OMRON Complete 2-in-1 Blood Pressure Monitor + EKG for Home Use & Upper Arm Blood Pressure Cuff – #1 Doctor & Pharmacist Recommended Brand – Clinically Validated – Connect App

Once you get it set up it’s bullet proof, easy, and very informative
I felt that I needed to submit this review since some prior reviews were somewhat negative. However, most of the latter was due to sensitivities associated with privacy, some problems with connecting to Bluetooth, and the fact that it uses AA batteries which is unfair. As for privacy, it no longer needs to send your initial results for calibration. It starts tracking and monitoring from the first use. As for the batteries, I’ve used mine now 2-3 times daily for 2 weeks and no battery issues. In fact, I like the fact that it’s so portable.So here’s my review. Download the Omron Connect app to your phone. Be sure your phone is on bluetooth. Be sure you have a good WiFi signal. Go to your phone settings to monitor for connected devices. Push the bluetooth search button on the Omron unit. Accept the connection on your phone. When you start the Omron Connect app, you will need to sign-up for an account. Yes, it will ask for your permission to send your data to Omron so that they can monitor. The free service is all I use. There is a separate, included piece of paper with the unit that says that you no longer need to have your first EKG reviewed by a doctor for “calibration” purposes. I didn’t sign up for any of the subscriptions yet I still find what I get for free from the app to be perfect. I can list all my past blood pressure (BP) readings and send them as an Excel file to myself or doctor by email for tracking. I can send a snapshot of any EKG reading (it stores them on the phone, I think there’s a limit as to how many it stores, I have 2 weeks of EKG right now) and send it by email also. The app lets you chart BP by days, weeks, months. I really don’t need anything else.So with your account created and the Omron Connect open and running on the phone, go to the Dashboard on the app and select the “Blood Pressure + EKG” option, scroll down a little and you’s see a button that says “Record Blood Pressure and EKG”. Push it and it will bring up an instruction screen that says to connect the BP cuff to your arm, push the “START/STOP” button on the Omron Unit, and place your thumbs and fingers on the metal sensing pads.” So here is where its a little tricky. You need to actually have the Unit OFF since when you press the “START/STOP” button it will in effect turn off if its on. So i usually just set up my phone, place it in the convenient resting cradle on the unit, attach the cuff, and then turn the unit on. It starts automatically. After the EKG is done, wait until your BP reading shows up on the UNIT and then lift your fingers/thumbs off the unit. Everything is stored automatically. It doesn’t take too many tries before you figure out how to use the unit. You get an instantaneous review of your BP and EKG on your phone.This unit is perfect. I can see why this unit will save lives. The feedback is instant and you can check it several times (though be sure to release the cuff and wait a few minutes between readings). If it takes a few times to get it to work for you be sure you disregard the first few readings as your BP probably went up a bit due to the “stress” associated with getting to know how it works. Once you have it down, it always works.I highly recommend this unit and this company. This is a real medical instrument by the best company in the business. (I gave the accuracy only 4 stars since I don’t really know how accurate it is; but it is the only home BP and EKG unit that is accredited so I trust it).

Error: “could not find monitor”
The device was simple enough to get connected but I struggled with getting the EKG+Blood Pressure feature to work properly. Kept getting the error “could not find monitor”. Luckily, Amazon support was able to get me thru to Melanie with Omron Tech Support. Melanie helped me troubleshoot and get it resolved. The solution was to make sure you push START/STOP before placing your thumbs on the device. If you skip that step, the device with start the process by inflating the cuff and taking the EKG, but it will not take the BP reading and will then display this confusing error “could not find monitor”. I skipped Step 3 – my mistake!!! Amazon & Omron Support helped me get this resolved 🙂 I’ve only had this work a few hours so I can’t honestly confirm the accuracy just yet so only giving it 4 stars. Will come back later to update that.

This will NOT record EKG if you have a complex Cardiogram, or if your Heart Rate is less than 50bpm.
Also, there is a Subscription that is required after the 6 month free trial of the Subscription Service. This device would not properly record my EKG since my Heart’s Rate is less than 50 BPM and my EKG activity is more complicated than the simple EKG patterns that it will record, if your heart rate is 50 BPH or higher. I am routinely monitored with a three wire remote sensor EKG Sensor for Cardiac Rehabilitation without any trouble reading and recording my data.The “Quick Start Guide” is almost useless for setup and pairing the device to my smart phone, since it didn’t mention or show where the Bluetooth Button is located when it is time to pair the devices during the setup process. The setup process also seemed like a Cardiac Stress Test with the missing info. There is a video within the OmronConnect App, that has steps, but you can’t pause the video and go back to the step by step list for setup, and you have to stop the app to exit the video. Very frustrating! Due to the shortcoming of not recording my EKG, I returned the Omron BP7900 to Amazon.