When I was told I had to monitor my blood pressure, I wanted to use something more high-tech than a normal cuff. It was exactly the right thing to do.
After getting a health check in April, I was told my blood pressure was slightly elevated and that I should get a monitor and keep a record of results for the next four weeks — after which time it would be assessed again and decided if I needed medication to control it. Not the best thing to hear, but not the worst either. Time to get the right equipment and get started.
It’s an expensive piece of kit at $130, though , so it needed to not only be easy to use and reliable, but also not introduce barriers or different problems that you wouldn’t get with a monitor that wasn’t so tech-heavy. This was also an entirely new procedure for me, so I wanted the device I used to be friendly and simple. Plus, the less the design reminded me of a hospital, the better.
It looks and feels modern and surprisingly stylish, but it’s a shame about the MicroUSB port for charging. The BPM Connect is efficient, and despite using the cuff for four weeks now, the app states the battery is still at 86%, so you won’t need to charge it very often. I’d have also liked the lock control that stops any unwanted activations, as this may upset the device’s calibration.
… but so, so simple to use After getting past this stage, the BPM Connect has worked flawlessly. The instructions don’t say anything about having to calibrate the cuff with a non-digital version, and the results I’ve had are consistent with the ones I had at the doctor’s office. There are clear instructions on how to take measurements in an included instruction manual and in the app, which I really appreciated as some people do prefer to have a physical instruction manual too.
An informative app experience I used the BPM Connect on my own, but you can set up different profiles for multiple users, and it’s easy to swap between them on the device. The Health Mate app is clear and easy to interpret. It shows all your individual test results, but puts the average of all your results at the forefront — giving you an accurate, helpful view of your blood pressure over time. It also shows the highest and lowest results.
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