# Loop: Getting Started **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/loop-getting-started/2216 **Category:** Tipwiki **Tags:** wiki, diy, closed-loop **Created:** [September 30, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/loop-getting-started/2216 "2017-09-30T07:00:24Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 31
### Author: ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58) #### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/loop-getting-started/2216/31 "2024-09-13T17:18:25Z")
@TomH…I started a new thread with a few of my questions about the day-to-day Loop experience. It would be great if you provide some insights there! > [@Loop: Questions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/loop-questions/14896): > > Can anybody compare the overall BG management experience using Loop/Dash pods vs. standard Omnipod 5? The reason I ask is I’ve been using Omnipod 5 since it came out and overall have been happy with it or when necessary have used work arounds (such as recently started with Affrezza for correction bolus as needed). I’ve read so many positive comments about Loop and how great Loop is…but I have not convinced myself that the benefits of Loop are much different/better than I am already getting from … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/loop-getting-started/2216)._