What price point am I looking at? Thank you
Dexcom is the gold standard, Libre is also good too. Dex is like $150/10 days plus another few hundred every 90 days. What are you trying to evaluate with a wearable glucose sensor?
None. Its yet another bro science connected cart before the horse piece of tech.
Like whoop, ora ring, inside tracker. No evidence at all that any of the data you glean from it will make you any better. No real science whatsoever.
But hey, its a start up in a hot funding area and they have money to throw at athletes.
Wanting to see trends in blood glucose and experiment with different foods to see effects during workouts & normal everyday life.
You should probably send a DM to Tom Oosterdijk or Joe Skipper on Instagram, they’re super friendly and helpful people and will gladly throw a few hints your way.
Idk I’ve raced well with blood glucose of 80 and 250 and poorly at 110. Not sure it correlates super well with performance but couldn’t hurt to try (I mean it literally hurts but wouldn’t hurt to have the data).
Save yourself the money and just snack more, and fuel your workouts consistently. Eat two extra healthy snacks a day, and fuel your workouts at 250 to 350 calories per hour. There is nothing that glucose monitoring is going to teach you other than one more data point that you will never be able to make any sense of. There isn’t a lick of research or valid studies to help either.
Not Supersapiens.
Full of false promises. I wanted to monitor glucose on long training rides to try to improve my nutrition. They explicitly promise in ride data via head unit integration. But does not work. I only got data to my Garmin 1030 very intermittently. Could not get it fixed despite updating all the apps, firmware etc.
Given they sponsor Ironman, it was hard to imagine that this could be an issue with their devices.
The Supersapiens help desk didn’t respond to my requests for help to solve the issue, implying they knew it was a problem they could not fix.
Why do you think it isn’t their devices? We know Garmin/Wahoo/etc know how to communicate with many devices. My Garmin 830 picks up my crank power meter two floors and three rooms away and my phone even further than that.
The problem is that super sapiens is using an over the counter device and trying to get it to do something it was never meant to do and doesn’t have the power to do. They need a bespoke custom device to make this work.
*(That is, if working is actually anything since there is little science behind what they are doing)
Why do you think it isn’t their devices? We know Garmin/Wahoo/etc know how to communicate with many devices. My Garmin 830 picks up my crank power meter two floors and three rooms away and my phone even further than that.
The problem is that super sapiens is using an over the counter device and trying to get it to do something it was never meant to do and doesn’t have the power to do. They need a bespoke custom device to make this work.
*(That is, if working is actually anything since there is little science behind what they are doing)
Yes, I do think it is their device. Nothing wrong with my Garmin as it works very reliably with an army if other sensors.
The Supersapiens dsta though has to first go to the app on a phone and from there it goes to the Garmin. That is what is meant to happen.
But the truth is it is totally crap while riding, I am assuming the Bluetooth signal from the glucose monitor is very weak and cannot reliably reach my phone which is in my pocket while riding.
Anyway bottom line is that you can’t use the device while riding to gain insights in real time as to glucose status and thereby learn how to manage your training and race nutrition better.
Supersapiens make a big deal about their devices giving you real time data, truth is they don’t.
Sorry, I guess I misinterpreted your Given they sponsor Ironman, it was hard to imagine that this could be an issue with their devices. line.
Sorry, I guess I misinterpreted your Given they sponsor Ironman, it was hard to imagine that this could be an issue with their devices. line.
I was being sarcastic.
Why do you think it isn’t their devices? We know Garmin/Wahoo/etc know how to communicate with many devices. My Garmin 830 picks up my crank power meter two floors and three rooms away and my phone even further than that.
The problem is that super sapiens is using an over the counter device and trying to get it to do something it was never meant to do and doesn’t have the power to do. They need a bespoke custom device to make this work.
*(That is, if working is actually anything since there is little science behind what they are doing)
Yes, I do think it is their device. Nothing wrong with my Garmin as it works very reliably with an army if other sensors.
The Supersapiens dsta though has to first go to the app on a phone and from there it goes to the Garmin. That is what is meant to happen.
But the truth is it is totally crap while riding, I am assuming the Bluetooth signal from the glucose monitor is very weak and cannot reliably reach my phone which is in my pocket while riding.
