WondfoPregnancy Test Strips - HCG Detection 25 MIU/ml, Home Test of Reliable Result - 25 Count

After a rather depressing whirlwind in March with just about every store brand known to man, where I got faint positives from 8 dpo to 10 dpo on lots of different non-digital tests... the faint lines never got stronger, and went away by 11 dpo. I'd ordered some of these, they showed up at 12 dpo and showed a clear, no-squint negative faster than I've ever seen a pregnancy test "clear"... and I got my period a few hours later.For me, the negatives being clear and rapid is almost as important as whether the positives are early or not. Early conceptions don't always stick around, they estimate that half of eggs that fertilize never come to term, and most people never know it because they're not insane POAS-aholics.Since I am, I decided I needed a cheaper "front end" test. With these, I can test every day if I want, or even a couple times a day, and I'm pretty confident in my result. I would never trust a single positive test anyway... because I've lost enough pregnancies to not assume that a positive test means a baby at the other end. So what I need are tests that I can use, and watch to see if they get darker.The price is unbelievable. Dipsticks are my preference, I tend to pee in a cup even for the midstream tests, it's far tidier. It helps if you've got good control, and can pee a little, pee in the cup, stop before it overflows, then finish your business after you've pulled the cup away. This isn't hard for me at all, and if you're going to be seeing a doctor for pregnancy, you've got to get the hang of peeing in a cup anyway, they make pregnant women do it all the time.For speed, these cannot be beat. Every other test says, "Dip for 5 (or 10, or 20) seconds, then lay flat, read between 5 and 10 minutes."These, you dip for 3 seconds, lay flat, and they process and clear amazingly quickly, far faster than any of the "major" brands. And you're not left with a giant stick full of pee, either (the midstream tests kind of gross me out, actually, that way.) My expected negatives (i.e. testing after my period started but before it got heavy, to be sure it wasn't implant bleeding) were crystal clear white in the test zone within about a minute. Given that I'm often testing in the rush to get my older kids off to school, saving time that way is a godsend, and I don't end up staring at a pee stick for 10 minutes trying to figure out if I can see a squint of a line. It does take a few minutes for a positive result to show up, but far less time than major store brands like Answer and First Response.When I first wrote this, I said, "I don't expect these to be the final word: They're cheap, and there there to keep me from blowing $1 or $4 or $8 every time I want to test. If I get a positive on one of these, I'll test again to see if it gets darker, and when it's darker, I'll break out the digitals I have left over from the last round. (Because really, husbands need to see the word PREGNANT spelled out for them, it seems like...)"Having tested at different levels of hCG for many days now, I can say that these are definitely the final word. The results are darker, stronger and faster than any other brand I've tried. They are more consistent from day to day, showing darkening as my levels of hCG go up. I got a positive digital test at 12 dpo, after these were positive late on 10 dpo, and clearly positive on 11 dpo. And at 17 dpo now, they are far darker than other brands, faster, stronger, better.These very much satisfy the science geek in me. I used to love the Dollar Tree tests, but heck... 20 cents a test, give or take? Mind boggling.Edited to add: I got my first visible positives with these, ahead of FRER (at least as far as taking pictures of the tests is concerned!) They are remarkably consistent from tests to test in intensity, which means that it is so easy to compare color of tests from one to the next. I can really see the test getting darker even over the course of one day, and after a chemical pregnancy where the tests never really changed, it is encouraging.I now have about 20 of these dry and pasted to a sheet of paper in order, and I can tell you that there are ZERO evaporation lines on the negatives (3-4 dpo, too early to expect a positive.) Even the faint lines that showed up after the test time did so in a way that makes clear the progression from no color to some color to definite positives. The first hints of what I would call "evaporation" lines show up at 7 dpo on my chart, and got slowly but consistently darker from 7-10 dpo (lines showing up after the test time), before "true positives" appeared late on 10 dpo, getting darker all day 11dpo.First Response appears to be about 1-2 days behind in intensity, and is not getting darker in the same way.I got some "cheap" ($2 per test) strips at a drugstore, Answer strips, and they are much less clear. The test, dipped in the same sample as the Wondfo tests, are fainter, "messier" and the dye is all over the place, even the control lines are a little vague. By contrast, Wondfo strips have very well defined dye areas and the tests look much "cleaner". These are probably the least gross pee sticks I've ever seen... :) Both tests showed "positive" at the same time, but the Wondfo test are cheaper, cleaner, and much faster to give results. And days