Your Cart
Our Site
UK Postage £2.95.
Heavy items by weight.
Worldwide Shipping
Complementary Therapies
Pain Relief
Diabetes
Blood Pressure
Aching Legs
Headache & Migraine
Joint Pain
Quit Smoking
Dry Skin
Hair Loss
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Self Confidence
Positive Thinking
Love
How Men & Women Think
You Are What You Think
Follow Your Passion
Being An Entrepreneur
Goal Setting
Public Speaking
Our Promotions
Body Health
Heart & Circulation
BP Monitor Best Buys
BP Monitor Best Buys
Our best buy blood pressure monitors are the ones we believe offer the best value for money in terms of accuracy and performance at a best buy price. There are many cheap blood pressure monitors on the market, and you need to be careful what you buy as there are no accuracy measurements that they have to pass before they are sold. Here is our guide to the blood pressure monitors we recommend as best buys.
Blood Pressure Information
Blood Pressure : Blood Presure Monitors : Measuring Your Own Blood Pressure
How to choose a blood pressure monitor your doctor would approve of
There are a lot of blood pressure monitors to choose from on the market today, and there is a great temptation to either just buy the cheapest, or to spend a lot of money in the hope of getting a better monitor. As a pharmacy that has been selling blood pressure monitors for a number of years, here are the things we think you need to look at in order to choose the best buy for you.
- Clinical Validation: Blood pressure monitors don't have to pass any accuracy tests before they come onto the market, however some monitors have been independently validated by published trial or by the British Hypertension Society. All the monitors we sell have been clinically validated except the Alvita, which we believe with its background has been thoroughly tested by the makers
- Cuff Size: It is important to measure to check that the cuff size is suitable for you, otherwise you won't get accurate readings
- Extra Features: The more you pay for a blood pressure monitor the more features it will have, but this does not mean that it will give more accurate readings. Ask yourself if the features are worth the extra money and if you are actually going to use them, or do they just make things more complicated
Basic blood pressure monitors
If you have a medium size arm then basic blood pressure monitors offer very good value for money. They can be as accurate as the more expensive ones, and what you are paying more for are extra features, which you may or may not want.
£45.00
You Save: £28.01
Best buy basic blood pressure monitor which is clinically validated
£99.99
You Save: £20.00
Best buy blood pressure monitor with the most extra features
Blood pressure monitors for large arms
If you have a large arm then the standard size cuff supplied with most blood pressure monitors will not give you a correct reading. The new Omron Comfort Cuff has the big advantage of being suitable for both medium and large arms. Also remember that if you share a monitor with anyone else, then the size must be right for everyone, so think about this if anyone has a particularly large or small arm.
£99.99
You Save: £20.00
Best buy blood pressure monitor for larger arms with the most extra features
Blood pressure monitors with extra features
If you pay more you get more features but not necessarily more accuracy in a blood pressure monitor. These extra features can include -
- Remembering more readings in its memory
- Having different memories for different people
- Detecting irregular heartbeats
- Detecting if you move and make the reading inaccurate
- Working out averages for a number of reading
- Ability to download your readings to your computer and show them as a graph
£99.99
You Save: £20.00
Best buy extra feature blood pressure monitor with all the extra features
Wrist blood pressure monitors
Wrist blood pressure monitors are much easier to use than upper arm ones, but can be less accurate as there is a much greater chance of you using them wrongly without realising it, which can give inaccurate readings. Their main problem is that you must hold the monitor steady and at the same level as your heart during the reading, which sounds easy, but in practice can be quite difficult to achieve.
Position sensing technology monitors the right position for taking the reading and tells you if it is inaccurate.
Wrist blood pressure monitors are not suitable if you have poor circulation in your hand or if you have a particularly large or small wrist, so check your wrist measurement before you buy.
Good buy wrist blood pressure monitor with basic features
Best buy wrist blood pressure monitor with positioning sensor technology
Recently Viewed Products
01392 360125 OR