The Price of Good Health?
Antrolife BP Cuff<br /><br />As a retired cardiac nurse, I must have advised literally thousands of people to check their BP regularly during my career.  Maintaining a normal blood pressure can help prevent heart attacks and strokes.  Until now, I’d just use my manual BP cuff and stethoscope to check household BP, but I can’t do this anymore.  I recently gave my prized stethoscopes to my niece who just graduated from nursing school and is following in her aunt’s footsteps by going into cardiac care.<br /><br />How about accuracy?  Checking BP for myself and my husband, I found this device to be accurate, and the readings were consistent with manual readings.  It has an audible reading of results and only three buttons so is really helpful and easy to use for the vision impaired folks. Be aware that the voice is not only a stilted automated voice but has an asian accent, so is not that easy to understand.  I’ve turned the voice off on mine.<br /><br />For setting this up, the first step is to set user, date and time.  I found it a bit confusing because the year was displayed as 20, then on the next line was 22.  Its possible to track BP for two different users.  After the date is the choice of audible readings and display of BP as mmHg, the standardized measure used mostly throughout the world now, and kPa, which can be turned off.  The device can be operated using four AAA batteries, included, or plug in using the included usb-c cable (charge block NOT included).  The screen displays nice, large red numbers, easy to read, BP and pulse.<br /><br />The cuff seems to be well made.  Packaging states that its one-size-fits-all, but from my experience, this cuff may be too small for some individuals, and conversely, too small for others.  When using, make sure the velcro flap of the cuff meets the white stripe on the inside to be sure its a good fit.  If a cuff is too small, the reading may be inaccurately too high, and if the cuff is too big, the reading may be inaccurate and displayed as lower than it should be.<br /><br />I’d suggest taking this BP device with you to your next doctors visit.  Have them take your BP twice, once with their normal process then with your new machine.  While its perfectly normal for BP to vary minute to minute, if you find your new cuff to be consistently off, up or down, by a few points, then at least you’ll have a close ballpark idea of how your readings at home will compare with your doctor’s.<br /><br />I honestly think every household should have one of these, and used regularly, at least once weekly, about three times weekly if on meds to regulate BP.  I’m very pleased with this particular monitor, and very happy to have it.  5-stars!<br /><br />I hope you’ve found this review to be helpful!!
Rating: 5 stars