ECG monitors

Wibbles
Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,253 Championing
edited July 23 in Housing and independent living
I am looking at ECG monitors and see that they are generally around £100
I have found an alternative at £67 that does a lot more - a "Vitality Watch"
I wondered what the forum thought about it ?

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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,327 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Hey @Wibbles I'm very wary of these kinds of "Review"  if you read the small print at the bottom of the page, it's just a paid for advert. 
  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,409 Scope Online Community Specialist
    edited November 2023
    That feels very "too good to be true". I also don't actually see where they say it performs an ECG on you. Which generally requires measuring the electrical potential difference of current through your heart. That is why the hospital ECG machines attach leads across your body and most portable ECG machines require you using fingers on opposite hands. How does this watch manage to do that with only a single point of contact?

    I see it outright states it measures heart rate, blood pressure and blood oxygen. However, that's not what an ECG is.

    I don't want you getting scammed @Wibbles, I would be very wary of what they're promising. Especially at the bottom, where they talk about how this "offer" is only available for a limited time. They are trying to manipulate you into thinking you will miss out and so you must purchase it quickly without properly considering it.

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