# Another Omnipod PDM failure **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips, Tech & Gear\ **Tags:** omnipod, pump\ **Created:** [December 1, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-omnipod-pdm-failure/2756 "2017-12-01T17:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-omnipod-pdm-failure/2756/7 "2017-12-01T18:58:31Z")
> [@Aaron](#): > > Given that the PDMs are probably worth a hundred bucks, I would like to purchase a spare in case I have a failure. I have a spare meter, spare pens, spare pods, but only one PDM. BUT - they want to charge $6300! and overnight shipping is not an option when you are hiking in the mountains or traveling in another country. > > It would be nice if Insulet shipped 2 x PDMs for the $6300 CDN my insurance company had to pay. > > Grrr… @Aaron, It has been shown by 2 brilliant minds in Canada and the U.S. that the Canadian and U.S. Pods work interchangeably with each other on Canadian and U.S PDM’s… [canadian-u-s-omnipod-swap-test](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/canadian-u-s-omnipod-swap-test/2442) Now if only you could find a person in the U.S. who has your shipping address, and has a propensity to flaunt convention and would be willing to ship you a U.S PDM that he buys specifically for you for from Insulet for $300… If only you had the ability to contact such a person via PM on this site… If only… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-omnipod-pdm-failure/2756)._