I definitely won’t have one to send with Anna to her 2 weeks of summer camp based on how I can forecast our insurance refills already.Īnd here’s the really great news. If we were overseas or traveling, this could be very inconvenient. If that second transmitter dies early, I would have to wait for Dexcom to send us a new one. BUT, for the next 3 months, I will have no backups on the shelf. So, for the first 90 days (3 months) after a transmitter order, I will nicely have a backup sitting on the shelf in case things go wrong. The problem with this system is that my insurance covers 2 transmitters in one order every 6 months. How much life? Well, that depends, but for most users it is about a couple more months of life. At 112 days, your transmitter is artificially shut-off even though the batteries have some useful life left. At 90 days, you get a warning and your warranty is up. All good EXCEPT those G5/G6 transmitters being shut-off by Dexcom at 112 days. It has worked well not really having any problems with signal loss, BGs are accurate, we have enjoyed Clarity reports. If Anna had to carry a receiver during track workouts, that would’ve been the straw that broke the camel’s back in terms of diabetes gear she was willing to manage. This dramatically improved the likelihood that she would stay in good BG range during workout because our DIY loop system would have BGs available the entire workout to help her insulin needs. Then we switched to the G5 system at the beginning of this year so that Anna didn’t have to carry a receiver while she did track team workouts. Overseas travel and 2-week long diabetic summer camps were not a big deal…we could pack a backup. If the G4 transmitter failed for any reason, we could pick one off our shelf and not stress about how long it would take to get a new one. The G4 transmitters were warrantied for 6 months, but usually the battery in those would go for a year…meaning we had the opportunity for much of the transmitter’s useful life to have a backup on the shelf at all times. There’s been one thing I really have not enjoyed about moving from the G4 to the G5 system about four months ago.

But what I’m about to tell you is a bit of a hack on their system. It gives us a stability with type 1 diabetes that we would never be able to do without now. This app works for both G5 and G6.įirst, let me preface by saying that I adore, love, respect, and covet my Dexcom system. Note: with the recent Spike-App issues, I have updated this blog post with current information for clarity.

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