I am testing 6 times a day at present. This device is absolutely painless and can be used almost anywhere on the body. No more sore fingers! It comes with 6 different tips to set the depth. I am using a 3 on my arm and it is painless. It takes most square lancets. Worth every single penny for this!

Very gentle maybe it could be smaller.. but works very good if you still do it manually.

As someone super sensitive to pain, I've had horrible memories of doctors pricking my finger tip to take blood samples. I can guarantee that Genteel gave me zero pain. When you press the button it makes a loud sound, but I literally feel nothing, as in pinching your skin with your fingernail would hurt 10 times more. I found this product well worth the money, especially for people like me who are very sensitive to pain.

Sometimes a bit hit or miss but seems to work best with only gentle pressure onto the skin. I stopped using it after about one week due to blood getting splashed inside the clear end, because it works from suction. It can be taken apart to wash but it's not a good look if there wasn't time to clean it between uses. Expensive for a lancing device.

No hace daño, hay que adecuar la boquilla al lugar donde se utilice, es una firma de evitar los continuos pinchazos en los dedos, lo he utilizado en la palma de la mano y antebrazo, perfecto

I was recently diagnosed with Diabetes. I was given one option and one option only in what device I could use to help monitor my blood sugar. I spent weeks back and forth with both my doctor and my health insurance to put me on a new device but it was all for not. The lance I was using before was very much broken, even though I didn't know it was, and I was forced to poke myself over a hundred times a day. Quick reference, I have very sensitive skin and poking my fingertips causes issues so I poke my arm instead. After much complaining to my doctor they just suggested I test myself once or twice a week which I took as them just wanting me off their back so I stopped testing all together. My blood sugar was within normal range to slightly high so it wasn't that big of a deal. Then comes a new medication that boosts my blood sugar to dangerous numbers. I wasn't feeling right one day and decided to check my blood sugar, 422. I about had a heart attack. I started walking more than once a day, started eating much healthier than what I was and started testing my blood several times a day. By the second day I was just tired of all the poking and my arm was hurting and fatigued. I had to find a better way so I bought a new monitor and lance. Neither are covered by insurance but at this point I was desperate. Got the new monitor in Contour Next One. I wanted this monitor because it can test without the need of a lot of blood. Used the lance it came with and realized my old lance was broken. My old lance had an adjustable position system for the lancet to move up or down depending on the distance the tester needed to draw blood but mine didn't seem to work. The new lance did and I quickly found that sometimes the lance still hurt. Queue taking a giant leap in purchasing this lance. I hated the price, I mean I changed my mind so many times that it felt like I was breaking the Amazon website by how often I was adding and then deleting this lance from my cart. Finally I just shut my eyes turned away while I blindly ordered this lance. The day I opened this product I was intimidated by how well made it is. I expected something so cheap and fragile, like all the other lances I've seen. Because of its design I contributed that to how awful it'll be to use. I didn't feel a thing and it drew enough blood to test twice over. Sure it took a little trial and error to get the end size to draw that much blood but not a single time did it hurt. To be honest, until I lifted the lance I didn't think it worked at all until I saw that beautiful red dot on my arm begging to be scooped up by my test strip. I love this lance and am still surprised by how much it doesn't hurt. Yes it costs a lot for just a lance but I'm convinced it was a worthwhile investment into my journey with diabetes. If you read this far then thank you and if you are on the fence on this purchase like I was, take the leap it's so worth it. Also, if you were thinking of buying this for a child just know it comes with stickers for them to make the lance their own which is such a great idea in my opinion. Did I mention this lance doesn't hurt, just a reminder for those thinking of buying this for a child. No pain!

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My dog was diagnosed with Cushing disease which likely brought on diabetes so my vet gave me materials to draw blood and test glucose levels. I was shown how to prick the inside of the ear with an individual needle and use a drop of blood in a glucose monitor for this process. I struggled and struggled to get enough blood so finally I went online and began searching for another method. I found the Blue Genteel Lancet and it looked good so I purchased it. Let me tell you it was a miracle. The company says that it makes drawing blood painless and it DOES! I tried the lancet on 4 different parts of my body and it is painless! I selected a small part of the dog's hip, trimmed the hair so a seal could be made. You hold the Lancet like a pen, put the rubber tip against the skin and trigger the mechanism, holding it firmly against the skin until a drop of blood big enough to activate the glucose monitor is obtained. Then you release the vacuum, insert the strip into the blood to activate the glucose monitor. It is so simple to use and my dog went from shaking violently to just laying on her side with no shaking. I know this lancet is expensive but it is worth every penny. My dog used to run away from me when I was going to prick her ear. She totally stressed out each time I picked her up in anticipation of the ear pricking process. I have never felt so inadequate at any level of care for my dog, including whelping, as I was while trying to measure her blood sugar. This lancet brought me relief and made the blood sugar testing an easy process. I recommend it to any pet owner.. You will be grateful to have an instrument that is easy to use and effective. Amazon, it would be helpful to have this item show with the group of lancets shown initially. I looked for a while until I came across it. It truly is a GREAT instrument.

After being diagnosed with gestational diabetes and given a standard finger pricker, I was wincing four times a day when it came time to prick my finger. So my mother-in-law sweetly gifted this to me (she's a former nurse) and got one for her husband's practice, too. A side/note on how this thing works-you can use a lot of lancets/needles that you prefer, but the main idea is that the Genteel creates a suction on your finger right before it pricks it. The pain is lessened. It's not completely painless, but after using it 4x daily for almost two months, I have no problem pricking multiple time in even a minute or two. It's just "background" pain that I don't even notice except maybe every 6/7th prick I do, where i will feel it poke a bit more (still not painful in my book). At first the Genteel seemed not that different from my standard device that insurance gave me, so I tried out a few different lancets (needle prickers) and finally found the winner for me (tiniBoy ultra-thin 36 gauge). The other ones I used I don't remember the name, but they were rated high on Amazon and are multi-colored. Those were too painful. Now, it's important to know that every person's skin has its own thickness, which is a huge factor with this. On a 1-10 scale, where 1 is the gentle, delicate, thin-skinned finger of someone who does absolutely no labor, and 10 is a hard-core construction worker who uses his/ her hands all the time, I'm about a 4. As far as pain tolerance, hard to gauge, but I would say I'm somewhere in the middle (shots don't bother me, but finger pricks I general make me flinch). The Lancets are key to this device in my opinion, which is why tiniBoy works for me. But sometimes/fairly often i prick and get no blood. This is annoying since my Lancet reader is timed for about 30 seconds. So when that happens I have to re-prick quickly. This is where the little colorful plastic rings come in the play (these will come with the Genteel, and this is what makes direct contact with your finger and is attached to the tip of the Genteel device). Each ring creates a different amount of suction on your finger tip, which causes the needle to puncture your finger and a different strength. So with a tiny, thin needle like the tiniBoy, a "stronger" ring on the Genteel device is going to draw more blood (the purple ring is the strongest). So that's what I use. I much prefer to re-prick a few times and use a thin lancet/needle than prick once for blood that draws every time, but hurts way more. Also, at first I was conditioned to kind of flinch away once I pressed the button on the Genteel (which triggers the needle to prick), and this makes the device a lot less effective. You have to push the device firmly on to the pad of your finger (I do it much harder, even though the YouTube video says it's completely unnecessary), then press the button, and (even though I want to flinch) I keep the device still on my fi get for another good second or two. This part is when the suction happens on your finger tip, which is the key reason of why the Genteel is indeed more gentile. Hope this helps.