Abbott FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor
1 × 15-day sensor
- Cheapest price
- £74.99
- Per day of wear
- £5
- Shops
- 4
Prices
- The Independent Pharmacy£74.99View at The Independent Pharmacy (opens in a new tab)
- MyPharmacy£80.99View at MyPharmacy (opens in a new tab)
- Chemist4U£275.99View at Chemist4U (opens in a new tab)
- Click2Pharmacy£95.99View at Click2Pharmacy (opens in a new tab)
- AmazonAmazonFind it on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
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What it does
A sensor about the size of a one pound coin, put on the back of the upper arm with a one-piece applicator and worn for up to 15 days. It measures glucose in the fluid between cells under the skin and sends a reading every minute to the Libre 3 phone app or the Libre 3 reader.
From the description on freestyle.abbott.
Abbott FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor specs
- Sensor wear (days)
- 15
- Sensors in pack
- 1
- Phone
- Libre 3 app on a compatible phone, or the Libre 3 reader
- Who it is for
- Diabetes CGM; Chemist4U and Click2Pharmacy supply it self-pay after a pharmacist questionnaire or consultation
- Where worn
- Back of the upper arm
- Size
- About the size of a one pound coin
- Reading interval
- Every minute to the phone
- Fingerprick calibration
- Works without finger pricks; finger pricks are needed if readings and alarms do not match symptoms or expectations
- Applicator
- One-piece
- Water resistance
- Up to 1 metre for up to 30 minutes
- Altitude
- Not for use above 10
- Sharing
- LibreLinkUp (friends and family); LibreView (healthcare team)
The maker's figures, from freestyle.abbott. Further specs from freestyle.abbott.
How it compares
- To buy, it is the 4th cheapest of 5 glucose monitors we compare (the middle one costs £61.50).
- On per day of wear it is the 4th best value of 5 that state it.
Abbott FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor reviews and discussions
Owners talking about it
- Libre 3 Plus Diabetes UK forum
- Issues with some Freestyle Libre 3 and Libre 3+ sensors Diabetes UK forum
- Freestyle Libre 3+ Pricing Diabetes UK forum
Links to other sites' reviews and discussions; we do not run them and they are not ours.
Medical device status and safety
- Abbott UK page: an Urgent Field Safety Notice has been initiated for a subset of FreeStyle Libre 3 and Libre 3 Plus sensors (see FreeStyleCheck.com).
Compare with
- 1
- Per day of wear
- £3.54
- Price
- £99
- Sensor
- 14 days
- 2
- Per day of wear
- £3.67
- Price
- £54.99
- Sensor
- 15 days
- 3
- Per day of wear
- £3.70
- Price
- £36.99
- Sensor
- 10 days
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