Withings BPM Connect – Digital Blood Pressure Cuff & Heart Rate Monitor – Blood Pressure Machine Arm Cuff, FDA Cleared, FSA/HSA Eligible, IOS & Android

Accurate, but could be easier to read
I’ve tried a variety of home blood pressure cuffs and this is definitely my favorite. My first was one with a unit that would sit on a table, then the hose connection to the actual cuff. Solid, accurate, but a clunky pain that made me less likely to check my blood pressure (I have treatment resistant, idiopathic hypertension so frequent checks are smart). Second one was a handy little wrist unit, but accuracy was a little hit and miss and it was very finicky about positioning. This is best of the first two. Normal BP cuff positioning so that part is easy, but a light and slim package that makes it a breeze to use. I’m not taking a star off for it, but in the effort to design pretty, Apple-esque devices, the result has been a screen that isn’t super readable. I’m young so no big deal, but I could see older folks having some difficulty with reading their results. Otherwise, I’m definitely loving it and think it’s been a worthwhile splurge (because let’s face it, this is definitely the priciest consumer BP cuff around).

Beware of inaccurate readings and NO ability to return for a refund plus horrid app
Like I always do when I get a new medical device such as a blood pressure cuff I bring it along with me to my doctor so I can calibrate its accuracy to make sure the readings are within acceptable limits. Based on the readings I may or may not have to take very strong blood pressure medications to rapidly drop my pressure when it’s over 200, but if I take this medication when my blood pressure isn’t high enough it not only can but has caused me to pass out leading to a whole 911 situation when my wife freaks out.
This cuff is wildly inaccurate! I’m not talking about a 10 or 12-point difference, but much much more than that. My doctor suggested I get another cuff so I started a return and to my surprise, this sad excuse for a company does not accept any returns for blood pressure cuffs!
Fine. Keep my $120 nothing I can do about it, but know this Withings any and every chance I get I will do my level best to keep people from falling prey to your predatory sales practices. That you can believe in! We also purchased your $99 scale and it’s going back just as soon as I’ve finished this review. You won’t ever get my business again.
Since I’m stuck keeping the cuff let me review it based on what I know so far. Accuracy at least for me is an easy 1 star. Ease of use is also a 1 star because the Withings app is one of the most difficult apps to navigate that I’ve ever had to use. I got so lost that I finally admitted defeat and went to their help section so I could talk to someone and can you believe you actually have to schedule a time for someone to call you back?! And that’s not even the worst part! It’s 3/1/24 right now and the soonest “appointment” to get product help was at the very end of the month!!! Talk about a red flag.
The cuff is easy enough to use. Just strap it on with the Withings logo level to your heart and press a button. Its absolutely not easy to read though – at least not on the cuff itself. The LEDs are dim and don’t stay on long enough to get an idea of the readings plus they use some funky LED font that makes it even more difficult, but I only resorted to trying to read the cuff information because the alternative and I suppose the entire point of this cuff is to have the data show up in the app, but again the app is sad beyond anything I’ve used.
I guess the bottom line is if this cuff seems good for you just know that once shipped – good, bad, or ugly – you own it. I would recommend before purchasing to go download the Withings app so you can see what I’m talking about before it’s too late.

Withings Bpm Connect consente non solo di misurare la pressione sanguigna, ma anche di memorizzare le varie pressioni nell’apposita APP gratuita per più utenti (ad esempio padre, madre, ecc.).
La procedura è semplicissima, anche perché lo strumento ha un unico pulsante: acceso l’apparecchio, si preme una seconda volta per creare la misura, si conferma la misura stessa premendo la terza volta e quindi si seleziona il nome del paziente (dopo aver fatto scorrere i nomi sempre con l’unico pulsante) premendo per alcuni secondi.
Un segno di spunta conferma la registrazione dei dati nell’APP.
Trascorsi pochi secondi la misura (massima, minima e frequenza cardiaca) appare nell’account del paziente prescelto e l’APP provvede a fare numerose statistiche, come da immagine allegata di esempio.
Ing. Gianvittorio Turco

I had an old one and was always hard to put in and out. This one is a breeze and it sinks automatically to health