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If you use an insulin pump, have you switched from a tubeless pump to a pump with tubing? Share more about this change in the comments.
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I have no desire to switch back to a tubed pump, which I originally started on. The tubeless pump does not waste hardly any insulin when priming (my old one took 17 units to prime the tubing). AND, I don’t have to wear it on my belt or waist band.
Having said that, I miss going scuba diving and being able to just pause the pump and unclip the tubing from the cannula.
I tried out Omnipod quite a while ago before it allowed for the small amounts of insulin delivery I required.
I then switched back to Medtronic and went on to use Tandem. It was nice to have no tubing.
They now have the insulin delivery I need along with control-IQ.
If it is suggested, I may try it out again.
I’ve only ever had a tubing pump
I have always used a pump with tubes for 30 years
I love the freedom of not being tethered to a tube. I finally can wear dresses after all these years!
I’m not wild about having a pod sticking out of my body but love the tubeless!!
Switched to OmniPod 5 – love being tubeless just wish Tandem had an option.
They will eventually have a tubeless, but who knows when…….
Went from Medtronic to Omnipod then to mdi for three years. Am now in process of getting tandem X 2. A little on the fence but will try the control IQ. Will see. MDI is easier for travel.
I used an Omnipod 5 for a few years. I like it but I’m older and my skin is a little loose so it became very uncomfortable and I bled a lot. I switched to a Minimed g780 and I love that it is an almost closed loop system. A lot less work and I’m 95% in range now. I am just having trouble getting used to the tubing. I do miss the Dexcom CGM. The one on the Medtronic is not as accurate.
I switched or tried the OmniPod a year ago but went back to tandem. I liked it for vacation/beach time but prefer tubed for now.
I switched from a tandem to an Omnipod for a few months. Love it except that now I have to carry a bulky PDM. Waiting for training of my new iLet bionics pump.
Me too! Looking forward to seeing how life feels without carb counting….
I just switched from the Omnipod 5 to the iLet Bionic Pancreas pump about 6 weeks ago and it is working great! My A1C has dropped drastically.
I am just going to make this change at the end of the month. Can you say more?
switched from omnipod to a tandem in 2016. Horrible results tried every possible type of insert with no luck, sugars all over the place time in range was 10%. After fighting with tandem for over 6 months returned to the omnipod eros system and was much happier time in range with omnipod was 65%. Now on OP5 and time in range is around 85%. Omni is it for me lol
I started with a Medtronic pump. My next pump was Omnipod and my current pump is a Tandem pump.
I got the original Omnipod as my first pump in 2012. I thoroughly enjoyed the freedom it gave me. However, when the warranty was up and I began hearing about the Tandem pump with Basal IQ I jumped on it! My husband compared it to the Tesla of pumps in that you get new software updates rather than replacing it when new features are added. And then they added CIQ and I could not be happier about what this pump has done with my A1C, TIR and less stress in dealing with my diabetes.
I’ve got to admit the way that question is asked doesn’t really fit the answers provided. Wouldn’t it just been simpler to ask if you’ve switched your pump recently? if so which way did you go. From tubeless to tubing, tubing to tubeless. I’m looking at possibly changing or switching from tubing to tubeless if and when it becomes available in Canada Omnipod 5 currently on a Tandem. I truly hope that I’m making the right decision and the reason for wanting to switch is I’m fed up of the appendage.
I have always used pumps with tubing. I tried to go to Omnipod but the month cost was prohibitive. I currently use Tandem pump. Several months ago a tandem rep showed me a new pump thats very small, can wear on arm with long or short tubing. Waiting to see that Tandem product. I do not like tubing as I have pulled out set many times.
That pump that is very small with the short tubing is out now. It is called the Tandem Mobi. If your warrantee is out, or when it expires, you should be able to get that. I believe you can also do a trial run with it before you decide.
Correction on my part. I believe it is out to the public, but am not 100% sure. I know there was a limited release, just not sure on a total release to the public.
I am grateful to have a pump that takes some of the management load . Tubing has never bothered me.
Oops. Answered same, but I did switch from tubed to tubeless pump.
Tubeless is wonderful. But carrying my iPhone and the ‘controller’ is very troublesome!!! Also tubeless gives less info than my other. And the company is not forthcoming with updates and info regarding things promised.
