Lingo Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) & App (Pack of 2). Made by Abbott. Optimize Your Nutrition with Real-time Glucose Data & Insights. 1 Lingo biosensor lasts up to 14 Days*. Works with iOS and Android. US Only.
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- HSA/FSA eligible. No prescription needed.
- 24/7 GLUCOSE TRACKING. See your glucose response to food, exercise, sleep, and other lifestyle factors via the Lingo app.
- OPTIMIZE YOUR NUTRITION. Discover which foods work for you and those that don't. The Lingo app shows you how specific meals and other factors impact your glucose, so you can learn from your insights and build healthier habits
- NAVIGATE PREDIABETES WITH A NEW VIEW OF YOU. More time in healthy glucose range is linked to lower diabetes risk. Three out of four users with prediabetes say Lingo was effective in helping to achieve their health goals1.
- HEALTHY GLUCOSE SUPPORTS HEART HEALTH. What you eat matters to your glucose and your heart. Keeping your glucose in a healthy range (70140 mg/dL) more often can help protect your heart from heart disease24.
- FREE REPLACEMENT. If your Lingo Biosensor stops working before youve used it for 14 days, for whatever the reason, Lingo will replace it for free.
- NO FINGER PRICKING. The Lingo Biosensor attaches painlessly** to the back of your arm, is comfortable to wear, and waterresistant.
- WHAT YOU GET: 2 Lingo glucose monitors, each with up to 2 weeks* of minute-by-minute continuous glucose tracking and full access to the Lingo app as part of a complete glucose monitoring system
- SYNC WITH HEALTH APPS. Compatible with iOS and Android. Sync Lingo with Apple Health or Health Connect to auto-log workouts in Lingo and see glucose data++ in those health apps.
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DISCLAIMER: The Lingo Glucose System is intended for users 18 years and older not on insulin. It is NOT intended for diagnosis of diseases, including diabetes. Don’t use if you have problematic hypoglycemia: The Lingo Biosensor hasn’t been designed for this population. Consult with your healthcare professional to discuss which Abbott product is right for you. The Lingo program does not guarantee that everyone will achieve the same results as individual responses may vary. Consult your healthcare professional before making changes to your diet or exercise regimen or if you have an eating disorder or a history of eating disorders. © 2026 Abbott. All rights reserved. The biosensor shape and appearance, Lingo, and related brand marks are marks and/or designs of the Abbott group of companies in various territories. Other marks are the property of their respective owners. References A study was conducted to assess the biosensor life where 77.1% of biosensors lasted the full 14 days. In other words, when using the product per the packaging labeling, approximately 22.9% of biosensors may not last for the full 14 days. 14.7% of biosensors may last less than 11 days. In a study conducted by Abbott, 91.6 % of users surveyed (n=119) agree that it was painless to apply the biosensor. Data on file, Abbott Alva S, et al. 2022. + A typical glucose range for healthy individuals is 70–140mg/dL. Fluctuations beyond 140 mg/dL or under 70 mg/dL may occur from time to time and are to be expected. ++ Lingo does not measure or send blood glucose data to any health apps. Lingo sends glucose data measured via interstitial fluid to health apps. 1. Lingo OTC CGM User Study. 50 adults in the US, ages 30–65 with self-reported prediabetes after four weeks of Lingo use. October–December 2025. Data on file. Lingo by Abbott. 2. Selvin E, et al. Glycemic control and coronary heart disease risk in persons with and without diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Sep 12;165(16):1910-6. 3. Pfister R, et al. No evidence of an increased mortality risk associated with low levels of glycated haemoglobin in a non-diabetic UK population. Diabetologia. 2011 Aug;54(8):2025-32. 4. Sakurai M, et al. HbA1c and the risks for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general Japanese population: NIPPON DATA90. Diabetes Care. 2013 Nov;36(11):3759-65. 5. Lingo OTC CGM User Study. 50 adults in the US, ages 30–65 with self-reported prediabetes after four weeks of Lingo use. October–December 2025. Data on file. Lingo by Abbott. 6. Data on file, Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. Based on the number of users worldwide for the FreeStyle Libre portfolio compared to the number of users for other leading personal use sensor-based glucose monitoring systems. 7. State of Wellness Lingo Member Survey. 179 Lingo members in the U.S. and U.K. 2024 Dec - 2025 Jan. Data on file. Lingo by Abbott. 