Didn't work correctly and overpriced for it's lack of features
I work in EMS and I decided to get this to use both for family, as well as use it while on a BLS truck without a monitor.<br />Initial impressions seemed fairly positive.  The unit itself moderately sized- about the length/width of a Nintendo 3DS when opened up, but obviously much thicker.  When I first opened the box I saw a universal power adapter which I thought was a bit weird.  When I opened the actual pouch the unit came in (which was a nice touch!) I saw that the power adapter has a European Type-C plug.  I guess they must've given me the European Model, but it did come in English so....  It did let our a rather unsettling large spark of electricity when I plugged it the wall.<br /><br />I first tried the hand-held mode which.. did not work at all.  It kept saying no contact.  Well whatever, so next I moved onto using the limb leads (making sure to set the mode to limb) and yeah, it worked, albeit with some artifacting.  It unfortunately only shows 3 leads, despite having 4 electrodes which could easily offer up the augmented vector leads...  Even more bizarre is the firmware actually has options to view leads V1-6, not sure how they manage that without a 12-lead....  I also noticed it also does pulse-oximetry.  I thought great, I've got a USB probe so I can try it in this unit since it has a USP port.  Well, No.  What the images don't show is that the pulse-ox only works using their proprietary six-pin adapter, which is clearly marked on the actual unit itself, just not on the images.  Oh you can buy one from their site, it's $125 or so....  Yeah Uh after shelling out almost $250, I'm not about to drop more....  I mean I probably would have kept it if the hand-held EKG mode worked but, yeah no, it's not worth it with that busted.<br /><br />tl;dr:<br /><br />PROS:<br />Color display<br />Large display<br />4-limb connectors<br />Audible alerts<br />Carry case<br />SpO2 monitoring<br />PC Software has nice features<br /><br />CONS:<br />No augmented vectors for EKG<br />Pulse-ox not included<br />EU model(?)<br />Artifacts on EKG waveform<br />Low Gain
Rating: 2 stars