Now that we’re older, we have a greater chance of having high blood pressure and need to treat it, or run an increased risk of stroke, heart attack, or other serious conditions. Besides exercise, a healthy diet, and prescribed medication, people with high blood pressure need to regularly check their pressure. Doing so with a regular upper arm cuff can be difficult for some, or not possible for others because of arm size, pain, or underarm lymph node removal during breast cancer surgery.
That’s where wrist blood pressure monitors come in, and while upper arm monitors are generally considered more accurate, using a wrist cuff correctly can help track blood pressure between medical visits. The new Image may be NSFW.
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iHealth View BP7S is an FDA-approved wireless wrist monitor designed to make sure you are taking your pressure correctly. It does that by refusing to take a reading until your wrist is level with your heart and displays up and down arrows to show you in which direction you’re “wrong.” When you get a green dot, you press the Start/Stop button to begin the reading.
Both my wife and I tried it and we found it to be pretty accurate – in fact for me, it was almost exactly the same reading as I had in a routine doctor’s office visit earlier that day, where a nurse used a standard upper arm monitor.
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The iHealth View links by Bluetooth with any smartphone and your readings are synced with their free app, so you have a record of your blood pressure and pulse. You can see not only a list of readings, but also charts of trends for the week, month, and year, all of which you can share with a medical professional. The MyVitals app can also collect data from other iHealth devices, such as a scale and or activity tracker, and it is able to share your data with 3rd party “partners” such as the Evernote productivity app and Walgreen’s Balance Rewards program.
The iHealth View comes with a USB cable to recharge its battery from a computer port or smartphone charger, and the battery charge state clearly shows on the device each time you use it.
While the iHealth View was easy to use – just follow the clearly written User Guide (if you can see the tiny type) – I did have a lot of difficulty keeping it connected to my smartphone, and I tried more than one, including a brand-new premium phone. Following directions when first starting the newly installed app, I made sure the device was paired by Bluetooth to the phone, then took my first reading. But while the phone was barely a foot away on my desk, the app claimed the device was “Not connected” and would not attempt a sync until I turned the wrist monitor off and on a few times. Frustrating. You can use the device independently of the app, or record readings manually in the app.
The iHealth View wireless blood pressure wrist monitor is available for under $75 at Amazon.com.
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