Anyone having big reliability issues with Freestyle Libre 2 Plus sensors?

[JasminDolly]

I’ve recently switched over to Dexcom One+ and prefer it to Libre 2 Plus. I’m on iOS 18.5 with the Dexcom. I’ve always used the reader with libre sensors as I hate having to have a phone to hand. The reader is small enough to slip into a pocket.

Sorry to hear of your complications. Sometimes I’m guilty of forgetting how much easier things are for us now! No doubt you’ll remember the metal and glass syringes that we had to boil in a saucepan for 5 minutes and the blue plastic container for storing the syringe in surgical spirit. If you failed to pump all the spirit out before drawing up insulin you’d end up with a stinging injection. The syringes would get sloppy over time as the glass started to wear. Needle size was a lottery as the length was whatever the pharmacy had in stock. Some of them were a couple of inches long. We were only offered disposable syringes when the nhs started handing them out to drug addicts! I can’t ever remember being told not to inject too deep! Can you remember the booklet listing the carb content of different items sold in supermarkets etc? This was before we had nutrition values listed on the packaging.

Thank you for replying Yes I remember boiling the glass syringes but don’t remember a carb counting booklet. I will now investigate the Dexcom Have a good day

 

[Daffid from Notts]

So I have been using Libre 2 for a while now and haven't had 1 sensor last 15 days. They have lasted between 8 hours and 11 days at best. I have found them very unreliable. Has anyone else had this issue? Does anyone know why these sensors are so unreliable?

Yes ! I have had 3 sensors replaced in 6 weeks ! Thought I was doing well as my last 3 sensors went the full 15 days but I’ve just replaced one which is dropping the signal and the thing is it’s not recording the error ‘307’ which makes it difficult to get a replacement without this error being recorded.

 

[Westley]

As an update..... I have found a way of getting the "dead" sensor, 365 error, alive again.....I won't say how, because Abbott won't like it.

Please do tell! Abbott can't tell us off here!
I had one the other day that LL told me to replace after showing the readings paused message for an hour, and I thought I might be able to get Juggluco to keep reading it, but no dice.

 

[Jasmin2000]

If the screen with the "replace your sensor" picture hasn't appeared but the signal is lost and the screen blank I found on iPhone that a reboot works. And here's a bonus that Abbott should be paying me for - if you reboot your iPhone every 3-4 days you can get the full two weeks as opposed to the 6-9 days that Libre 2+ with iPhone OS 18.5 gives you.