A & D Upper Arm Digital Blood Pressure Monitor

GUARANTEED TO NUMB YOUR RIGHT ARM IN SECONDS....

Advantages: Takes accurate blood pressure readings, is easy to use, large and clear LCD screen, affordable
Disadvantages: The cuff can feel a little tight at first and takes a bit of getting use to

at the doctors, the readings are taken after a cuff is strapped around the upper arm and inflated automatically by the machine until a pulse is detected and blood pressure is picked up within the artery in the arm. A diagram on the cuff makes the process of strapping it on very straightforward and easy to do. As the cuff inflates the sensation is very strange and it does tighten to an extent that it feels as though the blood is being cut off to the lower arm and the feeling of a strong pulse in the arm is a tad freaky! The cuff is plugged into a large LCD screen that records the blood pressure as the cuff inflates and slowly deflates. At the same time a little heart flashes on the screen in time with your pulse. As the cuff finally deflates the actual blood pressure reading is displayed on the monitor. From opening the box to taking a reading ...

Badger_Boy 09.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of IBP Upper Arm 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.

above the elbow. The literature explains this and is very easy to understand. It has a Velcro fastener, which slides through a metal clasp. There is a rubber pipe, which is attached to the machine at one end and the cuff at the other. All you do is switch it on. There are two buttons. One power switch and one is the activator. You press the upper one (blue), wait a few seconds while it calibrates and then press the second one (grey), and voila it pumps the cuff up on your arm, and hey presto a few seconds later you have your blood pressure. It also gives you your pulse. The pulse and blood pressure alternatively flash on the screen. I think it works a treat and is small enough to put into a bag. I could probably even fit it into my jacket pocket, at a squeeze The literature claims it is highly accurate and it does seem to match my ...

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