FreeStyle Libre Sensor

The readings are constantly below that of a glucometer by atleast 40-50 points. It’s dangerous to mislead diabetic patients. We bought this sensor when my mom had a heart surgery and we needed to monitor her blood glucose levels constantly, to use with the Libre link app on android phone. But even after 3-4 days of using the sensor, the readings never stabilized. They are always lower by 40 -50 points. Initially we thought the readings were correct, but when we cross checked with our glicometer, they were way off. This can be dangerous for diabetic patients who think that their numbers are normal. When we reached out to the Abbott customer care, they replaced it saying it’s defective but the second one was the same. We have not seen even one reading match with our glucometers. I can understand a difference of + or- 10 points but what we were seeing was highly misleading. When we asked for a refund they said they will not refund. Also, please note this thing works only for 14 days annd they have an 3 day stabilization period! Adding to that the price is outrageous for this product with such bad performance. It’s outright cheating!

Libre Sensor life is 14days but this is the second time Libre sensor functioned only 8days!!! We have been taking from last Two years from Amozon Such medical app if malfunction like this it is really bad.

Didn’t expect such a sub-standard product from Abbott! The first two sensors didn’t install properly and hence had to be replaced. The new one came after almost a month and did install correctly but within 4 days stopped working! Called the customer care and after checking reader and sensor event logs, Abbott said sorry and that the product will need to be replaced again and not sure if they will do it again as it has already been replaced once! Wonder why Abbott would launch such a product without enough testing! Also got to know that the sensor readings can only be viewed in the reader and no way to download the data and share with your physician who may be remotely located. The app that they have in US market isn’t made available in India. An exorbitantly priced and delicate/fragile product that seem to require at least few replacements for most customers and not supported by any app or means to download the data!! Definitely not worth the money, time and the inconvenience of some foreign material sticking to your body for two weeks (possibly for several more weeks as the sensors stop working anytime in between and you need to start all over again!). The product not in line with the reputation of the company for sure!

This is my 2nd sensor and I must say it has been extremely helpful to monitor and regulate my sugar levels. Also stay tuned for a small tip to extend the sensor life by about 12hrs at the end. The best part of this sensor has been the abilty to understand how my body processes food and prevents going lows. I have learnt how my sugars fluctate at night and how they work during the day. How my sugar responds to when I go running was something I always wondered since I run a lot and before it was not possible to check my glucose during workouts. The sticker of the sensor is very good and sticks well with no discomfort or itch. The sensor application too is painless and pressing on the sensor after application too does not cause any pain. I was initially worried the sensor may get loose when turning in bed during sleep, but no it holds very good. Taking showers is also no problem. Now the tip to extend the sensor life by half a day. I realised the sensors life is actually pegged at 14.5 days and even after the sensor has expired as per the reader its still continues to work. You can install the GLIMP app on your Android phone (no iOS app) and still get the reading for another 12 odd hours. It's a great buy for all diabetes but I am not happy with the reader, the review of which I have left on the reader product page. Read that too to get a complete picture of the system and how to live it.

Has accuracy issues. But can’t say for sure if it is the accucheck makes error reading or the Libre. After 21 days of use think for directional readings this is useful. Also the customer support replaced my faulty CGM after 7 days of use. Overall satisfied and I may try the CGM again. I have retained the original review, below, unedited as of now. //This is definitely not worth the hype. For one the readings are inaccurate. And the inaccuracy is not consistent. One time the CGM reading is 223 against 206 on Accucheck and at another time CGM reading is 127 against 111 in Accucheck. The readings against Accucheck were mostly odd, and on some occasions matched. This is Not just a case of wrong data, but erratic reading. This sure gives you access to data, continuous data, but of what use is the data if it lacks integraty or reliability. Worse after 7 days of use it stopped working. But by now I had already decided CGM is not for me

In accurate - Does NOT work as intended - DO NOT BUY THE READINGS ARE WRONG, THE DIFFERENCE IS ALMOST 30 TO 40 COMPARED TO ACCUCHECK MACHINE - WASTE OF MONEY AND CANT EVEN RETURN IT - ACCUCHECK SHOWS 115 AND THE ABOTT CGM SHOWS 75....

Product is very good but life of the sensor is just 14 days. It necessitates frquent changing. Life should be at least one month

No problem with the product but the delivery proved stressful as the OTP was not received and the delivery agent refused to hand over the parcel- took it back. Haad to spend a lot of time and effort to contact a Customer Care Agent and get the problem resolved.