Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
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Product Reviews of Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Product Review: Top Rated!
Summary: 5 Stars
In researching wrist monitors, I discoverd that this model was the top rated in international testing. Search on "German Hypertension League Testing" and you can find the report. The WS-820 was the top performer, even beating out arm monitors.
I found the unit works really well and is quite fast. My readings usually take about 45 - 60 seconds. Its really easy to use and I take it with me when I travel. I also like the two memories. I use them to keep my morning and evening readings seperately.
Product Review: Very cheaply made & not easy to use
Summary: 1 Stars
The battery cover comes off very easily. The material is very cheap and fragile. The measurments take longer than I expected. I returned and went with Omron HEM-637. Much better quality and faster and easier to use.
Pros:
2 memory buttons, can be used by two people
Cons:
- Poor material quality
- Hard to use two memories! If you don't remember to press the right memory button, your reading will end up on the other person's record!
- Very slow reading
- It sometimes restarts the reading in the middle of a reading, applying a lot of pressure on the wrist for a long time to come up with a final reading! This will elevate your blood pressure by itself!!
Product Review: Very quick & simple
Summary: 5 Stars
This is great for fast & simple monitoring of your blood pressure & pulse. It takes about 1 minute to give you blood pressure & pulse, and it tells you if it detects an irregular pulse (such as PVC). There's no fuss, and no stethoscope, nor hand pump, nor any of that old school stuff. The formed wrist band has a velcro strap which fastens & unfastens quickly & easily, and everything is done at the push of a button. You can do it easily all by yourself.
Note: if, for some reason, you really need super-accurate readings, then you have to be careful to have your wrist always at the same level (relative to your heart) every time you take a reading, because you can get different readings if your wrist is higher or lower than your heart; but that is true with any device. I just try to have my arm be "about" the same place (relative to the heart), so I get pretty consistent readings, and at least I know the general range. I don't care about a difference between, say, 117/69 and 119/72 -- I just want to know if I'm unusually high or low, and this is plenty accurate for that.
This device has 2 30-entry memories (to keep track for 2 different people, or to keep track of morning & evening, or something like that), but I don't even use them because I just want to know where I am at the given time. If you are interested, it will display an average of the readings in each memory, and you can look back through the last 30 individual readings in each memory.
The one negative point is that it needs ALKALINE batteries, not nickle metal hydride (apparently because the electric field from the hydride batteries would interfere with the electronics the device uses to detect pulses). It needs 2 AAA batteries, and so far one set of batteries has lasted me 100 readings or so.
Product Review: WS-820V Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Summary: 4 Stars
This is handy to store or use anywhere---very compact and the case makes it easy. Great for travel. Had a bit of trouble using the '2-person' log system at first, but succeeded well thereafter. I have a very small wrist and tho it actually fits, I have to be careful not to move or it will slip a little. Make sure you hold it in the proper position when monitoring: ie; distance and position from heart. Very pleased overall.Product Review: Works great
Summary: 5 Stars
I really like this compact, easy-to-use monitor. The construction is solid and the unit works as advertised. I'd recommend this to anyone who needs a convenient way to frequently monitor their blood pressure.