8. Chekima K, et al. Utilising a real-time continuous glucose monitor as part of a low glycaemic index and load diet and determining its effect on improving dietary intake, body composition and metabolic parameters of overweight and obese young adults: A randomised controlled trial. Foods. 2022 Jun 15;11(12):1754. 9. Breymeyer KL, et al. Subjective mood and energy levels of healthy weight and overweight/obese healthy adults on high-and low-glycemic load experimental diets. Appetite. 2016 Dec 1;107:253-259. 10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics Report [Internet]. Atlanta (GA): CDC; 2025 [cited 2025 Oct 16]. Available from: 11. Lingo Member Survey. 845 Lingo members in the U.S. 2024 Nov 15-Dec 16. Data on file, Lingo by Abbott. ALB-02208 Thought Leadership_Demographic Cross Tab_US. 12. Bermingham KM, et al. Menopause is associated with postprandial metabolism, metabolic health and lifestyle: The ZOE PREDICT study. EBioMedicine. 2022 Nov;85:104303. Westcott WL. Resistance training is medicine: effects of strength training on health. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2012 Jul-Aug;11(4):209-16. 14. Marco A, et al. Time above range for predicting the development of type 2 diabetes. Front Public Health. 2022 Dec 8;10:1005513. 15. Dehghani Zahedani A, et al. 2021, PMID: 34047962 16. Basiri R, Cheskin LJ. 2024, PMID: 39683399 17. Aronson R, et al. 2025, PMID: 40757453 18. Gradiser M, et al. 2026, PMID: 41700684
Brand: Lingo
Product Dimensions: 5.06"L x 5.06"W x 5.12"H
Model Name: Lingo
Battery Cell Composition: Other Than Listed
Battery Life: 14 days
Brand Name: Lingo
Model Name: Lingo
UPC: 357599852009
Global Trade Identification Number: 09
Included Components: 2 Lingo Biosensors, Lingo app access
Warranty Description: 14 day sensor gurantee
Manufacturer: Abbott Lingo US
Part Number: 78796-01
Model Number: 78796-01
Unit Count: 2.0 Count
Battery Cell Composition: Other Than Listed
Battery Life: 14 days
Operating Time: 28 Days
Item Dimensions L x W x H: 5.06"L x 5.06"W x 5.12"H
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If this sensor is useful or not, I will never know... because I could not get it to work. To apply the sensor to the arm is easy and you will not feel a thing. To install the app is a total different issue. I have a Samsung Phone and I use this phone exactly for the reason intended by Alexander Graham Bell and nothing else... like most seniors my age. I do not care one bit for all this nonsense and pretend functionality on a modern phone. Actually most phones are virtually unusable because the keyboard is too small for old fingers. But I did managed to "register" for a Google account. They of course ask me all sorts of questions which are none of their damn business... but I suffer with dignity so I go to the Google Play Store and search for "Lingo" and installed the app. The app started with asking me all sorts of questions... again, none of their business. I paid for the sensor so I should be able to use it, but no... they are more interested in my info. Then 10 or 20 pages later (i did not count) finally the page which read: Ready To Scan... I did hold the back of my phone directly onto the sensor which I had already put onto my arm. and .... nothing... then the message... Pairing Error... I tried numerous times Then I called the support line and as expected a gentleman with a heavy indian accent ( you recognize the accent when they call you and try to con you out of your money, never pick up the phone when you do not recognize the number). Obviously the guy talks too fast, uses unnecessary words and you cannot understand a thing. This went on for good 1 hour and nothing. among other things, he asked me to delete the app, reinstall this and then search for a red dot... ??? what red dot??? I still do not know what he meant. Anyway I told him, that I cut my losses and tell everybody about my ordeal. Then he suddenly offered me to replace the sensor. Very well I am down $50 already, might as well... arrives in 2-3 days, meaning 4-5 days because of the weekend. Why is there no "app" for this sensor on a PC. After all A PC has a screen I can actually see and a keyboard which does not require baby fingers. And for Pete's sake, do not ask me all these dumb questions, which are none of your business. If the replacements ensor works, I will try it... but then never again. Simply measure your morning fasting BG like before and that is that. Minute to minute updates are superfluous and expensive technology and a pain in the rear. 12/21/25 1:14pm Important update. I did not want to wait for the replacement and ordered another one yesterday from Amazon same day delivery. This one worked, but did not give me any reading for 1 hour and afterwards it was 20 points too low compare to the finger stick (73, 92). however this morning it was a lot better, In fact just now