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Customer Review
- Reviewed in Canada on March 26, 2021I have been using an OMRON HEM 637 to monitor and control my high blood pressure for ten years. However, the velcro strap is becoming less and less functional after a decade of use, so I bought the LifeSource UB-525CN, largely because of its #1 rating and its being an 鶹 Choice item. I like wrist monitors, despite their bad reputation, because of their ease of use. The biggest issue with wrist monitors is that they must be at heart level to work properly. OMRON solved this problem by having a built-in indicator that keeps the monitor from working unless the monitor is exactly positioned at heart level, and seems to be very accurate. This is why it was the only wrist monitor recommended by the British Hypertension Society. I was disappointed that the LifeSource monitor does not have this feature, so one has to approximate heart level visually. I also dislike how the monitor sits on my wrist. The OMRON can be read while it is on the arm, but the LifeSource sits sideways so has to be removed to read the monitor. I compared the readout using the OMRON (which still works although I have to press the velcro strap together 100 times for it to work, and even then it separates sometimes), and after about a dozen comparisons I discovered that the LifeSource monitor frequently varies from the OMRON unless one is able to position it EXACTLY adjacent to the heart, something that the OMRON does for you automatically. Unfortunately, without the IntelliSense feature it is nearly impossible to get the position right every time. As a result, my bp readings varied between under 140/90 and over 150/100 - this is the difference between not needing or needing to go on drugs (the threshold is 140/90), not an acceptable variation at all! I will have to return this item, at great inconvenience to myself as I do not have a printer to print off the label (鶹 should offer this service for cost; not everyone has access to a printer). If you depend on a blood pressure monitor for accuracy and consistency, I would not recommend this monitor or any wrist monitor without the IntelliSense feature.
