Blood Pressure Monitor Reviews

Panasonic Blood Pressure Monitors

Japanese company Panasonic is one of the world's consumer electronics giants, responsible for the production for a huge range of products, including blood pressure monitors. According to the company website, it currently markets five upper-arm models and three wrist units.  

Upper Arm Models

* EW3152A Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Elbow Support and Large LCD Display

* EW3109ACW Portable Automatic Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with AC Adaptor

* EW3122S Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Body Movement Indicator and Color Confirmation System

* EW3109W Portable Automatic Arm Blood Pressure Monitor

* EW3106W Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Flash Warning System for Hypertensive Readings (picture)

Wrist Models

* EW3039S Easy-to-Use Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with One-Touch Auto Inflate, 2-Person Memory Readings x 90, 3-Color Confirmation System and Irregular Pulse Detection

* EW3037S Ultra-Slim Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with Color Confirmation System and 90 Memory Readings with Date and Time

* EW3006S Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

In addition, Amazon.com offers an additional Panasonic wrist unit, the EW3003W Diagnostic Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with DFT Inflation.

Panasonic was one of half-a-dozen companies rated as "producing high-quality, clinically tested monitors" in an excellent article in US Pharmacist journal titled "Home Blood Pressure Monitoring - A Technology That Has Come of Age".

Otherwise, however, it is difficult to find online objective and independent evaluations of the company and its products. For most potential buyers, the best guidance will be the consumer reviews at sales sites like Amazon.com. These are hardly scientific, but they often provide valuable insights into how well (or badly) a product actually works in a real home setting.

Here are several customer reviews for the EW3106W upper arm blood pressure monitor:

* If you are looking for a low priced, click and view BP device, Panasonic EW3106W Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor is what I recommend. Its been 1 month that I have purchased this product for my Dad. It has got no problems whatsoever, but readings for right arm differs very much from that of the left arm.

I cannot say if it is right or wrong, as I do not have any idea about how it works. But, one thing for sure, it perfectly matched the readings of traditional stethoscope with hand-pump meter.

A small advice from me is that, better go with Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor rather than Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor as the readings for the later are inconsistent from what I have observed.

* That monitor is very easy to use without the assistance of the second person. It's far more accurate comparing with a few wrist models we've tried.

We've owned it for a few days only so I cannot review its durability yet. However, the first impression is very positive.

This monitor can also store 42 readings in the memory for 1 person. Highly recommend.

* This unit is exceptional quality for a home use monitor. My doctor told me not to get just any "off brand" monitor, so I bought this one, and it is very easy and accurate.

* See the Newest Products and Get the Latest Prices on Panasonic Blood Pressure Monitors.

May 23rd, 2007
 

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