it reads 92 and the contour next fingerstick reads 95. I am more than happy with that. To be sure I get some benefit from this device... after all I learned that overnight my BG dropped to 55 for a brief moment... I seriously doubt that. All you can see trends, and I am lucky with this one, it is even accurate.... but I am an EE and I did work with large continuous datasets which were contaminated with large random errors and judging by the graph, it looks very much like a data set processed using a Markov Process. This is a mathematical process to get the best up to date measurement even when the whole data set is contaminated with random errors. But there is no free lunch in mathematics, nothing beats accurate measurements, no amount of math and statistics will make it better, even when it appears like that. In the moment I am happy... lets see, if the other reviews have a point. besides, why do you want to measure something you already know? Sugar and refined carbohydrates spike your blood glucose... its common knowledge... don't eat junk food and you do not need a CGM, Everybody who wears a CGM or reads this post, has already done the most important thing, which is educating oneself about nutrition... everything else is superfluous. Important update 05/Jan/2026 I am on my 2nd sensor. They last only 14 days for whatever reason, most importantly I guess, the glue will not stick much longer than that, probably the skin will secrete oils which dissolve the glue??? The good news was, that removing the old sensor was easy and it left no mark on my skin other than a tiny hole where the sensor was inserted. Unfortunately, the second sensor is also about 20 points too low, relative to the test strip. Of course one could argue that the test strips read 20 points too high, which I seriously doubt. Consecutive testing with test strips (Contour Next EZ) show readings within 5 counts of each other using brand new test strips. Overnight I get readings of 55 with the CGM, which is utter nonsense, because I am a recovering type 2 diabetes patient... even a reading of 75 overnight is hard to believe. The only useful thing I have discovered is that overnight my BG drops significantly. Morning glucose measurements are virtually useless, because of the classic BG spike after waking up. As soon as you out of bed, the BG is already on the rise and it can go up 30 maybe even 40 points within minutes and you have no way of knowing on which part of the curve you are measuring. So again, I have a warm feeling that maybe I have conquered my insulin resistance, just add 20 points to whatever the CGM tells you and when this is under 80 during the night, you maybe ok... still avoid carbs for the rest of your life
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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2025 by Daniel
Size: Pack of 2
I’m an RN and bought this because I am super interested in all of the metabolic disease that is overrunning our country and feel that the current standard lab testing does a poor job in identifying problems early when there is still time to modify behaviors and outcomes. As I was looking at CGMs, I was surprised to see so many bad reviews. I’ve never written an Amazon review in my life but felt my experience was so different from the bad reviews that I needed to help people feel informed. The reviews noted issues with the CGM 1) Falling off easily 2) Not being accurate 3) Not working. I purchased the Abbott Lingo and was very, very impressed with the applicator, the biosensor, and the app. Everything worked flawlessly for the full two weeks when it appropriately ended its time. Regarding the issues others noted above: 1) I proactively purchased the Ceeport CGM sensor stickers and cut a small hole in the center since the dot on the biosensor can’t be covered. Abbott should probably consider including a sensor sticker with their package, but until then, it’s a no brainer to buy a $1 sticker to protect a $45 biosensor. The sticker lasted the full 2 weeks and I had zero issues with the sensor or sticker coming loose with daily exercise and showers. 2) Reviewers had complained that they did a finger prick glucose test and it was completely different than the reading on their CGM. I didn’t test my blood sugar at all during the two weeks, however I do know that the CGM is not testing *blood* sugar, it’s testing *interstitial fluid* (in the tissues) fluid, so it’s going to vary and it is a delayed result. My satisfaction with the rest of the product and seeing appropriate fluctuations based on meals/exercise/stress level give me confidence that this is likely pretty accurate. 