my warrenty on my one touch ping has expired. i have never had any other brand. what are some pumps that any of you think is better than annimas?
i'm gonna try the new smaller version of the omnipod. guess it depends on what you're looking for, tubed, waterless, tubeless, etc..
I wouldn't say better, as I havent' tried the other pumps but I've been very pleased with the results from my Medtronic pumps. I've had 2 of them, a 722 from 2008-2012 and a 523 since 2012. I like to run so the multiple gizmo Dexcom doesn't interest me that much. I get reliable results from the CGM and am able to stay on top of stuff pretty well with the pump. The display is totally old-school but that doesn't bother me. The backlight is easy to access in the middle of the night or a movie or whereever I want to see what's going on and the pumps seem durable as I've fallen on them in martial arts classes and they've survived a couple of gnarly bike wipeouts.
I've had really good customer service experiences with them as well.
If you like and are used to the pump than keep the same brand. It all depends on what you want. research the different brands to see what you might like I am on my first pump and the dr set me up with the mini-med rep and that's who went with.
I have the Medtronic Minimed Paradigm 722 and it's fantastic. I highly recommend it simply because it's easy to use, links with cgm, and well... it's the only one I've ever had so I'm biased! but find out if there's some way to test different pumps out. you don't want to spend thousands of dollars on something you don't absolutely adore. Hey, I baby mine! I even named it > < it's easier to use a name when someone asks who's beeping. then they assume it's just another person and you don't have to explain!
I think that in the USA they are only selling the 523/723 model pumps these days. The main difference is that the menus are labeled differently (e.g. "Fill Cannula" instead of "Prime", which still drives me nuts b/c I have to think about it, and it's been > a year I think!) and some functions.
The CGM on the -23s includes "predictive alerts", where the meter will tell you if it thinks you might be headed low or high, so you can get a head start dealing with it. These work very well for me. If I'm running 3 miles after work, I'll get home, test, hopefully around 90, have a glass of milk when I start, after about a mile (7:30-9:00ish...), I'll get the "predicted high" alert, warning me my BG is going up, which is by design at that point. By the time I'm getting close to home, the "predicted low" alert will come on but, by then, I'm about done so the timing and data are pretty much where I want them. I find this very useful. It also allows the "alerts" to be turned off at night. I have my stuff set up so I'm confident in them, don't usually run low, etc. so I turn them off to avoid the "bleeping" at night.
I also like the Carelink software with the Medtronic pumps, although I haven't played with the others. I don't use it all that much but, if I hit a rough patch, it's fairly simple to see patterns and the charts will sometimes show say a lunch # that's skewing the dinner numbers somehow or something that might not be as readily visible SWAGging...