My experience with xSIID as my first Implant

Hey everyone, I’ve been lurking around here for about a year. And although owning the xSIID for nearly the entire year, just last month, I got around to injecting it.

(side note: the reason I waited so long to inject was because I was hoping the NeXT2 would be come available as there was consistent murmurs on this forum but never any solid timeline… Now that I’m logging on, I see that amal has “a fourth batch of prototypes” on the way, making me feel like its closer then ever and ill be swapping out my xSIID for for the NeXT2 kinda soon… Something I was trying to avoid. You win some you lose most I guess).

Back to the review. I thought Id make this for any new comers like myself.

THE INSTALL

This went perfectly, I had made sure to sanitize everything before hand and took all the precautions. I had a friend pinch off my skin while I self injected the needle. One thing that surprised me was just how sharp the needle was, it slid under my skin no problem. The pain was comparable to getting a tattoo, something any of us could probably handle.

HEALING

I’m glad to say that the second the implant was injected, I was getting perfect readings (IPhone 14 Pro) and a solid bright blue light from the implant. I figured this would go away as the skin started to swell, but I was wrong. I never had any problems with readability or locating my xSIID plus the light was always bright and clear, even during the day I could see it. Really happy about that.

Reading some posts about people having readability issues with the xSIID made me think that there could have been some issues, but its important to keep in mind people are more likely to post about a problem their having, and not when everything went smoothly. Giving a new-comer a skewed perception, hence this review.

USING

I have my xSIID programmed to trigger a shortcut when scanned by my cell phone. The shortcut automatically plays music from “My Radio Station” on Apple Music. Now, I don’t have to dig through my phone in order to pick a song I like, I can just tap my phone to my hand and I get to play whatever the Apple Music algorithm recommends me. I REALLY like that.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

There are 4 things I wish I had done a little differently/re-considered with my xSIID install.

  1. I wish the chip was flipped the other way around. The LED faces towards me, meaning if I want to locate the chip with my phone, or show someone the LED light up, I have to bring my phone to the other side (flipped around from my perspective to scan it).

Unlike the photo below, where the antenna is pointed toward the user so they can scan without having to flip the phone around

This really isn’t a big deal, but took some getting used to. Ill make sure to correct this if I install a next2

  1. Scarring. I do have a tiny little dot of a scar where it was injected. I know it’ll fade in time, but still, I wish it wasn’t there. Oh well.

  2. Some slight discomfort/pain if I try to manipulate it around under my skin too much.

  3. I wish I maybe waited for the Next2 (?)

CONCLUSION

Very happy with the xSIID and the functionality it provides. If you’re new like me feel free to reach out.

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i never really thought about this until you just said it. i kinda wish i did the same and switched the orientation. however its so irrelvant now with using the RSP since i get such great scanning ranges.

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Out of curiosity, which direction did you inject it from? Finger side, or wrist side?

Finger side, right above my knuckle

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Good write up,

You really shouldn’t dwell on it, you have already missed a year of using your xSIID.

The 2 main differences between the xSIID and the NExT2 are:

The NExT2 has a T5577 chip in it also, get yourself an xEM and implant it next to your xSIID for the same functionality.

I had an xM1 and xEM next to each other in P0, When the xMagic was released, I removed the xM1 and xEM and replaced it with the xMagic…super quick and easy.

The other main difference is, the XSIID currently exists, the NExT2 doesn’t.

Don’t regret your decision, but until the NExT2 actually eventuates, just use what you have and enjoy it.

:+1:

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Interesting. Do we have a definitive answer on how the syringes are supposed to be loaded (LED towards needle or away), or is it just luck of the draw? My LED was facing towards the plunger, so it ended up in the orientation that you wanted.

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Yes the LED is supposed to come out first, however I’m considering changing this since we also recommended installing toward the wrist. It makes sense that you’d want the LED facing away from yourself when showing off.

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