# Omnipod: auto-calc by PDM or manual bolus calculations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Pump\ **Tags:** omnipod\ **Created:** [January 4, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-auto-calc-by-pdm-or-manual-bolus-calculations/3088 "2018-01-04T04:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-auto-calc-by-pdm-or-manual-bolus-calculations/3088/66 "2018-01-10T14:18:17Z")
> [@Michel](#): > > So, gathering all the carb info can be tedious, sometimes up to 10 minutes […] The bulk of the time is not due to calculations but to evaluating decision parameters. I agree absolutely. The majority of our meals are also from scratch and most of my time goes into the carb counting. I’m sure I’d be much faster at dose calculations if I did it in my head more often. But you and your son, along with most of the human race, are faster at math than I am. It is not my forte. Which is probably why I prefer to have a machine do it for me. [EDITED TO SPLIT THREAD] --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-auto-calc-by-pdm-or-manual-bolus-calculations/3088)._