Blood Pressure Monitor Reviews and Consumer Ratings |
One of the biggest problems facing the health of humans world-wide is heart related. Over the past 50 of years, the increase consumption of processed foods that use chemicals and large amounts of salt is moving at an exponential rate. The unfortunate and dangerous result of this cause and effect relationship is that of heart disease. In correlation with a hereditary pre-disposition, these environmental factors can increase the chance to develop this type of disease and more specifically high blood pressure. This is why we wanted to test and review the most popular ones on the market today just for you.
Design: 5/5
Quality: 5/5
Accuracy: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Overall Value: 2/5
Weight: 2 pounds – 3/5
Memory Storage: 200 measurements – 5/5
Dimensions: 4.8 x 7.2 x 9.8 inches
Cost of product: $76.37
Seller of Product: Walmart
Note: There was not much competition after we tested this model. It had a massive amount of storage options for readings and always gave very accurate results as well.
Design: 5/5
Quality: 4/5
Accuracy: 5/5
Durability: 4/5
Overall Value: 4/5
Weight: 1 pound – 5/5
Memory Storage: 60 measurements – 3/5
Dimensions: 2.5 x 4.5 x 5.3 inches
Cost of product: $34.95
Seller of Product: Amazon.com
Note: Very lightweight and state of the art, this blood pressure cuff did not put too much pressure on our subjects arm while reading. It also gave very accurate readings repeatedly as well.
Design: 4/5
Quality: 4/5
Accuracy: 4/5
Durability: 4/5
Overall Value: 2/5
Weight: 2.8 pounds – 2/5
Memory Storage: 60 measurements – 3/5
Dimensions: 7 x 5.2 x 7.5 inches
Cost of product: $68.55
Seller of Product: Metroplex Trading
Design: 4/5
Quality: 3/5
Accuracy: 3/5
Durability: 4/5
Overall Value: 3/5
Weight: 1 pound – 5/5
Memory Storage: 21 measurements – 1/5
Dimensions: 4.4 x 2.8 x 5.7 inches
Cost of product: $47.07
Seller of Product: Buy.com
Design: 3/5
Quality: 3/5
Accuracy: 3/5
Durability: 3/5
Overall Value: 1/5
Weight: 2.5 pounds – 2/5
Memory Storage: 90 measurements – 4/5
Dimensions: 4.8 x 7.2 x 9.8 inches
Cost of product: $85.59
Seller of Product: Walgreens
Design: 3/5
Quality: 2/5
Accuracy: 2/5
Durability: 3/5
Overall Value: 5/5
Weight: 1 pound – 5/5
Memory Storage: 30 measurements – 2/5
Dimensions: 7.4 x 6.8 x 3.7 inches
Cost of product: $30.06
Seller of Product: QualityMatters.com
Design: 2/5
Quality: 2/5
Accuracy: 2/5
Durability: 2/5
Overall Value: 4/5
Weight: 1.3 pounds – 4/5
Memory Storage: 60 measurements – 3/5
Dimensions: 5.9 x 2 x 4.9 inches
Cost of product: $32.94
Seller of Product: Overstock.com
Design: 2/5
Quality: 1/5
Accuracy: 2/5
Durability: 1/5
Overall Value: 3/5
Weight: 1.1pounds – 5/5
Memory Storage: 60 measurements – 3/5
Dimensions: 13.9 x 10.2 x 13.1 inches
Cost of product: $59.72
Seller of Product: Target
Design: 1/5
Quality: 2/5
Accuracy: 1/5
Durability: 2/5
Overall Value: 4/5
Weight: 1.2 pounds – 4/5
Memory Storage: 85 measurements – 4/5
Dimensions: 6.5 x 5 x 5 inches
Cost of product: $33.99
Seller of Product: FTIComputer.com
Note: This blood pressure monitor by Lumiscope was very dated looking. It was also quite inaccurate as well.
Design: 1/5
Quality: 1/5
Accuracy: 1/5
Durability: 1/5
Overall Value: 5/5
Weight: 5.2 pounds – 1/5
Memory Storage: 48 measurements – 2/5
Dimensions: 6 x 2 x 4 inches
Cost of product: $24.95
Seller of Product: BuyPCDirect.com
Note: This might have been the most uncomfortable blood pressure cuff we have ever used. It was also very bad at giving accurate readings. Definitely do not buy this one.
Blood Pressure Monitor Reviews - Results
After we finished up our testing of these blood pressure monitors, we really do believe that for the most part, all of the models performed their basic function to take both systolic and diastolic readings with quickness and accuracy. However, what might be important to some is the amount or capability the monitor has to store previous readings. The reason for this is because a person’s blood pressure often fluctuates at different times throughout the day. So therefore to take one or two readings and assume they are indicative of what kind of blood pressure you have is rather inaccurate and misleading. If you are able to store more readings, it becomes possible to then get a clearer picture of how things really are in regards to how your blood pressure really is. In our testing, both the Omron and Gurin models excelled in our overall testing based on the special set of criteria we provided for them.
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