#TITLE#Omron HEM-670IT Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
February 27, 2009 at 3:11 am | In Blood Pressure, Omron, Wrist Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, High Blood Pressure, Omron, Omron Blood Pressure, Wrist Blood Pressure
Do You Really Want to Know Your Blood Pressure?
I’ve always monitored my blood pressure using those sit down stations you find in drug store, at work, and other locations. I was interested in knowing how my pressure varied in different situations. There are a lot of options – cuff-type, wrist watch-style, and various travel options. I opted for the Omron HEM-670IT model. It can be used on your wrist – easier than putting on an arm band cuff. It’s self-inflating, and best of all, it comes with software and automatic data download to your computer. It’s a relatively small device and comes with a hard plastic travel case. It comes with a USB download cable and the required batteries. I’ve been using it for several months now and couldn’t be happier. It’s easy to use and tells you when you have it in the correct location to get an accurate reading. Downloading the data is a piece of cake. Loading the software on your computer is also easy. Best of all, the software also works with the Omron pedometers (I also ordered one of those after the good results I’ve had with the blood pressure monitor). Is it perfect? Hard to say. I’ve used it while measuring my blood pressure with other devices – it provides similar results. If you’re looking for absolute trends you’d probably need to compare with a professional reading – I have not done that yet. But it does seem to be within plus or minus a could of points — good enough to see if you pressure is changing and identify trends.
HoMedics BPA-300 TheraP Deluxe Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor with DK Technology
February 22, 2009 at 2:27 am | In Automatic, Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure
Avoid this brand
HoMedics BPA-300 TheraP Deluxe Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor with DK Technology
Actually purchased HoMedics BPA-430WGN in March 2008 from Walgreens. Product seems about the same in price and features. Was very impressed with it out of the box and thought it was probably a step forward in technology and accuracy. I had not monitored my BP for a few months and was concerned to find it up about 30mm on a consistent basis. After consultation with my doctor I gradually increased my medication till pressures were near goal in the morning. This resulted in me going into cardiogenic shock (episodes of dizziness associated with SBP below 80) on 4 evenings during the next 2 months. I finally checked this machine against a mercury manometer (admittedly I should have done this much earlier) and found the SBP readings averaged over 30 mm higher with the Homedics device. I now have an Omron HEM-780 which is much more accurate. My BP is now at goal with less medication and no more nasty episodes. As we use home BP measurements more and more and base treatment decisions on them we really need machines that are certified for accuracy. Avoid this brand!
Poor Results
I was very disappointed with this blood pressure monitor and returned it for credit. The cuff is very difficult and the data was not accurate. I would not recommend for anyone who must monitor their daily blood pressure
Microlife 3AX1-4U Premium Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with Dot Matrix Technology
February 17, 2009 at 4:48 am | In Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, High Blood Pressure
Ok device, worst software on planet
The device is easy to use and very portable. But, it has been many years since I’ve encountered such poorly designed and buggy software. Many features are not usable… for example: adding comments to the reading history. The button is there but no fields are enables when clicked. The cursor blinks indication entry but typing is not recognized. Even the date field can’t be changed. They both remain at 01/01/0001.
The USB software is a nightmare. You can’t assign COM port so it will interact with other USB software, like my PALM sync program. I guess if this were the only USB device on your computer you may be safe.
So, get the monitor but forget about using the software unless you love to solve puzzles.
A GREAT monitor!
I just ordered my second 3AX1-4U as a replacement to the first one that got accidentally broken.
Every day I take my 87-year-old Dad and 80-year-old Mom’s BP. They hated the arm cuff models because they hurt but love this one. Besides the customary usefulness of the immediate info from the readings, the computer link and software is amazing. Dad’s not able to get into the doctor’s office any more but the doc absolutely loves the sophisticated charts this unit generates. I mail them in to the doctor’s office each month and they’ve actually been very useful. The USB cable is a bit weird but, oddly enough, it’s been very sturdy and reliable.
When I went shopping for a replacement unit at Wal-mart they only had an arm cuff version from another manufacturer that hooks up to a computer. I really hope Microlife continues to market a software enabled wrist version for the many elderly folks that find an arm cuff version too uncomfortable.
The first set of batteries lasted almost a year! It’s really accurate and easy to use but the software needs a little effort to learn and get installed. The accompanying software CD won’t work in MS Vista but there’s a Vista-compatible version on the Microlife website that will. Make sure you install MS’s Vista service pack 1 to smooth out a few device driver bugs.
This unit is a hundred times more useful because of the computer generated charts that can be saved and used as a reference during medical treatments. They were a life saver the last time Dad ended up in the hospital. One of the resident physicians had ordered blood pressure medicine to lower Dad’s BP but cancelled the script as soon as he saw the graphs for the last few months which showed an already low BP history. Great work, Microlife!
