A&D Medical Deluxe Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor UA-651BLE

Good quality Japanese designed product. Has the added bonus of being certified. Important

Works really well, have the app open when you do the reading and it pings across every time.

I did a a lot of research before buying the A&D Medical Deluxe…. My Prior BP monitor was from Microlife bought at Costco, Microlife was very inconsistent in its readings within the same sitting forced me take measurements 1/2 dozen times to get what i thought was accurate… Naturally all our BP very greatly with stress and taking them at different times but this was just bad.

This time I spent a lot of time looking prior to making the purchase. ** The A&D Medical BP monitor is fast, accurate, and successfully sends the results to my Iphone 6 (currently running IOS 9.2). The BP cuff just slips over your arm and is easy to tighten *** It also does not get too tight as some cuffs do, its pretty gentle.

Info and Research for others:
As your probably aware one should avoid wrist monitors as they are much less accurate. Now a days you can get BP monitors that simply measure BP and Heart Rate. Ones that can be manually hooked up to a computer to download results (too much trouble at least for me). And of course now there are ones with bluetooth that can send results to your phone for review by yourself or your doctor.

I found that the highest rated units on Amazon did not have Smart phone connectivity…. Not because ones that send data to smart phones are worse at BP monitoring, but because of course companies vary in their ability to provide the capability and users the savvy to take advantage of this functionality so that it works across all phones and users.

I fond BP monitors without connectivity had up to a 98 percent approval rating. Ones with smart phone connectivity topped out around 85 percent approval (4 and 5 star reviews [ I personally take 4 and 5 star + 1/2 the 3 star reviews for Approval and 1 and 2 star reviews + 1/2 the 3 star reviews for disapproval]) for all my research.

When looking, most important of course is that BP is measured accurately. You will find people giving 1 star reviews because of issues with connecting to their phone brand/model even if they admit the BP is measured accurately. Sometimes its IOS versus Android compatibility or merely the model of the phone or its OS. The connectivity for smart devices depends on Blue tooth versions which change over the years, as does the operating systems on the phones that support it. And of course the Software from the BP Monitor manufacturer.

Remember as well generally Blue tooth connectivity is never going to connect with any device of any type 100 percent of the time without occasional re-paring or issues. So far I have not had issues.

Brands: There are much bigger brands like Omron that have devices that start around $72. Prices for smart BP monitors range from $45 to $200. I almost bought one of the Omron smart BP monitors though the reviews were mixed as was the customer service reports. The nail in the coffin for Omron for me was Amazon dropped the device for direct sales because of complaints (you will see this when you try to check out with Omron from an Amazon partner).

There are also a number of “new” $100 to $200 monitors that have cropped up that strictly toot their blue tooth connectivity to a smart phone. I looked up all of these I could find like from Withings, Pyle, QardioArm, ihealth and they all had very mixed reviews and in a number of cases these were for accuracy, not just sending the data to your phone.

I then came across the A&D Medical BP monitor and read every single review since there were only 72 at the time. Most were 4 and 5 star reviews. Most of the negative ones for issues with Android connectivity though there were some issues with IOS as well. Worked great for me though. At $45 dollars its in the same range as many dumb BP monitors. As A&D is sold by Amazon you can not loose with their generous return policy if you find your experience different then mine. Good Luck and Good Health.

Just an update some tips as I have been using this for a while now. You should remember to have your Phone on/unlocked, A&D medical software opened as the foreground application. Doing this and you should have no connectivity issues.

I’m a senior citizen. I have used wrist BP monitors at home for decades due to their obvious “ease of use”. My doctor preferred & recommended that I purchase & use an upper arm BP monitor instead to obtain more accurate BP readings. My cousin uses this exact same A&D Medical UA-651BLE wireless (battery operated) upper arm BP monitor and she recommended it to me. I still find home arm BP monitors more difficult & time consuming to use BUT accuracy is more important due to health issues. I had to try pairing my BP monitor unit twice to Bluetooth but it was probably something I did incorrectly. I got it set up and my BP reading history is also now available on my smartphone. (Convenient to have BP reading history available for doctor office visits.) The upper arm cuff of my new unit fits small through wide arm circumferences. It squeezes very tight before releasing. Everything seems to be working fine. My new Arm BP monitor is definitely giving a more accurate reading than my old wrist unit. That was the objective. This unit was reasonably priced under $60. I’m pleased.

This product was not accurate..,thirty points higher than a a calibrated blood pressure monitor…was not usable

Got this because it has Bluetooth that works with Kaiser Permanente’s blood pressure app.

This was the second monitor we chose based on research and it is much more accurate than the first that we could not seem to trust. Good choice.