Everlywell Review: Easy To Use At Home Testing Kits

Everlywell home testing kits come in nice, clearly labeled packaging. Upon ordering the test kit, mine showed up in a matter of days. It was easy to unpack and everything was clearly labeled. However, I still had a couple of questions, so I reached out to their customer support team for answers. They responded to me within 24 hours, which was well above my expectations.

Each kit comes with a unique registration code to input on the website to register the test. This way once the results are in, it’s easy to see which test they are for and what the consensus is.

Getting the actual bodily fluids for testing turned out to be a bit more challenging than I expected. The saliva tubes are different sizes, and the one for morning collection seems significantly larger than the others. The morning test tube appears to be at least ⅓ larger than the other test tubes.

The reason why this was more problematic for me was because the paperwork says not to drink anything prior to testing. This meant that I wasn’t allowed to drink anything upon waking, so my mouth was still exceptionally dry from sleep. Other than the morning saliva test tube, the other 3 test tubes were much easier to fill to completion.

After a saliva specimen was collected, I had to put it into one of the provided plastic baggies and freeze it until I shipped everything out.

The blood sample required via finger stick was also more difficult than I figured it would be initially. However, after quite a few tries (on different fingers), I was finally able to get a good sample. The actual finger stick doesn’t really hurt, which was helpful.

After all of that, I put everything in the designated bags and shipped the samples to the lab with the prepaid shipping label provided. My test results showed up on my personal Everlywell dashboard a few days after I shipped out the samples. I absolutely loved this because it was so much faster, and exceedingly easier, than waiting for an appointment with my physician to go over everything.

I could see the results as soon as they came in. After that, I was able to save the test results as a PDF and send them to my physician so we could go over a few things that I had questions about.

But, if you don’t need to speak to your physician about any of the results, then the process is over. You can access the test results any time you need to in the future just by logging back into the Everlywell portal. Ultimately, this process was so much easier and convenient than any other health testing I’ve had done in the past. And it ended up costing me less overall, too!

Everlywell tests are supposed to be just as accurate as any other tests you would normally have run through your physician. This is due to the fact that all of the labs they use are CLIA-Certified. Any lab that performs the actual testing on human samples must be CLIA-Certified before they can receive and perform any testing.

What this means for you is that your test kit samples will be sent to a third-party lab that is certified to test human biologics. These labs must undergo regular scrutiny in order to keep their certification active.

The Everlywell website notes that the labs they use must undergo regular quality assurance testing also. However, they don’t state how that is regulated. If a lab is ISO/IEC 17025 certified, then that means they annually subject themselves to ISO certification and recertification to confirm the quality of their processes. This information would be beneficial to have from Everlywell in order to confirm the validity of the quality control processes.

Therefore, while Everlywell states they only use CLIA-Certified labs to perform their testing, it would be helpful to run some third-party tests to confirm accuracy of their testing kits versus the results from a physician lab.Therefore, while Everlywell states they only use CLIA-Certified labs to perform their testing, it would be helpful to run some third-party tests to confirm accuracy of their testing kits versus the results from a physician lab.

If you are in the market for easy, more convenient, and lower-cost health testing services, then this is probably worth it for you. Everlywell makes at-home testing simple and easy, which is much more difficult to come by at a physician’s office. Since some consumers just need to know specific health levels on a regular basis, but don’t need to consult with a physician, this can be extremely helpful to them.

The price tag on these tests are fairly low compared to what they would cost at a physician’s office also. So with the reduced overall cost of the test, the ease and convenience, it’s hard to go wrong with giving Everlywell at-home testing kits a try.

Everlywell does run some regular sales for certain holidays throughout the year. So, it might be beneficial to keep an eye on the Everlywell homepage to see if there are any deals coming up. Sometimes the discounts are on all products, but other times they are product specific.

And like many companies, if you join their email list, they will send you some special deals from time to time.

Being able to take a test at home and get the results delivered directly to you is a fairly new concept. And with that comes quite a few questions that a lot of consumers have, especially targeted at Everlywell specifically.