Welcome @SBee!
I’m a little surprised you started on the G5 since Dexcom is phasing it out, but I’m still using it, and very glad about that! I have a fair stock of G5 sensors and an extra G5 transmitter (plus lots of old ones), so I’m using the time to build up my G6 supply. My fear is, by the time I run out of G5 supplies, and build a stash of G6, the G7 will be out and they will be phasing the G6 out! Argh!
Sorry, I digressed!
Recently my “pink dial button receiver - not blue tooth enabled” found its way through the washing machine. I cried when I realized. Dexcom was very generous and sent me a new G5 receiver the next day. I never thought to mention to them that I had the smaller pink receiver, which didn’t/couldn’t connect to a cell phone. They sent me a blue tooth enabled one and it is larger and won’t fit … in the leather waistband case I had for it. I even have an extra!
Sorry for the long story … when it’s late, I ramble! When I got the G6, that receiver was larger and would need a different case. I do not use my cell phone for my receiver. I had already purchased the case for the G6 and the new G5 Dexcom sent to me fit inside perfectly. I had to change a few ways I work with it, but that’s minor to not having a receiver and potentially having to actually use my phone as a receiver. Half the time my phone is turned off!
I got my receiver at Sam’s Club. It was a good price, but I can’t recall. When I’m more awake, I’ll look through my files to see if I can find the price. If I were you, I’d buy the G5 receiver, and the case that clips on your waistband/belt I as able to find at Amazon:
Best of luck!