Withings BPM Core Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor $336 (Was $449) + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ JB Hi-Fi
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You also need to pay for all the expert evaluation on the test results. None included I believe.
Yeah wtf, wern't they $100 on special last year?
There's two versions of this thing - this is the more expensive one
where do you stick this to measure your core vitals?
There's a digital stethoscope puck towards the chest, and the silver handle along with an electrode inside the cuff to measure ecg.
Not sure how effective these are. Apple Watch got ecg work just fine.
What's the difference between that and their other product at less than half the price?
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/withings-bpm-connect-wire…
More features? I'd say if this one can read BP correctly is already a milestone. BPM Connect almost always reads higher than actual unless interprete the reading differently or adjust posture when measure. It's a bit annoying.
How much higher do you think it reports?
I find the BPM Connect I have is fairly reliable. I occasionally doublecheck against another BPM we have, which has been checked for accuracy by the medical clinic my wife attends. I always take my BP 3 times, the first of which is almost always the highest by ~10mm Hg. I think that's because I'm more relaxed and rested by the 2nd and 3rd measurement. If my BP results are "unusual" I'll check with the other BPM - but to date it tends to produce roughly the same result.
Diastolic ~10 mmHg specifically.
I learnt on Reddit that if you use the posture of the wrist BPM on this one the reading is good. And indeed it improved compared to another known calibrated sphygmomanometer.
I use the cheaper Withings one (was on sale for like $99 two weeks back at JB Hi-Fi) with the triple check setting turned on so in the morning and it works out the average of 3x reads for me and the same for when I do it at night.
I found it very accurate when compared to my GP when we tested it and with the excellent synchronisation with my Withings app, I have a full history going back 2+ years of my blood pressure slowly averaging downwards due to losing weight (20kg since 1 Jan 2022), 10mg of Amloodipine a day and a healthier lifestyle. I'm currently averaging 133/85 so I have a way to go still but it is still better then the 152/108 I was in Jan 2022. :-)
I find that using it consistently is the best.
IE. I do two triple measurements each day. One in the morning (before coffee ~8am) and one at night (usually 10pm). I try to sit in the same position each time with my wrist and arm the same. Most people will find that the morning measurement is higher (this is normal) and that the night time one is lower (especially after a meal as the blood has probably rushed towards your stomach after a meal). Adding up all this anecdotal data gives me a great idea of which way my BP is trending.
This one does ECGs and has a stethoscope.
Thanks!
Just read the review on Amazon and people seems to feel that the ECG and stethoscope functions are not very good. One review said he/she went back to using the Connect and no longer use the Core.
It can also detect Afib (via ECG) and some heart sound abnormalities (via digital stethoscope). The BPM connect only does HR and BP.
If you have Afib then you should get something like the Kardiamobile 6L. The 6L comes highly recommended by people who have Afib and it performs the equivalent of a 6 lead ECG, whereas the BPM Core and most (all?) smart watches only perform equivalent of a single lead ECG.
A wireless blood pressure monitor? Now thats a product that no one has asked for
On the contrary. In our clinic, we prefer having a wireless BP monitor during our procedures. Our old one kept pulling the whole BP monitor device onto the floor whenever the patient would move their position.
$134 on Amazon AU
Thats a Withings BPM Connect, this deal is for a Withings BPM Core
So its NOT an OzBargain? They've just cut the price from ridiculously overpriced for what it does to overpriced.
The ECG in this device is similar to that in an Apple Watch - single lead, ie single test location on the body. This can be useful for detecting broad heartbeat issues like Atrial Fibrillation (AF - an unsteady or erratic heart beat pattern) but isn't much use for detecting issues like heart attack. (Anecdotally, my own GP took a friend to hospital pre-heart attack because the friend's Apple Watch reported AF after a long bike ride. Potential life saver!)
Clinical ECG uses 10 leads to asses 12 body locations, which allows much more significant data to be collected. That's why, if your doctor needs extended ECG data from you you'll be given a Holter or Event monitor to wear for 24 hours. An Apple Watch just won't cut it.
Your friend had a heart attack after Apple Watch reported AF or it was prevented because AF detected early and he went to hospital?
My doctor took his friend to hospital after the watch detected AF. I'm not sure of the specifics that caused the AF, but my Doctor said he may have had a serious heart attack if he hadn't gone to hospital that day.
My friend got an Apple Watch back in mid 2022 and found that he had AF. In fact his average resting heart rate was also really high (like 100-110BPM) so he had to go through a few months of medicine and then some sort of shock therapy for his heart to try to reset his heartbeat.
As a side note, I check my overnight heart rate to see if it is unusually high (>62 BPM for me) as that is a very good pre-cursor to me being sick.
Single lead ECG is pretty useless and the digital stethoscope is more of a gimmick. Save the $200 and get the cheaper alternative with just BP monitoring
Single lead ecg on a device that you go anywhere can be quite useful, like Apple Watch. One on device like BPM Core can be a gimmick. I agree with you on that one.
I have this for almost 2 years. The ECG function is actually hard to use, as you have to keep the awkward posture for a long time to read the heart voices, and it's about 50% chance to fail. I'd prefer to use my Samsung Galaxy watch 5 pro to do the ECG job.
Does this also report higher than usual blood pressure like the BPM connect?
Yes. It's actually better than BPM connect as this is using the WiFi directly upload the report to your withings account, and you could even setup different accounts for your family and select which account to upload to on the device only. No need the phone connection. The display on it also helpful for me.
Well actually on the data management side both devices worked the same way. Both are Wi-Fi enabled. In fact most devices by Withings are Wi-Fi only after initial setup. They don’t directly sync data with your phone but rather all through Cloud.
I can get single lead ECG from my Polar H10 which has a sensor in the middle of the chest. Wouldn't placement there be better than on the arm, or on the wrist as in an Apple watch?
Dead link!
Eash, these got really expensive.