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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September 26, 2017

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

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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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When compared to cuff Blood pressure

March 18, 2019

Verified Purchase

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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Nadia Martin

I dont like this cuff

March 17, 2019

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I have a history of high blood pressure where it can get as high as 190 and that is very dangerous so i need to monitor it frequently. I bought this in June 2018 so last summer, and it's already quitting on me, reading REALLY inaccurate. I have to use it several time to get a proper reading, if it's even accurate at this point, i don't trust it, otherwise the numbers are all over the place, like really low 80 (low for me) or 170 the next try... . I do not recommend something that some people rely on for their health. I always review things a few months after i buy them for accuracy and overtime this one is not accurate at all, now i have to waste money to buy a different one.

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Donna

This device is remarkably inaccurate!

July 18, 2018

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First, I'll start off with giving some background information. I've been a registered nurse for 8 years with several of those spent in ICU and telemetry. The accuracy of a blood pressure reading is paramount in many cases. I purchased this monitor for my father who lives in another state. He recently had a stroke related to uncontrolled hypertension so he needed a device to monitor his blood pressure that he would be able to operate himself.

No matter how you apply the monitor and position the arm, it is remarkably inaccurate. This device does not give you a consistent and accurate impression of you current blood pressure. Even the pulse rate sensor is inaccurate. Do not purchase this device.

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Dirk D.

FAILED AFTER LESS THAN ONE MONTH

September 6, 2018

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Worked perfectly until a few days ago. Now enters in error mode - when not in error mode it takes about 45 second to read BP. Also shows half battery power with new batteries - requesting full refund or replacement. Bought this model to replace a Harbor Freight unit I no longer trust.

UPDATE:
No seller reply, so far, returning items for refund. Unfortunately, in my initial excitement about this product, I discarded the box the product came in. So, a word of good advice, keep the box until after the refund period expires!!

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