do you suffer from high blood pressure? (Boots Blood Pressure Monitor)

Member Name: barbie84

Product:	Boots Blood Pressure Monitor
Date:	29/06/08 (346 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good for monitoring your health

Disadvantages: doesnt pick up low readings

It is estimated that 16 million people in the uk alone suffer from high blood pressure which puts them at a great risk of circulatory problems, heart attacks and strokes.

Being able to monitor your own blood pressure at home is ideal for anyone who doesnt like to visit the doctor every week and allows you to take controll of your own health problem.

This blood pressure monitor is just a basic monitor so at £39.99 it is very expensive compared with the lloyds one at only £15 which is just as good.

This blood pressure monitor comes with a black fabric zip up case which you dont get with the cheaper models but you could use a small make up bag for this, it is easy to use, has an on/off button and a start button, it has space in the memory to store 7 readings which is usefull to have to monitor your increase or decrease, the screen is digital and an lcd so us easy to read even for the elderly as it is displayed quite large.

The arm cuff fastens with velcro making it easy enough to be able to be used alone and requires 4x aa batteries to operate.

You get a diary record with this to write down your readings, a 2 year guarantee and a manual which is very helpful if you are a novice as it tells you what your blood pressure should be and what to do to reduce it or increase it depending on which direction it is wrong.

I have had this blood pressure monitor for about 6 months now as i got it as a gift last christmas, it is realy easy to use but just does the same job and has the same functions as the previous lloyds one i owned which was less than half the price of this one.

Wholst these blood pressure monitors are a good indicator and usually very accurate they do struggle sometimes to read readings that are very low like mine.
I monitor my readings 3 times a day as i have a heart condition that reduces my blood pressure drastically causing me to faint, there have been times i have tryed to get a reading and it has been too low to register on the machine which is ok now i know that but i just thought it was faulty to begin with untill my nurse told me about the low reads not picking up on hers either.

Summary: a great idea to use at home