Libre 3 or Dexcom G7 connection to Garmin or other stuff...

[Skater P]

I went to a T1D "foundation" course thing at the local hospital and the SN sent me away with a Libre 3 and Dexcom G7 to try. I knew all those national insurance contributions would be useful one day.

Most of my exercise is cycling where I have a Garmin Edge 520plus or speed skating where I havn't in the past recorded much data.

Do either of these sensors play well with any head units or watches?
I may well have to upgrade from the Edge 520 plus as I think it might be too old to show some stuff, I'm also not above having a watch /sensor on the handle bars and can build mounts if needs be.

 

[mashedupmatt]

There are options for Garmin watches (not sure if you can do it directly, or by using a 3rd party app on your phone/watch such as xDrip+ (IOS) or Juggluco (Android)) - have a look at the "Libre Geeks" page on Facebook - I'm assuming they work with Dexcom too but am not 100% sure I'm afraid (I have a Samsung watch and phone)

 

[Inka]

I have the Dexcom G7 and it’s absolutely brilliant I’m pretty sure it’s compatible with Garmin as I think I saw it on Youtube @Skater P

 

[Skater P]

No one was more supprised than I but I
managed to get a data field on my old Garmin 520 plus (there would have been whooping but it was very late at night) I'm using the Libre 3 app (Android) and xdrip+, relies on the cloud though, so the data is old (7 to 10 minutes) and needs phone reception.

I'm getting more and more into xdrip+ as the Libre app is killing my battery and I have a Dexcom G7 to try as well, and my phone will not play with the Dexcom app.

I'm assuming a direct connection with xdrip+ wouldn't need a GSM data connection and would give more timely data?