A home finger-prick kit that checks iron status, including iron, ferritin and transferrin saturation, useful if you want to check for iron deficiency or overload without visiting a clinic.
1 biomarker as listed by Better2Know.
This test looks at your iron status using a panel of related markers: iron (the amount circulating in your blood), ferritin (how much iron your body has stored), and transferrin saturation (how efficiently iron is being transported around your body). Looked at together, these help build a picture of whether iron levels are low, which can relate to fatigue and anaemia, or high, which can relate to iron overload.
Within the iron tests we compare, this home kit is the cheaper of Better2Know's two options: the clinic-based Iron Test carries the same single combined marker for £150, twice the price of this £75 home kit. Against the wider market of similarly sized vitamin and mineral tests, £75 is around 20% below the roughly £94 median, making it a comparatively affordable way to check iron status.
It scores particularly well for collection convenience, since you can complete it entirely at home with a finger-prick sample rather than attending a clinic, and reasonably for price given the below-median cost. It scores lower for clinical depth, sitting in the lower third of the vitamin and mineral tests we track for the number of distinct markers reported, and for results and follow-up because the result is not reviewed by a doctor as standard.
This suits people who want to check for iron deficiency or overload without visiting a clinic, for example if you are feeling persistently tired or have noticed symptoms that could relate to low iron, and would rather post a sample than book an appointment. If you prefer a clinician to take the sample in person, or want the result confirmed by an attended draw, Better2Know's clinic-based Iron Test measures the same panel for £150, twice the price of this home kit.
You collect a finger-prick blood sample at home using the kit provided and post it to Better2Know's laboratory. Better2Know states results are typically ready within one working day of your sample arriving, and are uploaded to your secure online patient area, with an email or SMS alert when they are ready. Results are not reviewed by a doctor as standard, though Better2Know says it will arrange an appointment with one of its doctors if your levels fall outside the normal range.
This home kit measures iron status through markers including iron, ferritin and transferrin saturation, giving an indication of iron deficiency or overload from a finger-prick sample you take yourself. At £75 it costs half as much as Better2Know's own clinic-based version of the same test (£150), and sits below the roughly £94 median for similarly sized vitamin and mineral tests we track. The main limitation is that results are not reviewed by a doctor as standard.
The listing publishes a detailed description, the full biomarker list, a stated turnaround, clear collection options, the sample type; it does not state what the report looks like.
1 biomarkers, placing it in the 31st percentile of vitamins tests we track.
A finger-prick sample you take at home; with a venous or clinic option as well; results in around 1 days, well ahead of the vitamins norm of 3.5.
Results are not doctor-reviewed and no consultation is included; the provider does not describe the report format.
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£75.00 against a median of £94.25 for the 73 similarly sized vitamins tests we track (-20%).
Calculated 13 September 2026 from the facts we hold about this test and provider, using our published scoring formula. Scores are not hand-edited.
This test belongs to our Iron test comparison group. See how it stacks up against equivalent tests from other providers.
Clinic iron test, double the price of the home kit
A clinic-based iron status check covering iron, ferritin and transferrin saturation, for anyone who prefers a clinician to take the sample rather than doing a home finger-prick kit.
Clinic iron test, double the price of the home kit
A clinic-based iron status check covering iron, ferritin and transferrin saturation, for anyone who prefers a clinician to take the sample rather than doing a home finger-prick kit.
