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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1580440" data-attributes="member: 374531">Forgive me if I keep on mentioning this (have mentioned it in a few other posts), but on the accuracy issue,  I'm kinda like a 5 yr old kid with a new Tonka toy at the moment, so just wanted to mention that for the last ten days, I've had a Blucon transmitter from Ambrosia Systems sitting on top of my libre sensor, bluetoothing results every five minutes to xDrip+ on my phone.The significance of that is that xDrip+ allows you to calibrate against bg readings, and gives hypo/alerts.I've not yet sat down and jotted down readings in a systematic way, but my provisional view is that if calibrated a couple of times a day, results are usually only 0.2 or 0.3 out, although it is more marked during unstable periods, but that's probably more to do with biology than anything.Hypo alerts are the main thing missing from libre. If you're not inclined for whatever reason to use dexcom, for example, you don't necessarily want alarms all the time, just now and then, or just overnight, I reckon blucon/xdrip+ fills a gap by providing hypo alerts at a modest cost, just over £100 for the blucon transmitter. The makers say it'll last for a year, but it's just a bit of electronics so I suspect it'll last longer. It's not waterproof so needs to be taken off for showers which is a bit of a faff, but easy enough by just using an armband or plaster.</blockquote>

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