later, the Answer tests look negative, while the Wondfos are still clearly positive.Definite will buy again, as I've nearly gotten through the 25 I've had, and after having miscarriages, I know I'll want to test often in the coming weeks, for reassurance.I have the pink handled tests, and cannot say enough good things about them. Because they are cheap enough that I feel like I can test whenever I want without feeling guilty, I was able to get enough consistent negatives that when the strips started being slightly ambiguous, it was pretty clear something was different, even if it did take a couple days after that for the lines to get really visible. The negatives were clear, clear white. The positives are still faint, but I'm still early, and it is enough to see the progression.Note: The pink handled tests expire in 2012. I've gotten ones that expire in 2013 from another listing, with pale pink handles that say "hcg" (much like the older blue ones) and they are also very good. Wondfo seems to change the printing and color of their handles frequently, but the rest of the test is identical, and the results are very consistent. Don't worry if your handles look different, if you are buying from this listing, or the other listing I've left reviews (and pictures) for.I've compared the plain pink and pink hcg handles in the same sample and the results are nearly identical, and both perfectly functional. Don't worry about handle color!UPDATE: The gals on FertilityFriend and I have been doing some experimenting. Some people may know that dipping a pregnancy test directly in cola or apple juice can create a "positive" test (not just on this brand). What we now have some evidence of is that people who drink large quantities of these beverages may have just enough of whatever chemical creates those positives in their urine to create a faint "false positive". So if you're getting questionable results with these tests, consider checking your diet. Even organic apples, freshly juiced, can turn one of these positive, which means if you eat a lot of apples or drink certain kinds of juice or soda in large quantity, they may make your results less reliable. (One man who drinks a lot of apple juice got a positive result...) If you are testing early, consider sticking to beverages which don't cause these things to turn positive on their own... So far, water, OJ and milk are all just fine. We're testing more things over the next few weeks to see what does and doesn't skew the results. Personally, I drink a ton of Vitamin Water Zero and haven't had any iffy results.Ultimately I have to say that the false positive results with this brand are probably due to the increased sensitivity to low levels of hormone (or whatever it is in apples that causes pregnancy tests to go positive!)

!! Listen up, folks! I am an obsessive POAS addict. We have had two unsuccessful pregnancies over the course of the last five years. Our most recent was in October 2016. I got my first cycle December 19, 2016 and ended December 25th. I used a first response and clear blue (+ or -, not digital) on January 12th and got BFN on both. The evening of January 13th, I received these strips in the mail and immediately used one. A very very very faint line appeared that apparently, only I could see. Husband "could not see it" but I knew it was there. I had him pee in a cup and tested his urine with one (the very top strip in my picture - the second strip is the one I tested that day and you can BARELY see a faint second line) and nothing appears on his. That gave me a little hope that the strips were working, and that very faint line was not my imagination.This was 8 DPO and 6 days before next AF was due.I have tested a couple each day since at different times throughout the day and they have progressively gotten darker. Today, I am one day late and about 20 minutes ago, used one (the very bottom one). According to the doctor, I am 4w3d today. I have read a lot of reviews giving false positives or negatives, but I can say for me (a healthy, average 23 year old) these tests detected HCG before other brands I used. I will continue to test until my first appointment to make sure they continue getting darker/stay dark and will definitely use these strips in the future for other pregnancies.Pictures attached:*first picture: wondfo strips. Top strip- tested hubs pee (no second line) Second strip-my pee on Jan. 13 with veryyyyyy faint second line. Last strip- today (cycle is one day late). Like I said, I basically used 1 each day in between Jan 13-Jan 20.*FRER with 1 definite line: Jan 13 (Used right after I first used Wondfo - at the moment, I thought I saw a line but stared at it for too long. Wondfo was a little more obvious)*Clear blue: tested Sunday, Jan 15 (4 days before AF) faint positive*FRER: Tuesday, 1/17 noticeable positive (2 days before AF)Just for you to compare. With wondfo, other than 5-6 days before AF, I didn't have to "hold them in certain lighting" or stare at them for 20 minutes to convince myself I saw something. I did let them dry before I went back so with each of them I set them down, waited 20+ minutes, and then went back.*My poor bathroom sink has been sanitized so many times. HahaGood luck to everyone trying. Hoping for a smooth one this time and thank you Wondfo for making this process a little less stressful and cheaper.