Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

Reviews of Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

1.) Excellent Product- Best Bang for Buck
Reviewed by: D. Moore Paso Robles, CA
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I'd been wanting to purchase a blood pressure monitor for home use and had really been shopping around for sometime. All the seemingly quality ones I saw at retail stores and pharmacies were in the $70-$90 Range. As I shopped on Amazon.com I enjoyed reading the reviews of the different products. While I was tempted to purchase a lower priced model, some of the reviews about their quality made me do otherwise. This product is quick, accurate and heavy-duty in quality. It is not flimsy or made of inferior materials. For the price, I would truly recommend it.

2.) Portable Convenience at its best!
Reviewed by: Chester A Riley
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Recently diagnosed with high blood pressure, my Doctor suggested that I keep track of my pressure at home. Since I travel extensively I wanted something compact that I could pack easily.
My wife is a subscriber to Prevention magazine and swears by the content so when I saw this brand I decided to get one.
It is a great little monitor, very accurate, fast and easy to use. I use the two memories to keep track of my morning and evening pressures seperately. When you hit the memory button the unit shows the average of the stored data. This is a nice feature.
I am very satisfied with this unit. Just make sure you follow the directions about keeping your wrist, and the monitor, at you heart level when you take your pressure. I saw that moving the monitor above or below heart level really does give a different treading.

3.) BEST Most ACCURATE Blood Pressure Monitor Ever, Plus Irregular Heart Beat Warning
Reviewed by: Joan Wear Gainesville, VA USA
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The Prevention WS-820PV wrist blood pressure monitor is the ONLY one I am aware of that actually warns you of an irregular heartbeat while taking your blood pressure, etc. I have been having periods of shortness of breath, that actually makes it pretty much impossible to even talk at times, and now I am finding out why. I have had so many IHBs since using this, that I now have an appointment with my doctor to find out why my heart is doing this. I don't mean to sound dramatic, and maybe it isn't all that important, though I would think it would be, just common sense wise, so having this feature on this monitor is one EXCELLENT reason to purchase this unit. I read that it is listed as pretty much the best rated one around. It is also extremely easy to use. I can't 'feel' my heart doing anything unusual when the monitor has registered the IHBs, but have noticed that I have had the shortness of breath around the times it has registered the IHBs. So, just because you can't actually 'feel' your heart beating in some odd way, apparently doesn't mean that your heart isn't doing something it shouldn't.

Be Safe and BUY this Prevention WS-820PV wrist blood pressure monitor for yourself and maybe for your aging parents. It might make a Real difference in yours and their lives.

4.) Super Monitor
Reviewed by: Betty
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Recently bought one of these for my Mom. Very easy to use and the results are right on with the readings she gets at her Doctor's Office. She has a subscription to Prevention magazine so was very confident that the monitor could be trusted as well.
The readings are very fast. Data is stored in the memory and when you press the memory button it automatically shows the average of the stored data. That is a nice feature.

5.) Follow up to earlier review
Reviewed by: Logical Heartland
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Not sure why the earlier reviewer had bad readings.
Note that you can not be talking or moving AND that the monitor should be at same level (height) as the heart.

I took three measurement and they are ALL within 001 of the previous reading. (If taken within 2 minutes of each other).

There are two memories, I guess M2 could be for spouse or loved one.

In the morning, I clear the entire memory by erasing/deleting the Average or "A" reading.

Then throughout the day, I take several readings (only the last 30 are retained).

The readings are numbered 1 thru 30 with 1 being the most recent.
The "A" reading is the average reading.
Thus at night or first thing in the morning BEFORE erasing the memory, I record the "A" reading for that day.

I also record if I had an irregular heart beat...note that the unit does NOT save the irregular heart beat if detected. You will have to remember that on your own.

I was so pleased that I just ordered a second one for using at work.

FOLLOW-UP....

I just received the second monitor...
The upper numbers SYS differ by only 4 or +/- 2 from center value.

The lower number differed by 1 or 2 at the most...

Note, had one monitor on left wrist and second monitor on right wrist.

Note that since the earlier review above, I now store the IRREGULAR heart beat readings in M2 and the normal heart beat measurements in M1

6.) Top Rated!
Reviewed by: Albert NY
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In researching wrist monitors, I discoverd that this model was the top rated in international testing. Search on "German Hypertension League Testing" and you can find the report. The WS-820 was the top performer, even beating out arm monitors.
I found the unit works really well and is quite fast. My readings usually take about 45 - 60 seconds. Its really easy to use and I take it with me when I travel. I also like the two memories. I use them to keep my morning and evening readings seperately.

