u/mainebingo

My experience with Stelo has been hit and miss--I can use one and it's great, then the next one is off by 30 points (up or down) or stops after 5 days (yes, Dexcom replaces defective ones). It was frustrating enough so that I've been paying out of pocket for the G7. I recently tried a Stelo I had in the drawer and it worked great for the full period.

Has quality control improved or is it still sometimes they're great, sometimes they're no? I'd prefer not to pay twice as much for the G7 and I don't need the features the G7 offers (in fact, some I would rather not have--like the alarms that go off in the middle of the night because I am sleeping on my side and it thinks my glucose is at 50). On the upside, the G7 has been very reliable.