Libre 3 experience

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Paulbreen

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Hello all, I haven't posted for a good while but I did say I'd give a little review of the Libre 3 sensor.
For those that dont know I live in Germany and we have access to the next generation of sensors at least a year ahead of the UK
I have been using the Libre 3 for 3 months now so I think it is long enough to offer a fair review.
First thing is the size it is so small you dont even know its there even in the shower you barely notice it, the thickness is about half of the 1&2 so knocking them off seems to be unlikely, I didn't mange it yet, I've been in the bath with it, shower with it everyday, and have been swimming about 20 times and so far they didn't fall off.
For the eco aware people there is much less packaging as the applicator is already preloaded with the sensor so 50% less plastic in it.
Now the best part, NO MORE SCANNING!!
There is no more a reader with the Libre3 it uses only an phone app, I have iPhone and there is no real difference to the libre1&2 App so nothing new to learn.
Starting it is much the same as previous ones, scan it the first time and an hour later the App will ping you that it is working and giving readings and from then on you just open the app and you have the reading in real time, you will see more detail in the graph as it is updating every 5 minutes, the setup is much the same you set the high/low alarms in the same way, one downside is you lose your previous data from the Libre 1&2 but in reality that's no big deal for me.
It is also pinging me through my iWatch if I'm going high or low which is great if you are running around busy and forget to be scanning it will let you know.
The experience has been fantastic, I remember getting my first Libre 1 in 2014 and how it revolvisied my testing well all I can say is well done Abbott you did it again, life with this sensor is so easy.
I will stop using the sensors in a couple of weeks as I am moving onto pump therapy again with the Tandem TSlim with Control IQ software and Dexcom sensors but if I dont get along with it I will be back on the Libre3 in a flash.
Start pestering your Diabetic teams to get this approved for your prescriptions as soon as possible,just for Info in Germany Libre1 is no longer available, the price for the Libre2 and Libre3 is the same so no excuses about costs...
 

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Does the sensor still have an 8 hour memory? That is, if I'm out of range of my phone for an hour do I have an hour gap in the history or will it fill it in?
 
Bruce Stephens said:
Does the sensor still have an 8 hour memory? That is, if I'm out of range of my phone for an hour do I have an hour gap in the history or will it fill it in?
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I'll give it a test Bruce, the phone is in another room now so I'll leave it there for a while and leave another comment later

To be honest I didn't notice any gaps in the trace that I would have seen with the Libre 1&2
 
Thanks. On reflection I'm not that sure I'd notice either way.

My guess is still that they kept the memory (because removing it would be more trouble than it would be worth).
 
Thanks for that review Paul. Great that you find it such a boon! You don't mention accuracy from what I can see? How is that working out for you? I am guessing it must be pretty good.

Love that they have improved the applicator plastic waste situation.

I am a little concerned that they have phased out Libre 1 in Germany now as I am guessing that will eventually happen here too and I really like my Libre 1 which works brilliantly for me with the reader and I don't really want to upgrade to a smart phone. There are also lots of people here who have issues with Libre 2 failure which rather discourages me from upgrading.

Hope things go well for you with the Tslim and Dexcom.
 
Paulbreen said:
I'll give it a test Bruce, the phone is in another room now so I'll leave it there for a while and leave another comment later

To be honest I didn't notice any gaps in the trace that I would have seen with the Libre 1&2
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Hi Bruce, I left it in the other room for an hour and a half and the watch was pinging me with loss of signal for the sensor the whole time but there is no gaps in the trace so I would say the sensor is holding data as before
 
How does the constant data from Libre 3 affect your phone and watch battery?
 
helli said:
Don't forget the silent majority who have no problem with Libre 2.
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I've had a single sensor fail. I'm inclined to think it just never applied correctly (which could have happened with Libre 1, but just didn't for me).

Anyway, I'm not going to ask to go back. I like the alarms (though I don't really rely on them).
 
rebrascora said:
Thanks for that review Paul. Great that you find it such a boon! You don't mention accuracy from what I can see? How is that working out for you? I am guessing it must be pretty good.

Love that they have improved the applicator plastic waste situation.

I am a little concerned that they have phased out Libre 1 in Germany now as I am guessing that will eventually happen here too and I really like my Libre 1 which works brilliantly for me with the reader and I don't really want to upgrade to a smart phone. There are also lots of people here who have issues with Libre 2 failure which rather discourages me from upgrading.

