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Permalink Reply by chris kennedy on September 1, 2007 at 2:59pm

This one would be perfect...

http://www.mysimplechoice.com/prod-patch.htm

but the company was bought out by ICU-Medical who makes the orbit 90. As far as I know, they don't plan on developing it...

I have a lot of problems with infusion sets...the only ones that work for me at least semi-consistently seem to be the angled silhouettes. Im looking forward to getting a new non-minimed pump so I can have some more options with the sets.

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Permalink Reply by Dan on September 1, 2007 at 10:04pm

Very impressive stuff. Too bad they are not giong to be moving forwards with this. This would be great for those of use who want a less invasive infusion set.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer J. on September 2, 2007 at 3:14am

That set does look neat!

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Permalink Reply by Lahle Wolfe on September 2, 2007 at 11:30am

I like Rapid D. Easy in, easy out. Stays in place! They do not crimp and sites stay "good" longer and they are totally flat (no button tops) so can be worn on the tushie without risk of ripping out the site if it catches in clothing.

Downsides: Tubing and cannula are separate and as far as I am concerned the ratio of 1 tube set to 3 canulas is too much and I end up tossing a lot of wasted cannulas away each month (my daughter only needs about 23 units per day so one tubing can work for two site changes). Plus, they have a metal cannula so if you do not have enough "padding" in the tummy you are limited as to where you can insert them in children.

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Permalink Reply by Drea522 on September 2, 2007 at 1:27pm

Jennifer - Tiffany (www.candiddiabetes.com) did an indepth study of various infusion sites. I found this very helpful!

I have an obsession with infusion sets.....having tried many over the past 4 months!

I agree, the Cleo90 is a great set, but I hate the waste.

The Inset-II is a similar set up - has the inserter connected, but unlike the Cleo90 the tubing for the insetII is inside the inserter. Nice set, different colors......

I find the Minimed sets are a good quality. I enjoy the Sure T

I am not sure if you will find one with little waste - if you do please let me know! Insulin pumping is hard on the environment!!

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Permalink Reply by Renee in Japan on September 2, 2007 at 1:04pm

I look forward to reading the replies. I just started pumping and have only used the Cleos. Like you, I hate to generate so much plastic waste. Then again, when I look at the Comforts and think about inserting them manually...maybe I should have started with them! Is it okay to use the cartridges and tubing for more than 3 days? I use less than 25 units/day, so that would save on waste! Maybe if I used one tubing set and cartridge for every two inserters I could justify throwing out the inserters better? And since I am programmed to grab tubing, cartridge AND inserter, that is not a problem. Does anyone have experience with leaving the insulin in the cartridge for six days or longer? I have only experienced one month, but I know that, especially when I wear my pump clipped to the inside of my pants, it gets warm!

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Permalink Reply by beetis on September 3, 2007 at 12:51am

the perfect infusion would be one that wudnt hurt and you never had to take out. "and thats the bottom line, because stone cold said so!"

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Permalink Reply by Florian Menninger Jr on September 6, 2007 at 11:15am

I am using the Animas 2020 pump which came with the COMFORT and INSET infusion sets. I started pumping on 6/12/07 so I am very new at it. I've used both types and like the INSET. The COMFORT is a manual angle insertion which I have not mastered as yet and the INSET has an auto inserter that is very easy to use but is thrown away after use.
I am trying to get samples of other sets to try out and so far I've gotten the Fifty/Fifty and Ultraflex. I am waiting for the Cleo and a few others. They want to know your life history and then they want a script from your MD. Has anyone else tried to get samples and gone through the same thing? Wouldn't it be great if you could go to one source and get samples of all the different kinds of diffusion sets so you could try them out and decide which one you like best and works for you?

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Permalink Reply by Leslie Mann on September 6, 2007 at 2:27pm

Our first infusion set was a silhouette, but we had no inserter, so had to do it manually. That REALLY seemed to hurt my daughter. We only did that 1 time...For the next 9 months or so we used Quicksets, and really liked them. They have an inserter separately~ a quickserter, I think it's called, but I found that the packaging would squish easily when carrying them around in case of emergencie/traveling. We then switched to Insets, and we love them...No worries about forgetting an inserter, or having to carry it separately b/c it's all packaged together, and they travel well b/c it is all in a sort of hard plastic containter...Unfortunately, it does create a fair amount of waste. Still, they are our favorites at this point.

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Permalink Reply by Nikki on September 6, 2007 at 6:30pm

I used to use the Cleo but recently switched to the Animas pump so started using the Inset. I think the Cleo is a bit easier to use, but i feel nothing with the Inset when it is inserted and everything comes in one package. It's taking me time to get used to using the Inset (for some reason I keep having misfires and problems with insertion but I think that is just me getting used to using it). Both have the plastic to throw away though.

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