One of the good things about online shopping is that once you start to make a purchase, you can often recall other things that you require and which may have been pushed to the background. This may not be good news for your credit card but at least you can manage to get what you need. This is what happened when I was shopping for an A&D advanced blood pressure monitor and remembered a few other things that I had been meaning to buy for myself and a friend.

Which home blood pressure monitor?

If you are thinking of measuring your blood pressure at home, it is important to choose the right home monitor. Whatever automatic home blood pressure monitor you choose, make sure that it has been ‘clinically validated’. This means that it has been tested and gives results that you can trust.

Automatic blood pressure monitors

There are many different kinds of home blood pressure monitor, but it is easiest to use a monitor that is fully automatic (digital). Choose one that measures your blood pressure at your upper arm, rather than at your wrist or finger. Upper-arm blood pressure monitors usually give the most accurate and consistent results.

Make sure your monitor is accurate

Make sure that the home blood pressure monitor you choose has been listed as 'clinically validated' for accuracy by the British Hypertension Society. This means that the digital monitor has gone through a series of tests to make sure it gives results that you can trust.

A good friend is expecting her first child soon and she wanted to buy a fetal Doppler pocket model to listen to the baby’s heartbeat at home. She also wanted me to order her the iTouch Sure Pelvic Floor Stimulator which I finally got around to doing. Apparently this product has many great features such as:

  • Comfortable Stimulation -The strength of the stimulation increases gradually, making the feeling very comfortable and in your control.
  • Easy Start - One Touch Memory The iTouch Sure pelvic floor stimulator has intelligent memory that enables the unit to remember the last programme and the strength setting used. At the press of only one button the strength level returns to 75% of the last level used.
  • Clinically Tested Programmes -The programmes which have been pre-set into the unit have been clinically tested and proven to be highly effective.
  • Safety Duration Override- A safety override feature has been incorporated into the device to ensure that the pelvic floor muscle is not overworked. This is set at twenty minutes, after which time the unit will switch off. It is possible to alter the time in order to customise the unit to your needs.
  • Usage Memory -It has a Usage Memory which shows the length of time that the unit has been in use and the average level of strength utilised.

I also managed to order the NG Ear Syringe Irrigator and the Omron Medication Bottle which I had been planning to buy for a while but never got around to it.