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 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 review
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Review of Omron RX 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 review
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Review of Omron RX Blood Pressure Monitor

Under pressure!

Advantages: Easy to use, accurate, saves going out to the garage, good value
Disadvantages: None

...should immediately get a reading on your digital display i.e. 27.5. You need to hold it still to get an accurate reading, and the display is nice and clear so there is no mistaking the numbers. When you have your reading, just pull it off and replace the dustcap, and move around the rest of the tyres. You don't need to switch this on and off, it only starts to work when you use it on a tyre so it won't waste any batteries. As you can see, it really is incredibly simple to use. The digital display means there is no guess work as to the number of PSI your tyre is, and its easy to read whether you have good eyesight or not. You don't need to be strong to do this, just a bit of pressure applied onto the tyre is enough for it to take its reading, and as I said, its instant so you don't have to wait too long sat on the floor! Halfords are...

mummy2harry 13.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Halfords Digital Tyre Pressure Gauge

How Pressured Are You?

Advantages: none really unless you have low pressure
Disadvantages: lots if you have high pressure

...of it already and your physician should have given you advice on how to lower your pressure or have prescribed you with medication to aid you in the process. High blood pressure is also known as "hypertension" and should be taken seriously. If hypertension is not monitored and reduced you increase your risk of having strokes, heart failure, heart attacks and is currently the most common cause of chronic renal failure. High blood pressure also reduced your life expectancy. If you or anyone you know has hypertension please take it seriously and do take your doctor's advice on lowering your pressure. There are certain things which you should avoid if you have hypertension such as excessive salt, try to cut down as much as you possibly can on your salt intake. Liquorice is also bad for people with high blood pressure. There are...

anonymili 17.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on High Blood Pressure

Simple Blood Pressure Monitoring

Advantages: Extremely simple operation
Disadvantages: None really

...BOOTS INTELLISENSE BLOOD PRESSURE ARM MONITOR ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've included this bit as I hope it may be of interest to those of us (and I include myself in this category) who have had their blood pressure measured by their GP, but at really taken much notice of what the measurements meant - after all, I sure that for many of us, our feelings would be - 'the Doctor is there to tell you if there is a problem, isn't he ?' The simplest explanation that I can find of what Blood Pressure actually is states that it is the force required for your heart to push blood through your arteries. This explanation could be compared to a situation like a central heating system pumping hot water through radiators...

bluenosesquonk 05.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Boots Tingle

PUMPING PRESSURE

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: lots

...Hypertension, the correct name for high b lood pressure. Hypertension can lead to serious consequences, and it is therefore important that your BP (B lood pressure) is correctly monitored and treated as necessary. Hypertension is simply put when your arteries are narrowed and the b lood is pushed harder through them. Most patients do not know they have hypertension until they go to their doctor for something else and have their B P read as routine. Normal B P’s are around 120/80, which is ideal. However as you get older this increases and the acceptable norm becomes 160/90 (at around 60 years). In ninety per cent of people the cause for their hypertension is unknown, this is called ‘primary or essential’ hypertension. In the rest of the cases there are reasons this is usually called ‘secondary...

dabmim 01.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on High Blood Pressure

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

...and I started developing daily headaches, became incredibly fatigued and generally felt as rough as a badgers bum for what seemed no reason at all. A more recent visit to the doctor revealed a blood pressure of 196/115, a high reading that was inevitably increased due to my dear of doctors and hospitals. To combat 'dodgy' readings induced due to my adverse reaction to medical professionals lead to my wife buying an IBP home blood pressure monitor from Argos for £29.99. I am not going to go into a huge amount of detail of how the machine looks instead I have attached a number of photographs that illustrate the actual product (the picture above is not the model I have). In terms of actual dimensions, monitor is only 17cm (W) x 17cm (L) x 10cm (H) and weighs only 350g with the batteries inserted. As with a blood pressure machine...

Badger_Boy 09.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of IBP Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor

Oooh - Time to play Doctors and Nurses!

Advantages: Simple to use, an absolute bargain!
Disadvantages: None

...A couple of years ago my partner was diagnosed with Diabetes and also a blood pressure level of 220 over 130, which was shockingly (as the nurse informed him) stroke level! And has been having treatment ever since and not nearly as many check-ups as he should have, so when I saw the advert on TV for Lloyds Pharmacy's Blood Pressure Monitor for only £9.99, I quickly snapped one up. Needless to say all family and friends and even the poor customers of our pub have been rigged up and thoroughly checked with this product! The monitor which is approx 12cm x 8cm, white in colour with a light blue start button and dark blue on/off button and labels above the results window, stating from left to right Systolic, Diastolic and Pulse/min, comes complete with carry pouch, a blue medium cuff/sleeve, instruction manual, a leaflet on Lifestyle...

nevaeh123xxx 13.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of LLoyds Pharmacy Blood Pressure Monitor

A Blood-Curdling Review.

Advantages: You might get fixed
Disadvantages: Most men prefer socks or pants.

...The Lloyd's Pharmacy Blood Pressure Monitor is the most peculiar present I've ever been given for my birthday. I even emailed my sister and told her I thought so. She pointed out that I'm getting older and if it stops me getting a heart attack or having a stroke then it was a good present. I think she's right and I didn't mean to be ungrateful. Of course it's better to know. It's just that I was feeling quite well when she sent it and now that I've taken my blood pressure and looked everything up in the supplied chart I think I might be at death's door. Just kidding! This is actually a great present for me. I tend to veer from dieting and long distance running to lolling about with a bottle of whisky and as much chocolate as I can find. I ended my last committed and effective diet on Christmas Day of 2006 and I'm still showing no...

FlameDruid 20.09.2007 · Read review
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