Is This Chinese CGM Any Good? | I tried it for 28 days (SIBIONICS Review)

Have you heard about the SIBIONICS CGM?
I love that we’re seeing more CGMs being approved. We are all different and I think it’s important that we have several choices when it comes to the tech that can help us manage our blood sugars.
But, the big question whenever a new product is approved is always; Is it worth the investment?
To help answer that question I wore 2 SIBIONICS CGMs, for a total of 28 days, and this is my completely unbiased review.
Remember this is my experience wearing SIBIONICS, yours might be different.

This is NOT a paid promotion, none of this content is endorsed by SIBIONICS

0:00 Introduction
01:42 How large is SIBIONICS compared to Dexcom and FreeStyle Libre?
02:11 How good is SIBIONICS compared to Dexcom G7 and FreeStyle Libre 3?
04:05 How do you apply the SIBIONICS CGM?
05:34 How well does SIBIONICS stick to the skin?
06:10 How accurate is SIBIONICS compared to Dexcom G7?
08:28 Is SIBIONICS approved for insulin dosing?
09:58 How user-friendly are the SIBIONICS alerts?
11:11 SIBIONICS CGM integration with smart pens and insulin pumps
11:56 How much does SIBIONICS cost?
13:17 Will I switch to SIBIONICS

FOLLOW DIABETES STRONG ON:

DISCLAIMER: I’m not a medical professional, never stop your current treatment without consulting with your doctor

[dougberrett]

Good show! Looking forward to your review of the Dexcom Stelo. One can buy insulin without a prescription, one should be able to buy a CGM without one too.

[oceanbreeze]

This was a great review Christel. Seeing all of the comparisons was helpful. Thank you. The two most important CGM features to me are accuracy and warm up time. So far I am very happy with Dexcom G7.

[lasignrepair]

Thank you for the info.
Real great content u share,

[Facts..Checker]

I tried Sibionics cgm and bought again recently. The Cgm works well and very accurate when comparing the reading of a glucose meter by pricking your finger. A few minutes delay which is normal, as for me it was like 5 to 10mins. Definitely worth buying it as compared to US's overpriced sensors. Mostly importantly it's an affordable product and more people can use them for healthy glucose monitoring! Beware that some area may have issues of getting the appropriate app since the company hasnt launched their products official in your region/country and certified by local medical body. Some countries may have National Security Risk problems with reasoning. U should know why😂! The sticker shown Made In China!

[Valley_Gal]

Thank you again for an amazingly educational video as always

[stefanweilhartner]

i tried it as well and i also found the readings a bit low. on the second day they where about 30 too low and after that it normalized.
however, i used it to just track the response to certain food and drinks and for that it was useful enough. which at the end leading me to optimize my diet to high fat carnivore.

[victorchong]

your review is very helpful. I just put on mine but more to understand how my body takes in glucose as I am pre-diabetic I was told

[sirajnour]

Bonjour ! Merci beaucoup pour la vidéo. Quelques fois l'application n'affiche pas les glycémies et ça affiche perte de signal. C'est vous pouvez me dire comment remédier. Merci d'avance.

[LuannSmith-fmfo]

Thank you for your videos..I just turned 70 !!

[yanyperez]

Hi… I’m new to GCMs so THANK YOU for all great information! One thing I haven’t heard you mention, do any of these apps provide a way to write notes on the data points? Thanks again!

[slugo]

Gm beautiful lady! Good review and ty 👋

[Piccyman]

They are more expensive than Libra 2 in the UK

[jackschitt]

I'm on the Medtronic mostly because that's what my Endocrinologist suggested. A young woman here on the Boobtube was with Medtronic and recently changed to the Omnipod with Dexcom. She said it was a nightmare making it happen as far as dealing with her insurance company. The American Diabetes Association is a joke if they can't even fix this horrible reality. They can't push the government to tell the private health insurance companies that they should make getting access to the technology as easy as possible? There ought to be a law! As if having Diabetes isn't already enough of a time consuming burden. Give diabetics what they need to keep themselves as healthy as possible for as long as possible. Death to the bean counters! That means the insurance company crooks that care more about the short term profits than helping to keep their customers healthy long term.

[ultramet]

Are you outside the US? I have been receiving solicitation emails from them but the price is in Euros and I didn’t think it was available here. Very interesting and informative video. Thanks.

[johunter]

i saw one of your old videos about how you don’t like insulin pumps. have you tried an insulin patch? i use the “cequr simplicity” insulin patch. i love it. you wear it for 3 days, and it is only for meal-time insulin and any between-meal corrections. you still have to take basal insulin by pen, but that is no big deal. have you tried an insulin patch?

[WW_Soon]

The Sibionics App isn’t available in Canada 😢

[SwissPGO]

I did same tests as you, and had similar outcomes: (Iwas comparing with dexcom G6) The Sibionics reading was systematically lower.
After 5 days, it stopped working.: no more signal. I have not yet tried the second sensor yet. I intended to fingerpick about every 3 hours to have as much data to compare them head-to-head (inserting both sensors at the same time)
Other limitation: no apple watch integration, no Tidepool integration, no integration with apple health either. I requested API developer documentation and never had a reply.
It's good to see competition though.

[emcinc]

Which glucometer do you use for finger sticks.

[EvgheniiDoroschevici]

Huawei watch in china has CGM option, i hope one day it will be here in N-Amercica.

[arifbal]

one module from standard box shows it's quite expensive.