Upper-Arm Monitors

Omron Bronze Review: Months of Daily Readings at Home
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Bronze Review: Months of Daily Readings at Home

Two years of twice-daily readings from a retired librarian who keeps a paper log, compares monitors, and still brings the notebook to every appointment.

Omron Bronze vs Withings BPM Connect: Which Home Monitor Fits You
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Bronze vs Withings BPM Connect: Which Home Monitor Fits You

A practical, honest comparison of two home blood pressure monitors from a reader who has used both for over a year.

10 Reasons an Upper Arm Monitor Beats Guessing at the Pharmacy Kiosk
Blood Pressure Monitoring

10 Reasons an Upper Arm Monitor Beats Guessing at the Pharmacy Kiosk

Practical, honest notes for people tracking blood pressure at home, from someone who keeps a twice-daily log and brings it to her doctor.

How Walt Finally Started Checking His Numbers With the Omron Bronze
Blood Pressure Monitors

How Walt Finally Started Checking His Numbers With the Omron Bronze

A story about a reluctant husband, a kitchen-table habit, and the Omron Bronze.

How to Take an Accurate Home Blood Pressure Reading With an Upper Arm Monitor
Blood Pressure

How to Take an Accurate Home Blood Pressure Reading With an Upper Arm Monitor

A calm, practical guide to getting home blood pressure readings you can actually trust, from someone who has taken them twice a day for two years.

Omron Bronze Honest Review: What It Does and Does Not Do
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Bronze Honest Review: What It Does and Does Not Do

Two years of daily home readings with the Omron Bronze upper-arm monitor, including the parts nobody mentions in the product listing.

Smart Monitors

Withings BPM Connect Review: Living With a Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Cuff
Blood Pressure Monitors

Withings BPM Connect Review: Living With a Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Cuff

A year with the Withings BPM Connect: how the Wi-Fi cuff fits into a twice-daily home blood pressure routine, what I like, and what I would tell a friend.

Withings BPM Connect vs Omron Evolv: Smart Monitors Compared
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Withings BPM Connect vs Omron Evolv: Smart Monitors Compared

Two smart upper-arm monitors, side by side. I own one of them and took the other's published specs seriously before writing this.

10 Reasons a Smart Blood Pressure Monitor Makes Tracking Easier
Blood Pressure Monitors

10 Reasons a Smart Blood Pressure Monitor Makes Tracking Easier

Practical, honest notes from a year of using the Withings BPM Connect at home.

The Withings BPM Connect Made Doctor Visits Simpler
Blood Pressure Monitors

The Withings BPM Connect Made Doctor Visits Simpler

How a once-a-day habit with the Withings BPM Connect changed the way I walk into my doctor's office.

How to Share Your Home Blood Pressure Readings With Your Doctor
Blood Pressure

How to Share Your Home Blood Pressure Readings With Your Doctor

The practical system I use to keep a clean, readable blood pressure log that my doctor actually wants to see.

Withings BPM Connect Honest Review: Is the Price Worth It
Blood Pressure Monitors

Withings BPM Connect Honest Review: Is the Price Worth It

A year of evening readings with the Withings BPM Connect, and the honest truth about the app, the sync, and whether the extra cost is worth it.

Wrist Monitors

Omron Gold Wrist Monitor Review: A Pocket-Size Option for Travel
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Gold Wrist Monitor Review: A Pocket-Size Option for Travel

A year with the Omron Gold wrist monitor in my travel bag, and the honest notes I would give a friend before she bought one.

Omron Gold Wrist vs Upper Arm Monitors: Which Is More Practical
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Gold Wrist vs Upper Arm Monitors: Which Is More Practical

A practical, honest look at the Omron Gold wrist monitor versus a traditional upper-arm monitor, from someone who has used both at home for the past year.

10 Reasons a Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor Is Worth Considering
Blood Pressure Monitors

10 Reasons a Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor Is Worth Considering

A plain-spoken look at ten reasons a wrist blood pressure monitor is worth considering, from someone who keeps one packed for trips.

Packing the Omron Gold Wrist Monitor for Every Trip
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Packing the Omron Gold Wrist Monitor for Every Trip

Practical, honest notes for people tracking blood pressure at home, from someone who keeps the Omron Gold in her travel bag.

How to Position a Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor Correctly
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring

How to Position a Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor Correctly

Practical, honest notes for people tracking blood pressure at home, from a year of using the Omron Gold wrist monitor on the road and at the kitchen table.

Omron Gold Wrist Honest Review: Convenience and Trade-Offs
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Omron Gold Wrist Honest Review: Convenience and Trade-Offs

What nobody tells you about wrist monitors: the good, the annoying, and the trade-offs I live with after a year of travel use.

Cuff Size and Fit

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Review: Does Cuff Size Change Your Readings
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Review: Does Cuff Size Change Your Readings

A long-term, honest look at the Omron Large ComFit Cuff after eighteen months of daily use, and why cuff fit matters more than most people expect.

Omron Large ComFit Cuff vs Universal Third-Party Cuffs
Blood Pressure

Omron Large ComFit Cuff vs Universal Third-Party Cuffs

Why Walt switched from a one-size universal cuff to the Omron Large ComFit, and which one belongs in your home.

