Montors with Cuff vs Cuffless Arm Blood Pressure Monitor (like Panasonic EW3153W)
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No, you don't have to be that super accurate. Just line it up with the center of the inside of your arm and your all set. Stay away from anything that doesn't wrap around your upper arm, it's difficult enough to get these to give accurate results. Wrist cuffs are particularly lousy. This unit has a good rep. and was also rated good by Consumer Reports.
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If you have a small upper arm (as I do), the cuff that comes with the monitor has to be considered "large." It is somewhat difficult to get it to tighten around the arm on the first try. Further, the cuff is also long - 5.5 inches - and that can also be a problem. I did notice that, on one Amazon page re: Omron BP monitors, you can get a large or small cuff although I believe it was an extra charge.
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From what I experience, I bougth the base model without the heart rate mnitor. So you can bay with or without, but there is a price differnce. My case, $400 with out and $440 with the monitor. Please be sure in the description specifies with or w/o.
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I did not hear any noise. HOWEVER, several medical professionals have told me that the arm blood pressure is much more accurate. You could compare readings both at the same time to determine if and what difference it makes. (Also, I've been told to wait 5 min. between taking the pressures.
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I hope you have not bought it yet. Wether it comes with a guarantee or not, its the most useless Wrist Blood pressure monitor you can ever buy. Mine stopped working two months after purchase and I seldomly used it. I didnt care to followup on the warrantly since it was so pissed off.
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My only suggestion is to take the monitor with you to your doctor and have them compare your monitor against what they have. Personally, I don't believe that an automated BP monitor that you can actually afford will give you more than a ballpark reading. If the doctor finds that your monitor is wildly off in either direction, let them suggest a different monitor.
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I presume it can be, as it measures BP with the usual arm cuff. However, if this is crucial to your selection, clearly you need to speak with your cardiologist.
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I work in healthcare and it is no different than what I would use to measure a patient's heart rate. It is a tad slower to register but if you actually use the sensor on your fingertip it is much faster, however in continuous monitoring mode during exercise it seems to work pretty close to the monitors we use in my clinic. I held out for a while for the Basis Band and honestly prefer the Gear Fit and Neo 2.
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Just called and spoke with A&D makers of the Life Source 853 and the rep said it is designed for Medium and Large cuffs only. That if I needed a Small cuff I would need a different blood pressure monitor. I was hoping it took a Small. Darn, looks like I'm purchasing a new blood pressure monitor that takes a small cuff.
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Interesting! I am looking at buying the 405 without the strap, as I still have the one from my now stolen 305.The Garmin support website says that some versions of the 405 are compatible with the HR monitor. How can you tell if the one you are buying is compatible? Or is it just a trick to make you buy the more expensive version?
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Hi Jack, I have a Micro-life monitor and am quite pleased with it - easy to use etc, though a larger cuff for larger people would have been handy as I had to but one especially. Your AFIB? Not sure what that stands for, so can't make a comment. However, the monitor does detect irregular heartbeat, if that's any help to you - all these gadgets are clever, but they don't replace a Dr or specialist. Cheers, Warren. p.s. let me know how you got on?
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Just called and spoke with A&D; makers of the Life Source 853 and the rep said it is designed for Medium and Large cuffs only. That if I needed a Small cuff I would need a different blood pressure monitor. I was hoping it took a Small. Darn, looks like I'm purchasing a new blood pressure monitor that takes a small cuff.
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Asumming that you put your arm in properly, not to bind the sensor, It measures quite consistently. If we get a higher reading, as we're concerned about our results, we lay back to rest for 3 minutes, breathe deeply 4 times,then the measurement drops as much as 10 points. I find it's Memory records daily consistent BP's, vs our old Arm-Band unit.Checking it with the local Market, or Drug Store, it's results are very Good!
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You have to check the options on the one you pick, but this one apparently comes with it. If you have had other Forerunners, the heart rate monitor strap seems to work well with any of them. It is another reason I like the 310 - the heart rate monitor is usually pretty good. But there is one big thing I have found and that is that if you wear clothes that have static or some certain fabrics, it won't work well, so you have to figure out what clothes don't interfere with it.
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pianoforte I am sorry to say, I truly don't know. I ended up using the cuff that came with my Omron BP785 10 Series Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor, it fit. I thought the cuff offered with the monitor I purchased wouldn't fit due to reading reviews that others had written that purchased the same monitor. So I purchased a larger cuff but ended up sending it back due to it not fitting the Omron BP785 monitor. Again I am sorry I can not be of any help.
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Absolutely YES. Ive had both my shoulders replaced and have allot of trouble with my hands and this is so easy to use. Very accurate as I tool it with me to my doctors office to compare with their BP cuff reading. This one is very accurate. So easy to use.
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Hi Kim... I did not buy this HRM as my first choice because I tried to "go cheap" and only wanted an HRM with no frills. First one ordered did not work, and the instruction leaflet (4 pages) was in "cryptic" English. SO... based on years of excellent service from an Omron BP Cuff device, I went to this device next. It is user friendly, AND it comes with a small DETAILED & well-written booklet (24 pages) of information that literally walks you through every feature of this device. I'm happy with this HRM and would buy the same brand again should anything happen while exercising that should accidentally break my HRM. Hope this helps.