To me I would wait for the new Roche pump... It has a great remote control which is far better than their current one for their combo pump. The combo meter had the equivalent of your expert meter, but it would tell the pump what to deliver via blue tooth connections).
The programming on the new pump for basal settings is fantastic.. Every 15 mins which no other pump compares to this.
Doses of basal can be done in 0.01 and 0.02 increments.. No other pump compares to this either.
Downside is that the cartridges will be smaller, but they are going to be preloaded in the near future....Which will be fantastic...currently accuchek pumps and cartridges are more susceptible to air bubbles but once the preloaded cartridges are available this should eliminate alot of airbubble probs.
Accuchek as far as I am concerned are superior with their advice and care and listening. Their training manuals are excellent as well. I know that a gentleman from accuchek actually flew out to Ireland to assist one pump user with problems....they make customer service a priority.
They haven't got cgm capability at the moment. They have concentrated on the mechanisms of the pump to get a patient to better their blood fine tuning with things like 15 min basal deluvery rather than other pumps that have less capability to fine tune the basals which is very important..
I apologise that I sound like I have shares in Roche or work for them.. I don't. I was a person that said I could never love my pump a few years back on this forum... But I do... And I am very, very pleased with the care from the Accuchek team. I can't fault them. I do love my pump and have been waiting since August for the new one to become available. Again accuchek were fantastic there, at giving a new pump over to carry through till the updated one came out. They didn't have to as the pump was still working...
I haven't tried other pumps because the remote control on accucheks lets me live my life fully without having to remove pump to bolus or make changes. I am rare that I wear pump on my arm under my clothes, so if I didn't have my fully functional remote I would jiggered...