# Best Omnipod PDM case?
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718
**Category:** Pump
**Tags:** omnipod
**Created:** [August 25, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718 "2017-08-25T16:13:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718/1 "2017-08-25T16:13:07Z")
Recently, @Engel was showing cool pod cases. How about PDM cases - any recommendations?
The only one I know that seems functional is this one:
> **[Amazon.com: OmniPod PDM Gel Skin (Pink Glitter)…: Health & Personal Care](https://www.amazon.com/OmniPod-PDM-Skin-Pink-Glitter/dp/B01MCWSQYJ/)**
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> Buy OmniPod PDM Gel Skin (Pink Glitter)… on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
to be completed with this battery compartment door (the case does not have a back):
> **[OmniPod PDM Personalized Battery Cover by jpohlman on Shapeways](https://www.shapeways.com/product/XT5NPB8P6/omnipod-pdm-personalized-battery-cover)**
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> Check out OmniPod PDM Personalized Battery Cover by jpohlman on Shapeways and discover more 3D printed products in Cases.
I wish I could find a more protective case. We break everything here 🙂
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718/2 "2017-08-25T16:39:54Z")
> [@Michel](#):
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> How about PDM cases - any recommendations?
The “no back” is a bad idea! It will not protect it as well.
You don’t need easy access to the back because you only change batteries every several weeks. Like a month or so! When you change, it’s easy to pop out of the skin and put it back in.
The gel-skin you get from Insulet **does** has a back. I’d recommend using **that** one
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### Author:  [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718/3 "2017-08-25T16:42:09Z")
I confess I’m happy with the gel skin my PDM came with. It serves its function, but I don’t do anything that risks breaking it. (Perhaps I need to live more dangerously.) I’m not sure how useful it is to have an open back – the standard-issue gel skin slips off easily enough for battery changes, which aren’t that frequent anyway (at least for me).
The battery cover is a cute idea and would appeal to many. Although if you have a simple label printer, you can do the same thing for a lot less money. (About once a year I become a penny-pincher. There, you witnessed it.)
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718/4 "2017-08-25T16:58:52Z")
> [@Beacher](#):
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> (About once a year I become a penny-pincher. There, you witnessed it.)
Same here ☹ The rest of the time I am a gadgeteer…
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718/5 "2017-08-29T05:17:44Z")
OK, I broke down and ordered one of these customized battery backs in bright yellow:
> **[OmniPod PDM Personalized Battery Cover by jpohlman on Shapeways](https://www.shapeways.com/product/XT5NPB8P6/omnipod-pdm-personalized-battery-cover)**
>
> Check out OmniPod PDM Personalized Battery Cover by jpohlman on Shapeways and discover more 3D printed products in Cases.
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-omnipod-pdm-case/1718/6 "2017-08-29T05:24:58Z")
I also found out that [TallyGear](http://www.tallygear.com/) does carry both a Spandex version and a neoprene version, although neither is on the web site. Here is the Spandex version:
I am trying to order a neoprene case, which would also solve the problem of [not losing the PDM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-keep-track-of-your-omnipod-pdm/1756/), because you could tether it (or put it on a belt).