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Permalink Reply by Timothy on April 11, 2012 at 2:18am

To be fair I had the 2020 pump, the one that came out just before the Ping.
The housing looks the same to me though.

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Permalink Reply by timmy on April 11, 2012 at 4:04am

2020 not good with the waterproof part? I was seriously considering that pump for that reason (or else its the medtronic veo)

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on April 11, 2012 at 4:38am

I've read other accounts of people buying "waterproof" and having the problems that Tim mentions.

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on April 11, 2012 at 5:21am

The 2020 isn't available any more, the current Animas pump is the Ping. I haven't taken it swimming in a pool/ocean, but it's waterproof in the shower.

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Permalink Reply by timmy on April 11, 2012 at 5:47am

here in australia the only choices are the 2020, veo or accucheck spirit. I wish the ping was on the llist Omnipod would be awesome. But with our government? noooooooooo

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Permalink Reply by Timothy on April 11, 2012 at 3:13pm

If your pump is covered under warrantee then You can go ahead and try it, They will replace it for leaks. I had both the battery and the cartridge compartments leak. I would change the O rings regularly. They were very good about replacing it, if you can manage the down time. I think the seals would breakdown from the chlorine in the pool water, but the micro cracks are impossible to get around.

The Animas pumps have a hard plastic screw down for the cartridge.
IT was always a difficult choice either tighten it down so it wont leak or risk overtighten and risk the micro cracks.

If you ignore it those cracks, they will turn into a major crack.
This pump was out of warrantee so they would not fix it, I keep it as a backup.

You have to click on the photo , I think it is too large to open by itself. Notice the crack goes all the way through the bottom.

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Permalink Reply by timmy on April 11, 2012 at 8:08pm

wow thats a nasty crack through the pump!

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Permalink Reply by jeffri kay on April 12, 2012 at 6:31pm

on the subject of cracks in pumps:
i had to have my pump replaced b/c i acquired too many cracks and i was concerned about the integrity. i don't treat it roughly. i'm not a child and when i asked medtronic about this they stated that it was not a normal complaint. however, they did replace my pump, both quickly and without any extra charges. 1 year later my new pump is strating to crack in the same areas. ????

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Permalink Reply by Timothy on April 13, 2012 at 1:17am

Post us a pic. I want to see where they form because I had not seen that complaint. It was the cracking of my Animas pumps that made me want to try Minimed. The cartridges are held in differently so I thought I was not going to deal with it, I don't expect it to be waterproof anyway, and even my badly cracked Animas2020 still works even with that deep crack. My MM pump is only 2 months old so I would not expect to see anything yet.
I would like to know what to expect and keep an eye on it.

Permalink Reply by jeffri kay on April 13, 2012 at 6:28am

if i can post a pic i will try. i'm not computer savvy.
i can decribe them in the meantime. they run from the screen in a diagonal fashion. also, they crack along the cartrige area too. infact, it wasn't until the threaded area that holds the cartrigde in started cracking that i was convinced i needed to trade it in for another. it appears this newer pump is developing cracks in the same area. the window area where you see the insulin...from there i have diagonal cracks forming.

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Permalink Reply by timmy on April 13, 2012 at 6:35am

animas and medtronic have sent me all their info packs within 2 days of contact. Have had return phone calls from both wanting to know if i would like to set up an appnt with them to view the pump etc. Good customer service so far. Judging by the info given in the packs, animas do a loaner pump for 3 months which is handy.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy on April 13, 2012 at 3:03pm

I think both do loaners. I think you can get a couple of trial pods too if you want to try that, I think you should try each one and then make the decision,
It is an expensive product. My insurance only covers one pump per 5 years. The warrantee is only 4 on most pumps. You need to make the right choice for you, because you will be using it for a long time.

I will keep an eye on cracking. If my cracks at all I will be sending it back.
No sign of any trouble as of yet.

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