Hope things go well for you with the Tslim and Dexcom.
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Hi Barbara
Long time no speak, I hope you are doing well, I was also reading so many bad things about the Libre2 but I never really had any problems with it, I was using it for 4 years and i think I lost not more than half a dozen of them mostly by my own stupidity, knocking them off or dozing off in the bath and putting it under warm water for too long.
as a seasoned L1 user i think you wouldn't have too many issues with the L2, you know what to expect and what works for you. I dont think Abbott have stopped making the L1 I think its just not offered here I think, we get a yearly prescription form our Diabetes Doctor here and they dont change its content unless you ask, I just didn't see the L1 in the online shop.
The L3 might not be for you if you dont want to have the smartphone but I'd say its worth the hassle to have one.
i forgot the accuracy bit Barbara, I'm not doing heavy monitoring of it to be fair, i was using my meter last week because I was at a trade show in Birmingham and felt it was useful to do a double check a few times a day because of the difference in eating habits and didn't see anything more than 2mmol, after Wednesday I stopped checking, I'm one of the lucky ones who can feel the drift towards a hypo or hyper so after 3 days of checking i felt comfortable enough i was getting good data, I just did a little test for you, 7.2 with the L3 sensor and 6.8 with the Accucheck sensor so not too bad
Paul
 
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Lily123 said:
How does the constant data from Libre 3 affect your phone and watch battery?
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Hi Lily, I dont notice any problem, I have a Iphone12+ and a iWatch7, the phone battery lasts a couple of days and the watch more or less the same
 
Paulbreen said:
Hi Lily, I dont notice any problem, I have a Iphone12+ and a iWatch7, the phone battery lasts a couple of days and the watch more or less the same
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The battery was the one thing I was worried about but that’s good that it doesn’t affect it
 
helli said:
Don't forget the silent majority who have no problem with Libre 2.
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I accept that, but when people I respect and trust who didn't have problems with Libre 1 are having massive problems with Libre 2, it discourages me from wanting to try it when Libre 1 works fabulously for me. I could imagine me disabling the alarms a lot of the time with Libre 2 because they would irritate me.... particularly overnight. All alarms have erroneous activations and I value my own and my partner's sleep too much. My body is so far very good at telling me when I am going low or high so I am happy to continue to listen to that for now. I do wonder if the app with Libre 2 is more of the problem than the sensors and maybe the phone you use has an impact or you using xDrip may be why you have such success. Maybe that is just my mistrust of technology, but I am more than happy to stick with my Libre 1 and reader. I still consider my phone more of an intrusion than an advantage and don't always have it on my person as a result.
 
Personally couldn't go back to libre 1 but can understand rebrasco's reasoning, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Never had issue with libre 2 until now, recently got new phone which was Samsung same as previous, used Samsung Smartswitch to transfer all data including apps, since then alarms have been unavailable.

Message on app said as sensor wasn't started by this phone alarms are not available, so Saturday gone sensor ran out so started it with current phone but still no alarms, rang Abbott they said it was sensor problem so sending out replacement, so changed sensor again still no alarms.

Asked call handler if uninstalling app downloading again would resolve issue, they said no & would lose data, this was said first time of calling. Just wondering if transfer from old phone to new has affected app in some way, cleared cache & all that on app, any ideas?
 
Well after 3 months of use Bruce my alarms and vibrations are working both on the phone App and the Watch App, they did have a signal loss reconnect error reported but a new update fixed that on Monday this week. now if the signal loss happens just wait until the next comms exchange happens (5 minutes) and its fine again. Its a small device and logic would tell you to use the small PC that is called your phone to configure alarms and vibrations and not expect a relatively small and simple App to cover it when the phone is way more powerful, he should go back to the peeing on a strip of paper days and colour matching it to a scale to see where your Glucose is at lol
 
Bruce Stephens said:
Does the sensor still have an 8 hour memory? That is, if I'm out of range of my phone for an hour do I have an hour gap in the history or will it fill it in?
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Hi! I have a Libre2 but when I’m away/out of reach for my sensor I just have a gap in my graph but I do get to see whether it’s rising, dropping or staying the same between those two points.
 
Schoolmom said:
Hi! I have a Libre2 but when I’m away/out of reach for my sensor I just have a gap in my graph but I do get to see whether it’s rising, dropping or staying the same between those two points.
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That is unusual, I definitely find that it back fills the gap for me when connection is resumed.
Is your sensor and reader/phone separated for longer than 8 hours. The sensor only stores the last 8 hours of data so if you don't scan for more than that time you will only get the last 8 hours and there will be a gap.
 
Schoolmom said:
Hi! I have a Libre2 but when I’m away/out of reach for my sensor I just have a gap in my graph but I do get to see whether it’s rising, dropping or staying the same between those two points.
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Only time I get gap in graph is when changing sensor, often away from mobile phone when in house or in garden & not had gaps, even had low bg alarm go off when phone was in front room & myself in garden, that is why signal loss alarm has been turned off since day 1.
 
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