Anyway bottom line is that you can’t use the device while riding to gain insights in real time as to glucose status and thereby learn how to manage your training and race nutrition better.
Supersapiens make a big deal about their devices giving you real time data, truth is they don’t.
I do Dexcom + bluejay gts with few issues. I’ve heard the same about Dexcom +iPhone + Apple Watch.
hahahaha good one, they would love it 
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lWhat price point am I looking at? Thank you
$120 (120e here) per month for 2 sensors.
I’ve tried the supersapiens one - which is using the Abbott sport sensor - and it appears (to me) all the new monitors appearing on the market are also using the same sensor, so perhaps Supersapiens had an exclusivity deal with Abbott which is now over.
I would say buy a couple and have a play, just to calm your inquisitive mind - but its not something that will help you, especially on a race day.
I did learn something from them, I rarely ate enough on my long rides and runs - so in one sense it was a useful experiment and now I’m targeting more carbs - but everyone says to eat more and I should of just listened.
But Glucose levels aren’t purely down to carb loading. Stress (especially in race conditions), temperature and hydration play a major roll how your glucose level is going - so you could be looking at your watch / Garmin and seeing your level drop or rise yet it not being due to the intake (or lack of) fuel so you could look and think - ahh I’m within the performance zone, no need to take onboard any carbs, but actually you should.
my 2c - not worth it at all - Just get 1g per kg of carbs down your throat every hour during high intensity stuff.
I do Dexcom + bluejay gts with few issues. I’ve heard the same about Dexcom +iPhone + Apple Watch.
My daughter is living with T1D and uses a Dexcom G6 which syncs to her insulin pump and iPhone. I got her a Fitbit so she could read her numbers on a watch, but it only syncs to the watch about 2/3 of the time with no rhyme or reason why it isn’t working. It connects to her pump 100% of the time without issue.
I have a friend who runs a clinic specializing in treatment and research for diabetes. I guess he’s an endocrinologist? I dunno, I just think of him as a diabetes doctor. Anyway, I asked him yesterday if he thought I could benefit from one of these monitors that they are marketing to athletes. He thought it may be worthwhile in terms of managing diet/losing weight, in particular learning how not to spike your blood glucose. He didn’t really have thoughts about monitoring it during exercise/athletic competition, but I agree with you that the goal should be to eat the most you can tolerate during these workouts . . . less is not likely to be better, at least not at IM/HIM intensities and disctances.
I do Dexcom + bluejay gts with few issues. I’ve heard the same about Dexcom +iPhone + Apple Watch.
My daughter is living with T1D and uses a Dexcom G6 which syncs to her insulin pump and iPhone. I got her a Fitbit so she could read her numbers on a watch, but it only syncs to the watch about 2/3 of the time with no rhyme or reason why it isn’t working. It connects to her pump 100% of the time without issue.Recent study for T1D sufferers:
https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/flash-glucose-monitoring-life-changing-2022a10023zy?uac=411845CX&faf=1&sso=true&impID=4724593&src=WNL_ukmdpls_221008_mscpedit_gen
I do Dexcom + bluejay gts with few issues. I’ve heard the same about Dexcom +iPhone + Apple Watch.
My daughter is living with T1D and uses a Dexcom G6 which syncs to her insulin pump and iPhone. I got her a Fitbit so she could read her numbers on a watch, but it only syncs to the watch about 2/3 of the time with no rhyme or reason why it isn’t working. It connects to her pump 100% of the time without issue.Recent study for T1D sufferers:
https://www.medscape.co.uk/…_221008_mscpedit_gen
There’s a few different systems out there. I like ones that push the info directly to the pump so you don’t need to take extra steps to read your blood sugar. There’s no question that having her Dexcom sync to her pump has kept her A1C (3 month average blood sugar value) down. As the technology progresses, I’m sure it will be even better!
As a side note: I don’t use the word “suffer” to describe T1D. They’re “living with” it. 
I have Type 2 diabetes. I was diagnosed not long ago, but I’ve been working on my lifestyle and getting used to it. Though I take meds (I buy trulicity online and it helps lower my A1C level), I have to check my glucose level all the time. Currently, I’m using Dexcom CGM and I’m pleased with it. By the way, I’ve recently found out about K’Watch Glucose. This is a watch that tracks your glucose level continuously throughout the day and night. Did anyone try it?