| | |  | | Home » Wrist Blood Press Montr 7 | | | | | | | Description: | | 7 series blood pressure wrist unit with slim portable design. | | | Features: | |
• Heart guide technology
• Two user mode
• Bp level indicator
• Slim portable design
• Detect irregular heartbeat
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 7.75 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 282 reviews |
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264 of 269 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent, easy to use blood pressure monitorJan 26, 2011
By P. Smith
I was very excited to be able to review this product as I have high blood pressure and have searched for years for an easy to use, accurate monitor. Years ago, the best I could find in the marketplace were upper arm, clunky automatic blood pressure monitors that were difficult to use and produced wild, varying results. The Omron Bp652 is an incredible leap forward for accurate and precise home monitoring of one's blood pressure via a wrist monitor. I of course need to state at the beginning of this review that if you have hypertension, you need to be under a doctor's care and this product does not replace a physician's care, however, it is a wonderful tool for monitoring at home how well your meds are , or are not, keeping your blood pressure under control.
To test the accuracy of this monitor, I took it with me to my doctor's office. My physician measured my bp as 120/81. Minutes later, I used the Omron which gave a measurement of 121/83. That is remarkably close to my physicians bp measurement. Now, I wanted to take a look at how precise the Omron was, i.e. were several measurements taken back to back close? Yes they were! Three back to back measurements by the Omron that night were 116/79, 118/81 and 118/82. Those measurements indicate a high degree of precision. So, in my limited testing that day, the Omron appeared to be exceptionally accurate and precise. I was very impressed.
I think the reason for the Omron's excellent measurements is in large part due to the superb instructions enclosed with the monitor in conjunction with excellent technology built into the monitor itself. Very good drawings and descriptions are given of how and where to correctly position the monitor on the wrist. Then there is the wonderful Heart Sense technology the Omron employs. For best results, the wrist should be at heart level, or in the "Heart Zone". To guide the user to this Zone, the monitor uses a system of orange and blue lights. If the light is orange, you are outside of the Zone and/or are not wearing the monitor correctly and will get an erroneous reading. If the monitor is being worn correctly and the wrist (with monitor) are placed within the Heart Zone, a blue light will come on and the cuff will begin inflating. At the very beginning of using this monitor I had a little bit of trouble finding the right position to wear the cuff on my wrist and I also had problems finding my Heart Zone. But the orange/blue light system led me very quickly to the correct way to wear the monitor and then position my wrist relative to my heart. It was a really interesting experience. When the Omron indicated (by the orange light) that everything was not optimal, I did not receive good readings. But when I got it right and the blue light popped on, the results were stunningly accurate and precise as evidenced by the data I gave earlier. It's really a very easy process, dummy proof (I can be one so I should know!) and very fast.
I really like this bp monitor and would highly recommend it to anyone with blood pressure issues. High blood pressure is an insidious but serious illness capable of killing over time, and it needs to be monitored. The Omron Bp652 is a wonderful home partner for the control of hypertension. And it also needs to be noted that the Omron will pick up an irregular heart beat and report that to the user- very valuable. Even if the pulse is regular, having the pulse rate measured is very convenient as I also suffer from tachycardia (an abnormally fast heart rate) so I can do various activities at home and give my doctor feedback on my heart rate.
63 of 66 found the following review helpful:
Fast, Convenient, PortableFeb 03, 2011
By Mr. Fred
The Omron wrist blood pressure unit is exactly what I wished it to be: easy to use, convenient, and most of all, quite portable.
Taking a reading is extremely simple and the built-in guidance system leads to no-fail accurate readings. You put the unit on your wrist, orienting it as shown in the directions (and a little picture on the unit itself). An orange light comes on; you fold your arm across your chest, and when the correct position is reached, a blue light comes on and the unit begins its operation. It is perhaps twice as fast as the discount-store arm unit that we have, and of course so much smaller and lighter. While I didn't benchmark exact readings, the wrist unit and the arm unit generally agree within a few points; since blood pressures vary all the time, I deem the accuracy good, certainly good enough to tell you at once if your blood pressure is too high or perhaps too low.
