A little background info for those who had never used it. (Not really relevant or related to the topic of this thread, but just for fun comparisons.)
The G5 inserter was totally old-school. It had a manual insertion, and looked like some medieval torture device!
It was much more uncomfortable than the G6 or G7.
But on the plus side, it was packaged much smaller, and a lot easier to pack for travel.
When the G6 first came out, there was a lot of discussion of how big it was. And when I saw it, this is what I posted on FUD: