Hahaha, the huge syringe thing? That was pretty wild! The spring ones felt like putting a needle to a balloon though, always made me tense when I was putting one on.
Yeah the Dexcom stuff always felt like they were going for super-premium Packaging Experience. But after the first couple weeks that wears thin, and now you've got all this crap to throw away. Like, guys, my pen needles come in a dense little cardboard box and it's totally fine. Chill out with the packaging.
"Let me just hyperventilate really quick before I literally plunger this thing into my body" was always how it felt lol.
Agreed that it's gotten old, especially if I'm traveling somewhere. Needing to cart what you needed (plus backups of course) ends up taking up a surprising amount of space.
I will say that making the switch from a tubed pump (t:slim) to a tubeless (omnipod), it's drastically cut down on the waste for pump stuff at least.
Yeah the Dexcom stuff always felt like they were going for super-premium Packaging Experience. But after the first couple weeks that wears thin, and now you've got all this crap to throw away. Like, guys, my pen needles come in a dense little cardboard box and it's totally fine. Chill out with the packaging.