3) When you initially open the app any time you want to see your reading, it says “sensor not in range” (or something) and the first time I saw this, I thought it wasn’t working. It does this every time you open the app, lasts 30 seconds or so, and then it pairs and all the info since the last time you logged in is uploaded on the app. It functioned perfectly for me for the two full weeks. Lastly I’d like to comment on the application of the biosensor. I was SO nervous about sticking myself with the needle. It literally did not hurt. The spring action made so much clicking sound when it fired as I was *very slowly, nervously* putting pressure on it, that it caught me off guard and all of a sudden it was applied and I didn’t even feel the poke! I was amazed. Nice work Abbott. The other positive component of wearing this CGM was the awareness of my body’s response to different foods. It gave me incredible insight (and therefore power) into how my diet was affecting me at the cellular level, and gave me great motivation to improve my dietary choices. I felt like the phone app was easy to navigate and very well done. Excellent product!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2026 by Louise
Size: Pack of 2
really not impressed: the first sensor out of the box of two is not connecting to my phone. I have been using continuous glucose monitors for two years now, and this is the worst experience yet. I know how to insert the devices, I know how to use glucose monitoring apps, I know how to troubleshoot things with my phone. This is either extraordinarily poor quality control or just a really lousy design. Being unable to test it by, trying an alternative means of connection (e.g., scanning a QR code or entering a serial number from the box manually) is very frustrating. I did try with the naked phone--but the case I use is thin/light, certainly does not impair pairing with other CGMs. Update: it's 2 for two, the box of two are both failures. Not impressed. Will allow them to replace once in case the box was mishandled in transit but after that it is Goodbye. My phone connects to other Bluetooth devices perfectly well, and has connected to other CGM's without difficulty. There is nothing like useful support on the website to help.... even the app is now locked on being unable to connect and offers no option to get to another screen or a troubleshooting section or to enter a trouble ticket. Telephone support took 25 minutes to get back to me after the first sensor failure; 24 hours later, it's the weekend and nothing after 2 1/2 hours plus it hung up on me after a few minutes when I tried to just stay on hold in case that worked faster. SUPPORT FAIL. Very poor design, no ease of use, poor support access. I was hoping for better accuracy but right now reading accuracy is zero because there are no readings. How do people with even worse mobility use something like this that requires some kind of magic touch? Update: only one of the promised 2 replacement sensors has arrived, and I have the same failure to connect on scanning for the device (phone is working fine with other bluetooth devices including a different CGM currently). Repeated downloading of the app and use of alternative app has not worked. I was promised contact with technical support who could troubleshoot potential settings with me--no message received after nearly a week. And today, when I called them to request technical support again, there is a new message on the support line--not relevant to me--that repeats on endless loop, not even an option for 'press 1 to be called back later according to your place in line'. This is corporate sludge at it's worst. Update 1/18/2026: Updated app (v 1.9.2) did not help. Today Lingo support is aware of problem with App and Sensors. iOS 26.2 12mini
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Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2026 by Diane in Los Angeles
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This review is on the Lingo Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) made by Abbott. I love it!! Let me repeat so you understand...I love it!! I researched the top CGM units. The Dexcom Stelo and the Abbott Lingo are the top 2. The later model is a little cheaper online. However, the Dexcom Stelo is a tiny bit more accurate. These meters are testing *interstitial fluid* (in the tissues), so it’s going to vary and and not be as accurate as if you did a finger prick (using your blood). I tested my Lingo against a finger prick and there was a 10 point difference from my finger prick. The Lingo was lower than the actual finger prick. That being said, I knew to add 10 points to my readings. I'm prediabetic and have been having hypoglycemia. I couldn't figure out why and what was causing it. And after using the Lingo I found that my assumptions were dead wrong. The Lingo allowed me to tract my meals, exercise and stress levels. The information I