If you're going to do it, you might as well get a Lactate Plus.

With that said, the testing is easy, but correct interpretation is the crux.

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$300?!?!

Jesus. I guess that's a drop in the bucket for this crowd, though.

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The real cost is in the strips, the cost soon mount up.
I've found attempting to test myself is too tricky. I need a second person to conduct the test.

http://lactate.com/comparison.html

I have had an Accutrend made by Beringer ever since they came out.
Still reads fine and solution and strips still available and is now probably over 20 years old.

But if you look at the new competition they give a result much faster.
This is cool if you are doing a finely stepped ramp test as the Accutrend takes a minute to give a result.
Add in the time to stab the patient and it limits somewhat what you can do and can be problematical for testing if you happen to get a bad strip or a bad read due to too small sample and need to repeat quickly.

Being able to interface with a computer can only be a benefit.
Even though the others use a different newer cheaper type sensor, in the last century since the Accutrend came out they have almost the same accuracy now.

I paid over $1000 dollars to get mine with a few strips when they first came out over 20 years ago.
$300 is a bargain.
Much better value than any power meter if you actually know how to use it.

If you have things sorted, testing yourself is fine unless testing very short time gap.
Costs about $5 per test in consumables.