# Discussion of Tandem's recently released Basal-IQ function

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/discussion-of-tandems-recently-released-basal-iq-function/4766>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [August 8, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/discussion-of-tandems-recently-released-basal-iq-function/4766 "2018-08-08T20:57:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/discussion-of-tandems-recently-released-basal-iq-function/4766/9 "2018-08-09T20:37:37Z")

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> [@Bloomberg article about DIY closed-loop systems](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bloomberg-article-about-diy-closed-loop-systems/4683/11):
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> The Medtronic 670g / 690g is comparable to the Control-IQ / HCL update.

We hope that the Tandem system will be more transparent and flexible, and much less user-hostile than the 670G. And the Tandem system will give correction boluses when needed, not just basal tweaks, so there is hope that it will not lead to the multi-hour highs in the 300s that haunt some users of the 670G. But the 670G is available now, so that’s something.

> [@Bloomberg article about DIY closed-loop systems](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bloomberg-article-about-diy-closed-loop-systems/4683/17):
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> User choice whether to be alerted or for this to happen quietly (no alerts)

That is important for those of us prone to alert-induced rage. This consideration of the user’s emotional comfort, not just clinical safety, reflects well on Tandem.

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