The pump allows you to set up to 12 basal rates over a 24 hour period day and 4 different basal programs can be set. This helps to prevent insulin stacking and therefore helps to prevent hypos from occurring. The pump also recognises how much insulin has been recently given and is therefore still active. The Animas Vibe has two features called ‘ezCarb’ and ‘ezBG’ which allows the pump to take into account your blood glucose level and the food you have had and suggest how much insulin to give. Basal rates can be set as low as 0.025 units per hour and boluses can be given in increments of 0.05 units.Īnother way in which the Animas Vibe is flexible is that it uses a luer lock for infusion sets meaning that if you have a preferred infusion set that uses a luer lock, you won’t need to change onto a new type of infusion set. The pump also offers the chance to select doses in very small increments. There are a number of different basal rates you can set your pump up to give and there’s choice with bolus rates as well, so that you can give a delayed or extended bolus for meals with higher fat or protein content. The Animas Vibe offers a lot of choice over how you manage your diabetes. The lack of a separate remote may be a disadvantage to those that don’t wish to access their pump to program doses.Īnother disadvantage that has been reported by users is that the user interface is not as intuitive as some other pumps and requires more button presses to access menus and functions. One disadvantage of the Animas Vibe is that it doesn’t have a linked blood glucose meter so results need to be entered manually to use the bolus calculator. Waterproof for 24 hours at depths up to 12 feet.Bolus calculator takes active insulin into account to prevent insulin ‘stacking’ and reduce the chance of hypos.Different bolus rates – including standard bolus, extended bolus, combo bolus and correction bolus (ezBG).
Small basal dose rates – as small as 0.025 units per hour.The pump is also a strong choice for people that are specifically looking for a pump integrated with the Dexcom G4 Platinum, which is, at time of writing, the most accurate CGM available. The Animas Vibe is therefore a strong choice for water lovers, children and other people that have experienced, or are wary of, water damage to their pump.