There are technically 3 "auto" pens on the market. They're 100% not the same as the auto-injector pens like Zepbound or Mounjaro. If you've seen regular pens, you dial the dose and have to manually push it in for it to give you the dose. With auto pens, you dial the dose, but you just push a button and it injects the dose. You still have to push the needle into you, but you don't push the end to inject. The button does it.
I wish you hadn't posted that video. Now I want one! (or seven 😆 )
I have two. One I got for $52, the other for $78. We'll worth it. I still have a Bird pen but it's in a drawer at the moment.
you = awesome, thank you.
Can I ask too? I love bird pens…
The Servopen is going to be extremely difficult to find. I believe it's only available in a very small handful of countries. Unless you can find the gansulin that ships to the UK, your best option might need to be AliExpress.
Novopens need to be modded to allow 3mL carts. Some vendors sell them already modded. What do you mean 'best refils for gansulin"?
Whaaat!!! You can get gansulin pens in the us? Can you point me to a vendor. I want one so bad but have only seen them on Ali for over $100.
You can use any 3mL cart with the gansulin and any pen besides the Novopen. I wouldn't buy carts of AliExpress unless you had a proper way to sterilize them...with an autoclave. There's just no way of guaranteeing that these are actually sterile carts, so I wouldn't trust them unless you have an autoclave yourself. Also, be aware that there's a "Sulin pen" that looks exactly like a Gansulin, but it's a manual pen, not an auto.
How much is too much to pay?
I have a couple bird pens that ive spent about $40 each on. I guess I would spend no more than $55 for a pen that is known to be a great one. Ive used v1s and v2s, savios but the bird pen is my favorite
Average price would be about $75. Some I've seen have been as low as $52 (but they're never in stock) and another at $85.
Those are in the us?
Yes. AliExpress will be more expensive of course. You may find some "group buys" for some around $50, but with their shipping costs and "admin fees", you're paying about the same prices.
I just read through their instructions as well ... what kind of BS is that? Its a piece of plastic. I see no reason to not put it in the fridge. Also why in the world would you need to replace it in 3 years? I mean aside from convincing you to buy a new one.
That's the one. It's the best.
My guess is a calibration concern. How many repetitions can a pen cycle through, and still have 10 units be 10 units? How many injections does a T1 diabetic get in 3 years? that's 1095 days.
You have to replace them because the mechanics wear out after use. Most pens have an expiration date.
