Blood Pressure Home Machines

[albaqwerty]

Having read on a different thread about how reasonably priced they are, are they and can they be as reliable as the ones at surgery and hospital?
I hope so.

[Bobbisox1]

Mine is although you can get them synced ag a Lloyd's chemist I believe Alba, I bought mine at Boots a few years ago

[Bobbisox1]

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[dannyk13]

I have a Lloyd's one and it works fine.

[Bobbisox1]

I have this one ,

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[barry1010]

They are reliable but do you really need one?

[ubasses]

Our GP recommended Omron, and the surgery should calibrate it for you if required.

[237SJ]

Mine's Omron as well. My friend said they use Omron at her GP practice and they are very good.

[albaqwerty]

Thank you everyone :-)

140/88, Bobbi, I wish!! (as per diagram picture)

GP asked me last week if I had my own, woulld save a small fortune in frequent taxi fares.
She's gone back to tweaking my BP tablets and wants to keep checking it frequently.

[gingejbee]

Yes, Omron are the ones to go for....always come out tops when tested by Which?. Our health centre uses them, too.
Whatever you decide, go for an upper-arm (not wrist)type.

[barry1010]

Well worth your while buying one in that case

[ubasses]

It is also useful to get the one that you can download to your computer. Taking a printout showing a range of readings over a period is very helpful to GP. It has stopped our GP tweaking Mr U's medication on a few occasions.

[Mamyalynne]

Some pointers here, Omron are often recommended however.

http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/BloodPressureandyou/Homemonitoring/Choosingyourmonitor

[beso]

My wife had one for years but replaced it when the doctors tested it and found it was inaccurate.

[EdmundD]

I use an Omron M3 Comfort from Argos cost £55. My GP suggested Omron when the pod in the surgery became unavailable due to lockdown. He also suggested that when I do use it that I take 3 readings to get an average.

[Vagus]

Mine is a Boots own brand one, Ive had it for about fifteen years, can’t remember how much it was but not very expensive, it works perfectly and is reliable.
My GP told me to take a reading, wait five minutes then take another one. It’s the second reading which she told me to note down and disregard the first.

[Buenchico]

A direct quote from the website of our local GP's surgery:
"The Practice is encouraging all patients to purchase their own personal items for use such as:

Home Blood Pressure monitor - Pulse Oximeter - and Digital Thermometer

These items are inexpensive and widely available from any pharmacy or online. They will not only be a useful addition to the home first aid kit but play a vital role in self managing healthcare issues and will enable you to report accurate readings to healthcare professionals either via our online services or during telephone consultations".

This is the blood pressure monitor I use daily:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/501438974
(I bought mine for under £20 from Lidl when they were having a promotion on health products). The readings it gives seem consistent both with those that I get from the mega-expensive electronic units that they use at Ipswich hospital and with the old-fashioned manual method used at my GP's surgery.