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.

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!

Easy and painless to apply. Connected easily. Have kept getting a red dot showing on the sensor though and have to keep turning my Bluetooth off and back on again which is annoying. Gained some interesting insights into what spikes my glucose as keto adapted. Biggest issue was sticky started coming loose on day 7 and I applied it properly, didn't knock it, only 1 shower a day all week, no sauna or anything. I managed to cut some KT tape to try and hold it in place and it's ok for now but I'm not sure if it will last another 7 days. I think lingo should provide the extra sticky circles as standard because once it falls off that's it, you're ment to apply a whole new sensor and 1 week for the price is pretty bad. I'd recommend anyone buying one also purchase the extra sticky things to go over it in an emergency. Luckily I was at home and had kinesthetic tape. Will mine make the full 2 weeks? Who knows. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼

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?!!

What a fab piece of kit. I'm not diabetic but recently needed to monitor my glucose levels to share with my GP to rule out other underlying health issues. Really easy to attach, setup and monitor via the app. It stayed stuck on for the two weeks, didn't need to keep it dry in the shower. Really interesting looking at the live or stored data. Definitely made me think differently about what and when I eat.

The Lingo Glucose Biosensor is a fun way to get some data and understand how your body reacts to what you're eating. However, I found it a little bit gimmicky. The actual blood sugar level graphs measuring in mmol/L are helpful, but it also translates them into a 'Lingo count'. You get given a target to try and stay under and it's effectively tracking your blood sugar spikes. I don't think it's very well explained and I found the goal quite arbitrary. It gave advice every so often, like to do 10 minutes of calf raises, which I also found a bit random and not particularly tailored. I ended up ignoring the Lingo counts are focusing on the main graph. As for the sensor; it is super easy to apply and does not hurt. However it is much bigger and bulkier than another brand I've tried so it is more noticeable and annoying at times. I wouldn't want to wear this all the time, but it's good for a couple of weeks to learn about your body. Thanks to Home Tester Club for it!

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.