Lingo by Abbott|4-week CGM|Wearable Glucose Tracker|See your glucose response to food, exercise, sleep|Continuous Glucose Monitor & App to support your health goals|Works with iOS and Android|UK Only

This is a fantastic product. Easy to attach the sensor to your body i never felt anything as it went on. Easy clear instructions to set up and use. Once the app is downloaded its very self explanatory. This educated me so much on my eating habits. The foods that raised my glucose were surprising and not the foods i thought would do this. I have already implemented small changes to my diet that have made a difference to my glucose levels. The data stream is easy to see and understand on your phone. Its is so helpful to see the effect some foods can have on your body in real time. This sensor encouraged me to be a bit more active too. This sensor can be pricy but I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to instil changes to their wellbeing in relation to food/glucose levels. This is not just a gadget but a helpful tool designed to make you aware of your food/drink/exercise and how it impacts your body. It also gives helpful advice on changes and allows you to set goals if you wish.

Unfortunately the monitor dramatically understated my supposed glucose levels - I was really worried I was hypoglycaemic! I ended up buying a traditional pin-prick monitor to try and work out what was going on. This pin-prick monitor shows an 8mmol/l difference 😱. That’s a lot! Because the device looked like it was working, it’s taken me 8 days to realise there was a problem with it. I’ll be honest, I hated it. This is one of the most stressful things I’ve used in a long time. The constant measurement of your blood sugar, trying to relate it back to what you ate and how you feel is really horrible. It is easy to become obsessed, and that’s not healthy at all. I have a strong family history of diabetes, so wanted to understand how my eating habits could be improved to reduce my risk, but I don’t think this is a useful or healthy way of achieving that. The monitor pretends to be up-to-date to the minute, but if you read the literature there is actually a 15 minute lag in the results because they are actually measuring the fluid around your cells, not your blood. This means it is inviting you to make judgements on results in real time, but which aren’t actually real! It would be much better and healthier for the user if the monitor showed the 15 minute lag rather than pretending it is up to the minute. So I really don’t recommend, unless under medical supervision. And that is even before you take into account the fact the sensor wasn’t working properly, but there was nothing to indicate that there was a problem apart from some strange results. I would definitely recommend against buying.

Waited till the 14 days was over to give full review. Fitting : very easy with the instructions, the adhesive was fine by itself although could buy extra coverings App : the app integration works seamlessly once the devise is connected the data was connected, twice had slight issue with Bluetooth connectivity but was easily resolved by either restarting phone or Bluetooth. Information : while it’s obvious that you will get higher spikes from excessive carbohydrates compared to protein and fats the data given gave more nuanced insights, ie for me not all carbohydrate quantities were equal, so elicited a bigger response than others, yes one could work out possibilities vis glycemic index etc but the visual in the moment readings were very useful and allowed one to play with strategies and see in real time if they worked. I only bought one but will get more at a future date to explore my choices again once insights integrated. Well worth the expense for those that want to understand this aspect of their health. For diabetics a different model is available.

Ok - so some pros and some cons. The pros - this is a great little device that will help you to see how food and exercise affect your blood glucose levels. I found out that porridge doesn't really agree with me! It's super easy to put on and isn't painful at all, despite what the needle looks like. The first one I tried came off within a week, despite following all of the instructions, the sticky just needs improvement. Customer service were great, and sent me a new one out the very next day. They do need the serial number from the box or device so keep that in mind. The cons - I don't like the lingo points, it makes you feel guilty, despite staying in level but when bloods are up and down. You have to keep the app running in the background which drains batteries and it also loses signal some of the time. However, I would 100% purchase again. The insights have been great.

DO NOT BOTHER with this product! It arrived quickly and was quite painless to attach, but it NEVER worked and was a complete waste of time. I tried uninstalling and installing a few times to see if it was just a glitch but it ALWAYS came up with the same message - "This App has a Bug" and NEVER actually worked. Very disappointing and frustrating as I was looking forward to getting more knowledge and information about My Glucose levels, but ABSOLUTELY USELESS and complete waste of time. Luckily Amazon refunded so I didn't lose the money but still Seriously disappointed I didn't even want to leave a single Star as a rating but Amazon won't allow to post the review without a rated review?!!

New to diabetes and these help monitor my levels rather than repeating finger tricks. Wish they were cheaper

This is an excellent product as it is comfortable, accurate, compact, value for money, the adhesive is strong, its light and very portable and the phone app has many graphs and charts that are very easy to understand. But by far the best thing is the support team at Lingo. My second Lingo product came of, and to be clear it was my own fault as I brushed past a door too hard. The team responded very quickly and replaced it. So five stars all round!

So recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I was wanting to be proactive and get a better understanding of my diet and how it affects my blood sugars. Came on Amazon searching for exactly ‘type 2 diabetes blood testing kit’ and this came up. Decided that it would be a good way to live track my glucose levels for a couple of weeks to get some insights. As it’s manufactured by a company called Abbots Diabetes I thought it would be fit for purpose. Maybe I should have read the fine print. The levels in the app don’t go high enough, so just say >11.1 so no good for me. Also on deeper reading the additional info says it’s not for diabetes monitoring. Might be worth making this clearer, and also take it out of diabetes searches as that makes it very misleading. Lesson learned