A&D UA-774 Digital Blood Pressure Monitor

Pressure,pressure,blood pressure.

Advantages: Helps keep a check on your health.
Disadvantages: Price maybe, could get a little paranoid about health.

I thought I would have a change from all the heavy stuff I have been writing about lately, and write about a little machine I bought about six months ago. The Omron MX3. It is a blood pressure monitor. All my life my blood pressure has been wildly erratic. The highest measured blood pressure I recorded was 180/100. High yes, but I had just spent 12 minutes on a treadmill having a heart test. Anyway it was back to 140/80 within 5 minutes. They told me that was great. Anyway when I go to the doctors it varies between 157/95 being the highest and 117/76 being the lowest. Generally though it is about 140/80-85 I have researched this a little and I have realised that your blood pressure can vary and change very rapidly. I have confirmed this by visits to the doctor and a medical friend of mine who uses a different machine to the one ...

milleniumzeus 13.10.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Omron RX Blood Pressure Monitor

grace under pressure

Advantages: excellent value, quick, accurate, fully automatic
Disadvantages: not aesthetically pleasing

This isn?t cheap tat as the £9.99 price tag would indicate. I was inspired to write this review because I was horrified at the price tag of most of these BP monitors. I never realised the price that some of the brands were going for. I have one of these; I also bought my dad one. I also have an Omron R6 but I have decided not to review it once I found out it was being sold for £75, you see I paid £4.99 for mine. Admittedly the Omron looks nicer than Lloyds but not that much nicer. The Lloyds is actually a £50.00 machine but the price is reduced to £9.99. Admittedly the price cuts are not all down to altruism; Lloyds are a rapidly developing pharmaceutical market leader, their market share has increased by 67%. They have achieved this by placing pharmacies in GPs surgeries and doing free health checks i.e. diabetic and blood pressure ...

Miskah 02.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of LLoyds Pharmacy Blood Pressure Monitor

Under Pressure

Advantages: Quick testing
Disadvantages: cost maybe

being totally convinced I needed this medication, and the fact that I was scared witless to begin taking it, I invested in a Pressure monitor. Okay it set me back nearly £80 (bar 5p). But hey, if it meant I didn’t need this extra tablet it was worth the outlay. I had white coat syndrome and now I had to prove it! The meter ~~~~~~~~~~ Meters come in various shapes and forms, and probably complexities. However my one was simple (you know me not technical at all). I bought my meter online from www.p2u.co.uk and as stated I paid almost £80. The small box it came in contained just the monitor and an instruction leaflet/BP recording form. The meter is attached to a small cuff, which secures around the wrist. How to use ~~~~~~~~~~~ Simply place the cuff around your wrist and fix in place with the Velcro. Next switch ...

dabmim 10.01.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Omron RX Blood Pressure Monitor