Lifesource UA-787V Blood pressure monitor
April 4, 2009 at 3:45 am | In Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, Health, High Blood Pressure, Medical Instrument
Excellent design
My monitor arrived 1 day ahead of schedule. So far, I’m extremely impressed with the overall monitor design and the quality of the cuff material. Although a little awkward at first, the EasyCuff feature seems to aid in self monitoring because it conforms to your arm while you finish wrapping the cuff. The readouts are easily legible.
Typically, I’ve been very skeptical of readings taken from home monitors and those found in grocery/drug stores because of the rate of cuff deflation. The deflation rate of this monitor has a humanlike quality. That alone increases my confidence level in the reading.
I’ve had this monitor now for about 2.5 years and am still as impressed with this monitor as when it was pulled out of the box. It’s not uncommon for me to hear my wife fire the unit up at 3 AM, followed by a sigh of relief when she realizes what she felt was probably from a bad dream. If you’re looking for a good blood pressure monitor – this is the one!
LifeSource One Step Auto Inflate Blood Pressure Monitor
March 30, 2009 at 1:06 am | In Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Monitor, High Blood Pressure
Disappointed
*** UPDATE *** : After our third attempt with customer service they were willing to send us a small cuff to correct the issue. Although we received a cuff that works I wouldn’t count on that happening again so your better off ordering a different monitor or also ordering a small cuff at the same time if 9.4″ is too big for you.
We purchased this blood pressure monitor because it’s the only one that advertised a cuff that would fit my me and my wife (7.5″-12.2″). When we received the monitor we were disappointed to find that the medium cuff fits arm sizes 9.4″-14.2″ and is printed clearly on the box. Do NOT buy this cuff if you have a smaller arm (less than 9.4″).
We did a lot of research to find a good monitor and even looked on the Lifesource site. All of their product literature says the medium cuff will fit a 7.5″-12.2″ inch arm. I called the Lifesource customer service and they said we’re out of luck but of course we can purchase another cuff from them. I also tried emailing them twice, hoping for a better response, but they never responded.
A previous reviewer was able to get a free cuff but we weren’t so lucky. Now, we’ll look for another brand. Lifesource may be a good brand but they didn’t seem to care that all of the literature is out of date and weren’t willing to do anything to fix it. We’re returning the monitor and will try to get Amazon to at least update their product description.
Ideal BP Monitoring Product for Small Children
After hours of searching for a BP monitor that would accurately take my seven year old’s BP, I stumbled into this product on Amazon. It works wonderfully and the best part is that it is digital and inflates on it’s own. Simple/Easy to use.
LifeSource One Step Auto Inflate Blood Pressure Monitor
March 25, 2009 at 2:07 am | In Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressure, Medical Instrument
An excellent product
My old Lifesource BP monitor was, I thought, a bit worse for wear and so I ordered anothert blood pressure monitor made by another company. (Prevention DS-1902PV Auto-Inflate Blood Pressure Monitor) A warning: do not ever purchase anything under the Prevention or Mark of Fitness brand. The Prevention unit was horrible. The first one gave wildly inflated and inconsistent readings and constantly warned me of heart irregularities. A replacement unit did the same. The company has offered to provide a third replacement, but I grew tired of the obviously poor Prevention and Mark of Fitness products, so I ordered a new Lifesource unit.
The readings are dead-on accurate. The Lifesource unit also has an irregular heartbeat feature. I tried this and the Prevention unit apart. The Lifesource unit did not show an irregular heartbeat, while the Prevention unit once again did – as well as a vastly higher BP reading.
The Lifesource unit no longer comes packed with a carrying case, which I consider to be a minus, but it does include an AC adapter, which is a plus. There’s a little scale on the side to indicate the level of your hypertension, which is useless, I think since you wouldn’t be monitoring your blood pressure if you didn’t already know you were somewhere on the hypertensive scale. So the scale neither adds nor detracts from the unit.
Lifesource offers everything you could ask for in a blood pressure monitor. It is easy to use. It is very accurate. And it is covered by a lifetime warranty, a fact that I had forgotten with regard to my old unit.
Lifesource customer service is responsive and helpful.
Altogether a wonderful package and far better than the units distributed by Mark of Fitness under the Prevention brand.
Jerry
LifeSource UB-512 Dual Memory Wrist Auto Inflate Blood Pressure Monitor
March 9, 2009 at 9:27 am | In Blood Pressure, Wrist Blood Pressure | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressure, Wrist Blood Pressure
Reads too high.
Exchanging for third unit. Previous units read 15 points too high compared to Dr’s and drug store readings. Very sensitive to position relative to heart. All other features as advertised.
Very sensitive device
Unfortunately, this monitor is very sensitive. You have to be very careful of position of your hand and monitor when measuring. If you change it just a little higher or lower than instructed the results become quite different.
Panasonic EW3039S Easy-to-Use Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
March 4, 2009 at 3:10 am | In Blood Pressure, Panasonic | Leave a CommentTags: Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Monitor, Health, High Blood Pressure, Panasonic, Panasonic Blood Pressure
The EW3039S works very well but is not “Ultra Slim”.
Panasonic EW3039s Ultra Slim Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
My experience with “J&R Music and Computer World” was good but the dimensions for EW3039S are the same than for EW3006S so I would suggest removing the words “Ultra Slim” from its publicity.
You can verify the dimensions at:
Panasonic EW3039S Easy-to-Use Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
The blood pressure monitor is working very well. The three-color light system let me know the status of my blood pressure without having the need of turning on the light at night and I can continue sleeping as a baby so I like this feature, enjoy !.
Excellent Product
Seems accurate and easy to use. I bought 2, one for mom and one for grandma. Both of them love it.
#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, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, buy blood pressure, High Blood Pressure, Omron, Wrist Blood Pressure, Omron 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, cheap blood pressure, discount blood pressure, buy 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.
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