Unlike the arm unit, the wrist unit stores up to 100 readings for each of two people. The only lack here is that the readings, as far as I can tell, can't be downloaded to a computer for review and storage. Also, setting the time and date is easy enough but requires removal of the battery cover; I judge this a minor inconvenience as it's something you won't need to do very often.
All of this is great, but even better is that the unit slips virtually unnoticed (in size and weight) in a briefcase or purse, and you can take a reading just about anywhere and everywhere. A lot of care obviously went into the design.
This product is easy to recommend. If you already have an arm unit, it's a great supplement but if you've yet to buy your first unit, this is the only one you should ever need.
68 of 72 found the following review helpful:
Excellent blood pressure monitorJan 27, 2011
By Bass Cadet
As someone with borderline hypertension, occasionally measuring my blood pressure is important. I have been using the Microlife 3AX1-4U Premium Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor for several years. It is reasonably accurate and easier to use compared with a manual blood pressure cuff.
The Omron blood pressure monitor is a similar design to the Microlife. They are both wrist monitors that use the oscillometric measuring method. The Omron is more convenient in that it guides the user to the proper arm position. The Microlife requires the user to set the arm in the standard position but does not provide any guidance.
The Omron takes measurements from low to high while the Microlife usually takes three measurements and, like most other monitors, goes from high to low. The three measurements are meant to provide a more accurate averaged reading, but it does take over three times as long. The Omron has a feature that automatically averages the last three readings taken within 10 minutes, so it can provide an averaged reading if desired.
The low to high measurement is particularly convenient and beneficial. This means there is no delay waiting to inflate the cuff and then waiting for the cuff to deflate while monitoring pulse related pressure changes. For people with elevated blood pressure, this also means no need to have the monitor inflate, waiting for the measurement criteria, and then re-inflating above the original pressure. I am surprised Omron does not highlight this feature more. It really makes this monitor stand out.
The Microlife is more sophisticated, has built-in charts, and comes with software and an interface for connecting to the computer. The charts show trends and display more information than the Omron. For some people, this may be helpful, but I prefer the simpler and much faster Omron.
42 of 43 found the following review helpful:
 Good home blood pressure unit--directly compared with professional Blood Pressure CuffApr 28, 2011
By T. S. Ferguson
"Phillyfergs"
I ordered this item for my husband, who is a doctor and is developing high blood pressure (figures!). Although he taught me how to take his blood pressure with his professional blood pressure cuff, it is important for him to take it at the same time of day, every day, in order to determine what his "true" value is. I got this one for him to try out so he would have something he could use without me having to be around.
So this is what we did: for several days, I took his blood pressure with his professional cuff and then we used the Omron wrist unit. It was accurate within 6 points, which, according to my husband, is pretty good. Even re-doing his blood pressure with the professional cuff would cause a fluctuation of 2-4 points.
What you get: This blood pressure cuff works on the wrist. You open up the velcro band and place it on your left wrist (take off your watch, move any clothing that may be in the way), and then position the unit over your heart as shown in the diagram. It is fairly idiot-proof, in that if you don't have it on correctly, it will give you a "red/orange" light, indicating that it is not ready to read. Once you get the "blue/green" light, you hit the start button and it starts the squeezing process. It has a two user memory, so two people can use the device and track their blood pressure over time. The only really important part about using this unit is placement. When I was trying it out, I was resting it against my chest (as shown in the diagram) and was getting some pretty wild readings that were inconsistent. It turned out that by touching part of the wrist cuff to my chest, I was actually affecting the reading. You must put it over your heart, but then DO NOT let it touch anything! It must be completely untouched by anything except your wrist (think of your hand in the air, but over your heart). Once I stopped doing that, the readings became more normal and consistent. Also, on a medical note from my husband, it is important that you are consistent in both when and how you take the readings over time.
Overall, I gave this a 4 star rating because it isn't as good as professional cuff. However, if you need one to use at home that is simple and fairly reliable (which a lot of them aren't), this is a good one to buy.
