Hi all, I’ve been diabetic nearly 5 years now and I’m finally on the road to getting an insulin pump. The diabetic nurse gave me a choice between
•Medtronic 780g
•Ypsomed
•T-Slim X2
Do any of you guys have these pumps, and what are the weak and strong points of each pump? I currently use a G7
I went back and copied this from a similar question a while back:
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I have used the Medronic pumps in the past and currently use a T:Slim.
For me, it's less about the pump and more about the CGM; I tried one of the early versions of the Medtronic CGMs and it was terrible. However, I REALLY like my Dexcom CGM (G6) and it works well with the Tandem pumps.
The actual difference between using the Medronic pump and the T:slim pump is pretty small and I have heard REALLY good things about the Medtronic algorithm, but I'm leery of their current CGM. I'd love to try it for a week, and if it was as good as the Dexcom, I'd consider going back. (The diabetes educator seemed to think the newer Medtronic CGMs are good and a lot better than the generation 1 version that I hated.)
That's my take
I'm currently using the Medtronic 780g and Guardian 4 CHM.
It's an upgrade from the 640 but not hugely different so the changeover was easy. The algorithm works well for me, I rarely get a night hypo and my nighttime insulin use is about 75% of what I was on with the 640.
The G4 sensor lasts about a week. I rarely have problems with the G4 sensor, I'm on it 9 months now and only had issues with 2 boxes and only 2 or 3 out of each box and they were replaced easily by Medtronic.
It's a simple enough system to get into pretty easily and complex enough to help give good control. There's now patches out that are supposed to last 7 days but there's a max loading of 300 units over the 7 days so it would suit those with under 30 units of insulin a day but not recommended for those with 50+ unit
I’ve seen most people using the 780g but the only thing throwing me off is the sensor. I’d absolutely go for the 780g if my diabetic nurse is correct about a new sensor being developed with Abbott as I have heard really good things about the libre 3. I’m on a 1:5 ratio so some days I could take 20 units a day, whilst some days I could take 50, so do you think I should maybe consider a different pump?
I'm on about 65u a day but I'll be dropping back to under 50 when work gets busy in about a month. Tbh, a 3 day set change isn't a huge imposition to me for the pump and 7 days for the sensor suits as well so I'm happy with the current setup.
I wouldn't be too familiar with the Libre as it's not available where I live but plenty are happy with it as far as I can see here.
All I can say is the system I'm on is working well and I'm getting good results from it. I work alone a lot so I need my system to be very reliable and it has been so far. I get plenty of warning about impending lows and I can sleep at night without having to worry about hypos
I've been on the t-slim the Medtronic and the omnipod. The t-slim had the best algorithm/cgm combo by far for me.
I like my 780g.
I have no gripe with the sensors. The G3 and the G4 were a bit annoying to put on, but they were fairly accurate for me. They didnt always last the promised 7 days but where I live (in Europe), Medtronic replaces any sensor that doesn't make it past 5 days.
Half a year ago though, I swapped to their Simplera sensors. In terms of accuracy and reliability, they seem the same as the G4, maybe slightly better, but the application is much, much better and easier since it's an all in one sensor, unlike the G4 and the G3 were.
I can't fault the pump for much. I find it easy to use and the auto mode algorithm does its job of keeping you in range 70% of the time (my average was usually around 92% in auto). I did however swap back to manual mode because I really miss square bol
I want to go for the 780g but the sensor is just throwing me off, I’m on the G7 right now but I really want to try out the Libre 3. The G7 just isn’t great for me, consistent issues with failing a day or two early, and losing signal. I want the 780g but I don’t know how long it’ll take for the new instinct sensor to become available in Ireland. Right now I’m liking the look of the YpsoPump, but I’m just gonna research on people’s average time in range with each pump and go from there. Currently I average 90% in range on pens, so hopefully I could bring it up higher with a pump.
Why wasn’t OmniPod recommended?
The omnipod isn’t available in Ireland as far as I know.