Lumiscope 1134 Deluxe Fully Automatic Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Irregular Heartbeat Detection
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Customer Reviews of Lumiscope 1134 Deluxe Fully Automatic Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Irregular Heartbeat Detection
Customer Review: GOOD CHOICE
Summary: 4 Stars
IT SERVES MY NEEDS VERY WELL. THE IRREGULAR HEART BEAT DETECTION IS THE FEATURE THAT I NEEDED. IT ACTUALLY WORKS.Customer Review: Worked until warranty expired
Summary: 2 Stars
Until the warranty expired it was fairly reliable with an occasional error message. All I get now are error messages.Customer Review: Ouchie!
Summary: 1 Stars
This piece of medieval torture equipment was rated fairly highly, and had some bells and whistles that intrigued me. I had been using a ReliOn Two-channel BP cuff, but it finally gave up the ghost, so I decided to try this monstrosity. This instrument goes at least 30 mm above the last detected heartbeat, with standard stops at 176, 206, and 236 mm. So, after a stressful day, if one's BP has risen to, say, 165 mm, the machine will inflate to 206 mm, or maybe even, just to be sure, to 236 mm. My particular cuff deflates at a rate of approximately 1 - 2 mm per second, so the extra pressure requires at least an extra 15 seconds of loss of circulation to the hand, with accompanying discomfort. On these occasions the total time of blood restriction is (236 mm- 75 mm/ 2mm/sec = 40 sec.(or more)) Since it is now recommended that one take 3 readings to average them out, this means a total of well over two minutes without blood flow, and with accompanying discomfort. On one occasion the thing went to 236, and returned a reading of 128/68. That's a lot of unnecessary loss of circulation.
I have since replaced this piece of @#@$%^ with another ReliOn, which also gives me dual channel, irregular heartbeat and averaging, without the discomfort, and with much better accuracy and consistency. Admittedly, it also goes 30 mm above the last detected pulse, but it deflates at the rate of around 6 mm per second, so there's no discomfort at all.
Customer Review: A sham piece of merchandising!
Summary: 1 Stars
I recently purchased this item because of the previous reviews and the fact it was suppose to be downloadable to a PC. In fact, after purchasing it I found it came with neither software nor cable. Lumiscope's website, copyright 2001, claims Fox International is the vendor of parts and accessories for Lumiscope products. Fox International does have a Lumiscope product webpage claiming "No products available at this time...". The page was copyrighted in 2005. After contacting the customer service departments from both companies, I was given excuses of software not being available now or in any immediate future and the same for the cables. From my personal experience, this is not "brain surgery" level programming. While the 1134 has potential, if you are looking for computer interface capability, go elsewhere. Personally, without this capability, you can probably get just about all else from a less expensive meter. It would have been far better if the manufacturer had been honest to begin with instead of engaging in bait and switch. None of the Lumiscope product line are currently PC capable or have any identifiable data cable.
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