Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Care Touch Fully Automatic Wrist Blood Pressure Cuff Monitor - Platinum Series, 5.5"

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calibrated with Drs and it's a match!

September 21, 2018

My BP is all over the chart, I have trouble with keeping it high enough
that I don't pass out! Every time I feel dizzy I take my BP and when I go
to drs I bring it and he can adjust my meds accordingly!
Easy to you, put it on wrist and press button and wait! Simple

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b.k.

This monitor is easy to use

February 18, 2018

I bought this several weeks ago. I do home health care. I depend on my equipment's accuracy for my patient's wellbeing.
This monitor is easy to use. Its heart rate monitor is accurate.
However, the BP function is WAY Off. It's always at least 10 points higher than a manual read and often much higher.
If I went by the readout on this monitor, every patient I see would end up in the hospital unnecessarily.
Unfortunately, I don't believe there's any way to calibrate this monitor.
If you need accuracy, which everyone does when monitoring vital signs, opt for something else.

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b.k.

This monitor is easy to use

February 18, 2018

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Care touch monitor is not accurate at all!!!

September 4, 2017

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When I first received it it read my blood pressure very high. I did it again and the same thing. So that week I had an appt. with my cardiologist and showed it to him and he used it on me. It read so high. He used his blood pressure monitor and it was normal. He used it on both wrists and it was incorrect. Very scary. He told me to send it back immediately and not to use it again. I did this. So sorry it didn't work.

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DarcyJane

Returned Wildly Inacurate!

December 7, 2017

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The one I got was Wildly inacurate! Maybe some are ok but not the one I got! ACCURACY IS CRITICAL! Returned after Doctor's office found my BP actually reads much lower than this! I do not like dissing any products, and will return an item but do not leave a review. But this is too important not to report, being it is a critical medical instrument. Beware!

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October 25, 2017

The numbers it gave were so high I thought I was having a stroke. After seeing ny Doc and comparing readings I found this was so far off the numbers approx 30-40% high. Now it's past 30 days for refund.

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September 26, 2017

Horribly inaccurate- bp was off by almost 50 points!!!!!

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August 7, 2018

I didn't need to worry about my blood pressure for many years because the medication I used to take reliably kept my blood pressure in the normal range. However, when the medicine was recalled I had to switch and my doctor suggested that I should start using a blood pressure monitor to see if the new medicine he prescribed is working.

The first thing I saw on Amazon was this small CareTouch device. It has so many positive reviews and looks like it was sold very well. Right before I placed the order, a thought passed through my mind: will such a small device be able to give me accurate readings of my blood pressure? The doubt went away immediately because I thought if it was not accurate it wouldn't be sold so well. I placed the order.

When I first got it, I found the numbers were much higher than the numbers I got from the doctor's office. I thought it must be the new medicine not working. I tried different times and different positions but the SYS was constantly above 200, and the DIA was always near 150. I thought something must be terribly wrong with my new medicine.

Then I saw someone posted a review saying the device is not accurate. That is when I started doubting this CareTouch device. I bought a bigger blood pressure monitor and tried it. I was relieved when I saw my readings were normal. After all these days, my blood pressure has always been normal and the CareTouch device gave me wrong readings. I want to return it if possible and let the seller and manufacturer know that this thing doesn't work.

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Amazon Customer

Inaccurate / Readings all over the place.

November 17, 2017

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I picked this up thinking I could monitor my borderline BP at home. Little did I know how badly this one would work. The readings were all over the place, from low to high. Within a few measurements it would go from 130/80 to 200+/100. When I got the reading 206/111 when absolutely calm and only a few hours after a completely healthy reading.... i knew it was time to return it.

The cuff fits well. It’s easy to use. But the inaccuracy is problematic.

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September 20, 2018

I liked the wrist design but the readings I was getting were way off. I carefully followed the directions and have used at home monitors before but these readings were wildly inaccurate. I returned it.

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Awkward to use. A terrible design.

April 17, 2019

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Updated 5/10/19 - still a "1 star"
I've repeatedly tested this against an old OMRON BP monitor. On rare occasions both have similar readings, but in general are typically only close. My problem now is I don't know which (if either) is correct.
It is AWKWARD to use.................
1- the cuff is mounted on the wrist with the display against the wrist (ie in the same as the palm of your hand)
2- pressing the Start button requires twisting the wrist to an un-natural position
3- during a reading, you must keep the monitor parallel to your heart. The best position for this is to place the display against your chest
4- the display is mounted parallel to your arm, NOT across (perpendicular to) your arm like a watch face. To read the display you must twist your wrist and hold your arm vertically.
5- only one memory. If 2 or more people use the same monitor, readings are mixed.
6- once the date, time, etc are set, there is NO reason why the "Settings" button needs to be on the front display close to the "Mem" or "Start/Stop" buttons. It's in the way and easily pushed by mistake.
7- I set the time to AM instead of PM. I had to remove the batteries to start setup again to change it
8- the battery placement is TOTALLY confusing. The batteries slide into round holes that are marked only with a "+" or a "-". There is no indication if that means "+" end first or "+" end exposed.
All in all, a TERRIBLE design that could be solved by twisting the display 90 degrees and moving it to the side of the wrist (ie in line with the thumb)

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When compared to cuff Blood pressure

March 18, 2019

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I was diagnosed with A-Fib when I went to my doctor because of a sudden shortness of breath. Taking your blood pressure for me is every day. When I first started with the care touch wrist BP machine my blood pressure was reading 195/95. I did this when I was sitting and resting. I continued to take my BP every 20 minutes and it continued this reading that was high. I was very concerned why this was so high!! I bought this because it was compact and had the Amazon rating of the best seller made me choose this one. When I went to Kaiser for the BP check I was actually
132/79. I did this every other day. There tolerance was based on a 10 points over there reading. They also told me that the wrist method was very inaccurate and they recommend the cuff style. This was my experience. I am ordering another one with the cuff. I can't send this one back because the time has gone over the limit.

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