I was sent the MeasuPro BPM-20A upper arm blood pressure machine. It is very light weight and portable with its own carrying bag included. It works off of 4 AA batteries that are included in the packaging. So it can be used anywhere as long as the batteries are not dead. The BP cuff is super easy to use and has a very large LCD screen. What was all included with my box was the cuff size large, the meter, and an instructions booklet.
To start with, light weight and portable. The unit it self if it weights more then 2 pounds I would be surprised. I didn't actually weight it so that is only a guess. At this weight it makes it super easy to transport and carry around anywhere that is needed. If you have family like mine that has a lot of medical problems due to age and other environmental reasons, this is a handy piece of equipment to have at a moments notice. With a lot of medical treatments go off of your systolic. diastolic, and pulse readings having these numbers ready for any emergency situation can help speed up the care by giving them a base to work from. I mean the will go ahead and take their own readings as well, but you get them thinking of treatments before their readings are done and they respond quicker to their readings.
The BP cuff itself has a nice cloth feeling to the inside that rides on the arm. It has a plastic tube so you don't accidently pull the cuff completely apart. The cuff that came with my unit was a large cuff and was not large enough for my upper arm. At the cuffs max it barely fit on my forearm. In the picture you can see what the cuff looks like as it is wrapped around my nephew's arm. The cuff is very easy to slip onto the arm and get the reading. The Velcro attaches very firmly to the sleeve which makes the reading more accurate.
Onto the LCD screen. As you can see in the picture, it is very large. The number readings are large enough to see from a distance, or for someone that struggles with their vision. The LCD screen also has a brightly lit back to make even easier to get your pressure readings. Being able to see and track your readings easily and correctly is very essential to your health. As far as the readings go it is set up for 2 users. Each user can track their last 60 uses of cuff.
It comes with an instructional manual. I really recommend reading through this completely so you can figure out how to reset the readings incase someone chooses the wrong profile. Or if you need to change the profile for the users in general. The manual also explains how to read the meter for things like irregular heartbeats and any arrhythmias. Now to make the cuff work it is super simple. All you have to do is make sure the batteries are installed. Make sure the cuff is plugged into the unit. Then you slip the cuff on the arm to the upper arm and take snug where it doesn't slide down with the Velcro. Then you choose either the first or second user button. Once you press the user button associated with you the cuff starts to fill up and takes the pressure. In about 30 seconds it will give you are clear reading on the LCD screen. That's it for taking your readings. Now all you do is loosen the Velcro and slip it off your arm and put it back in the bag. I have yet to get it in the bag before it shuts off on its own, so no worries about if it is still running or not.
If you are in the market for a blood pressure cuff that also reads your pulse. That provides the reading on a large backlit LCD screen, then I really suggest this BP cuff from MeasuPro. I would like to thank MeasuPro and affiliates for sending me this cuff to try out and leave my opinion.
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