Hi everybody!
I’m writing a paper for my Comp 1 class about the Dexcom Seven Plus. I’m proposing that they offer the consumer more choice regarding volume and alert tone features. My question is this:
IS THE DEXCOM SEVEN PLUS ALERT SETTING LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE YOU? PLEASE ANSWER WITH A CLEAR YES OR NO AND ADD ANY RELATIVE COMMENTS. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! I appreciate it very much.
Jen
Tags: alerts, dexcom, high, low, lows, night, settings, time, volume
YES! It is loud enough to wake the dead - I used to be concerned because during the day when I would get a high/low alarm it would not beep, just vibrate. But soon discovered that the audio alarm comes into play when the vibrate is not responded to (no ‘ok’ or ‘c’ buttons pushed). And it has always been loud enough for me. Of course, I do not have any hearing issues. For someone who is hearing impaired there may be a problem, but then the vibrate would hopefully be enough to wake them.
YES
Yes, loud enough for me too!
NO, it was the first couple weeks but since then I’ve just slept through it every time. I need to have it physically connected to my body so I feel it vibrate in order to have any chance at waking. With that said, it is way to loud during the day when I’m at the office. I wish there was a quiet setting for daytime and a crazy setting for night time.
YES. It wasn’t at first, but I tend to sleep very heavily, and it takes me a while to adjust to new alarms and such. Now, it will wake me up almost 100% of the time on the first beep.
I believe the alarm is loud enough to wake someone. I do have a complaint with the lack of settings for the alarms. We just switched over from Medtronic Minimed and I had the ability to program high/lo alerts according to the time of day. The first day of my daughter wearing it to school she came home and told me, “too many alarms!” because of her usual breakfast BG spike (still working to minimize that)
Also, we’ve discovered with my daughter’s recent bout with strep that tylenol affects Dexcom’s readings. Bummer…but we love the comfort level of Dexcom, so we’re going with it for now.
NO!
We put it on our daughter’s nightstand next to a baby monitor and the monitor’s speaker is on our nightstand (with the vol. cranked up). It’s not uncommon for one of us to not hear the alarm and/or the vibration.
Yes, I wish there were more options.
No, it never wakes me at night. I previously had a Navigator and those alarms were very loud and always woke me. The Dexcom alarms are horrible. I also hate the fact that the first alarm is vibrate - that does no good at night. I wish Dexcom would do something about the alarms.
No not really. Especially if I’m low. It wakes my wife however. Maybe that is because most of the time it is just on vibrate mode as the alarm is too loud during the day.
I would agree with other commenters that it would be nice if there were more options.
Yes - it is loud enough for me. My 12 yr old daughter says hers is loud enough as well.
No because I keep it in the “skin”
I sleep with in in my bed and all it takes is vibrate to wake me up.
Yes. The alarm is loud enough to wake me. In fact, I wish that I had the option to make the darn thing quieter.
So like everyone else, I wish that there were settings to make the alarms quieter and loud depending on your needs.
No. No way. I always sleep through it.
yes… I’m a light sleeper
Yes
However, I need to put it on the nightstand and not under the pillow or in a pocket, where I won’t hear it. The beeping doesn’t always awaken me on the nightstand, but the rattling on the hard surface as it vibrates does the job.
The Dex always wakes up my wife no matter where I place it.
No. I too wish there were options. Sometimes I sleep deep enough that even the vibration doesn’t wake me up. And I keep the Dex in a scrubs pocket (belted on) so it’s right next to me. If I don’t hear it, my husband usually does, but that does no good if he’s traveling…
Yes. I still tune it out sometimes when I’m sleeping, but I think that has more to do with being used to the tones than the volume. Perhaps an ability to choose from among several alarm tones would help.