I'm at nearly a year on my original G4 system, including my original G4 Tx! It's still pumping out the numbers like a banshee! I've read they are only supposed to last six months, and that perhaps they have an internal 'clock' that starts running when you take it out of the packaging, but my experience has certainly been different. Mine is still going strong.
Anyone else here with long-lived transmitters?
Just wondering what you've experienced.
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Mine is still fine got it November 12th last year.
Mine lasted about 7 months. It would probably still be going strong, but the ER ripped it off me and threw it out. Fortunately I was out of warrantee so the replacement was covered by insurance.
Been running great since almost a year now. Still have the ‘OK’ in transmitter status…
Off to bed with a fairly flat line 138mg/dL, hoping for a gradual decline and the glorious wake up to 90-110 BG…
STAY STRONG ON INSULIN FAMILY!
Hi, My transmitter lasted 14 months with absolutely no hiccups. It gave about a week's warning of running out. The replacement here in England costs £275 (c$442) - ouch! I'm saving up.....
10 months, and it started giving really funky readings. No warning on the receiver.
Wow, Brad! It's crazy to me that anyone in ER staff would just rip something off someone's body and throw it away. It's not like there are tons and tons of varying devices that folks wear on themselves out there available to everyone. There's only a few right? It just makes no sense they didn't keep it for you.
I'm sure ER staff continually deal with other things that are on a person, such as ID bracelets and wallets, and they don't disappear. Could you imagine if you hurt your leg and they had to cut off your pants, and in so doing just threw them away with your wallet inside? While that might happen occasionally, it seems to me we would hear about it a LOT if it was SOP to just toss your valuables out when you came into a hospital, either walking in under your own power, or via the ER.
In any case, glad your insurance covered the DME for you.
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My range started going around 8 months. No warning. But I have a four year old who I monitor remotely a lot so that’s more important to me.
One year next week!..I sure wish I hadn't read this lol!
Well... you should get a warning about a week before it goes out completely. They were supposed to only last six months, so you did well!
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Mine finally "died" after 11 months. I just got the replacement.
-Brian
my g4 was 11 month
werner
i thought there is only a 6 month warranty on it
and 12 on the receiver?? maybe i am wrong
Mine went out of warranty and they sent me a new one.
I've been using mine for about 10 months, and still working fine. Last month I had some bad readings (??? and inaccurate numbers), but I think it was the sensors. Started a new box/lot# for sensors, and working fine now.
Be sure to call and ask for replacements when the sensors don't last a week.
Both receiver and transmitter working fine since january 3
Nov 10 will be a year.
This morning I finally awoke to a new alert on my G4: "LOW BATTERY - Order New Transmitter"
Today I am standing at almost exactly a year since I started my G4, and the one Tx lasted that whole time.
I'll stick with it for now -- just to see how long it lasts from warning to outage. I have my new one standing by. I'd say I got a pretty good run from that Tx.
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9 Months and still going strong.
Keep in mind that Dexcom has a 6 month transmitter warranty, that means that they consider it defective if it dies before 6 months. It is most likely designed to last a full year, but they probably thought that they would have too many replacements with a one year warranty and decided to only guarantee 6 months.