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PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 3:36 pm 
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As the OP mentioned this is a nice option with the Abbott Binax Now test kits. I received these 4 tests FREE last week Via USPS from President Brandon and will be taking 2 tests with me next trip, 4 tests per address can be ordered took my tests about 4 weeks to arrive.

https://news.yahoo.com/usps-sending-fre ... soc_trk=tw

https://special.usps.com/testkits

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:59 pm 
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TF74 wrote:
As the OP mentioned this is a nice option with the Abbott Binax Now test kits. I received these 4 tests FREE last week Via USPS from President Brandon and will be taking 2 tests with me next trip, 4 tests per address can be ordered took my tests about 4 weeks to arrive.

https://news.yahoo.com/usps-sending-fre ... soc_trk=tw

https://special.usps.com/testkits

Your President :lol: reminds you those free at-home test kits aren't all accepted for re-entry into the US; the test kit has to be one of the proctored ones. Abbot Binax Now has both unproctored (not accepted) AND proctored (accepted) at home test kits. Hopefully you got the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card (proctored) Home Test.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerow ... ts-travel/

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:47 pm 
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I want to update my original post. I thought you could use this service for other test kits but have since found out this is only for the Binox home test and only for the $35 single test kit. Also do not open the kit until you are connected to a test proctor. I attempted to use the 2 test kit for $18 from Walmart and was told they will not be accepted. I guess this makes sense as they have to justify the proctor cost. Bottom line though is the test is $35 for everything. The nice part is the convenience of no travel to a test site, the waiting time there and the return to the casa. Also a small but to me important part is with the home test the swab only goes slightly into the nostril, there is no mining for brain tissue as they do at the testing sites. Again there might be others out there but the one I use is

https://store.optum.com/shop/products/a ... it-2-pack/

Used it for 2 trips now and it was flawless, will be ordering 2 more for my next trip in March and then will have another for the next trip to be determined at a later date (providing World War 3 has not started). Pura vida.


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 3:00 pm 
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Kojo96 wrote:
I want to update my original post. I thought you could use this service for other test kits but have since found out this is only for the Binox home test and only for the $35 single test kit. Also do not open the kit until you are connected to a test proctor. I attempted to use the 2 test kit for $18 from Walmart and was told they will not be accepted. I guess this makes sense as they have to justify the proctor cost. Bottom line though is the test is $35 for everything. The nice part is the convenience of no travel to a test site, the waiting time there and the return to the casa. Also a small but to me important part is with the home test the swab only goes slightly into the nostril, there is no mining for brain tissue as they do at the testing sites. Again there might be others out there but the one I use is

https://store.optum.com/shop/products/a ... it-2-pack/

Used it for 2 trips now and it was flawless, will be ordering 2 more for my next trip in March and then will have another for the next trip to be determined at a later date (providing World War 3 has not started). Pura vida.

Wow, that's a whopping savings of $1.41 over the Clinica Biblica price. No concerns about whether or not it will be accepted. Yes you do have to leave your room and that can be a scary thing, but didn't you just fly thousands of miles? I never had any issues with brain tissue mining, perhaps because mine is so small. :lol:

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