Blood Pressure Monitor: Recomendations

kenlad64

Hello, I am looking for advice/recommendations for at at home, upper arm blood pressure monitor. What to look for, advice on brands to get and if you have one and like it or hate it. Any information would be appreciated, Thanks!

ryanmt80

I have had both a Relion and Omron brand. Both are of equal qualities. Where I am at the Relion is cheaper than the Omron. Relion was featured in Consumer Reports as a best buy. The one I am using now is the Relion one.

I have never had any problems with either brand and from what I have heard, they upper arm ones are more accurate than the wrist ones.

kcpond

I tried the omron, but I found it was not accurate at all. It consistantly read way too low to be accurate. It was reading 100/70 when the Dr. and the ones at the drug stores were usually reading 135 to 140 over 90. So I never really used it because I found it unreliable.

ScatteredThoughts

I have an Omron that I purchased several years ago. I don't use it as much now, but it is good quality and reliable.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009XQUES/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Stores 200 reading. Can store readings for multiple users. IIRC, from when I researched them, Omron has a good history when it comes to health care products.

kenlad64

Thanks for the advice, sounds like Im looking into an Omron, even thought it wasn't 100%

richardheath

The pharmacist doing my pre-diabetes class said to get the Omron. Yes, you do want upper arm. Mine seems to give similar readings to the Drs office.

Think this MAY be the one I have, but I got it locally at Kroger, and it was only about $30.

http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HEM-712CLC-Automatic-Pressure-Monitor/dp/B0009XQUE8/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1380292410&sr=8-9&keywords=omron+blood+pressure+monitor

rainbow198

I use an Omron every morning to make sure my bp isn't too low and to check my resting heart rate. It's been reliable and pretty accurate for me.