OPK brand question

madisonpeas

DW has been using OPK sticks for over a year.  Since we are starting TTC again after a break, we are buying sticks again and wonder if anyone had better luck with FirstResponse or CB easy?  She used the former for about a year and we ended up buying CBE last time (store was out of FR).  Anybody have better luck with one than the other?  Her OPK+s tend to be on the light side, if that helps.  Thanks!

Duchess1

The digital ones  ( CBE?) worked best for us. They are a little pricey but so worth it, imho. There is no mistaking that smiley face :-)

Mrs._F

I can't offer any comparison, but I used digital CBE and was very happy with them.  I had some store-brand non-digitals as well, but could tell that I would probably drive myself crazy judging shades of pink.  It was so nice to get clear yes or no results with the digital CBE.

madisonpeas

We've been using the non-digital mostly, but maybe for the next trying cycle we will upgrade   I do remember how cool it was the one time we used digital and got the smiley.

ctbride08

the brand definitely made a difference for DW.  our fave were the digital CBEs (the smiley faces) but target brand also worked.  I believe FR are the ones that never fully turned for her.

madisonpeas

Thanks everyone.  I think we will move to digitals.  We already have some non-digitals for this time just to track and will add in digitals to confirm.  Thanks again for your help.

valancy

I've been using internet or dollar store cheapies for most of the testing, and then fancier brand name tests to confirm when it looks close.   That lets me test multiple times a day if needed, which is how I discovered I surge around 2pm, and 11am tests are usually negative.  Some women also surge even later at night. Before I figured out my own personal best timing, I got a lot of hard to read OPKs from testing once a day, no matter what brand I used. 

Good luck! 

madisonpeas

Thanks Valancy.  We have tended to test multiple times a day during trying cycles so we don't miss it.  Sounds like we are not alone

JoySeattle

I also like to test multiple times. I get internet cheapies form EPT.com. When we start back up I'm planning to use digitals for confirmation. Best of luck!