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liz57
liz57

Anyone know of a reliable arm BP home monitor ?.Not an expensive one .Mine is an Omron M2 and it does a lot of errors before I get a reading .I even took it to chemist and same thing .When it eventually showed a reading it was similar to his much more expensive machine Thank you

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  • jane243
    jane243 liz57

    Posted

    Mine is an Omron M6 Comfort and I have no problems with it. Does your need re-calibrating I wonder? I paid £45.00 approx, from Amazon.  The self same machine at Boots was £100.00.
  • noelfitz
    noelfitz liz57

    Posted

    Liz,

    Omron seems a good make, mine is Omron M5-1.  Maybe it takes time to warm up before settling when turned on first.

  • derek76
    derek76 liz57

    Posted

    If it gives you error messages it is possibly not getting  even enough beats to complete the reading. When I have irregular heart beats mine has done that at home as has the one at my GP's.

    I have a new expensive Omron MIT Elite that I found on Ebay when a doctor sold one of his Freebies. I still have my 14 year old Omron M4 and it gives matching readings with the new one. 

    Lloyds Pharmacy on-line sell reliable ones.

     

  • Fisherman
    Fisherman liz57

    Posted

    I think i must be a cheapskate! I paid £12.99 for a Kinetik monitor from Tescos! I always take 2 readings and use the average. I think all machines have a "margin of error" but I guess this is lower with the more expensive monitors?
    • jane243
      jane243 Fisherman

      Posted

      What'sTesco's slogan - every little counts!  Sounds like you got a bargain there!!
  • liz57
    liz57

    Posted

    Hello

    Thanks All for your replies .I'm ginig to order a KInetik and see  how it works

    • harry66
      harry66 liz57

      Posted

      I hope it will serve you well. However, my recommendation would go to one of the Omron models. They are proven quality.
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