7.) My Doctor Recommended this Monitor
Reviewed by: Jill Mass
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I purchased this monitor based on my physicians recommendation. I had an older upper arm BP monitor that gave poor readings. It was time to upgrade to a better machine. This one fits well and reads very fast, and agrees with my Doctors readings.

8.) Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Reviewed by: Desert Rat Oregon
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Great item. Another more expensive brand was recommended by a hospital nurse, but this one is just as good. It is much easier to use than an arm cuff, the batteries last a long, long time, the readings are accurate. It is an overall excellent investment.

9.) Prevention ws-820 Wrist blood Pressure Monitor
Reviewed by: A. ESPOSITO USA
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I found this product very excellent, It does a good job and I am very satisfied

10.) Accurate and repeatable
Reviewed by: Roland Blauer Denver, Co USA
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This replaced a similar wrist cuff meter which I was not happy with. The old meter would give very different readings on measurements made minutes apart. This meter yields essentially the same numbers for second measurements. Out of curiosity, I took it with me to my doctors office, used his large cuff (I have very large arms) and compared the readings to his equipment. Total difference was about 3%, a quite acceptable tolerance for my home measurement. Another reviewer was unhappy with the screen size and position on the bottom of the wrist. If the unit is operated as shown in the instructions, the screen size and position are perfect, the unit is at heart level, and is quite easy to read.

Overall, for home use and serious data collection and blood pressure monitoring, I like this device.

11.) Prevention Blood Pressure Monitor
Reviewed by: Henry Copeland Tallassee, AL United States
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This monitor was purchased as a replacement for a Mark of Fitness MF77 unit. The Mark of Fitness was, at best, an inferior product. If you didn't like the reading you could just re-test until you got the reading you wanted! Test varied from 105/50 to 145/80 at the same siting. The Prevention WS-820PV is consistant, accurate (compaired with a commercial cuff monitor) and of high quality. Highly reccomended!

12.) Solid product
Reviewed by: 60sixx Pittsburgh, PA
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I got two of these, 1 for myself and 1 for my 90 year old grandma, who hates things that are electronic or "technologically advanced". Both of us find it easy to set up, easy to use. Readings are accurate and display is easy to read.

13.) easy to use
Reviewed by: learner Arizona
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quick, helpful, liked it so much we bought another one for my father who had a minor stroke

14.) Works great
Reviewed by: Michael Hartmann
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I really like this compact, easy-to-use monitor. The construction is solid and the unit works as advertised. I'd recommend this to anyone who needs a convenient way to frequently monitor their blood pressure.

15.) Excellent product and service
Reviewed by: Carolyn C. Greer
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I would buy from this seller again and highly recommend! I received the wrist blood pressure monitor quicky and it was exactly as described. While wrist monitors are generally not considered as reliable as arm monitors, this one seems to be relatively reliable. I have used it frequently for more than a month and feel it is as good as an arm monitor and so far, reliable...It is easy to use, also; it keeps up to 30 readings and also measures pulse each time.
So far, so good..

16.) Health vs. Price
Reviewed by: S. Buckshot Hogansburg, New York United States
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I've been looking for a wrist blood pressure monitior for a while. I intended to buy the cheapest one but decided to go mid-range. The device is easy to use, and compact to store with its own case. Memory storage allows two people to store data, and also gives you an average. Data can easily be deleted if wanted and the price is reasonable. I like the convenience of monitoring my own blood pressure on a regular basis, as compared with getting it checked occasionally by a health care provider.

17.) wrist bpMonitor
Reviewed by: Lindey Minnesota
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I like the convenience of the wrist monitor. It allows me to monitor my blood pressure whenever I want to check / feel tense/ or in general, my blood pressure. I had it checked with my Dr.'s monitor and it was very accurate.

18.) Best of the best.
Reviewed by: M. B. Moore Medford, OR United States
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This product represents the best of good'ol American design and engineering expertise. A product that is not only well made but performs far beyond average expectations for this device. Prevention; you really done good!

19.) Prevention WS-820PV BP Monitor Review
Reviewed by: John M. Kelly
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Excellent BP Monitor. Convenient to use, accurate, and has a nice memory. Really overshawdows Omron. My wife's hospice nurse also bought one.

20.) The Prevention WS-820PV is an exceptional value!
Reviewed by: D. D. Remling SATX
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This is an excellent product, very accurate, easy to use and easy to read. I would highly recommend this particular Blood Pressure Monitor to anyone who has blood pressure concerns. I bought a more expensive monitor previously and was extremely disappointed because it gave inconsistent readings. The WS-829PV gives accurate readings and is an exceptional value.

