A place |
Name |
Feature Rating |
1 | Frautest Express Ultra Sensitive | Better economy |
2 | Clearblue digital | The most high-tech |
1 | Evitest proof | Best accuracy |
2 | Premium Diagnostics | The most comfortable |
3 | KNOW NOW OPTIMA | The best ratio of price and quality |
1 | Frautest planning | Best convenience |
2 | Ovuplan | Determination of ovulation |
1 | Be sure | High popularity |
2 | Vera | Good quality |
3 | HCG biocard | Definition of conception to delay |
At the first symptoms of pregnancy, a woman rushes to the pharmacy to conduct a diagnostic test. Sometimes his purchase is very disappointing. This product does not meet the stated characteristics and causes distrust of strips of this kind.
There are several types of tests to determine pregnancy:
- Test strip The most affordable tool that should be used early in the morning, dropping the test strip in the urine.
- Jet. It is brought under the stream of urine for a few seconds and spread on a horizontal surface.
- Tablet Cheaper jet options, but more precisely strips. With the help of a pipette, you need to drop a little urine in a special window.
- Digital. It has the same principle as the test strip. The result appears on the screen. In the case of a positive result, the number of weeks from the moment of conception is displayed.
It is rather difficult to choose the best test: some of them are overpriced, others do not always give a reliable result. Everyone chooses what is convenient for him. Some people like inkjet tests, others are sure that the tablet options are better. Not to be mistaken with the purchase will help the rating, based on the following criteria:
- harmonious combination of quality and price;
- accurate information;
- usability
The main thing is to correctly use the diagnostic strip and follow the instructions.
The best early pregnancy tests
For many centuries in a row, women were finally convinced that they were pregnant only after feeling the movement of the fetus. Modern ladies are not able to wait so long, and there is no need to do it. Pregnancy tests make it possible to verify its presence literally in the first days of the delay (manufacturers claim it before, but you shouldn’t believe it, why - we'll tell you a bit later). We offer two of the best test, allowing to determine pregnancy in the early stages.
2 Clearblue digital
A country: Switzerland
Average price: 350 rub.
Rating (2019): 4.6
It is assumed that this test is able to determine pregnancy 5 days before a possible delay. Why this is nothing more than a marketing ploy, (as we said, describing the leader of our rating). Similarly, skeptical about the fact that the test is supposedly able to determine the duration of pregnancy. The growth of chorionic gonadtropin in the blood and in the urine - the process of the individual depends on many factors, up to the drinking regime. Therefore, blindly trust the numbers in the window is not worth it. But if you do not bring to him unjustified expectations in the early stages - the test is quite easy to use. No need to collect urine in the container, just put the test under the stream. The digital screen shows the presence or absence of pregnancy, its estimated duration (as we have said, the numbers are very approximate) and, most conveniently, the data is stored for a day, whereas in ordinary paper tests often disappear.
How and when to do a pregnancy test
- Whatever the manufacturers promise, trying to test for pregnancy before the expected menstruation is meaningless: a high probability of a false negative result;
- the largest concentration of hormones is in the first morning urine;
- despite the fact that the principle of operation of all tests is the same, there are nuances in the procedure itself: read the instructions carefully;
- Do not postpone the visit to the doctor in the event of a positive result: whatever your future intentions, a positive test itself does not insure against ectopic pregnancy and other possible complications.
1 Frautest Express Ultra Sensitive
A country: Germany
Average price: 80 rub.
Rating (2019): 4.8
The manufacturer claims that the test is able to determine pregnancy two days before the expected delay, due to its high sensitivity to minimal concentrations of chorionic gonadotropin. Doctors and pharmacists agree that this is a marketing ploy. And that's why.
As you know, the menstrual cycle is considered, starting from the first day of menstruation. On average, with a 28-day cycle, ovulation occurs on the 14-15 day, that is, 2 weeks before the delay. The ovum retains the ability to fertilize for 3 days. After that, for another 6 to 8 days, it moves through the fallopian tube into the uterine cavity before implantation occurs. That is, the production of human chorionic gonadotropin will begin no earlier than 6-8 days after fertilization, if you count from the day of ovulation - 6-11 days. But just start! In order for the test to “feel” the hormone, its amount in the urine must reach a certain concentration. For Frautest this is 15 mMe / ml. The level of the hormone grows in all differently, but, on average, it takes a week to achieve such numbers. Total we have a range from 13 to 18 days after ovulation, which does not fit the manufacturer's designated "two days before the estimated delay."
Nevertheless, marketing is marketing, but the test is inexpensive and accurate enough, judging by the reviews - unless, of course, you expect the impossible from it. Made in the traditional format of a paper strip with indicators, which should be dipped into a urine sample and wait for the result. Takes a place in the ranking for the best efficiency.
The best reliable tests for pregnancy
These tests do not pretend to "ultrasensitivity" - most of them are designed for a rather high concentration of 25 mMe / ml of human chorionic gonadotropin. But they accurately and confidently diagnose pregnancy in those periods for which they are intended: from the very first days of the delay. And this accuracy is confirmed by numerous reviews.
3 KNOW NOW OPTIMA
A country: Canada
Average price: 50 rub.
Rating (2019): 4.6
Another cassette pregnancy test with a pipette attached. For the test, you need to add 4 drops of urine in a special window. The result can be assessed in a minute. Like all tests from this category of our rating, KNOW NOW OPTIMA does not promise results on super-early dates, but is stable and accurate: we could not find a single negative review. And given the quite humane price, the test rightfully falls into the rating for the best combination of price and quality.
