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Permalink Reply by HPNpilot on June 25, 2012 at 2:42pm

80 hours (i.e 72 hours + 8 hour grace period) is apparently the ultimate limit before it shuts itself down.

(From another electrical engineer :-) )

Permalink Reply by barbraann on June 25, 2012 at 2:45pm

It will go for about 8 hours before it quits completely. I've never let it go til the absolute end but have gotten around 8 hours out of it. Or it will quite when it runs out of insulin but It should give you a warning when it gets low, never had that happen either.

Permalink Reply by Bradford on June 25, 2012 at 2:48pm

Like others have said, it will start warning at 72 hours (that's it's "expiration") but will continue to 80 hours, and then fails permanently.

Permalink Reply by Jeanine S on June 25, 2012 at 2:49pm

It goes for 8 hours after expiration and alerts you every hour.

Permalink Reply by Janice L Cotton on June 25, 2012 at 2:53pm

Permalink Reply by Janice L Cotton on June 25, 2012 at 2:56pm

8 hrs...I usually try to run mine out of insulin... which ever comes first. As both the pod and insulin are not cheap, I want to get all of my money's worth from each. I check my total insulin use over the past 3 days and add just a little more.