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<blockquote data-quote="MushyPeaBrain" data-source="post: 1865412" data-attributes="member: 27914"><p>I am just leaving Animas (totally gutted) and have chosen the 640g. I wore a test pod for just over 24 hours. It gave me the chance to feel what the cannula was like going in and how the pod felt. I can imagine it's great on back of arms but I didn't like it on my hips. It hurt slightly inserting and was sore (I think angles sets don't suit me). I kept knocking it and it felt annoying. You could see it through my clothes. When I removed it I left it on the side so I got to experience a squealer when it started alarming about 6 hours later. Faffing about to get a paperclip into the hole was a right nuisance. The dosing on a pod is awful and only 70% accurate with larger doses. Having been on Animas that wasn't acceptable to me. My DSN said lots of people moving to pod had trouble with the dosing and it's the least accurate pump out there (papers been written on this). For some that doesn't make a difference but I'm a brittle diabetic so need a very accurate pump. The temp basal can't be set as high as the vibe and the screen on the PDM was rubbish. I found it annoying I couldn't just bolus - you have to skip through enter BG and enter carbs. The 640g is the closest pump to my vibe and it isn't much bigger at all. I can wear it on my bra fine and the screen is so clear. The only downsides are that there's no fast bolus button, it only comes in black and it's not luer lock. Tubing has never bothered me and I like the fact that if a set fails I don't lose all my insulin etc. Failed pod means refilling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MushyPeaBrain, post: 1865412, member: 27914"] I am just leaving Animas (totally gutted) and have chosen the 640g. I wore a test pod for just over 24 hours. It gave me the chance to feel what the cannula was like going in and how the pod felt. I can imagine it's great on back of arms but I didn't like it on my hips. It hurt slightly inserting and was sore (I think angles sets don't suit me). I kept knocking it and it felt annoying. You could see it through my clothes. When I removed it I left it on the side so I got to experience a squealer when it started alarming about 6 hours later. Faffing about to get a paperclip into the hole was a right nuisance. The dosing on a pod is awful and only 70% accurate with larger doses. Having been on Animas that wasn't acceptable to me. My DSN said lots of people moving to pod had trouble with the dosing and it's the least accurate pump out there (papers been written on this). For some that doesn't make a difference but I'm a brittle diabetic so need a very accurate pump. The temp basal can't be set as high as the vibe and the screen on the PDM was rubbish. I found it annoying I couldn't just bolus - you have to skip through enter BG and enter carbs. The 640g is the closest pump to my vibe and it isn't much bigger at all. I can wear it on my bra fine and the screen is so clear. The only downsides are that there's no fast bolus button, it only comes in black and it's not luer lock. Tubing has never bothered me and I like the fact that if a set fails I don't lose all my insulin etc. Failed pod means refilling. [/QUOTE]
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