Collinson at St Pancras, any experience?

Saria

Hi, we are hopefully traveling back to the UK on the 30th and will be arriving at St Pancras. I was originally looking to get our day 2 PCR tests delivered at home, but because it's over the New Year I'm a bit worried about delays and such. I was now looking at getting our PCR done at the Collinson test centre at St Pancras, because it might speed things up.

Has anyone had any experience with them at all? Reviews online are mixed but those include other Collinson locations so it's difficult to find out if they're good or not. My husband needs to start teaching on the 5th so we really need our results in a decent amount of time.

Thanks!

silvercar

Queues can be a bit chaotic there, but otherwise should be ok. I understand they have 2 options, one gives results within a few hours but costs a lot more. 

I was thinking of using it, but the £129 price tag was more than I wanted to pay, in the end I used randox for £43 and had the result overnight.

Saria

silvercar said:

Queues can be a bit chaotic there, but otherwise should be ok. I understand they have 2 options, one gives results within a few hours but costs a lot more. 

I was thinking of using it, but the £129 price tag was more than I wanted to pay, in the end I used randox for £43 and had the result overnight.

Yeah, it's between Randox and Collinson for us right now. We used Randox by post for my mum during summer and they were ok, so maybe we'll use them again. We can get the normal PCR test at Collinson for £55, while Randox is £48 (not sure how to get it for £43?). 

silvercar

Saria said:

silvercar said:

Queues can be a bit chaotic there, but otherwise should be ok. I understand they have 2 options, one gives results within a few hours but costs a lot more. 

I was thinking of using it, but the £129 price tag was more than I wanted to pay, in the end I used randox for £43 and had the result overnight.

Yeah, it's between Randox and Collinson for us right now. We used Randox by post for my mum during summer and they were ok, so maybe we'll use them again. We can get the normal PCR test at Collinson for £55, while Randox is £48 (not sure how to get it for £43?). 

MSE cheapest tests will point you in the right direction. Scroll down to the Day 2 postal ones, though randox now do click and collect even cheaper. Though the BA code is BritishAirways not the one shown.