Review For Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor And Finding Your Blood Pressure Cuff Size

There are three ways of determining if a cuff is your size or not:

1. Circumference measurement of your upper arm
2. Bladder Width of the cuff compared to your arm circumference
3. Bladder Length compared to your arm circumference

Circumference of your Upper Arm
Your blood pressure cuff size can easily be found by comparing the circumference of your arm and comparing it to the manufacturers' sizes. For example, if you were looking to buy a Microlife Blood Pressure Monitor and your arm circumference was 18 cm then you would choose the small cuff based on what that brand offers.

 Bladder Size Compared to Arm Circumference
If you are sharing your monitor with friends or family you can easily check if the blood pressure cuff size that you have is right for them by comparing the width or length of the bladder portion of your cuff with the circumference of their upper arm. The Bladder length should be eighty to one hundred percent of your upper arm circumference.

Your Blood Pressure Cuff Size Based on Arm Length
Here you want the cuff size to measure 67 to 75 percent of the length of your upper arm (length from shoulder to elbow).

Importance of Measuring your Blood Pressure Cuff Size Correctly
Using the blood pressure cuff size that measures correctly for your upper arm is important for accurate readings. For instance, if you were to use a cuff that was way too big for you it would give you lower readings (hypotension) or if your cuff was too small it would give you higher readings (hypertension).
For example, the Microlife blood pressure monitor has a range of measurements for the small, medium, large, and extra-large. If you measure 21 and your spouse measures 25 then you would want to get the medium.

When it comes to choosing a quality at-home automatic blood pressure monitor device for you or your family, accuracy and ease of use is the most important.

 Microlife Blood Pressure Monitor
Microlife blood pressure monitor units have been around since 1997 and have been recognized by European, German and British Hypertension Societies. They have developed different added technologies to their bp monitors and have been recognized for their quality and accuracy.
One of Microlife's top automatic blood pressure monitor models is the

Microlife BP 3MC1 - PC.
This automatic blood pressure monitor works great to take bp and pulse readings displaying them in large numbers and storing it to be later transferred onto your computer via a USB data transfer cable.

Omron Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor
Omron is the leader in home healthcare devices and was the first to introduce manual and automatic blood pressure monitor units for the patient at home. This Omron model is spot on accurate and easy to use. It monitors your bp along with your pulse and it also will detect irregular heart beat.

LifeSource Automatic Monitor
It comes with a handy carrying case and people report it to be an accurate device.

Withings Automatic Monitor
The Withings automatic blood pressure monitor is a new breed of monitoring technology for avid iOS software users. Here you plug it into your iOS device and choose the 1 measurement or 3 measurements at a time mode. It does not have irregular heart beat detection but it will give your systolic and diastolic bp along with your heart rate.