entered into the Lingo app gave me real time readings. Matter of fact, you get real time readings 24/7. At any given time during the day I could look at the app and it would tell me what my glucose reading was. If it was too low, I knew it was time to eat something to bring my glucose level back up to my normal range. My satisfaction with the rest of the product and seeing appropriate fluctuations based on meals/exercise/stress level give me confidence that this is likely pretty accurate. One monitor lasts approximately 2 weeks. I've been wearing mine approximately 12 days and I'm very happy with this products performance. I don't like needles and I just knew the applicator would pinch or hurt me when applying the monitor. But I never felt anything when I applied the monitor. I was totally surprised and had to check to make sure I'd applied the monitor. It's very easy to use. The little round monitor is about the size of a quarter and fits snugly on your arm. I see reviews stating theirs fell off. I don't know why there's didn't stay on but there are patches you can purchase to place over the Lingo to make the monitor stay on if need be. The Lingo and Stelo CGMs are not medical grade glucose monitors. If you want a medical grade CGM your doctor will have to prescribe one for you. Medical grade CGMs will alert you when having hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia episodes. However, most insurance will not cover the cost unless you are a diabetic and on insulin. Therefore, there's the alternative monitors (Lingo and Stelo) for people like me. Amazon offers excellent pricing with delivery, as well as Ebay. Do your research to see which monitor works best for you. Check out Reddit.com for continuous glucose monitors. For instance, the Dexcom Stelo allows you to take a picture of your food and upload what your eating. Pretty Cool! But readings only update every 15 minutes vs. instantly on Lingo. Decide which monitor you think would work best for you and then jump in. The Lingo will also help you make better food choices. I've actually lost 3 lbs in the time I've been monitoring my glucose. In the Lingo app you can add what you you've eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. By recording meals you can determine which meal or meals runs your glucose up. I love Lingo and it works!!! I encourage you to read the review posted by "Louise". It's very informative and goes into much more detail on the Lingo monitor. That particular review was the reason I went with the Lingo after doing allot of research. Also, Dexcom has a program where you can get a Dexcom G7 (medical grade) monitor to try for 14 days at no cost to you. But you will need a doctor's prescription for the medical grade version faxed to Dexcom. I believe Abbott has the same type of trial. I'm extremely happy with my Lingo and plan on using it for a couple more months. It's that good and my health is very important to me.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2026 by Havilla
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Update: This device is sporadic at best. The app loses connection with device all the time. I got this over the competitor brand because it updates more frequently, but that doesn’t work when you have to wait all the time for it to reconnect and grab the data from the device. I’m also not confident of the readings. And if you enter in data like what you eat or exercise, apparently it arbitrarily removes data from its analysis as a result - that doesn’t seem helpful to me. I’ll continue to update as the 14 days progress. Right now I’m at a 2/5. Put it on today around 4pm. Takes an hour to start working. Stopped reading a little after 10pm. At first it said, wait ten minutes and check back. Now it says wait 5 hours. My phone is rignt next to my arm. The spotty nature of the device is disappointing. I’ll keep it on and see how the next 14 days go and update my post, but for now, this is not even worth 1 star.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2026 by Gadget Girl
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I'm new to CGMs (continuous glucose monitor), but recent health issues required that I keep a closer eye on my glucose patterns than is possible with the "jab and dip" variety of testing devices. So I did a little digging and decided to try this Lingo monitor. I'm now on my fourth monitor, and can report the following. First application of the monitor was a little tricky, just because I had never seen or used the applicator before. However, once you've done it once, every time after that is simple. They recommend you always use the same arm, and just move the location around so that you're not sticking the monitor on the same patch of skin every time. I've been alternating arms anyway, just so I