21.) Dr. says "most accurate wrist monitor he's seen"
Reviewed by: gailt Black Hawk, SD USA
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We couldn't get our old cuff monitor to work properly, so we decided on trying a wrist monitor. After much study, I chose this one. Turns out the Dr. said it was more accurate than any he's seen. Now we can take our blood pressure at home without having to go to the doctor's office or grocery store. The doctor knows the variation and can determine if our meds are working properly. If my husband can use it...it's really easy to use! He won't mess with anything that is difficult to work with. I would definitely recommend this unit.

22.) Very quick & simple
Reviewed by: Dan NJ
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This is great for fast & simple monitoring of your blood pressure & pulse. It takes about 1 minute to give you blood pressure & pulse, and it tells you if it detects an irregular pulse (such as PVC). There's no fuss, and no stethoscope, nor hand pump, nor any of that old school stuff. The formed wrist band has a velcro strap which fastens & unfastens quickly & easily, and everything is done at the push of a button. You can do it easily all by yourself.

Note: if, for some reason, you really need super-accurate readings, then you have to be careful to have your wrist always at the same level (relative to your heart) every time you take a reading, because you can get different readings if your wrist is higher or lower than your heart; but that is true with any device. I just try to have my arm be "about" the same place (relative to the heart), so I get pretty consistent readings, and at least I know the general range. I don't care about a difference between, say, 117/69 and 119/72 -- I just want to know if I'm unusually high or low, and this is plenty accurate for that.

This device has 2 30-entry memories (to keep track for 2 different people, or to keep track of morning & evening, or something like that), but I don't even use them because I just want to know where I am at the given time. If you are interested, it will display an average of the readings in each memory, and you can look back through the last 30 individual readings in each memory.

The one negative point is that it needs ALKALINE batteries, not nickle metal hydride (apparently because the electric field from the hydride batteries would interfere with the electronics the device uses to detect pulses). It needs 2 AAA batteries, and so far one set of batteries has lasted me 100 readings or so.

23.) Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Reviewed by: George Graef Canyon Lake, CA
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Very accurate. We checked it against our family doctors office readings and we trust it completely. Well made and easy to use.

24.) A Useful, Convenient Blood Pressure Monitor
Reviewed by: C. Cole SC
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After reading a series of reviews of wrist monitors, I purchased the Prevention monitor. Although the Omron monitor was also highly rated by a British group, the Prevention monitor seemed to have all the features I thought I would need. The accuracy (relative to an Omron arm monitor) and reproducibility have been excellent. The unit is small enough to toss into my suitcase and convenient to use at work. I haven't had the unit long enough to know how durable it will be. The day I received the unit, one of my co-workers used it to check her blood pressure. She ended up going to the doctor because her pressure was so high. Even though we've had arm units at work for years, folks have been reluctant to use them because of the ritual required to use them.

25.) accurate and reliable
Reviewed by: Mother
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I purchased this monitor because it has a feature that will display, if a heart arrythmia is detected. I pop in and out of atrail fibrillation. This monitor allows me to monitor how long of a periord that I may be in afib.

26.) Good for a wrist monitor but has one flaw.
Reviewed by: Truthseeker Kansas City, MO, USA
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Like all wrist monitors, it must be used carefully to get an accurate reading. It also tends to read a few points below an arm cuff when used as directed.

Like all wrist cuffs, it is supposed to be held at heart, or armpit level. However, with me, that gives a consistently lower reading than an arm cuff... by a few points. To compensate I have to hold it lower down, by 8 to 12 inches. Then it is consistent with the arm cuffs I also use.

It also tends to deflate a bit more quickly than I think is good for best accuracy.

The big flaw, and one it shares with the Prevention DS-1902PV Arm cuff, is that while it claims to detect irreglar heartbeat, and does, it DOES NOT STORE that info in memory along with the BP & pulse, time and date. If that info is useful to detect then it should be useful to record, and that is what I assumed it would do.

I think that is a bit of misrepresentation of the product.

I am also not happy with the way the information must be displayed for copying. It is a cumbersome system, and if you are not quick enough the display defaults and then that record, say number 24, must be found again, requiring another 24 button presses.

Otherwise it does what it claims, and is a very handy portable unit.

