Antrolife BPM Worked Great Right Out Of The Box!
I've had the arm cuff blood pressure monitors over the years due to my inheriting the genetics for high blood pressure so I like to check my overall blood pressure on a fairly regular basis even though I've been on high blood pressure meds for most of my adult life.<br />Here's what I like the most about this Antrolife Blood Pressure Monitor:<br />They really need to highlight in their description (not just in one of their many pictures that this device will operate in dual power modes, with the batteries or without batteries when you plug in the supplied USB type A/C power cord to the monitor and a charging port (either in you home or in your car) or as I did to test it out I plugged into my PC while writing this review.<br />I purchased a name brand (Omron) BPM years ago and the first thing I found out was that the cuff was on the small to medium size so I had to purchase their separate large cuff. So this was a big deal to me since with the Antrolife cuff it is considered a universal fit with the arm's circumferences ranging from 8.66" (22cm) to 16.54" (42cm) which runs from small to large. So for the people with larger arms you may want to measure prior to ordering but this cuff will fit the majority of individuals.<br />Their are some discrepancies between their user manual and Amazon webpage for their warranty and number of available readings you can store in memory so here they are: although their User Manual states that they have a 1 Year Worry-Free Warranty and any problems within 12 months result in a replacement or refund (they also have a folded insert in the box which makes it a little more confusing by stating a Mfg. Warranty of 1 year and an Extended Warranty of 3 years). Their Amazon page states that they provide a Worry Free Warranty of 36 month and in another location on the webpage it states an extended 36-month warranty (so I'm really confused by all of this change in wording) which covers almost anything (malfunction, measurement inaccuracy, mechanical damage, and much more) so if you meet their criteria then just contact them at by addressing your email to "support at Antrolife dot com". "You can get a free replacement or refund quickly and easily, just contact us", also with your warranty claim remember that you will need a copy of your Amazon order invoice and Amazon Order I.D..<br />As for the number of stored individual readings that can be stored in this monitor the manual states 2 x 90 the Amazon webpage states that it will hold up to 99 for each of the two individuals tracked on this monitor so it appears that the manual is just out of date vs their current sales literature and actually each of the contradictions have been improved upon between the User Manual and the Amazon webpage which is another Plus for picking this up. Also the soft storage carrying bag although a nice thought really needs to be a little bit larger to comfortably hold the device, the cuff, the usb type C power cord and the manuals (I like to keep everything together).<br />I also checked its' accuracy against another recent BPM that I acquired and both are within 2 digits apart from each other so I consider that very accurate for this BPM since it's hard to take 2 measurements with the same device and come up with the same exact numbers, it just doesn't happen that often.<br />Setting up the User as No. 1 or 2 and setting the Date, Time, Voice (On or Off) which uses someone with a female Chinese accent (personally I would have used a voice with a neutral accent but that is just me) and Unit of Measure went well although their instructions leave out a few details but it is easily figured out once you get started. The biggest drawback I can see with this device and honestly I don't understand is why you're asked to input the date and time into the device if they aren't displayed on their monitor either while taking your measurement or when you're thumbing through your past Memory listing (they do list them in numerical order starting with 1). Although I think they've got a great BPM device I would really like to know the day and time of each memory stored in this device so for me, although not an issue for everyone, had they included that information showing somewhere on the device I would have rated this with 5 Stars but I consider this a pretty big deal so that's why I removed one Star from my rating...<br />Would I still buy this, the answer is "Yes", mainly due to the dual power modes that makes it so very flexible to take on my trips and not worry about the batteries dying on me...
Rating: 4 stars