don't have to think about inadvertently putting a new monitor anywhere on the same patch of skin I just used. Initial download/startup of the app is a bit of PITA, but once you've gone through all the menus, questions and authorizations, and have it installed on your phone and linked to the monitor, it takes about an hour for each new monitor to finish "analyzing" your skin and start transmitting glucose data. Once installed the monitor is "water resistant," and I've had no problems at all with normal showering, exercise, etc. You can even swim with it on for up to a half-hour at a time. It has thus far stayed put until expired (each monitor lasts about 2 weeks), and removed/replaced by a new monitor. A lot of reviewers have complained that this monitor system is "not accurate," and that is often true ... but it's not because there's anything "wrong" with the monitor. It's because this device uses a different kind of tech than what's used for the typical "jab and dip" glucose testers. This monitor does not take a direct reading from contact with any blood or blood vessels in your arm. It reads from the "interstitial" fluids/tissue in the area just beneath the surface of your skin. So, in my experience so far, the reading given by this monitor is a "lagging indicator" of what's actually happening at the moment with your blood glucose. If it's rapidly going up, this monitor's reading will lag behind the actual glucose reading you'd get from a "jab and dip" test. If it's rapidly dropping, same thing ... this monitor will read higher than your actual glucose rate. The more stable your glucose is over a longer period of time, the closer this monitor's reading will be to to your actual blood glucose at the moment you check it. Point is, and where this device and its related app really rock, is the way they provide you with continuous "tracking data" on what your glucose is doing over long periods of time ... by the hour, by the day, over weeks of time. As long as you're wearing an active monitor, the app just keeps accumulating data, and showing you the results in "real time." This function has been invaluable to me, and in a matter of weeks, has taught me more about my diet/eating patterns than anything I ever learned/understood over 20 prior years of intermittent "jab and dip" tests. For easy access to that kind of "information," I'm more than willing to trade off EXACT accuracy at every moment. Any time I want a more exact reading, I can (and still do) use the old "jab and dip" variety of tester. I have had a few issues with the monitor losing contact with my phone, and even had to re-install the app once, but so far, it's never lost any of my past data, and I've now asked my regular doc to prescribe a CGM for me, so that I can get the monitors supplied regularly through my insurance, rather than me having to buy them retail through Amazon. This "Lingo" monitor is made by Abbott, who also makes what appears to be an identical monitor known as "Freestyle." I don't know, but I think the only difference between the two is marketing. The "Lingo" label is marketed/sold direct to consumers, and I think the "Freestyle" label is marketed/sold through doc prescriptions, insurance, etc. In any event, I've now become comfortable with this tech and what it does for me. I now see it as a highly valuable tool in my never-ending effort to maintain control over my diet, health and quality of life.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2026 by Mark R. Wietstock
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Lingo is easy to put on and and connect to your phone upfront. But it constantly disconnects, which then requires you to turn your Bluetooth on and off and then reconnect it in order for you to see your account out of 10 of them to have been completely dysfunctional, but they do give you your money back pretty easy and or send a replacement the readings though are pretty poor the CGM and a traditional finger poke monitor are different classes obviously but I didn’t realize how far apart the readings would be my Lingo will say that my sugar is below 55 where my finger poke will say I’m at 90 almost every morning. It is off by 15 to 25 points. One thing I do find helpful. That whether the readings are right or wrong, it does help me to see which foods negatively impact my blood sugar more than others. So if you’re just wanting to see what’s happening in your body, it can be helpful but if you are a diabetic, I need accurate reads then I would think twice about using Lingo alone.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2026 by opcerika