32 of 32 found the following review helpful:
Good, if you use it correctly.Nov 10, 2011
By BookGuy
I've been taking my own blood pressure readings since the 1980s. I have experience with the old, manual type upper-arm sleeves with stethoscope; digital, automatic [no stethoscope] upper-arm sleeves, and this wrist monitor. I even tried the old Omron finger blood pressure monitor many years ago which were reviewed as being inaccurate and which I don't think are sold anymore, except there are some cheap knockoffs [non-Omron] still being offered for sale.
My primary concern with any blood pressure measuring device is that it be accurate. Convenience is nice, but if it's inaccurate then it's not very useful, and could even be dangerous if relied upon.
I was convinced to try this wrist monitor after reading that it was well-rated by Consumer Reports magazine. I had been put off non-armcuff models after having tried the older Omron finger blood pressure monitor (as described above). While convenience isn't paramount to me, I wanted something that was less obtrusive and less noisy that I could use at work; but again, only if it were accurate.
The device is well made and convenient to use. It makes some noise, but it is less than the Omron HEM-711 model I was using previously. The noise is mostly from the small cuff inflating, but again, it isn't onerous. If it makes any sense, I'd say the noise is less than half of what the model HEM-711 puts out. There are beeps that tell you if the cuff is positioned correctly and for other user feedback, but they can be disabled if desired.
Now for the accuracy part:
When I first slapped it on it wasn't very accurate. The readings were too low for me. I'm familiar with my range, and these were about 20 points too low. So, okay, now I was bummed out. But... I still wanted to give it a fair shake remembering that Consumer Reports had given it good marks for accuracy. So I decided to be more rigorous about it.
What I did was make sure I was calm and relaxed and then proceeded to do a fairly standardized comparison between my Omron HEM-711 and this new Omron BP652 with several readings and short periods of rest between them. I found that if I used the BP652 correctly that it was accurate. So what did I do? Here's how I use it to get the best results:
* Mount it correctly on your wrist. It matters that it is aligned with your thumb, as outlined in the manual.
* Mount it correctly (part 2): It matters that you avoid that protruding bump from the bone in your wrist, as outlined in the manual. This means you have to mount the device to ride slightly higher on your wrist than you'd expect. It shouldn't be worn as you would a watch or a bracelet. It goes about 1/2" higher than that. It feels a little funny at first, as if it should be lower, but like I said, this positioning counts.
* Set the option for when it starts recording your blood pressure as "on2". I won't attempt to explain the details of how to configure this setting here, but when you read the instructions it'll make sense, and it's easy enough to do. Basically, that's the setting that makes sure you have it positioned correctly before it takes the blood pressure reading. It'll wait until you have it right. The default setting starts taking the reading after a short amount of time even if it isn't correctly positioned. I imagine the default setting is meant for certain cases where patients have some kind of mobility impairment, but I don't know that for sure.
* When it's in the right position, move it away from your chest. Don't move it up or down, just move it away from your chest so that it isn't touching your chest.
That's it. It seems to have similar readings to my Omron HEM-711. That's how to get the best readings from this device, but there are more things you need to do. I'm listing them separately because some of you know these things already, and they're not specific to this device. I'm listing them just in case it may benefit someone, because we're all in this together:
* Sit upright without straining. Try not to slouch too much or sit bolt upright.
* Keep your feet on the floor not on the footstool.
* Don't take your blood pressure reading after eating, smoking, or drinking alcohol. Wait at least 30-45 minutes.
* Don't talk while you're taking your blood pressure; it drives it up.
* Don't hold your breath or breath shallowly while taking your blood pressure thinking that if you stay completely still you'd get a better reading. Holding your breath or breathing very shallowly will deprive your blood of some oxygen and trigger the brain's response to increase your heart rate and thus, your blood pressure. You can breath regularly without negatively affecting your blood pressure.
* If you decide to buy a cuff-type monitor make sure that the cuff is around your heart level, too. If it's lower the blood pressure readings will be slightly elevated, and if it's too high the readings will be slightly too low. This advice is not meant to be taken too rigidly. Just don't have the cuff at head level or around your waist and you'll be fine.
* Don't walk around and then sit down and then immediately take your blood pressure. Wait a while for your body to acclimate to sitting and then take the reading.
That's it. And don't forget to take your meds if prescribed to you. : )
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