Different readings from my other BP monitor
[[VIDEOID:746cebf4b319b8873db16f14daa745ca]] It seems like a nice blood pressure monitor but I am getting different readings from my other BP monitor I bought from the pharmacy at my local hospital and I’m not sure which one is accurate. I took my BP with this monitor and got a 139/89 reading. Then took it with my old monitor and got a 125/73 reading. Then took it with this one again and got 134/80. That was all within minutes of each other on the same arm. So… ? I think I might bring both to my next doctors appointment and test it against theirs. So far this one is consistently giving higher readings than my old one.<br /><br />I like that it takes the readings relatively quickly. It’s a bit faster than my other monitor.<br /><br />I also like that this comes with a USB power cord. My old one runs strictly on batteries. I like having the option to also plug it into a wall outlet. That’s a nice feature.<br /><br />And I really like that this detects an irregular heartbeat. My old one didn’t do that.<br /><br />I just need to figure out which BP monitor is accurate. I tried to see if this is Antrolife BP monitor has been validated for accuracy using the online registries at MedEval and Stride BP (the 2 most well known international registries) but I couldn’t find any BP monitors manufactured by Antrolife listed on either registry. I also checked the British and Irish hypertension society registry, European society of hypertension (they use the stride BP registry) and the American medical association registry with no luck. None had any Antrolife products listed. I searched by both manufacturer and model number.<br />Maybe they are manufactured and tested under a different brand name? Or maybe I’m just not searching the registries properly? I’ve never done a search of BP monitor registries before today so it could just be user error on my end. It says it’s certified by European ISO but I was unable to find a way to search for European ISO certified BP monitors. I thought they were supposed to be listed on the Stride BP registry but I may be wrong.<br /><br />I’ll try to update this review in the future if I ever figure out which one is accurate.
Rating: 4 stars