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Heads up…Long review, I’m not a fan and can’t recommend it. I purchased 4 of these thinking I would get a good idea of what my diet and exercise was doing to my blood sugar for 2 solid months. First one worked okay. I did test it against a finger-stick monitor (Registered Dietitian here,) and found that it reads low. The monitor I used is made by Freestyle, same company (Abbott) that makes Lingo. My finger-sticks were about 5-15mg/dl higher than the readings coming from the biosensor. I tested it several times during the two weeks, most were 15mg/dl higher. I knew at that point that it wasn’t super accurate, but I could still see that even a tiny bit of sugary creamer in my coffee sent my blood sugar up and then crashing after a few hours if I didn’t eat anything else with it. That info helped me to give up the coffee creamer since I always tend to crash after sugar. I tested different sweet stuff, mixed with and without fats and protein. I was excited to continue with the next sensor and was planning to just stick consistently with my healthy low carb diet and not test sweets since I know I crash every time. I wore the first one without issue, knowing that it wasn’t super accurate I just looked for trends. It was fairly easy to take off after two weeks of wear, but I was surprised how sticky it still was. Hardly felt it on me or when I applied it or removed it. I could not sleep on my left arm or I would get odd swings in readings at night. After removal I waited two days and installed the 2nd. The second gave me a kinda high reading for me after an hour even though I hadn’t eaten anything yet, I think it was around 89mg/dl. Then I got the dreaded error: “Please wait 8 hours to see your reading or contact support.” No readings or history were showing. EIGHT hours? That seemed crazy. I did wait about 3, but nothing changed, so I emailed Abbott. I did get a response fairly quickly, maybe 12-18 hours. I’m sure a call would be quicker. I had to answer a billion questions and finally got an email back that a replacement was on its way. So I was told I could remove the sensor that I had on and trash it. Sensor 2 removal was tough. Since it was freshly placed, it was super sticky. After I finally got it off I was bleeding quite a bit, took a while to stop and yeah, that was fun. That one left a scary purple bruise. Since I still had 2 more sensors on hand I decided to place another on my right arm today (3 days later,) since my left arm is still bruised. I was a bit scared after the drama removal of the last one. Again, no pain applying. Whew. I was sure this would work. After one hour, (it takes an hour to calibrate,) this time it said my blood sugar was below 55. (Which BTW, I got that a lot when I wore the first sensor. When it’s below 55mg/dl, you don’t get a number, just <55.) then about another hour later I got the same error message again asking me to leave it on for 8 hours or contact customer service. Ugh. I did email Abbott a few hours ago and requested a refund for 3 sensors this time, no answer yet. I wore this one about 4 hours. Nothing. I just removed this second “error” biosensor and it was tough to remove like the last. New and very sticky, which is excellent if it’s going to stay on for 2 weeks, not 2 hours. Thankfully, I didn’t bleed much and no bruise so far. The app is pretty limited. Really needs improving. I did read that the Lingo goal is very confusing for a lot of people and I can see why it would be. It’s not intuitive. I got the hang of the app and was happy that it connects to Apple health and automatically adds my exercise. Easy enough to add food, but doesn’t connect to the Cronometer food tracking app that I use and love. I wish that the readings below 55 would be displayed since I tend to be hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) and it would be helpful to see what the lows were. I will say that I can typically feel my lows and my <55 readings did not feel like I was having a low. Wish I had confirmed a few of those with a finger stick. Great idea for self-help people like me. Needs lots of improvement. If you’re prediabetic or know an endocrinologist, or even talk to your family doctor about why you want to try one, especially if you’re worried about your health or have a family history of diabetes. I would ask for a prescription version of a CGM. Your doctor might give you one to try, but those need to be placed and removed by a health care professional. Your doctor will be more willing to give you a finger stick monitor if you’re willing to stick your finger first thing in the morning for a fasting reading, after meals and exercise. Monitor is cheap, test strips are pricy OTC. You can also get a prescription for test strips if your doctor sees a need. Seems scary, but it’s not too bad and it’s definitely more accurate if you're really worried about your health.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2025 by Venesa