10 Reasons the Right Cuff Size Matters for Home Readings
Blood Pressure

10 Reasons the Right Cuff Size Matters for Home Readings

Why the right cuff size matters for home blood pressure readings, and how the Omron ComFit large cuff made our twice-daily routine steadier.

The Omron ComFit Cuff That Made Walt's Readings Easier
Home Health

The Omron ComFit Cuff That Made Walt's Readings Easier

How one easy-wrap cuff made Walt's morning readings steadier, and what it taught me about cuff fit at the kitchen table.

How to Measure Your Arm to Choose the Right Blood Pressure Cuff
Blood Pressure Monitoring

How to Measure Your Arm to Choose the Right Blood Pressure Cuff

Measure your upper arm, compare it to the cuff's printed range, and you will know in two minutes whether a cuff like the Omron ComFit is the right fit for you.

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Honest Review: Fit and Compatibility
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Honest Review: Fit and Compatibility

An honest look at the Omron Large ComFit Cuff after eighteen months of daily use, including what nobody tells you about fit, wrapping, and compatibility.

Keeping a Reading Log

Blood Pressure Log Book Review: A Simple Paper Record That Works
Health Tracking

Blood Pressure Log Book Review: A Simple Paper Record That Works

A plain paper log with room for date, time, both numbers, pulse, and a note. Eighteen months in, it is still the first thing I reach for at the kitchen table.

Blood Pressure Log Book vs Phone Apps: Paper or Digital Tracking
Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure Log Book vs Phone Apps: Paper or Digital Tracking

Paper or digital? Honest notes from two and a half years of tracking blood pressure at home.

10 Reasons to Keep a Written Blood Pressure Log
Blood Pressure Monitoring

10 Reasons to Keep a Written Blood Pressure Log

Ten plain-spoken reasons to keep a written blood pressure log, from a woman who has filled one in twice a day for two and a half years.

The Little Log Book That Changed Our Morning Routine
Blood Pressure Monitoring

The Little Log Book That Changed Our Morning Routine

How a plain paper log, 110 pages and six by nine inches, turned a doctor's request into a habit I have kept for two and a half years.

How to Keep a Blood Pressure Log Your Doctor Will Actually Use
Blood Pressure

How to Keep a Blood Pressure Log Your Doctor Will Actually Use

A plain-spoken guide to keeping a home blood pressure log your doctor will actually want to see, from someone who has done it for two and a half years.

Blood Pressure Log Book Honest Review: Layout and Page Count
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Blood Pressure Log Book Honest Review: Layout and Page Count

An honest look at the Blood Pressure Log Book after eighteen months of twice-daily entries, including what the listing photos do not tell you about the layout.

All Reviews

Omron Bronze Review: Months of Daily Readings at Home
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Bronze Review: Months of Daily Readings at Home

Two years of twice-daily readings from a retired librarian who keeps a paper log, compares monitors, and still brings the notebook to every appointment.

Omron Bronze Honest Review: What It Does and Does Not Do
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Bronze Honest Review: What It Does and Does Not Do

Two years of daily home readings with the Omron Bronze upper-arm monitor, including the parts nobody mentions in the product listing.

Withings BPM Connect Review: Living With a Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Cuff
Blood Pressure Monitors

Withings BPM Connect Review: Living With a Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Cuff

A year with the Withings BPM Connect: how the Wi-Fi cuff fits into a twice-daily home blood pressure routine, what I like, and what I would tell a friend.

Withings BPM Connect Honest Review: Is the Price Worth It
Blood Pressure Monitors

Withings BPM Connect Honest Review: Is the Price Worth It

A year of evening readings with the Withings BPM Connect, and the honest truth about the app, the sync, and whether the extra cost is worth it.

Omron Gold Wrist Monitor Review: A Pocket-Size Option for Travel
Blood Pressure Monitors

Omron Gold Wrist Monitor Review: A Pocket-Size Option for Travel

A year with the Omron Gold wrist monitor in my travel bag, and the honest notes I would give a friend before she bought one.

Omron Gold Wrist Honest Review: Convenience and Trade-Offs
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Omron Gold Wrist Honest Review: Convenience and Trade-Offs

What nobody tells you about wrist monitors: the good, the annoying, and the trade-offs I live with after a year of travel use.

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Review: Does Cuff Size Change Your Readings
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Review: Does Cuff Size Change Your Readings

A long-term, honest look at the Omron Large ComFit Cuff after eighteen months of daily use, and why cuff fit matters more than most people expect.

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Honest Review: Fit and Compatibility
Blood Pressure Monitoring

Omron Large ComFit Cuff Honest Review: Fit and Compatibility

An honest look at the Omron Large ComFit Cuff after eighteen months of daily use, including what nobody tells you about fit, wrapping, and compatibility.

Blood Pressure Log Book Review: A Simple Paper Record That Works
Health Tracking

Blood Pressure Log Book Review: A Simple Paper Record That Works

A plain paper log with room for date, time, both numbers, pulse, and a note. Eighteen months in, it is still the first thing I reach for at the kitchen table.

Blood Pressure Log Book Honest Review: Layout and Page Count
Health

Blood Pressure Log Book Honest Review: Layout and Page Count

An honest look at the Blood Pressure Log Book after eighteen months of twice-daily entries, including what the listing photos do not tell you about the layout.

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