Patches for Omnipod - 250

Absolutely helps protect the sensor! I cannot tell you how many peeled up from showering and sweating, at a cost of $50-$100 per sensor, it adds up quickly, These slide over the sensor ( it has a cut out so sensor itself is not covered ) and basically right over the adhesive of the sensor itself, Which prevents it from peeling up and the sensor , popping off. I also sometimes whack the sensor on door jams, and it prevents accidental bumps, from dislodging it as well! Since I started using the Lexcam covers, Not one lost sensor from peeling or bumping. The cover, doesn't damage or irritate my sensitive skin either. I actually have a Autoimmune disorder where my immune system attacks my skin, These are hypoallergenic and allow the skin to breathe!

These are affordable and perform exactly as I need them to. Sometimes I do not want the sensor itself covered. Just an extension and protection of the adhesive ring that comes out from the base of the sensor. That's when I go to these. Easy one hand application. You won't need help. Keeps the adhesive edge around the sensor from coming up towards the last few days of wear. I have long curly hair that gets washed and conditioned daily, without these or a full cover the emollients in my hair care products weaken the adhesive. With these my sensors always last a full 14 days. Be aware, these are not meant to protect from hard bumps. You need a reusable cover of some sort under this or another cover tape for that kind of protection. These are sheer and light weight. I don't even feel them there once they are on. Very hard to see it so unlike the decorative style tapes they don't draw attention to the sensor. I'm not sensitive about the device being noticed by others but I don't go out of my way to advertise either. The Libre 3 is especially sensitive to moisture and. heat, so these are great to keep the sensor adhered and still allow the sensor to breath since it is not covered over. The waterproof-ness is that it protects the adhesive backing edge from water loosening, NOT that it keeps water out of the sensor all together. Any water that gets in through the hole on top of the sensor will drain and evaporate out through the hole as will sweat just as the sensor is designed. Can't guarentee for others, but I tend to be adhesive reactive and these have been just fine. No redness or blistering, no itching. They stay on and come off without taking skin when I want them to come off. They also do not take the sensor with them. I. recommend pressing downrightly on. the center of. the sensor as you remove this tape if you need to remove it before the sensor ends as it is stuck to the sensor. adhesive backing along the protruding edges. I have not had a problem, but why tempt fate?

TLDR: works great when you apply at same time as sensor, only mediocre after you’ve had the sensor on for a while. I didn’t get any photos of it as I just did two sensors diagnosticly, but the patch seriously helps. My first sensor started to come off after about a week so I got these patches and stuck one on. It didn’t help much, but to be fair, it tells you to apply at the same time as the sensor. The white part surrounding the freestyle started to come out above the clear patch within a day or two, but it was already peeled up before I put on the clear patch. It still helped some; I think the sensor would have fully come off without the extra patch. For my second sensor, I put them both on at the same time. It worked much, much better. No peeling at all of the sensor. The edges of the patch had some lint, but that only got to be bothersome near the edge of the patch. It happens with the sensor alone, so if it’s going to happen regardless, I think it’s worth it to have the sensor actually stay on. It was actually kind of difficult to get both the patch and sensor off because the adhesive was still so strong. I couldn’t get the residual stickyness off for a couple days, but maybe that’s because I’m just inexperienced with CGMs. Overall, it works really well, and doesn’t cover the sensor at all, only the white adhesive surronding it (like freestyle says to do). Each patch comes in its own little bag, making it easy to take one with you. The paper on it before applying is similar to clear band-aids. Peel off one side so you can apply it, there’s still thick paper on the other side so it doesn’t just ball up will you put it on. After applying, press it down really well, peel off the outside thicker paper, and push down again. Works wonders.

Holy Cow do these things work great. I’ve tried a couple other styles and brands of pod overlay and this one is the best so far. My work is very physically active, and usually outdoors especially during the summer so I need something that keeps the pod stuck down in spite of lots of twisting turning and sweating. Lots and lots of sweating. The only negative (for me) is that the adhesive occasionally irritates my skin, leaving a slight redness behind after I have removed the overlay during a pod change. The irritation has always faded quickly and hasn’t ever gotten worse. If you work hard in the hot sun and use an Omnipod5 system give these a shot, they really do work great

Very good patch ,stays on well good thought but is extremely hard to put on,very sticky and ince it sticks to itself there's no way to get it apart and use it,Not something you can do by yourself,you definitely need help putting it on...

Works great! The way I do it is overlay the front so the cannula stays in place even when I do crazy movements (picture shown), and it stayed really well. I tried doing the normal way once, and that didn’t work for me. This past week I had one that didn’t peel properly and stuck to the back (first time happening). I contacted the seller to see if they can replace that one. They sent me ONE NEW WHOLE BAG, guys! Great service makes up for many flaws.

I really wanted to like these, but the adhesive is just too aggressive for my skin. I still have a visible irritated circle from a patch I removed two weeks ago. I gave these a fair shot and tried them 4 times total (2 patches on 2 different CGM’s) just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. I even started using an adhesive remover for the last two patches, which helped a little with the irritation, but it was still too harsh overall. The cutout hole for the sensor is also slightly too large. Because of the extra gap, the actual CGM adhesive started lifting on one side on both of my meters. I don’t have to buy sensitive skin products so I didn’t expect these to be an issue, but unfortunately they were.

These are good patches but they're too sticky for me. I'm going to keep them for summer time. If you have trouble getting your patches to stick these would be great for you.