# Omnipod questions: managing temp basal, and insulin tank reserve **URL:** \ **Category:** Pump\ **Tags:** omnipod\ **Created:** [November 6, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-questions-managing-temp-basal-and-insulin-tank-reserve/5421 "2018-11-06T13:47:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-questions-managing-temp-basal-and-insulin-tank-reserve/5421/17 "2018-11-06T22:44:54Z")
Oh right, I remember. Have one going as just basal and use the other for boluses, or something. Can’t remember why, though. Thankful, sometimes, I lead such a simple life! 😄 Found it: > [@Having 2 active pods with only 1 PDM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/having-2-active-pods-with-only-1-pdm/4225): > > I wanted to post how to do this, but first I wanted to describe some possible scenarios why someone might actually want to do this. I would not consider this a standard daily treatment idea. If you do this all the time, you would probably run out of pods. But I want to share it as an idea and also just give an example of thinking outside of the box, which can be very useful for diabetes in general. There are some situations where it might be useful. For example, if you are taking a lot of ins… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-questions-managing-temp-basal-and-insulin-tank-reserve/5421)._