Omron HEM-712C
February 12, 2009 at 2:21 am | In Automatic, Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, High Blood Pressure, Omron, Omron Blood Pressure
The Omron HEM-712C Automatic Blood Monitor with IntelliSense is one of the best-selling upper-arm blood pressure monitors. This monitor is incredibly easy to use — simply wrap the cuff around your arm and press start. In seconds, your blood pressure and pulse readings are displayed on the large digital panel. Proven time and time again, Omron’s IntelliSense technology ensures accurate, clinically-proven, and comfortable readings.
NICE!!
Must I write? Well, this ended up costing me more than I could have had it from the nearby store. My fault though! I should have been more thoughtful.
Blood Pressure Kit – Pediatric Child size
February 7, 2009 at 1:33 am | In Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Kit, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure, Medical Instrument
CHILD SIZE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF. Instruction Pamphlet Included. Comes in a waterproof nylon zippered case.
Good quality product
It was shipped in a timely manner and is good qualitiy, we are using in a medical office and it will hold up to the use.
Samsung Healthy Living BVA-2007 Automatic Inflate Thinline Flat Screen Blood Pressure Monitor
January 28, 2009 at 2:09 am | In Automatic, Blood Pressure, Samsung | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure, Samsung Blood Pressure
Using the Samsung BVA-2007 Blood Pressure Monitor
This unit is very easy to use and appears to be accurate. I haven’t had a chance to check it against my Doctors unit, but from my past experience it appears to be right on for both my wife and I. I would recommend this unit.
Easy to use monitor
I did not know that Samsung even made blood pressure monitors. Since our one daughter has some Samsung products and has not had any problems with them, I figured this should also be a good product.
I bought 2 of these, one for each of our daughters. I thought with the
automatic inflate, it would make it easier for them to use, thus they would be more apt to use it. We have a monitor that you have to inflate with a pump and sometimes there are errors. Both of the monitors came with batteries and a nice bag to store them in. It is easy to read the numbers and easy to use. So far, I do not see any problems with this. It has been a good product and a good value for your money.
ADC Durashock Blood Pressure Cuff
January 23, 2009 at 2:17 am | In Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure, Medical Instrument
This BP cuff is perfect for EMS or personal use. Gauge is shock proof and gearless, Never needs calibration. Optional Machine washing plugs allow you to clean it by simply tossing it in a washing machine. Extremely light weight (10 oz including case).
Love this cuff!
Love this cuff! Everything you want in a cuff; accurate, light weight, easy to clean, & easy to use.
Omron HEM 712C Digital Blood Pressure Monitor
January 18, 2009 at 2:06 am | In Blood Pressure, Omron | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure, Omron, Omron Blood Pressure
Great Blood Pressure Monitor!
I bought this product last year, and it works very well. The measurements are accurate (I checked it against 3 other devices), and it is easy to use. I am very pleased with this purchase.
Accurate, batteries last a long time
This cuff is easy to use, the readings appear to be accurate (they jibe with readings in the doctor’s office), and the batteries are lasting longer than I expected. Inflation is somewhat noisy, so you may want to close your office door if you’re measuring your BP at work. Cuffs are transferable between OMRON products; the large cuff from my manual bp monitor works just fine on this battery-powered monitor. Also, somewhat to my surprise, the action of manually inflating the cuff does not seem to affect readings; the numbers are similar between both monitors. The cuff automatically inflates to 170 mmHG; if it senses that it needs to go higher, it will continue to inflate to 210 mmHG, and you can force it to go even higher if your systolic pressure is really high. No frills, except for a memory bank that retains 14 readings (blood pressure, pulse). Highly recommended.
Mabis Self-Taking Home Blood Pressure Kit
January 13, 2009 at 2:15 am | In Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure, Medical Instrument
Poor Quality
As someone else said in regard to this item, “You Get What You Pay For.” This item isn’t worth that. The item states “Professional Quality.” Yeah right. This item is made in China, and appears cheap and of poor quality in every way. Mine arrived with a cracked lens on the aneroid gauge. The eartips on the stethoscope are just awful! They are so painfully hard that my blood pressure went up just having them jabbing at my ears. My ears still hurt and it’s been at least 20 minutes since I boxed it back up and requested a refund from Amazon.
WHAT YOU PAY IS WHAT YOU GET!
I just got this product few days ago and I just returned it back today because of 3 things:
1) The product is defective. I just have to pay for the return shipping but I was told that they would reimburse it.
2) The eartips of the stethoscope is not just firm, its too hard that it hurts my ears.
3) The diaphragm of the stethoscope is attached to the sphygmo so if I want to use a different stethoscope, I can’t because it’s stitched to the cuff.
BEWARE: DO NOT BUY…
Lesson learned: That what you pay is what you get. Next time, I’d rather pay more for a better quality.
ADC ADVANTAGE Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
January 8, 2009 at 2:13 am | In Blood Pressure, Wrist Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, buy blood pressure, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure, Medical Instrument, Wrist Blood Pressure
follow instructions…works fine
as is usually the case, the unit works fine if instructions followed for positioning of device on the forearm and positioning of the patient.
used appropriately, it can assist in monitoring blood pressure meds or in stress management relaxation techniques.
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