Home blood pressure monitor

First of all you must wait before taking a second reading because The veins are not back to normal for a few minutes. Second that company makes good units. Third sit up straight, put your arm on a table at the same height as your heart and then take the reading. 

In addition to Marty72080 really good advice. Contact the manufactures and ask to have the machine checked. For the reasons Marty has said it is most likely correct, but you need to get confidence in your machine back, and that will only happen if it is check over by the manufacture. And if it is wrong then they will fix it.

FYI. I have a Boots version of your machine and somtimes I get some obscure reading. Its not that the machine inaccurate our bodies are tempremental and the slightes incident like the phone ringing during the time you are taking your reading can make your BP rise.        

I have an Omron, have had it for the last 7 years, has been calibrated a number of times by comparing it with hospitals big expensive blood pressure monitors, much to the nurses annoyance.

I have since learnt to be quiet and just keep my thoughts to myself, except when they take NO Notice of my Omron readings and make comments about why I would be wasting my time having one, then I get annoyed, and make my feelings abundantly clear, even complaining to his consultant, not advisable to cross me.

​Well in my husbands case it has saved his life 5 times now, when I get suspicious his heart failure has suddenly taken a turn for the worst, the first thing I do is slap the blood pressure monitor on him, a couple of times have got ridiculous readings, I change the batteries and all is well again, also do not assume even new batteries are good, I have struck brand new batteries that had no power in them.

​Know what your normal readings are, I asked our heart specialist to write it down for me in a little book I keep, small school exercise book, I keep a diary of husbands weight, and blood pressure, especially if he is off colour, or I suspect he is headed for trouble, a lot of extra coughing, sudden change in his weight, and or complaining of unexpected pain, if his blood pressure changes by 10% I take him back to the heart hospital to get him checked out, he has been admitted each and every time, and as above I am getting good at saving his life, each of those 5 times his condition was potentially life threatening.

WE had a Boots one for years and recently replaced it and pleased with it.

i am supposed to be taking my blood pressure for a week before returning to Dr but too scared to take it!   Every time I look at it my heart rate goes up!!  Will have to discuss with Dr again I think.   Trying to avoid a 24 hr monitor strapped to me !

Blood pressure meter repeatability is always questionable but there is a method do not take 2nd reading immediately let body and machine come to state of stanility after first wait gorv2 minutes and take subsequent readings