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New LFTs available: nose only, faster, easier!

37 replies

JanFebAnyMonth · 01/08/2021 14:43

Seeing as the govt isn’t publicising this I thought I would:
Now if you order a pack of tests online, you receive a new sort, in a box with green printing and lovely drawings of Covid (Hmm).

Pluses:
Nasal swab only
Softer swab, and thicker so can’t go that high up!
Less fiddly nozzle thingy
Only takes 15 mins to develop!

Minuses
You have to leave the swab standing in the liquid tube for a timed minute, not hard though.

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Toty · 01/08/2021 14:47

Excellent. Have to do 3 x weekly and practically vomit brushing my teeth, so you can imagine EnvyHmm

Amboseli · 01/08/2021 14:51

Thanks for the heads up! I had never done a test until very recently, was dreading it but it was nowhere near as bad as I thought.

Will order some of the new and improved ones!

picklemewalnuts · 01/08/2021 14:52

Oh fabulous! DH has only done one of the old kind, as he can't tolerate them!

KatherineJaneway · 01/08/2021 14:53

What great news, I was sick of gagging on those tests

LynetteScavo · 01/08/2021 15:09

Yay! I'm off to use up my old ones so I can order some nee ones Grin

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 01/08/2021 15:11

I've never done one - I only had a PCR test as someone else did it for me. This sounds slightly better!

StCharlotte · 01/08/2021 15:13

Are they any more reliable?

Anonawoman · 01/08/2021 15:15

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KurtWilde · 01/08/2021 15:17

I usually pick a box up from Boots, wonder if they'll have the new ones now or only online?

didireallysaythat · 01/08/2021 15:25

Sounds like they have switched to the ones we have at work (biorad maybe?)

RichardMarxisinnocent · 01/08/2021 15:25

Even with the "old" LFTs you don't have to do a throat swab if you can't, you can do both nostrils instead.

FlatteredFool · 01/08/2021 15:27

Great news! Dd2 can't keep her tongue or teeth out of the way of the swab as she has a narrow jaw so this is great.

NeedWineNow · 01/08/2021 15:37

They sound the same as the ones we have for work.

GoodMorrowFairMaiden · 01/08/2021 15:40

I’m waiting for the ones you breath on. Please someone bring those out.
The other ones make me feel like I have a lump in my throat or send me into a sneezing frenzy.

DobbyTheHouseElk · 01/08/2021 15:42

Oh we have these but haven’t used any. Fabulous. I gag on the other type.

JanFebAnyMonth · 01/08/2021 15:45

@StCharlotte good question: no idea!

This requires swabbing only one nostril.

@didireallysaythat the make is Orient Gene.

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JammyDozen · 01/08/2021 15:46

Good news. I always got the impression from the leaflets with the other LFT tests that you weren’t doing them correctly if no throat swab.

Maizzee · 01/08/2021 16:24

Weve had these ones in work for the last couple of months. Much nicer!

rottenatthetop · 01/08/2021 16:29

Are they more reliable?
So could they be the sole tests at workplaces that currently require LFTS and PCRs (latter more tricky as don't get immediate result, have to post etc).

SomebodysMum · 01/08/2021 19:20

I’ve honestly never before been this excited about shoving a stick up my nose 😂 thanks for sharing OP

JanFebAnyMonth · 01/08/2021 22:16

Glad I made some people’s days!

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feesh · 01/08/2021 23:12

I got these yesterday, but you have to swab each nostril twice - so 4 times in total! It was hideous, I much prefer the throat swabs!

JanFebAnyMonth · 01/08/2021 23:20

I do apologise, yes it IS both nostrils - 5 x circular motions in each, the instructions says

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SilverGlitterBaubles · 01/08/2021 23:34

Yes was surprised to receive a different box assumed they were the same as have not used them yet. Really pleased not to have to do the gag inducing swabSmile

Revengeofthepangolins · 02/08/2021 09:38

@JanFebAnyMonth Thanks for the tip - ordered some out of curiosity. Not only no tonsils but also one is just meant to whip the swap around the lower nose - not shove it up for miles, causing that sharp sensation.

These must be the ones they used at my son’s school - we have been squabbling about swabbing technique for months!