27.) Getting the job done.
Reviewed by: Family Man Holden, MA USA
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The Prevention blood pressure monitor gets the job done. It seems to produce fairly reliable results and does its job in a reasonable amount of time. Still, I would prefer a monitor whose face mounted on the upper part of the wrist rather than the underside. It feels a little awkward sometimes. I also wish it worked a little faster too. Still, it has a very large face and anyone can read the results without having a hint of a problem. That being said, I find it to be more than acceptable, yet I wish it were a tad smaller, a bit comfortable and a little quicker with the results.

28.) Prevention BP Wrist Monitor
Reviewed by: Loril
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I'm happy with this monitor. Some doctors, including my husband's, said he didn't think wrist monitors were that accurate, so my husband bought a well-known brand's arm monitor, the one his doctor recommended. I get results that are very similar using either. I like the hard case that came with the Prevention monitor too. I think it was a worthwhile buy and more convenient than the arm monitor. I suppose depending on your frame,etc, some monitors are better suited for some people than others, but this does the job for me.

29.) WS-820V Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Reviewed by: Diane Rein Harbor Beach, MI
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This is handy to store or use anywhere---very compact and the case makes it easy. Great for travel. Had a bit of trouble using the '2-person' log system at first, but succeeded well thereafter. I have a very small wrist and tho it actually fits, I have to be careful not to move or it will slip a little. Make sure you hold it in the proper position when monitoring: ie; distance and position from heart. Very pleased overall.

30.) It's REALLY Good!
Reviewed by: Dale E. Stuemke Austin, TX
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I've had a monitor for a number of years that I strap on my upper arm. It's getting old, and I didn't trust it. My wife wouldn't use it because it required so much pressure on the arm that she didn't want to endure the pain.

I haven't studied accuracy, etc., much. But, I've learned to use this one correctly and it is pain-free, QUICK!!!, and I get information I trust.

Not bad for the GREAT price!

31.) good product
Reviewed by: Justa-Consumer Farmington, CT United States
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easy to use and works well. I just didnt have any means to measure its accuracy or any other commercial wrist blood pressure monitors so i cant recommend this to people who need medical accuracy for health reasons...I suggest asking your personal physician before purchasing this. If you want one for recreational monitoring (IE: after running or exercising) then this is perfect...Fast and simple

32.) Nice unit
Reviewed by: GlennerationX Maryland USA
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Easy to use. Quality construction. The position of the device on the wrist and relative to the heart is critical. Once the proper positioning is established and used consistently, this unit performs well.

33.) Great
Reviewed by: B. Goff Texas
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You would not be disappointed in this blood pressure cuff. It works great for my husband and I. You can both keep your blood pressure log so easy without having to write it down. Very easy .

34.) Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Reviewed by: Ruby Red MI USA
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Prevention WS-820PV. Product compact, easy to read and accurate. Just follow directions. The top for the case will not stay on poor design.

35.) Good Buy
Reviewed by: L. Saucedo Chicago
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This is a nice portable device that seems to be fairly accurate. So far, very happy with it.

36.) Very cheaply made & not easy to use
Reviewed by: Alex
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The battery cover comes off very easily. The material is very cheap and fragile. The measurments take longer than I expected. I returned and went with Omron HEM-637. Much better quality and faster and easier to use.

Pros:
2 memory buttons, can be used by two people

Cons:
- Poor material quality
- Hard to use two memories! If you don't remember to press the right memory button, your reading will end up on the other person's record!
- Very slow reading
- It sometimes restarts the reading in the middle of a reading, applying a lot of pressure on the wrist for a long time to come up with a final reading! This will elevate your blood pressure by itself!!

37.) Should have listened
Reviewed by: Sedryn Dallas, TX
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Wrist monitors are not accurate. I have confirmed this by testing it side by side with arm cuffs. I am sad I wasted my money.

Features of Prevention WS-820PV Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

Prevention Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor is "state of the art" in wrist-style monitors. Clinically-proven accurate in independent testing by the German Hypertension League and judged to have superior performance among all brands. 2-person, 30-time memory with average and date and time recall helps track results. Irregular heartbeat function identifies that condition if detected (an indication of atrial fibrilation, often a precursor to stroke). Preformed cuff fits wrists 4.9" to 8.5". Hard plastic storage & carrying case. Operates on 2 "AAA" batteries (not included). Large, easy-to-read display. Lifetime warranty.

1.) Clinically proven accurate;
2.) Irregular heartbeat function;
3.) Large, easy-to-read display;
4.) 2 person, 30-time memory;
5.) Liftime warranty;

Package Height x Length x Width: 6.6 in. x 6.6 in. x 4.9 in.
Package Weight: 0.45 lbs.