Mira Fertility MAX Wands, Ovulation Test Strips for Women, Monitor and Detect Ovulation at Home, Track PdG, LH and E3G, Use with The Digital Mira Fertility Monitor Kit + App, 20 Tests

This is a review discussing the advantage of the Ultra4 (orange wand) compared to using the Max (purple wand) and the Ovum (yellow-ish wand) TOGETHER. (Standard disclaimers: IANAD, YMMV, DYOR, etc.) Firstly, I feel I should qualify the following by saying that I have been using the Ovum and Max wands together nearly daily for almost two years now (yes, two *years*), and not to aid in conception, but for data-gathering for the purpose of cycle analysis for better quality of life. See, I’ve had issues with my cycle — oh, this stupid, stupid female body — my entire dang life, we’re talking since I was thirteen; irregular/unpredictable cycles, ovarian cysts of varying kinds, for years what I was told was PCOS and then was told maybe not (long story, won’t bore you), severe endometriosis — which, it took twenty-five YEARS of me begging for help to finally stumble upon a doctor who had two brain cells to rub together — and who actually bothered to do said rubbing — leading them to say, “huh, maybe it’s endometriosis” (and no, he wasn’t a woman; my female doctors were especially apathetic, and some even more incurious, less compassionate and outright more emotionally cruel than the males) — and PMDD, which, if you don’t know what THAT is, long story short, it can be a life-ruining condition. I have used this system to finally, FINALLY, gain a sense of partial control over my life. At the very least, I’ve been able to predict with somewhat varying — but often remarkable — accuracy when the misery will actually start, or even IF it will start during a given cycle (or be put off until the cycle starts again, because ovulation didn’t occur), and, why I might suddenly be experiencing a, b, or c symptom when conventional “wisdom” (based off of just counting cycle days) says I shouldn’t be. The downside of course is that this regimen was expensive. And, yes, it’s still going to be pricey going forward. But, not any more so than I’ve repeatedly spent over the course of a couple years having a repeated series of lab tests done that amounted to near total uselessness where a doctor would spend a fraction of a second glancing at the results and say “nope, everything’s normal”, or, “we just can’t tell from labs what’s actually going on, because it just tells us one moment’s data, and what’s happening needs long-term testing, and that’s just not feasible”. (sigh) With that preamble of the way: This new Ultra4 wand is a vast improvement over using the other two wands together, for obvious reasons (cost, convenience, resources — use/waste of non-biodegradable materials — time, etc). From a profit perspective I’m surprised they combined them. Maybe the Ovum wands just haven’t really been selling but FSH still does sometimes need tracking so they couldn’t eliminate it entirely, but, whatever their calculus, it’s working out for us, the consumer (rare occurrence these days), because buying both the Max and Ovum was more pricey per-cycle than buying the Ultra (especially for someone like me with a short 22 day — gods help me — cycle), and from a practicality and convenience perspective it’s also a remarkable improvement, because investing 16 minutes for one test and then 22 minutes for the other every single day to get results was kind of a PITA for me, and, it put double the daily physical stress on the testing apparatus due to the necessity of inserting and removing two test wands into it every day instead of just one (and yes, I had to replace the tester once in the last two years because of failure, but MIRA stood by their then-warranty since it fell within a year after purchase; it’s been a year since that happened so, who knows what their policy is now, so, YMMV on that). Now, don’t get me wrong, despite the time-sink/general inconvenience of doing two tests, I was glad to do it, because, again, it was helping me to feel more sane than I ever did before while being buffeted about by my sadistic-feeling cycle, but, if anything came along to make me walk away from the testing process (pets, UPS delivery, whatever), I might forget to do the second test, and that would result in my having to produce a second sample later, and THAT would result in my not getting a complete and accurate (because of timing and other variables) picture of my hormone levels every day. Gathering data on the four hormones as they are at the same moment in time is important, a with the Ultra4 I can now do that with a single 16 minute test, one-and-done. So much better! The only reason I can see folks needing to use the Ovum wands now is for one or two cycles max, so as to, in a cost-effective way, somewhat definitively confirm impending (or onset) of menopause, because if FSH (what the Ovum wands test) alone is very high or at some level in the relatively high range (look up guidelines online for such numbers) *for two entire cycle-lengths*, you can pretty accurately infer that PdH and E3G if also tested would test low, and LH would test high (like the FSH) for that entire time, and, yep, from what I’ve read, that’s indicative of (but, because of the historical presence of a few outliers, probably not 100% guaranteed *in every single case* to be) menopause — or the soon onset of — so you really wouldn’t need both the Ovum (FSH) and Max (all the other hormones) unless you’re just curious, which, hey, I get it, I’m the curious type too, nothin’ wrong with that. For the rest of us and our various purposes/needs though, all four hormones, especially run at the same time, are invaluable, especially for those trying to conceive or otherwise cycle-track to get a bead on when, or even if, ovulation is actually occurring (and which, for me, I haven’t been able to tell from the LH results, because it seems I have a very quick spike leading to my almost never catching it with the test, but, the obvious PdG rise a few days later is unmistakable, and I can count cycle days forward or backward to predict when ovulation occurred, and when the cycle end/beginning of the next cycle will be, and that’s invaluable to me). To anyone who, like me, wants or needs to do long-term testing, or is just into data-gathering, the Ultra4 is definitely the way to go. If you can swing the cost, I most definitely recommend it.

