Would much rather a CGM. How does a libre work for everyone? I'm hearing about these attachments to get constant readings as well? I would love to know a bit more
Go for it - it's worked very well for me. I've been using libre (now on script) with transmitters, first the blucon, then miaomiao, and an android cgm app xDrip+, for three years now.
It's no exaggeration to say it's been a genuine life-changer.
Because you can see how bg is moving, it's much easier to step in and treat with small interventions like a single dextrotab or 1u to tail off a decline or rise long before it gets out of range.
After a few months of use, you'll have seen so many traces that it just becomes easier to make more accurate bolusing decisions because you just sort of subconsciously file away past experiences from previous traces.
And, T1 being T1, when it does go wrong, you've got the alerts to warn you before things get too unpleasant.
Strips alone give such limited insight that it was far too often a case of reacting to hypos and hypers after the event, whereas cgm gives a much fuller picture, to the extent that you can gently "steer" levels. That sense of being in control has huge psychological benefits. It's given me peace of mind.
Put it this way, I can't recall the last time I had a really bad hypo.
MM is here:
https://miaomiao.cool/
xDrip+ is here, if you've got an android phone, it's easy enough to download and poke a few buttons to get an idea of it:
https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/releases
https://jamorham.github.io/
There's a slight issue at the moment, MM1 is no longer being sold, as they've brought out a second version MM2, and xDrip+ currently doesn't work with it, but that's expected to be resolved within the next few weeks, in fact, this post suggests it's been done:
https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/pull/992