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Price: $74.99 - $46.35
Price: 46.35 $
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Reviewer: Mike
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A must have for monitoring blood pressure
Review: I normally do not provide long reviews, but in this case it is necessary. First of all this appears to be an excellent device, however it is lacking documentation and has at least one problem I am still dealing with. I acquired this device to monitor my wife’s blood pressure, as she has been wrestling with changes of medications since recently having a stroke, paralyzing her left side. Setting up the device is fairly intuitive and I was able to get it working rather quickly. Our goal was to have my wife wear it during the day and have it take a reading every half hour. This worked as advertised. We were able to access a list of the readings on the device using the list option. Then I attempted to connect the device to a Windows PC using the USB cable they provided. It never did connect. I emailed my problem to Contec and received a rather prompt reply requesting that I download the latest copy of their software at the address they provided. I uninstalled the copy I had and did a re-install of the new software. This is where I encountered my first serious problem. The new software that you download is not a normal ZIP file, it is a RAR file. Windows cannot open it. You will need to install an application that will unpack and open a RAR file. There are several in the Microsoft store, including free ones. Once I did that the software did load properly. There is no mention of this in any of the provided documentation. I connected the device, using the USB cable and was able to download the data into the software. Beware though the device continues to say it is connecting to the PC and never does say it is connected. But it is. Voila – A great set of reports appears on the monitor. So far so good. After scanning the reports, and frankly being impressed, I clicked on one of the icons to prepare a report that can be printed. Serious problem number two. The report is great and would certainly provide a provider with some great information, however I still have not been able to print it. I have a new Canon printer that works great. It prints everything we throw at it, except for this report. It returns an error message that says the report has problems and cannot be printed. I’ve tried everything I can think of, no luck. I have contacted Contec and have not heard back yet. Once you generate the report you are not given any option except to print it. You cannot email it, save it, or share it in any way. It is worthless on my PC. I need to be able to share it with our provider. Hopefully they will provide me with a solution to the problem. The main objective of the software is to provide information to a health care provider, and short of hauling your entire PC into their office, there is no way to accomplish this. Sorry for being so long winded, but hopefully my experience might help someone. Don’t give up on it and return it. The device provides a lot of valuable information that you have no other way of getting. Update!!! My printing problem has been resolved and I have changed my rating from a 4 star to a 5 star. Contec support was excellent. They reviewed my problems, did not attempt to tell me it was all my fault, provided me with some updates to their software and everything works just fine.
Reviewer: Jennifer P.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent for BP monitoring with alarm & timer
Review: We used this for home hospice. We were able to set the machine to do blood pressure checks every 15 minutes with an alarm if it was outside of the range we set. It was like we had hospital vitals monitoring. You do need to read the instructions if you’re going to set the periodic monitoring and alarms. It’s easy to understand and read the pressures. The accuracy was checked with a nurse using a manual cuff for comparison. It also comes with multiple sizes of arm cuffs. Overall, much higher quality than the typical at home monitoring and cuffs.
Reviewer: Iowa Mature Reviewer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I wish the manufacturer would contact me, and updated review
Review: I need a 24hr blood pressure monitor, because I have supine high blood pressure. I bought this device, despite the reviews that said the instructions were difficult.I should have hit “pause” on that thought.The instructions are not difficult, they are obtuse, badly translated, and downright comical. “This cuff is consumable” is just a sample.There is no way to turn on the ambulatory function, and see that it is working. I waited 30 minutes for a measurement that never came.If I could get this to work, I will change my review. I set a message to the manufacturer, and this is day 3 of no response.Anyone else have suggestions?Update!!I finally got it to work, and I’m wearing it now. I have a full night’s list of readings, and will have a full day by tonight. The secret is that there are TWO ABP menu items, and y ou must choose the right one, and then highlight it (make it turn red), and then choose “begin”.And, as I realized during the night, the Awake feature is not the time you wake up, but the time the monitor starts checking, so use awake and sleep as the start and stop features.I have changed my star rating to 5.
Reviewer: Grandad
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Seems to work, a nice little machine, terrible instructions
Review: I have severe “white coat hypertension”, and need this type of monitor to get accurate readings. Unfortunately, Medicare doesn’t seem to cover this test if you already have a diagnosis of hypertension. So I decided to get this monitor instead of paying the thieves at the hospital. I have only used it once and it appears accurate (gave similar readings to my Omron, which was calibrated at the Doctor’s office). It works like it’s supposed to. I have a Mac computer so I can’t download the software without going through big hoops. However, there is a way to see all of the history on the monitor itself so I can transfer that data manually to a spreadsheet. Not ideal, but it works.Unlike other reviews, I managed to change the ABPM timing, alarms etc by poking around in the menus. The buttons on the machine don’t indicate what they’re for so you have to take the time to look at the instructions and play around with them. The menus are complicated so they’re best for someone with persistence.I took a star off because of a few things: (1) it didn’t come with batteries like it is supposed to; (2) the instructions are simply awful; and (3) the cuff isn’t the type that you can put on yourself.Three tips: First, know that when you start the ABPM mode, it will need to take one or two readings before you can turn off that mode or turn off the machine. It will absolutely not turn off until it has read your blood pressure a time or two – there’s nothing about this in the instructions. Second, read all the instructions (which are gibberish, I know) before you start using the monitor. Third, your blood pressure will be really high after going through the hoops of getting everything set up the first time but don’t despair, it will come down eventually 😉
Reviewer: Karen Schumacher
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: PC Interface did not work
Review: Tried everything to get interface to download to my PC Windows 10. Message said “USB Connecting” like forever. Tried multiple times. Watched multiple YouTube videos. Manual not helpful. Am sending back unless Contec responds with solution.
Reviewer: Santiago Astudillou
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: EXCELENTE
Review: EXCELENTE PRODUCTO JUSTO LO QUE PEDI, QUEDO MUY SATISFECHO POR LA COMPRA REALIZADA
Reviewer: Tim
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I had this product tested by my family clinic and they said it is a top quality BP monitor. They tested along side their own and was very accurate every single time. In the box you get the machine and a manual and 3 cuff seize 2 for adults of different sizes and one for children. I have pretty big arms and the large cuff still has quite a bit of room to expand. If you have the budget to buy this unit you won’t regret it .
Reviewer: DR RAM
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: There is no CD &Batteries are POOR as a result I am unable to start the machine yet.There is no process in Amazon to contact the seller for resolving my issue.
Reviewer: Anthony DaCosta
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I’ve just received my product and it DID NOT come with a CD. I’ve just found out that I cannot return it!!! . It was promised in the description that it comes worth a CD. Why should I go through the Internet to search.I will use the product and give supplementary review after few days.
Reviewer: Garima
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I love the machine but there was no software to connect it to my computer to do printouts. Finally found download site contecmed.com and file is PM10. Figured this out after downloading two files that have nothing to do with monitor. Would have given 5 stars but for trouble with software. Company needs to hire good English translator to write instructions and description of software.
Reviewer: Mandar Baviskar
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Got only 1 cuff instead of 3. Please send me the cuffs
