I don't own one now, but I did years back. It was the last BP monitor that I owned and I haven't had one for a few years since it broke after I'd had it for five years (cuff wore out and burst). Shame on me for not self monitoring for so long. I'm starting a drug regimen that might upset my BP control, so I need to start monitoring again, and I'm shopping for a new device.

When I used this, I took it to my doctor's to check its accuracy every time I went and I always found it to be on the money. My internist at the time, an old guy, was fascinated by it. I'm surprised that so many people had problems with its accuracy. As for fit, I had the opposite problem--I have big hands and fingers and sometimes had to twist my finger around in the cuff to get it to agree to inflate with it adjusted all the way out. The only person I ran across that it wouldn't work for was my grandmother, who was ill, bedridden and emaciated.

I bought this in September...moitored my heart for four months only to find that the doctor's office is the only reliable monitor. I was getting consistent readings of 110/68...when my actual blood pressure is 140/94......Hmmmmm!!!

This toy is useless enough to give you ...high blood pressure! Any thoughts on how I can return it and get my money back would be appreciated.

We tried testing 4 different people several times with this blood pressure monitor and everyone the reading wasn't accurate. All the readings were so low that you would be dead if they were accurate. Do not buy this item.

Any of these finger units are notoriously inaccurate. I've tried 2 including this one. I went back to a self inflating arm cuff unit. The accuracy STINKS and is very errattic. Anyone who tells you different has an agenda. Ask your doctor. Compare at your doctors. Whatever. Then add that experience with your own. When you do it 3 times and the reading is all over the place but your arm cuff is derad on, what's your conclusion?

I took my model 1083 to the doctor's office the other day and compared it's results with the result from the measurement taken with the doctor's wall mounted hand pump. To my surprise the 1083 came within 3 points of the doctor's measurement. Not bad for an electronic gadget. The 1083 is small, easy to use and very accurate. Try it, I think you will like it.