Both my wife and I have Lingo and have been using them for many months. The information is very helpful and has been instrumental in improving my wife’s health and avoid avoiding becoming a diabetic. The only reason why I’m not giving it a full five if not, six stars is that the app seems to disconnect fairly easily even if you don’t close it out. If you change screens and work on something else, then maybe once or twice a day when you go back it takes about 20 to 30 seconds to reconnect. That is actually my only complaint and it’s just one of convenience. My wife has had some great conversations with her doctor and has been able to decrease her A1c using the app and the information from it. I do not have an issue with diabetes in my family, but M doing it just for general health awareness, as well as supporting my wife’s effort. So I would wholeheartedly agree that it’s a great investment in your health.

I was recently diagnosed with type 2 DM. I have had insulin resistance all my life due to pcos. Soooo, this last visit my doctor and I had the discussion for diagnosis. Anyway, I didn’t take my insulin resistance as seriously as I should have to prevent developing type 2 dm. I started a glp-1 (after failing metformin) and came across an ad for Lingo. I thought, I’m going to wear this for a couple of weeks to see what certain foods do to me. That was over a month ago and I just put on my 3rd sensor. I am pretty suprised at the foods that spike my sugars and the ones that I thought spiked my sugar that actually don’t. The sensors themselves have stayed put perfectly for the full 2 weeks through swimming, bathing, exercising (sweating) and sunscreen applications(I do wear an over patch). Applying to clean skin is key! It is right on (10 mins behind an actual blood sugar reading because it’s interstitial) with my finger stick meter. I’m making way better choices and seeing my sugars absolutely helps with that! It also pairs with my exercise app and has a food diary to help you see patterns and the app makes suggestions. I wish I would have done this years ago and have been encouraging others to try it especially if they are overweight or have other underlying conditions. I am planning on keeping this sensor on all the time. Thanks Abbott for making this product for non insulin users that is affordable and helpful! Just try it!

The other thing I think would be a big improvement would be that since it gives you the ability to mark events in your day - when you eat or work out, for example, and to tag what you’ve eaten - if you could see what you’ve logged right below the graph if you tap on the log icon. You can actually tap on those indicators in the graph and they’ll … just change color, nothing else. It would be great if tapping on one of the icons pulled up the tags you originally entered just below the graph, so you could see it right there instead of having to scroll down. You can scroll down and see what you’ve entered, and then scroll back up, but the fact you can tap on it and it just changes color is a bit disappointing - it would be so much more useful if you didn’t have to scroll back and forth - you have the graph right there, see what you’ve done and how it impacts your glucose all together.Overall, it’s meh. Mostly just told me what I already knew. Most annoying is I paid for two sensors to get a month, and I got just over a week out of each. The first one fell off after 8 days. The second one just … stopped working (and it took forever to figure out how to pair the *second* one, because it was still looking for the first - have to go to “Help” to find the “unpair” button, rather than putting it under, say, “My sensor”). Seems as if the second just lost connection, and the app just says to turn the phone off and on again, and Bluetooth off and on again. I’ve done that a few times in a few ways and … nothing. This one after 9 days. And I don’t see any further support options for it.

If you are currently taking GLP-1 or similar metabolic medications, I highly recommend using a continuous glucose monitor like Lingo. Honestly, I wish I had this last year. I was constantly exhausted and felt miserable while on these medications, and I had no idea why—it turns out they were dropping my blood sugar to dangerously low levels. Having this monitor has been an absolute eye-opener and has likely saved me from some serious health scares. I personally wouldn’t recommend anyone start these medications without some form of blood sugar testing, as you really need to see how your body is responding in real-time and adjust the dose. One important tip for users: be mindful of how you position yourself. I’ve noticed that if you lean on the arm where the sensor is attached—like when you're relaxing on the sofa or watching TV—it can cause a false low reading. It’s not that the sensor is inaccurate; it’s just sensitive to pressure. Once I realized that, it made much more sense. This tool has given me the data I need to manage my health safely, and I think it’s a must-have for anyone else navigating these powerful treatments.