I will make some calculations using the prices of the official distributor in Spain, Novalab.Although you have to know how to look for life in these things, but good.
Freestyle free : 120 euros every 28 days.-& GT;128 euros every 30 days.128x12 = € 1536 + € 50 of the starting kit receptor) = € 1586 The first year.€ 1536 The second year and following.
1586: 12 = € 132 per month the first year.
1536: 12 = € 128 per month the second year and following.
Dexcom G4 , taking the best offers that Novalab has:
First year:
Start Kit: € 1300 + 10% VAT = € 1430
This kit brings 4 sensors, a transmitter that will last us approximately 12 months, and a receiver.
Sensors: We are going to take this Novalab offer: "- Subscription offer of up to 1 year: € 1.920 + I.V.A. for the purchase in advance of 6 sensor boxes at a special price and we bonate with another box more than them. It will haveup to a year to request the sending of these boxes as you need them.
Additionally, special prices will be applied when the replacement of the transmitter or for the purchase of accessories is necessary. "
€ 1.920 + 10% VAT = € 2112
There are a total of 7 sensor boxes (6 + 1 gift), to 4 sensors each box = 28 sensors
2112: 28 = € 75 Each sensor.
Now we assume that a 3 -week Dexcom sensor lasts, which is very long time since they report well how to set it in conditions and how to protect it, and how to "resurrect it" when it is almost totally taken away.
€ 75 every 3 weeks = € 100 per month.
With the start kit we remember that 4 sensors are already coming, so we have 3 months covered.(1 sensor -& GT; 3 weeks = 4 sensors -& GT; 12 weeks).
For another nine months, 9 x 100 = € 900
(There are 12 sensors for 9 months, at 75 euros the sensor).
Then the first year with the Dexcom Posts: 1430 + 900 = € 2330
2330: 12 = € 194 per month, the first year.
We are left over 28-12 = 16 sensors, which we will use the second year.In the second year we will need to use the 16 sensors that we have left.(4 sensors every 3 months -& GT; 4x4 = 16 sensors per year).
You can ask for all of us to miss Novalab within a maximum period of one year, and the sensors usually come with a more or less expiration date of a year since the purchases, of all it is proven that a sensor expired of a few monthsIt works perfectly.
And if we want to change to G5 the second year, the sensors are the same.
Second year: 16 x 75 = 1200 euros in sensors.The replacement transmitter € 350.1200 + 350 = € 1550
1550: 12 = € 129 per month, the second year and following.
It must be taken into account that it would be a large initial investment in the case of taking the Dexcom with that offer (which would have paid it when the 4 sensors that the starting kit bring, at 3 months of buying it):
Dexcom G4 - Initial investment: 2112 + 1430 = € 3542
FIRE FREE - INITIAL INVESTMENT: € 170
3 -week Dexcom sensors:
Dexcom G4 - Price for 2 years: 2330 + 1550 = 3880 € (€ 161 per month)
Freestyle Free - Price for 2 years: 1586 + 1536 = € 3122 (€ 130 per month)
Now we are going to calculate for those who make a 4 -week Dexcom sensor last:
First year:
Dexcom start kit G4: € 1430.The sensors that bring (4) last 4 months.For the next 8 months we need 8 sensors.
8 x 75 = 600
1430 + 600 = € 2030 The first year.( € 169 per month )
Second year: 12 sensors, 12x75 = € 900.900 + 350 of the transmitter = € 1250.( € 104 per month )
4 -week Dexcom sensors duration:
Dexcom G4 - Price for 2 years: 2030 + 1250 = € 3280 (€ 136 per month)
Freestyle Free - Price for 2 years: 1586 + 1536 = € 3122 (€ 130 per month)
