Looking for a new insulin pump. I have been on the Animas Vibe for around 8 years with the integrated CGM and haven't had any issues. Animas is leaving the market so I need to transition to a new brand. MiniMed is what is being recommended and I have an opportunity to switch over at a low to no cost. Does anybody have any experience with MiniMed? I have the option of going to the 630g or the 670g so any advice pertaining to either of those would be great.

Thanks in advance.

Animas is leaving the market so I need to transition to a new brand.

I’ve had the 670 for over a year and had the 630 before. I’m not sure if there's any good reason to go with the 630 over the 670. The main difference is the ability to use auto mode. Auto mode works, but requires a lot of user maintenance. I like to say '50% of the time it works every time'.

There are plenty of reasons go with omnipod or Tandem, but I ended up sticking with minimed bc of glucometer integration, sensor integration, customer service and the promise of auto mode.

I have had the 670g for almost a year and I got it without getting the 630g. Basically they try to get you on the 630g before transitioning you to the 670g. The 670g has more features and to be honest there isn't any reason you would/should go with the 630g. The 670g has worked great for me and automode has worked pretty flawless. Here and there I have some problems with it but as long as you take your bg readings a few times a day it's not a problem at all. I did think about trying out omnipod but i have been with medtronic since I first got my insulin pump like 10-12 years ago and haven't had problems. In my opinion I think you will like automode and the stuff that you are able to do with the 670g. I haven't regretted it all.

Hope everything works for ya and good luck!

Yeah, I feel the same way. I am interested to hear more about the Minimed and will likely give them a call today. On another note, I will likely have some supplies that I won't need. Let me know if you are interested. It would be nice for somebody to be able to use them.

Thank you this is very helpful. If you don't mind me asking do you now use the auto mode and what type of user maintenance? There is a price differential between the 2 models and while it isn't a ton of money, if there isn't any benefit I could go with the 630.

Well it has been a week on the new pump and I am not overly impressed. Delivery took a long time. Finally got all of the components a week ago. Here are some thoughts of mine and would welcome feedback.

The first week was a bit different as I was on a family vacation but here is what I noticed. Wow, does this pump require a lot of interaction. I think that I like the pump itself but not the CGM. Reasons below:

1. Not sure about the durability of CGM site. Went in the water once for less than an hour and CGM had to be replaced because it was falling out. Will be swimming Wednesday so will get a better feel for this. I am hoping it was just a bad site.
2. CGM start up is a pain. In fact the whole CGM is a pain. A big change (for the negative) from Dexcom is that at 12 hours the CGM stops recording until it has been calibrated with manual BS test. If that happens at 3 AM, oh well. This should be easy to change (test before bed every night) but what about long races. I am on the slow side so 12 hours won't get me through an IM (assuming it stays on) and the last couple of hours is when I would need to know what is happening. Also requires a calibration 6 hours after start up, so again, this will need to be planned for availability.
3. This pump seems to always be beeping or vibrating. Yesterday the entire pump reset at 1:00 AM for no apparent reason.
4. The clip broke after 3 days. Again, maybe just a bad clip, but there was no reason for it to break.

On the plus side:
1. Larger reservoir is nice.
2. Pump site seems to be solid, but will be swimming this week so will validate.
3. Auto stop as sugars go low is nice. This has helped me avoid low sugar instances and would likely be useful going forward.

I am planning on giving it another week and then reevaluating. I may be switching to a different pump if these issues don't improve. Please let me know if you have any thoughts on which pump/CGM systems might work better for athletes.

Thanks.

At this point I'd be looking hard at the Tandem/dexcom combo. Their closed loop is less than a year out and available via firmware update so you're future proofed.

I have nothing but trouble with Omnipod. Grifgrips really help it stay on though.