Rating of the best blood pressure monitors

Armed YE-630A

An excel­lent blood pres­sure mon­i­tor with a large cuff, which pro­vides every­thing you need to con­trol blood pres­sure. This is an arrhyth­mia indi­ca­tor, a mem­o­ry log for 74 mea­sure­ments. For visu­al­ly impaired peo­ple, the option of sound accom­pa­ni­ment, pro­nounc­ing the results of the mea­sure­ment, will be use­ful. Some users com­plain that the sound is too loud, but it can be reduced or com­plete­ly turned off. The cuff is not only large, but also com­fort­able. It tight­ly clasps the hand, but does not cause dis­com­fort when pump­ing. Using the device is sim­ple — all con­trol is reduced to one but­ton, and users con­sid­er the results to be quite accu­rate. The only down­side they call is a weak Vel­cro on the cuff.

Omron M2 Clas­sic

A suc­cess­ful mod­el for home use, fixed on the shoul­der, from the well-known com­pa­ny Omron. It fea­tures a uni­ver­sal cuff size — 22–42 cm, indi­ca­tion of arrhyth­mia. The instru­men­t’s mem­o­ry stores the last 60 mea­sure­ments. In terms of func­tion­al­i­ty, the device is sim­ple, but very reli­able. Accord­ing to users, the life of the blood pres­sure mon­i­tor is longer com­pared to devices from less­er-known brands. The device works from four “fin­ger-type” bat­ter­ies. Users call the advan­tages of the device accu­ra­cy, ease of use, reli­a­bil­i­ty. The mod­el is great for old­er peo­ple who find it dif­fi­cult to under­stand mod­ern com­plex elec­tron­ics. The only draw­back of the tonome­ter is the lack of a pow­er adapter in the kit. But if nec­es­sary, it can be pur­chased sep­a­rate­ly.

B.WELL A‑23

Very con­ve­nient for home use and expen­sive func­tion­al mod­el at a low cost. The size of the cuff is uni­ver­sal — 22–36 cm, the error of blood pres­sure indi­ca­tors is not more than 3 mm Hg. Art. Pow­ered by four AA bat­ter­ies, con­nects to a fixed net­work using the includ­ed adapter. The set of options is quite wide — the device detects arrhyth­mia, cal­cu­lates the aver­age val­ue of three mea­sure­ments, and on the WHO scale shows the com­pli­ance of pres­sure with the norm. A great option for old­er cou­ples — the tonome­ter is designed for two users, stores up to 60 mea­sure­ments in mem­o­ry. Users speak well of this tonome­ter. They con­sid­er the main advan­tages to be ease of use, the pres­ence of a net­work adapter, a large amount of mem­o­ry, and the abil­i­ty to switch between users. Large num­bers and the WHO scale help old­er peo­ple bet­ter nav­i­gate the indi­ca­tors.

Meditech MT-30

The cheap­est mod­el among inex­pen­sive sphyg­mo­manome­ters with a shoul­der cuff. But despite the low cost, it has every­thing a user needs to con­trol blood pres­sure — mea­sur­ing the pulse rate, detect­ing arrhyth­mia, the WHO scale to check whether the indi­ca­tors are nor­mal. The tonome­ter has a capa­cious mem­o­ry for 120 mea­sure­ments. The device is com­pact, quite well made, users do not com­plain about a quick break­down. Sub­ject to the rules of mea­sure­ment, the accu­ra­cy is close to that of mechan­i­cal tonome­ters. Of the short­com­ings in the reviews, the lack of a net­work adapter in the kit and an unsuc­cess­ful cuff that squeezes the hand too much are most often called.

ANDUA 668

High-qual­i­ty tonome­ter of a stan­dard design “on the shoul­der”. The cuff is pain­less, does not bring sig­nif­i­cant dis­com­fort dur­ing mea­sure­ment. Works from four “fin­ger-type” bat­ter­ies. The last thir­ty mea­sure­ments are stored in mem­o­ry. There is a mode of sev­er­al mea­sure­ments with the cal­cu­la­tion of the aver­age val­ue. Oper­a­tion is car­ried out with just one but­ton, which sim­pli­fies the use of the device by old­er peo­ple. The mod­el is already a lit­tle out­dat­ed, but reli­able. Many note the con­ve­nience, low cost of the tonome­ter, ease of oper­a­tion, the abil­i­ty to view the his­to­ry of recent mea­sure­ments. But the reviews about it on the net­work are not only pos­i­tive — some users point to a large error in pres­sure indi­ca­tors com­pared to mea­sur­ing with a con­ven­tion­al mechan­i­cal tonome­ter. But this can hap­pen due to weak bat­ter­ies. Anoth­er down­side is that there is no AC adapter includ­ed.

B. Well MED-57

One of the most com­pact, but at the same time func­tion­al blood pres­sure mon­i­tors. With a very small weight, size and more than afford­able price, it is equipped with most mod­ern options — it mea­sures not only pres­sure, but also pulse, detects arrhyth­mia, shows com­pli­ance with the norm on the WHO scale and remem­bers the last 30 read­ings. There is a func­tion for cal­cu­lat­ing the aver­age val­ue of three mea­sure­ments, which can be use­ful for peo­ple with arrhyth­mia. Unlike most inex­pen­sive blood pres­sure mon­i­tors, the mod­el is equipped with a back­light, it is con­ve­nient to use it in low light or its com­plete absence. There are com­plaints about incor­rect indi­ca­tors, as is the case with oth­er mod­els on the wrist, but often they are asso­ci­at­ed with non-com­pli­ance with the mea­sure­ment rules.

Omron R1

One of the sim­plest, but reli­able mod­els with an intel­li­gent con­trol sys­tem. It is fixed on the wrist, has a min­i­mum error in blood pres­sure and pulse mea­sure­ments — 3 mm Hg. Art. and 5% respec­tive­ly. Dif­fers in very com­pact size, it is con­ve­nient­ly put on a hand, works from two “lit­tle fin­ger” bat­ter­ies. In the reviews, many users write about the accu­ra­cy of the tonome­ter read­ings (a com­par­i­son was made with the mea­sure­ment of a mechan­i­cal device), ease of use, and low cost. Like all Omron blood pres­sure mon­i­tors, this mod­el is pop­u­lar and trust­ed by cus­tomers. The sim­plic­i­ty and ver­sa­til­i­ty of the device is of no small impor­tance in this — there are no extra options, the stan­dard cuff suits most users. Some note large num­bers and just one but­ton for ease of oper­a­tion.

AND UB-202

Inex­pen­sive, but func­tion­al mod­el of a carpal tonome­ter. In addi­tion to the main func­tion (mea­sure­ment of blood pres­sure), it gives users many oppor­tu­ni­ties — there is a log of the last mea­sure­ments of 90 cells, an indi­ca­tion of arrhyth­mia, a WHO scale for eas­i­ly deter­min­ing whether the pres­sure is nor­mal. There is an intel­li­gent con­trol, the mode of the aver­age val­ue of sev­er­al mea­sure­ments. The “Guest” option is enabled, which does not record mea­sure­ments in the log. The man­u­fac­tur­er gives a ten-year war­ran­ty on the device. Most reviews about the device are pos­i­tive. Users like the accu­ra­cy of mea­sure­ment, com­pact­ness, and the pres­ence of a con­ve­nient car­ry­ing case in the pack­age. Many addi­tion­al­ly note the com­fort­able shape of the cuff — it does not tight­en the arm, does not cause pain even with strong infla­tion.