Dexcom Skin, sort of

After stumbling upon this thread at TuDiabetes, I went ahead and purchased an Insignia Pilot silicon case for my new G4 Dex.  The dimensions of each are pretty similar (Dex G4 = 101.6 x 45.72 x 12.7 mm, Insignia = 100.0 x 49.20 x 11.1 mm) and each has a rectangular screen with circular controls.  I held the G4 receiver up to the screen to visually compare, and I figured the circles wouldn’t line up perfectly, but it looked like they’d be pretty damn close.   (I’d also like to note that I ordered this one specifically, and it came with a second case in black, pictured, and a removable belt clip and arm band all for only $4.87!)

Dexcom G4 in Insignia Pilot case

Close, but not good enough!

As you can see in he photo, the alignment is somewhat worse tan I had hoped for.  I lived with it this way for about a week, and then this happened:

Dexcom G$ receiver in modified Insignia Pilot case

Take that!

The result is a somewhat wonky solution that adds traction to the receiver so it stays firmly planted in my jeans pocket, and cushions it a bit when it does manage to fall.  Since the case is made for an entirely different device, and I’ve cropped out a bit of the structure, the receiver is very easily removed, but that doesn’t really bother me.  Plus there’s the added bonus of a conveniently located window perfectly framing the charging port.

Dexcom G4 receiver in Insignia Pilot case

Another happy coincidence.

I’m still hoping Dexcom will get there act together and sell a snugly fitting case designed just for this receiver.  But until then, this may be the perfect solution.

About these ads

One Comment to “Dexcom Skin, sort of”

  1. hey this is awesome! good find. :)

All comments are welcome!

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 443 other followers

%d bloggers like this: