# Anyone tried this diabetes case?
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221
**Category:** Tips, Tech & Gear
**Created:** [June 12, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221 "2017-06-12T18:12:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/1 "2017-06-12T18:12:38Z")
So, we’ve been struggling to find a better case for Samson’s diabetes gear – something he can carry, that has all his stuff organized, and is not humongous.
Has anyone tried these [Gridit! productS](http://www.cocooninnovations.com/grid.php)? They seem like they could work but I’m wondering if they’ll be too large or if the little rubberized straps will lose slippery, circular objects like insulin pens.
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### Author:  [@Irish](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Irish)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/2 "2017-06-12T18:33:45Z")
I would wonder the same things you already have. Haven’t tried it and would find its inability to fold a barrier.
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/3 "2017-06-12T19:24:11Z")
Tia I use the grid it products. They do a good job of containing things on the grid. They work especially well in a case that doesn’t let the grid move. In my backpack, when pulling it in and out of the case, some things slip off. It is kind of frustrating, but not a deal breaker for me. The Gridit products are well made.
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/4 "2017-06-12T19:55:28Z")
My impression is it’s like a little flat, stiff board that you then put inside of another case. So I was looking at the Neoprene holders…
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### Author:  [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/5 "2017-06-12T19:56:32Z")
Too big for me. I use a case that fits everything I need in my pants pocket (meter, strips, lance, smarties, syringes, two bottles insulin, mini-reading glasses)
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/6 "2017-06-12T19:58:07Z")
@jag1, wow! I’m impressed – both with your ability to compress all your needs to such a small size, and with the size of your pockets! No way could you fit all that in the typical pair of women’s jeans.
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/7 "2017-06-12T23:09:41Z")
> [@jag1](#):
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> I use a case that fits everything I need in my pants pocket
@jag1, is it home-made or purchased? If purchased, I am curious, which one is it?
And if you made it, I definitely think you should post about it in the DYI section 🙂
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/8 "2017-06-13T07:14:49Z")
I’m the same way, if it doesn’t fit in one pocket it’s too much stuff. I worry about the psychological impact on young people in the long run of spending their formative years carrying around all of this medical gear
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/9 "2017-06-13T07:21:34Z")
i worry about it too but my hope is that it will be small enough to just fit in a backpack – which he’ll have to carry anyways. Right now we carry it or his teachers do.
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### Author:  [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/10 "2017-06-13T15:36:36Z")
I guess this is my chance to try to insert a picture. Nothing exciting, it’s just a case from the meter company that I’ve modified a little bit. Total dimensions 5.25 x 3.25 x 2. Fits easily in a pair of khaki pants; it’s a little tight in a jean’s pocket with keys and change, but still works.
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/11 "2017-06-13T15:54:13Z")
Really nice! What meter case is it?
I need the glasses too:-)
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### Author:  [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/12 "2017-06-13T17:05:49Z")
I think its from an older OneTouch Ultra meter (not quite the meter I’m using it with which is why I had to modify it a little bit). I have a box of old meters and cases and other bits and pieces of accumulated diabetes related junk that I go through when I need something.
Yes, I’ve gone from readers being nice-to-have to a necessity. But I’m incredibly thankful that age related presbyopia is the extent of any of my vision issues. I always keep my insulin case with me so I always have the contents where-ever I am, even when I forget and leave my real glasses at work or in the car. Who cares if I look kind of like this in the grocery store?
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/13 "2017-06-13T17:39:50Z")
> [@jag1](#):
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> Too big for me. I use a case that fits everything I need in my pants pocket
> [@Sam](#):
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> I’m the same way, if it doesn’t fit in one pocket it’s too much stuff.
I agree with Sam and Jag’s “one pocket” philosophy. I have different ways to carry everything, and it is always one pocket.
All methods are small enough to fit in a single pocket and contain BG meter, strips, lancing, and insulin delivery. CGM is on phone.
Old-school:
Pen:
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/14 "2017-06-13T19:05:29Z")
I feel I must respectfully submit that this is a gender difference and that this strategy simply will not work for most women. There is no way on Earth I could ever fit even a meter and test strips in one of my pockets. Plus we are already used to carrying purses, so there really isn’t any reason to try to stuff everything in a pocket.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-tried-this-diabetes-case/1221/15 "2017-06-13T19:35:54Z")
> [@TiaG](#):
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> Plus we are already used to carrying purses, so there really isn’t any reason to try to stuff everything in a pocket.
Yes, but the last time I tried carrying all my D gear in a purse I got beat up.
😂😂