In defense of the archaic , a pump needs to be in order of precedence Reliable , robust , easy to use , easy to hide . As far as the Omnipod goes , I made a comment to my doctor a couple of weeks ago about the worst interface EVER ! on the Animas Vibe , and he said , If that ' s what you ' re looking for , try the Omnipod . He hates those things , but likes the Minimed for the data that comes to him . For CGM use , Dexcom is it for comfort and synching to smart devices . The G 4 will do it through the receiver , and the G 5 will do it through an iPhone the official way and if you have an iPhone . Why only an iPhone ? Because Apple makes the whole system . Not that Droids are bad , but Google makes the OS and someone else SamsungHTC makes the phone , so there can be a disconnect between the companies . Some really smart people have reverse engineered the protocol and have made open source ways to do it on the Droids , but that takes the easy out of the picture . It also leaves you without official support . Want to see blood sugar on your Apple Watch ? There ' s an app for that , as well as a complication to see it when you ' re looking at time . I ' ve contacted Apple about having complications little apps that are on the watch face , like weather , stock prices , etc . on the exercise app so that blood sugar will be there too . Active monitoring There are 3 Minimed , which uses it ' s own CGM system , and it ' s one I tried 8 years ago , and it just has a bad design . It may work for your wife , as most wives don ' t have hair on their stomachs . Minimed ' s answer to all things is more tape If you go with Minimed , you ' ll be getting everything from them CGM sensors , infusion sets , and reservoirs since they have a proprietary system . Mind you , I don ' t like anything proprietary , as that locks you in to the future of the company , but Minimed ' s works very well . The reservoirs simply twist in , they are easy to fill with the adapter for bottles not that , in 45 years of diabetes have had an issue with that , but it is easier , and the infusion sets simply twist on . 8 years ago , you might say . I take a look at them every 4 years , and they haven ' t changed the design , so until Minimed falls out of love with their design , I have to say no to them too . Tandem and Animas partner with Dexcom , and that provides a bit of backup for you . If you use the Dexcom G 4 system , you ' ll get a sensor , G 4 Transmitter , and a receiver . You ' ll have two places to read the sensor The pump and the receiver , along with your iPhone , and whoever she shares her BG with I have my coworkers , my wife , and my daughter on it . Did I say two ? I meant direct reading from the transmitter . The reset are shared through the phone app . I believe that Minimed can do this too . The Dexcom transmitter is amazing compared with the Minimed . I don ' t have the lost receiver errors I did , and it can be received from one end of the house to the other with about 60 % reliability . Minimed ? It ' s on the same body and it drops out , or I have to put the pump in the same pocket . The reason this is so scary is that if the transmitter is lost by the pump for an extended period of time , you ' re hosed . You ' ll have to restart the session . For me , that was a major frustration , and MinimedDexcom have their FDA approved protocols . You gotta replace them . However , just restarting it on the pumpCGM receiver will do the trick . With Dexcom , if it goes out of range , just get back in range , and it picks up where it left off . On the last two pumps , the Vibe really . That ' s my Vibe vibrating in my pocket , is not something you want to say at a meeting . is really in the archaic category . In it ' s defense , it is reliable , and does the trick . I wanted unobtrusive , and it fit the bill . Next is the Tandem pump , and this will sound like an advertisement , but that ' s the one I chose , and it should arrive next week . I got the Tandem TSlim X 2 for two reasons It works with Dexcom , and it is future facing , meaning that the upgrades they ' re working on mind you , I ' ve heard promises before , and let ' s just say I believe them when I see them are Dexcom G 5 integration by earlymid 2017 , suspend insulin on low Minimed already has this a plus for them , and Basal targeting , where the insulin dosage goes up when you ' re starting to go high , and throttles back when it starts going low . This is the artificial pancreas I ' ve been hearing about for 45 years OK , 40 years . I got T 1 D when I was 3 I hope this helps , and sorry for the wall of text , but please ask questions , or pass along your wife ' s questions and don ' t be afraid to get the question wrong . You can always correct what you meant later .