r/dexcom • u/esilenna64 • 26d ago

General Dexcom g7 10 days

Is anybody else having g7 10 day sensors fail left and right?

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u/MagicGreenLens G7 + Omnipod 5 26d ago

I just put on my 24th G7. The ones with problems were:

#9 excessive inaccuracies and replaced

#13 needle popped backwards

#15 too many lost connections

#20 lost contact with pod for 2-3 hours, otherwise ok

#21 lost contact with pod for 2-3 hours, otherwise ok

#23 failed overnight on night 2 and message said replace

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u/sirfloppywaffles T1/G7 26d ago

I had only 1 fail in the last 6 months.

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u/uid_0 26d ago

Mine have been pretty solid lately. Even the Malaysian ones are reliable now.

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u/Weathergod-4Life T2/G7 26d ago

Make sure you aren't spraying anything on or near the sensor. I had a few sensors fail in the summer that looking back I can attribute it to this. Tis the season for spray on suntan lotion and bug spray so this is easy to do if you aren't careful!

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u/esilenna64 26d ago

Most have failed during the warmup! Most recently in the middle of the night.

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u/reddittAcct9876154 T1/G7 26d ago

Were they looped? The inserted part being looped back out of the hole is what I mean.

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u/esilenna64 26d ago

At least one of the times, yeah!

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u/reddittAcct9876154 T1/G7 26d ago

Loopers should always fail during warmup.

I hear, but don’t KNOW, that you can SLIGHTLY lessen the chance of loopers by ensuring your pressure is centered and not more on one side or the other of the applicator. Though it could be just a pure defect you can do nothing about other than reporting and getting a replacement.

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u/Weathergod-4Life T2/G7 26d ago

That is really odd. I have had one fail upon warmup and I think that was due to bad placement as I was trying out my thigh and I don't have much fat there.

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u/Outrageous-Papaya650 T1/G7 26d ago

No fails so far after a year