Braun iCheck 7 Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor for Smart and Fast Measurement

I've had the chance to put this through its paces over two days now, and, today, I’ve been able to compare it with another premium product, the Omron Evolv. These are both truly high quality machines – classy, stylish and practical (and far from cheap – but keep your eyes on Amazon Warehouse pricing!).When I first tried the Braun iCheck 7 (which fits on the wrist rather than the upper arm), I struggled with it and disappointment was the result. I was finding the readings to be erratic and often far too low; but now I've discovered the importance of correct posture – and I am very impressed with it. It has consistently matched the Omron Evolv. Basically, it is important to sit yourself at the equivalent of a dining or kitchen table on a dining chair or stool, rather than slumped on a soft settee or armchair. This is the key to success. Using either machine like this, and being in a restful state, not having just eaten or drunk coffee or alcohol, both machines work brilliantly and give consistently matching (and I believe accurate) readings.I attach a photo of me using the two, Braun and Omron, and of the last two readings I took (but I took many, just to be sure). I realise others have found the Braun reads low. I think it's a matter of patience and posture, as I've tried to explain. I feel very confident in the machine indeed.Which do I prefer? I can’t choose – both work completely well, and with neither having any tubes, they are both equally easy to use, and both much easier than the more traditional cuff and tube variety. The Braun is the quickest and easiest because it only has to be placed on the wrist, but not by any significant margin. It’s also by far the smallest, but it doesn’t come with a case, whereas the Omron has a nice quality zipped and padded case included. I think you’d be very impressed by either. Both have excellent apps that connect them to your phone by Bluetooth and this has worked 100% of the time, smoothly. The apps both integrate with the Apple Health app, too, which automatically pulls in the readings, so if you have an Apple Watch 4, you now have the ability to measure and log heart rate, heart rhythm (ECG) and blood pressure. If you have any kind of rhythm disturbance, such as arrhythmia, fibrillation or flutter, you will be going to your specialist well prepared with very useful data over time.

I always found that the upper arm blood pressure monitors either don’t work on me or give me major bruising. Unfortunately, I have a heart condition called POTS, and needing to take my blood pressure quickly and easily is imperative. Once I found this, I was over the moon - especially as it was on sale! I am unsure on whether it is worth full price of £90!! But it is a great bit of kit.Very easy to start using, very comfortable also! Connected to my phone seamlessly and was able to start using it straight away. Its not too tight when it inflates, and has worked every time. It’s actually quite small as well, so travelling with it is now not a problem. The information it gives is always accurate and the colour changing heart does help as I find it hard to understand the readings sometimes.Overall, I think its great! Very informative and easier than any other monitor I have used. Would definitely recommend, especially if it’s on sale ;)

Relatively easy to use, convenient to carry with you and readings are accurate AFAIKT. It needs practice to use effectively though. Small changes in the position on your wrist and the pressure when it's tightened make a big difference to the final readings, and in that respect it's no different to a more traditional arm cuff monitor.1. The showing how to use it are pretty naff and it's hard to work out exactly how to position it on your wrist. It would have been *much* better had the instructions included photographs of the cuff positioned on a selection of different real world wrists.2. It's not easy to get the correct cuff tightness. It would be handy if the machine was able to actually check the pressure of the cuff against the wrist prior to taking a reading.3. The 'boot', takes a wet week, and there's a delay of ~20s before it starts to take a reading after you press the start button.4. There's no way (that I could find) to wipe the memory of the unit to clear my practice attempts.5. The associated app is very basic and needs a lot of work. For instance, it offers 'delete readings' but doesn't actually remove them from the cuff memory, just temporarily from the display.

Yes it does, neat and easy to use if you read the instructions carefully. Stows away quickly and fits in a bedside table with drawers.

Don't buy it! I'm so disappointed with this product. Bought this for a relative who has high BP. She has used a Braun wrist monitors for over ten years. She has literally had every model there has been. So I was very excited to get her this one. However, I would say this is useless. The worst flaw is that the readings are inaccurate even if instructions are followed. The monitor tends to give very low readings. Secondly the syncing with the app doesn't work. (I am tech savvy so it is not user error). This pretty much makes it rubbish in my eyes. For high BP suferrers it is very important to have a reliable monitor which this is not. (We have compared readings with a different monitor so we knew the baseline). To give you an idea, the monitor would return a 147/85 reading, then 112/68 reading in 2 minutes and then 146/83. It is practically impossible to trust this monitor that is why I will be returning it. One other weird thing is that the on off button does not 'click' when you press it. It is more like a touch button making it awkward for an older person to know whether it is on or not. Another bad thing is that the reading flows in and out of the screen and is rather small, making it very difficult to read. Overall a lot of bad design decisions, software fault. Pity as we will now have to go to competitors having been Braun users for decades.