Does a pod not last 3 days without the extra adhesive? I don’t use anything like that, since it’s only 3 days.
For us, the Pod adhesive doesn’t last three days. Maybe it’s his soft skin.
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For me - the pod adhesive lasts 3 days under normal use. I only use skintac on CGM sensors.
I had a batch of pods a year ago that had adhesive that was not that great and I used skintac to keep them on.
With the PODs I have been getting these days, there is more than enough adhesive left after 3-days and they are hard to peel off.
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We really appreciated @Aaron’s advice, however, once EH shaved a part of his leg and wound up with (what I’m pretty sure was) a staph infection. We had a topical steroid for a skin issue I’ve got and used that, but there’s still a scar/patch of pissed off skin where the shaving happened.
I would add: clean the area very well and shave with some shaving cream and a clean razor blade. (I’m sure that’s plenty obvious as I type it, but we were hasty at some point and it turned out poorly for him.)
I actually wonder if trimming leg hair with a beard trimmer would be enough…less irritating than actually shaving.
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We find that we get worse numbers on the third day without adhesive, and sometimes see it start hanging off the skin on the edges. But, for us, we spend a high number of days with pool practices in the water. so adhesives are always an issue.
What we do:
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wash with soap and water
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dry thoroughly
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clean with an alcohol swipe or cotton+alcohol
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let dry
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draw a 3/4" circle for canula insertion area with a pen
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apply SkinTac, let dry until tacky (we used to apply 3 layers, but now we only do one)
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Apply Pod
When removing:
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use adhesive remover as we pull Pod
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thoroughly clean area with alcohol (or more adhesive remover) to leave no glue
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wash with soap and water
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dry
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use organic hydrating cream (to minimize possible skin problem in the future)
I think that it really depends on your skin type. I don’t use any extra adhesives (for CGM or pod sites), and they seem to stick pretty well on me.
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I’ve never used any extra adhesives. Only once, after a long day of hiking on a very hot, humid day, did the adhesive loosen, but even then not enough for the cannula to come out.
I thnk it also greatly depends upon what you do during the day. My son swims almost daily. I took us months to get his CGM sensor to stay for a whole week on a row 
For us, even the Pods have a hard time going in and out of the water all the time, despite their short wear time.
For sure. I am on the treadmill every day and things tend to stick better where I sweat less.
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