New LFTs available: nose only, faster, easier!

[JanFebAnyMonth]

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 ().

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

Are they any more reliable?

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

@StCharlotte good question: no idea!

This requires swabbing only one nostril.

@didireallysaythat the make is Orient Gene.

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.

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

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).

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

Glad I made some people’s days!

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!

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

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 swab

@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!