OMRON 7 Series Wireless Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor for Home Use – #1 Doctor & Pharmacist Recommended Brand – Clinically Validated – Connect App

Omron 7 series wrist blood pressure monitor is an excellent instrument and works very well.
Omron 7 series wrist blood pressure monitor.Summary:I feel it is an excellent instrument and works very well, provided one follows all necessary steps, see them itemized below.(though arm monitor might be more strait forward to use, but would require a short sleeve clothes):1. All the instructions provided.2. The cuff is tight but you can still squeeze your index finger under it.3. Your elbow is resting on a hard surface, so vibrations from your heart are not dampened by a soft pillow under your elbow.4. If you do everything right, and it will report 2 or more consecutive measurements that are not the same, it is likely due to the fact that your blood pressure actually changed. Note: manufacturer specifies +/- 2 counts of accuracy, and I believe it. This guarantees that if your BP is the same, you should not get a variation more than 4 counts. Note: not all monitors have such specification.5. My blood pressure improved enough from eating food that is not salted or is salted extremely lightly, that I did not need medication. And my medication had proved very detrimental to my health, so this was not a small accomplishment for me.Details:My objective was to buy a RELIABLE blood pressure measuring instrument that was EASY TO USE, so I can make measurements at will (hense a wrist monitor, instead of an arm monitor), and use it to give me feedback from foods I eat to blood pressure that results from eating those foods.Note: I already had a no name (not certified, like omron) wrist blood pressure monitor that worked well for me for some time. But now the old monitor was not being consistent, so I was looking for one I could trust. To qualify “working well”, it means: when I just bought it, I made several measurements in a row, and they were all consistent. I then exercised, and repeated the measurements, and those were elevated, as I expected them to be.Before making the measurementI read all the directions and followed them. At least I am under such an impression. I am writing this review to possibly help the community. But some significant time has passed, and I am doing it from memory. And I don’t want to re-read directions to verify if I indeed followed all of them. But from memory, I did. I specifically remember wanting to follow the directions and reading them.However, I was not getting very consistent results.I called the manufacturer’s help number to see if they could help me find a fault with my technique, before returning the monitor.The fellow on the phone indeed had helped me. With his help I discovered1. One thing that was locking in my technique.2. One thing that was helpful for consistency.1.The thing that was locking in my technique was that the elbow is supposed to rest on a hard surface. This is because the instrument is trying to detect vibration from your heart, as you heart is doing it’s job. Those vibrations are faint, and can not be muffled by something soft under your elbow.!!!!!!I wish that Omron would have explained this clearly in the instructions.!!!!!!I think Omron does say that the instrument is oscillometric, which means it works based on heart vibration (which definition I initially did not know). But I believe they stop there. And for me, it was not clear that it means I need to keep my elbow on a hard surface to allow vibrations to propagate better.2.The thing that was helpful was how to tighten the cuff so it is not too loose or too tight, which is an absolute prerequisite for a successful measurement. Namely it should be really tight, but I should still be able to jam my index finger under the cuff, but not too easily.After I followed all the directions, including the 2 new suggestions I had learned, then I was able to get consistent results.But I had learned several things that allowed me to deviate from directions but still to get consistent results, consistent enough anyway.The reason I wanted to deviate from specific omron directions is so I can make measurements in comfort and quickly.Here are my findings.Note: I determined these findings by measuring my BP under ideal conditions for at least 5 times, and then comparing those readings to readings I would get under less ideal conditions, of which I would also repeat 5 times.1.I could have long sleeve shirts and even a sweatshirt (this all happened when it was still cold, and I just found enough time to share this now, summer), but not super spongy sweatshirt, as far as sweatshirts go. But I did try to put my weight on my elbow, to “squeeze” through the shirt to the hard surface, so as not to dampen vibrations.2.I did not have to sit straight and upright. I was able to sit on my sofa, and lean on a sofa arm rest.3.My sofa has a soft arm rest. So I took a small, but kind of deep(ish) ceramic plate (for eating food), and placed it under my elbow, and leaned on it, to push it down, so it would not dampen vibrations from my heart. And amazingly this too worked, well enough, anyway.I kept that little plate handy.All this had allowed me to make fairly reliable BP measurementsQuickly,Without having to take my shirts offWithout having to find a hard flat surfaceDoing it right on my sofa, where I was anyway.Additional info:From this experiment I had learned that if I cook my own food, and use no salt, or a minimal amount of salt, my BP was in good range.Note1: my BP became a concern to me and my doctor for no more than 1 year. Because at my check-up one year prior, my BP was still ok. The reason I say this is because if someone has BP that is in a worse condition than mine, maybe simply reducing salt in their diet may not be enough. But it worked for me.Note2: learning this was not straightforward, because the effect from food to BP measurement can be delayed. So it took a while to figure this out.Note3: I also learned that your actual blood pressure can change during the measurement process, and Omron 7 will pick it up. So this means that if you follow all the directions for getting a consistent measurement, it may not look consistent simply because it actually changes inside your body.

Easy to use but not very accurate.
This was easy to use and I liked the connectivity to the app but my doctor told me it was not accurate enough to depend on the readings. I had to return it and get a different kind with an upper arm gauge instead.

Blood pressure cuff
Great easy to use BP cuff

Does not work for someone with heart health issues
This review is for an Omron model BP6350 Series 7 Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor.About 20 years ago I bought an Omron HEM-773 Intillisense upper arm blood pressure monitor. It has served me very well ever since I got it. Since being diagnosed with heart failure, I have needed to monitor my blood pressure at least daily. I wanted to get a more compact blood pressure monitor for use when traveling. Given my great satisfaction with the Omron HEM-773, the Omron BP6350 was a natural choice.The Omron BP6350 worked quite well for a couple of months, but it started to deliver an “E4” error message more and more frequently. The “E4” error message indicates movement or talking during measurement. With no change in the method or process I used when taking the measurement, this error message seemed very odd.After about six months, I never got a reading other than “E4.” I contacted Omron to see if we could resolve the issue. The Omron representative recommended returning the unit to the service center to get it checked out, which I did at my own expense. Within two days of Omron receiving the unit, they returned it to me stating that it checked out fine and fully conformed to their specs. I tried the unit out and got an accurate reading the first time I used it! The next day, I got only “E4” readings. The following day after getting two “E4” readings, I did get one accurate reading. Since then, I have not gotten anything but “E4” readings.After discussing the situation with the Omron tech support supervisor, it appears that the BP6350 Series 7 does not work reliably for a person with serious heart health issues. Omron will replace the wrist monitor with an upper arm monitor but they do not have a wrist monitor that will work reliably for someone with heart health issues. And, this did not address the apparent deterioration of performance over time. Ironic that when you need it most, it works the least.With the deterioration in performance and the response from Omron’s service department, I cannot recommend the Omron BP6350. If you can find an older Omron HEM-773, you will have a good unit, but the Omron BP6350 is junk and a total waste of money for someone that really needs to monitor blood pressure!

Es el segundo Omron que compro, es bueno para tener en casa y poder medir la presión en cualquier momento facilmente. Siento que no es tan exacto y me gustaría saber donde los puede uno llevar a revisar porque el anterior no funciona, aunque le cambie las pilas por nuevas.

El dispositivo NO lo reconoce para la app en Mexico y NO puedo devolver el producto.