# Dexcom g5 sensor expiration dates **URL:** \ **Category:** T1 Research\ **Created:** [February 25, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-sensor-expiration-dates/9377 "2020-02-25T20:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmason3983](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@cmason3983](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cmason3983)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-sensor-expiration-dates/9377/1 "2020-02-25T20:31:18Z")
Hi my name is Chris I’m a type 1 l a d a i have no insurance and I found some expired sensors for sale dexcom G5 from 2016 and 2017 wondering people’s input if I should try them or not… PS if anyone has any G5 sensors that they’d be willing to donate sell trade cetera please message me ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-sensor-expiration-dates/9377/2 "2020-02-25T20:37:33Z")
Welcome Chris. We have people who have reported using expired G5 sensors, however they didn’t have a lot of luck. Sure, right after expiration was fine, but if you wait too long they don’t seem to work well. I would guess that 2016 and 2017 expired aren’t going to work, so unless you could try one and verified it worked, I wouldn’t pay any money for them. No harm in trying though, it is not liked expired medication or anything, I am just guessing it won’t work well. Plus you have to have a transmitter and that is expensive if the sensors aren’t working. Finally, we have experience with expired transmitters and they don’t work well either. ---
**Author:** ![CareBear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@CareBear](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CareBear)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-sensor-expiration-dates/9377/3 "2020-03-02T15:19:16Z")
Hi Chris (@cmason3983). I have a G5 sensor I can send you (no charge). ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/c/cea4a3c3ba7995e91d376da9521e97401817f022.jpeg) Please let me know where to send it. I live in Calgary, AB, Canada. I got a Medtronic 670 in January (paid for by the Alberta government, yay Canadian health care!) and am now using Guardian sensors. ---
**Author:** ![cmason3983](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@cmason3983](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cmason3983)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-sensor-expiration-dates/9377/4 "2020-03-02T18:26:55Z")
Wow! Thank you I would really appreciate that.