Yes, I tried Omnipod and enjoyed the freedom from the tubing, however, I later experienced a succession of problems with the adhesion, pod failure and loss of insulin, and Bluetooth connection. Ultimately I waited out my warranty and went back to Tandem.
AS another person mentioned, I am not interested in the Omnipod because it requires that I carry (yet) another device. My Dexcom is integrated with my pump (Tandem X2 -with BIQ – don’t want CIQ – I like setting my own targets, having access to temp basal). When I was working I was on call a lot. We had smartphones before they were consumer products. By the time they became consumer products I was over it. I feel the most free when my phone is at home and I am ot!
I have not switched to a connected pump. I guess I’m spoiled by the flexibility of a tubeless system. My endocrinologist prefers and recommends a tubed system but I told him that I have not experienced the potential issues he explained, so until/unless I have those problems, I prefer tubeless (e.g., wireless).. 🙂
I switched from MDI to a tubed pump in 2001 and since then I have only used a tubed pump.
I like the tubing on my T-Slim X2. Otherwise, I’d worry about misplacing my pump. I think of it as my stopwatch on a fob!!😃
I have always used a pump w tubing.
Switched from tube to tubeless but not because of the tubes. My daughter was technically too young for Control IQ at the time, so switched so she could Loop. She definitely prefers it now and so nice to bolus from either iphone or watch.
No, When I was first deciding on a pump, after 60 yrs of MDI, I tried an Omnipod and was very uncomfortable with the weight on my upper arm. I decided on an Animal Vibe and 2 years later a Tandem t:slim X2. Now I’m very interested in both the Modi patch pump with very short tubing and the iLet. As long as the small pump is securely held to my waistband with a strong clip, the infusion set tubing isn’t that much of an issue.
Better support and hybrid closed loop system
I switched from a pump with tubing because got tired of my tube getting caught in doors and always plugging myself for baths or to go swimming. I love tubeless pumps better I feel normal again
The omnipod malfunctioned way too often for me and i didn’t like how big it was on my skin. The tandem tslim is amazing and I’ve used it for 6 years now.
Same experience I had!
I have always used Tandem which has a tube, but the tubes really don’t get in my way. I hesitate going tubeless as I don’t want a pump attached to me that I can’t stick on another place on my body if the first place I put the pump is uncomfortable. I use a metal cannula, so if I stick an infusion sight in an uncomfortable place or the area is just not absorbing my insulin well, I can just take out the cannula and put it somewhere else.
My first pump was tubeless. It was a never-ending series of occlusions, failures, highs. After a year, I had switched insurance plans, and was able to got with a tubed pump.
It has several options for insertion sets: cannula length, angle, and material, plus tube length. Wow, what a difference in control!! The tethered life is totally worth the control. (This manufacturer is coming out with an almost-patch pump, I get to keep my insertion set options with a tiny tube. Perfect for me and can’t wait.)
I started on a tubed Medtronic pump then tried a tubeless Medtrum but quickly decided it had not been a wise change and am now on the tubed MyLife Ypso pump.
I personally prefer the tubeless due to convenience of it.
I started with a Medtronic in 1991 and switched to OmniPod somewhere around 2010. Now on Medicare, the cost was too much so I now have the Tandem IQ which I love the accuracy of it but do not enjoy the tubing.
I switched from Omnipod to Tandem.
I sorta/kinda had to as they discontinued the type of Omnipod I was using. But, I also didn’t like that there were no options for size of cannula and it was painful if placed on a spot that would receive pressure. (Like on a left arm and then sleeping on the left-hand side.)
i chose “other” because I use a tubed pump, but did try a tubeless pump for @ 3 months. I did not like it. While the no tubing was nice, the tubeless pump does not offer the smaller increments that he tubed pumps do. Whole units of insulin are often too much for me, so the tubed pump works much better at keeping me in control. Also, all of the pumps require more than a 3 day supply of insulin for my needs. With a tubed pump I can just change the infusion set and keep using the insulin that is in the reservoir. With the tubeless pump, it stopped working at the 3 day mark, and any remaining insulin was wasted. This bothered me. One other thing, with the tubeless pump I had a lot more pump failures than with my tubed pump.
So, overall, I find that the tubed pump works much better for me.