DrKea Automatic Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Large LED Backlit Display

shazaam: A doctor's visit revealed that my blood pressure was higher than normal, so much so that the doctor was concerned. She suggested I begin monitoring it regularly at home. My wife (a retired nurse) retrieved her manual blood pressure cuff but the rubber had cracked. Considered replacing the rubber but came to realize purchasing an automatic blood pressure monitor was within the same price range as replacing the rubber from her manual blood pressure cuff. After careful review, I chose this unit. I could not be happier. IT is easy to use, seems to be quite accurate (it seems the blood pressure system my doctor's office is using isn't as accurate as you would think. I love the ability of this unit to store my blood pressure history; makes it quite easy to compare and review. A perfect automatic blood pressure monitor for my needs.

United States on Dec 20, 2022

Karine Boulangeot Locatelli: Hypotension.

France on Feb 23, 2022

Angie J S: Easy to use. Does the job as I have to monitor my BP and Heart Rate at least 3 times a week.

United Kingdom on Feb 14, 2021

Isabel: Esta muy bien, pero las instrucciones solo vienen en inglés y no entiendo nada, ¡muy mal en ese sentido!

Spain on Nov 17, 2020

P D CABLE: Very easy to use

United Kingdom on Oct 29, 2020

Kris JKris J: This BP machine is a nice small size and I was able to put the cuff on relatively easily.

I also purchased an “Omron Platinum Blood Pressure Monitor“ at the same time for $72 compared to $30 for this one). I alternated between the two to see if they were consistent. There was a little variation between the readings but not enough to be concerning. However this cuff was uncomfortable and caused tingling in my fingers while the other one did not. It also took longer to get the reading. The Omron cuff was slightly easier to get on/off as well.

For a little over twice the price, I think the Omron is the winner. I’ll be returning this one, but if $72 is out of your price range, I think this is a reasonable option.

United States on Oct 24, 2020

Munki: Quite a challenge to use the unit, but it works well and is easy to use, once you get used to it.

United Kingdom on Aug 27, 2020

Severna Park resident: In my opinion. the DrKea+ large cuff blood pressure testing device is an excellent blood pressure testing device that beats its competition on quality and price with strong customer support. The bp units readings are reasonable for me based on my past readings at the doctor's office and at pharmacies. Its Amazon ratings beat the top rated units from the Consumer Reports blood pressure machines tests that are also sold on Amazon. Amazon ratings of 85 percent four and five star ratings out of nearly 600 ratings is indicative of very strong overall customer satisfaction. It beats other well rated units significantly on price as well.

Accuracy is the over riding criteria in a blood pressure monitor and unfortunately with the corona virus closing doctors offices I could not do a comparison test with my doctors in office unit. However as stated readings were reasonable based on my past history. First unit's package was smashed in shipping and continually flashed a misoperation warning when taking my blood pressure despite my following units directions for properly taking one's blood pressure. I contacted DrKea customer support and they sent me a new unit that...

United States on May 04, 2020

chris sergel: I've had this now for a while. I find it easy to use, inexpensive, accurate (I've compared it to readings from doctor's offices) and consistent in its results. It is so easy to put on the arm wrap - you can hardly go wrong.
I recommend this product (end of review) -

Stop reading

But I also have to say (rant)
how unhappy I was with some one of the most widely known products of this nature. It would work sometimes and then sometimes it would give me an error message. Lately it has given me a lot more error messages. The messages would usually say I had not applied the arm band correctly. Maybe it was too loose? Too tight? Too high? Too low? Occasionally it would state I had no blood pressure (presumed dead).
I started to ding myself (why can't I follow simple directions?). Surely this was my fault.
Then I thought about it for a while - I've followed directions on items more complicated than this. I'm not an idiot.
Or perhaps I am - I kept thinking the problem was my problem - just not putting on the arm band correctly.
The problem is the monitor itself.
If it's that tricky then the problem isn't the consumer - it's...

United States on Feb 09, 2020

DavidDoesReviews: This is a nice monitor at a great price.

Pros:
- seems accurate. By accurate I mean I get similar or same readings at the doctors office
- detects arrhythmia. I don’t know if it catches it every time but it has several times when I’ve used it
- display is large and easy to read

Cons:
- it tends to throw errors frequently when inflating. It’s not a huge deal more of just an annoyance if it’s not tight enough or positioned quite right.
- it does not connect to mobile devices
- it does get quite noticeably tight compared to a different monitor I’ve used.

summary:
It’s a nice little device that can also detect arrhythmia. If mobile connectivity isn’t important to you, then I’d recommend getting this device

United States on Dec 15, 2019