I trialled last year via the hospital. And loved it. Had no trouble with alerts or sounds. Personally I think the alerts should be up front and loud. Have my 2 set like that now. It’s a medical device alerting you to a medical issue. I want it to wake me immediately. And I am sorry but I don’t care if it disturbs others. It can be dealt with quickly and as I said, it isn’t for social purposes, it’s a medical alert. .
Hi becca59
I must take issue with you on a few points you make about alerts.
Yes, if one is retired or of working age and one works in an environment where noise isn't an issue, then absolutely the alarms should be as loud as a user wants.
Unfortunately, in the 21st century there are still work environments where audible and unwanted noise is unwelcome by some people. A courtroom is one such environment. I am now old enough to have witnessed judges (and other officials charged with making interim or final decisions after being presented with evidence and arguments) make the wrong decision (thankfully only during a preliminary step in proceedings, not the final proceedings) simply because one or other of the parties or their representatives made a noise which upset the judge. It shouldn't happen, but I'm afraid judges are only human and imperfect too.
I know that pre being diabetic as a student I would have been extremely upset if during an exam alarms or beeping of any kind would have eminated from one of my fellow students. To be fair to all examinees written exams demand absolute silence.
Thankfully arrangements are usually made so that diabetic students who use cgms sit in rooms by themselves so only they and the invigilators are disturbed by any cgm alarms going off.
I can imagine if one is an actor and performing on stage, one won't take too kindly to an audible continuous cgm alarm going off in the audience when one is trying to give one's definitive Hamlet, King Lear, etc.
I understand the Dexcom G7 (Dexcom's direct competing product to Abbot's Freestyle Libre 3) has a "quiet mode" (vibrate) feature. When G7's "quiet mode" is enabled, all alerts which the G7 produces will vibrate (and most diabetics of working age havin't lost all touch sensitivity that they cannot feel a smartphone or dedicated control device vibrate).
I understand that the Dexcom G7 also has an "urgent low soon" alert and technical alerts, all of which initially vibrate, but which will if not acknowledged proceed to escalate with sound.
In my opinion, Dexcom G7 is a far more thoughtful way of giving everyone what they need in terms of alerts. Dexcom seem to have really considered the real world circumstances in which most diabetics live, work and play.
The US medical devices regulator, the Food and Drug Administration seem to think so too as they have approved the G7 for use by US diabetics. As has the UK medical devices regulator, the MHRA.
Anyone who has used the Dexcom G7, please tell me if the above alert features are incorrect.
Unless there is some form of competitor's intellectual property stopping them, the Libre 3 really doesn't need to be so inflexible in terms of its alerts.