2 Premium Diagnostics
A country: China
Average price: 180 rub.
Rating (2019): 4.6
Inkjet test is very convenient to use: no need to look for a container for collecting urine, it is enough to substitute the edge of the test under the stream. The result appears after 1-2 minutes. The result is displayed in a separate window, there is no need to guess “one or two bars”. Among the reviews there are complaints of false-negative results, but they are noted by those who tried to carry out the test without waiting for the delay. In general, the test is included in the rating not only for accuracy, but also for ease of use.
Why are false results?
- A false-negative result happens if the test is performed too early. Sometimes the desired level of hormones is achieved only 2 weeks after the delay.
- False positive result is possible with ovarian dysfunction or spontaneously interrupted in early pregnancy. Yes, defective implantation of the ovum happens quite often, and in “pre-test” times nobody would have noticed it: there was a delay and it passed. Another possible reason: expired test.
1 Evitest proof
A country: Germany
Average price: 200 rub.
Rating (2019): 4.7
A cassette pregnancy test, in which the reagent strip itself is enclosed in a plastic cassette. A pipette is attached to the test - it is believed that the result will be more accurate if the sample is applied to the test accurately, pointwise. Reviews about how convenient it is to use such a test were divided roughly in half: additional manipulations with a pipette seemed to someone to be more than an inconvenience, to the contrary. After 4-5 minutes, you can evaluate the result, but you can’t wait more than 10 minutes. But there are practically no complaints about the unreliability of the results. That is why the test ranks among the best reliable tests for pregnancy in our ranking.
The best tests when planning pregnancy
Someone is lucky: the desired pregnancy comes literally at the first attempt, causing even a slight surprise: how, already? For some, the path to the long-awaited “two strips” is long and difficult, and you have to use all possible ways to find out the time of ovulation in order to increase the chances. Such couples can be useful tests for pregnancy planning, which, in fact, determine the time of ovulation, when the chances of getting pregnant are as high as possible.
2 Ovuplan
A country: Canada
Average price: 195 ₽
Rating (2019): 4.7
It is a common test that determines the days with a higher probability of conception. It is released by FIRM SALUTA LLC. It is used to control the effectiveness of the treatment for infertility in women. Since using the test you can find out the auspicious day for conceiving a baby, the manufacturer also suggests using it as a means of contraception. The kit has one or five strips packed in aluminum foil.
For diagnostics, it is necessary to collect a biological fluid according to the specified rules and lower the test strip for five seconds. The result can be seen in ten minutes. For one strip, Ovuplan will have to pay about 60 rubles. It is more profitable to buy five tests in one package. They cost about 200 rubles.
1 Frautest planning
A country: Germany
Average price: 450 rub.
Rating (2019): 4.8
In fact, this is a whole diagnostic kit: the package contains 5 tests to determine the time of ovulation, two pregnancy tests and 5 containers for collecting urine. And this is not “overkill”: ovulation is stable on the 14th day of the cycle only in the literature, but in fact the time of its onset can deviate for 1-3 days in one direction or another, so that you can not always. Especially useful will be the test of women with an irregular cycle, when the calculations are ineffective and, in principle, can not be effective. For the fact that the test manufacturers have taken care of everything, right up to the containers for the collection of analysis, the test falls into our ranking of the best.
The best pregnancy tests of Russian firms
The release of analyzers to determine the fact of conception is not only engaged in foreign companies. Domestic pharmaceuticals sells several diagnostic analyzers, presented in the form of strips and cassettes. The best of them deserve to be in the ranking.
3 HCG biocard
A country: Russia
Average price: 60 ₽
Rating (2019): 4.5
The hCG Biocard cassette test is produced by Dialat Ltd. It is an analyzer with a reagent kit and a handy pipette. This product differs from other Russian participants of the rating by high sensitivity. In reviews of hCG BIOCARD, you can read that he revealed the fact of fertilization even before the delay of menstruation.
The advantages of the test also include fast results and ease of use. However, some girls do not like the need to collect urine and the manifestation of dull strips. The result can be assessed in five minutes.
2 Vera
A country: Russia
Average price: 37 ₽
Rating (2019): 4.8
The goods are produced by the Russian company FM TRADE LLC. Buyers note that, despite the low cost, the strip itself is made qualitatively and “does not fall apart in the hands”. It takes thirty seconds to hold it in the urinary fluid, unlike other analyzers, where 10 seconds are sufficient. In this case, the result is important, not speed. As a result, stripes clearly show up on the strip, often the totals are accurate.
Many young ladies, who later confirmed the pregnancy at the gynecologist, say that the test Vera showed them two clear stripes. Among the shortcomings, we can single out the fact that the goods are not always on sale.
1 Be sure
A country: Russia
Average price: 38 ₽
Rating (2019): 4.9
This is one of the most popular tests among Russian girls, produced by LLC MED-EXPRESS-DIAGNOSTICS. The strip strip shows accurate results due to the hypersensitivity of the hormone to their chorionic tissue in a biological fluid. It is dipped in a portion of urine and kept according to the instructions. The result is evaluated in a few minutes. The appearance of the control band indicates that the analyzer is suitable for use.
This product has everything you need certificates of conformity according to GOST. Its price is perhaps the lowest of all the brands represented. The test is also available in inkjet. You can diagnose from the first day of menstruation.