After trying to conceive for over a year using standard ovulation test strips, and I wasn't certain I was even ovulating every month, so I bit the bullet and spent the money for this. The Mira system has been so much more informative about what's going on with my hormones, and its ability to detect and even confirm ovulation is really, really helpful! It's really easy to use, and there are more options available in the app than I chose to explore. It's hard to say it was worth the cost, simply because it is SO expensive... but it IS basically at-home lab testing. I reasoned that it was worth the money if it would help us conceive without having to pursue fertility treatments. Thankfully, we just found out that I'm pregnant! I truly don't think it would've happened for us if I hadn't invested in this product. I had read in a few reviews that people had gotten defunct wands, which is devastating at this price, but I didn't have a single issue! Every single wand worked! Since the wands are mad expensive, here's a suggestion: The app will recommend testing literally every day until your next period starts. To make the 20 pack of wands last more than a single month, I recommend that you stop testing once you A) confirm ovulation, or B) reach the point where ovulation should have happened if it was going to but looks like it isn't this month.

I want to preface my review by saying that I do appreciate this device and what it is capable of. However, I've gone through 2 and a half batches of test wands at this point and in every batch I have had multiple failed test wands or bad tests. I've had to reach out to customer service, which takes days to get back in touch, in order to reach a resolution and have bad tests removed. I recommend following their video tutorials and making sure you really read the instructions to insure you don't waste any wands but even if you follow everything to T you may still have bad wands or issues with test results. Like I had a test result that would have indicated I had a serious medical issue and it ended up being a bad test. I ended up talking to some other people who have had the same experience. It's a new technology that is amazing to have in terms of knowing more about yourself but my recommendation is to confirm your test results by running it side-by-side with another OPK. If both tests indicate low, medium, high LH then you could probably safely assume the results Mira gave you are accurate but otherwise you have no way of knowing how truthful it is without looking at other data inputs. So whether you are trying to conceive or avoiding it I wouldn't rely only on this Mira device. Another issue is that the app is obviously run by an algorithm which means bad test results can skew what the app tells you are your most fertile days or when to expect your cycle because of this I really urge people to take the app with a grain of salt. It's a good resource but do not rely solely on just the app and this device to give you the full picture. So to break it down on why it's 3 stars and not 4 or 5 or 1: Customer service is slow. Resolution with removing bad data is slow. The app is buggy. You can enter your temp but it may not be there tomorrow. So data lost. I recommend recording temp elsewhere. You have to enter a password every time you want to access the app as well. Annoying. Test wands are finnicky, expensive, and non-reliable. Some test wands in every batch will fail. You cannot rely just on this device. This is a hefty price point and you need to confirm data to be sure if you want to really pinpoint your ovulation. I'm sure overtime the app's bugs will be resolved and the tech will improve and so on. For now, it's an investment and I recommend not putting all your eggs in once basket. If you get this device I hope you enjoy it, but please keep these things in mind so you won't be disappointed.

Easy to use. The this is my second mira analyzer however and they always seem to stop working right before my ovulation. The test sticks are good. Nothing amazon can do about the mira company. They need to make them hold up better.

For use with the Mira. Easy to use. You get the disposable sample cups supplied too which is great. Expensive. These do have an expiry date.

Good product. Super happy with how much cheaper it was getting them through this seller. Free shipping compared to the mira website $17CAD. And they arrived 3 weeks sooner than the ones I ordered from the mira website. Will order again from here.

Used 6 wands and so far 3 have not worked. Have been using Mira wands for 8 months and never had an issue when buying directly. Very disappointed considering the cost of each wand. Sorry to say that I wouldn’t buy from this seller based on this experience. Update: Mira customer service contacted me directly to resolve the issue so increased rating from 1 star to 4 stars.

Am Anfang war ich skeptisch. - Der Eisprung konnte allerdings Taggenau ermittelt werden, trotz PCO-Syndrom und unregelmäßigen Zyklustagen ! Zwar etwas teuer aber es lohnt sich !

I feel like this was a waste of time for me. I would have gotten the clear blue ovulation tracker a long time if I knew they worked like magic. I only used this for 2-4 months and I could not keep up with the expensive use of it. Never again.