Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
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Product Reviews of Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Product Review: Excellent product and service
Summary: 5 Stars
I would buy from this seller again and highly recommend! I received the wrist blood pressure monitor quicky and it was exactly as described. While wrist monitors are generally not considered as reliable as arm monitors, this one seems to be relatively reliable. I have used it frequently for more than a month and feel it is as good as an arm monitor and so far, reliable...It is easy to use, also; it keeps up to 30 readings and also measures pulse each time.
So far, so good..
Product Review: Follow up to earlier review
Summary: 5 Stars
Not sure why the earlier reviewer had bad readings.
Note that you can not be talking or moving AND that the monitor should be at same level (height) as the heart.
I took three measurement and they are ALL within 001 of the previous reading. (If taken within 2 minutes of each other).
There are two memories, I guess M2 could be for spouse or loved one.
In the morning, I clear the entire memory by erasing/deleting the Average or "A" reading.
Then throughout the day, I take several readings (only the last 30 are retained).
The readings are numbered 1 thru 30 with 1 being the most recent.
The "A" reading is the average reading.
Thus at night or first thing in the morning BEFORE erasing the memory, I record the "A" reading for that day.
I also record if I had an irregular heart beat...note that the unit does NOT save the irregular heart beat if detected. You will have to remember that on your own.
I was so pleased that I just ordered a second one for using at work.
FOLLOW-UP....
I just received the second monitor...
The upper numbers SYS differ by only 4 or +/- 2 from center value.
The lower number differed by 1 or 2 at the most...
Note, had one monitor on left wrist and second monitor on right wrist.
Note that since the earlier review above, I now store the IRREGULAR heart beat readings in M2 and the normal heart beat measurements in M1
Product Review: Getting the job done.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Prevention blood pressure monitor gets the job done. It seems to produce fairly reliable results and does its job in a reasonable amount of time. Still, I would prefer a monitor whose face mounted on the upper part of the wrist rather than the underside. It feels a little awkward sometimes. I also wish it worked a little faster too. Still, it has a very large face and anyone can read the results without having a hint of a problem. That being said, I find it to be more than acceptable, yet I wish it were a tad smaller, a bit comfortable and a little quicker with the results.Product Review: Good Buy
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice portable device that seems to be fairly accurate. So far, very happy with it.Product Review: Good for a wrist monitor but has one flaw.
Summary: 4 Stars
Like all wrist monitors, it must be used carefully to get an accurate reading. It also tends to read a few points below an arm cuff when used as directed.
Like all wrist cuffs, it is supposed to be held at heart, or armpit level. However, with me, that gives a consistently lower reading than an arm cuff... by a few points. To compensate I have to hold it lower down, by 8 to 12 inches. Then it is consistent with the arm cuffs I also use.
It also tends to deflate a bit more quickly than I think is good for best accuracy.
The big flaw, and one it shares with the Prevention DS-1902PV Arm cuff, is that while it claims to detect irreglar heartbeat, and does, it DOES NOT STORE that info in memory along with the BP & pulse, time and date. If that info is useful to detect then it should be useful to record, and that is what I assumed it would do.
I think that is a bit of misrepresentation of the product.
I am also not happy with the way the information must be displayed for copying. It is a cumbersome system, and if you are not quick enough the display defaults and then that record, say number 24, must be found again, requiring another 24 button presses.
Otherwise it does what it claims, and is a very handy portable unit.