- We're back with another video about my blood pressure!
I know, it's very exciting.
I know you've all been very worried about me.
Thank you, I got all your cards and balloons,
and that one guy from Wyoming who sent a the stuffed bison,
that was very nice of you, thank you.
So today we're gonna talk about
this other wireless blood pressure cuff I've been using.
I haven't been using it anywhere near
as long as the last one,
and, in fact, if you haven't seen it yet,
go back, watch our previous video
with the Withings wireless blood pressure cuff.
That's the one I've been using for months.
This one, in this video, is brand new,
but, before we get to that, do me a couple favors.
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who maybe aren't in the best shape of their lives.
Kind of like me, this is something I'm still working on.
I'm very much a work in progress.
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And so one of those things have been
I wanna try these wireless blood pressure cuffs,
and see how good they are.
So, the second one that I've been
using now is brand new actually.
We just saw it for the first time at CES in January.
This is the Omron Evolv.
Actually, Omron's a company,
I think they had the first blood pressure monitor
that I've bought, and it was super cheap.
It has a little stand that sat on my desk
and then it had the cuff.
It just took a lot more room than I wanted
to take up for something like this,
and that's when I decided I wanted to do something wireless,
a, for space reasons, and, b, to keep track of the data.
I wanted to actually have the data in front of me,
so I could take it to my doctor,
so that's where all this wireless connected stuff came in.
It's $100, you can pick it up off Amazon or wherever,
and here's how it works.
This one actually has a really cool trick
compared to the Withings one.
This has a display on it,
so this is actually, totally self contained.
If you're not quite as concerned
about keeping up with the data as often,
and you just want a daily look at your blood pressure,
this could do you really well.
So I'm gonna put it on,
and this is actually a little trickier to put on for me,
just because the way it wraps around my arm,
this will obviously vary if your arms are bigger than mine,
and it kind of tucks itself under the main body, here,
in a way I don't really like.
And then I get it wrapped around.
Once I do that, it's fine,
it's just not quite as easy as the other one.
So you've got two buttons.
One is syncing, for syncing with the app,
one is just a basic start, stop,
and you hit the start, stop, and it says hello!
And then it goes to work,
it doesn't have to connect to anything,
it doesn't have to sync up.
It just starts taking measurements, and that's it.
So 122/83, my pulse is 83.
This works just like any other blood pressure cuff.
It tightens up against your arm,
and it measures how hard the blood
is pumping through your veins.
Obviously you need some blood pressure,
or you would be dead.
So this is really simple.
It takes it, it gives you
the reading right here, and I'm done.
If I don't want to do anything else,
I don't have to do anything else.
But there is a companion Omron app that goes with it.
So if you do want to keep better track of things,
you just launch the app and hit sync,
and it will start syncing all the data that's on the cuff.
It does a really good job
of just showing you the numbers, first and foremost.
If you want, you can see them on a graph,
so I can see my systolic, my diastolic,
I can see my pulse, all in one place.
You can take a weekly view or a monthly view, if you want.
Those are pretty handy, I think,
so you can keep track of it over time.
Every time I've taken it it's been
well within the normal range, so that's good for me.
And, finally, you can export the data.
You can share it by email,
or they connect to Walgreens if you want to do that.
But this one's pretty good.
Really, my only complaints
are the way the cuff fits, I'm not a huge fan of,
but I do love having that display right there,
so if I don't have my phone right next to me,
I don't have to go running after it.
If I don't want to use it with a phone at all,
I don't have to, and that's pretty cool.
And for the same price, that's not bad at all.
So, bottom line, I would say
the Omron Evolv is a pretty good option.
If you're not in the Withings ecosystem,
and you don't want to be,
you just want something that takes your blood pressure,
this is a really good choice, I think.
It works simply, and, actually,
it works a little bit faster, too.
And really, the only complaints I have
is just the way the cuff fits,
and that's me an my scrawny, little, pasty arms
that badly need some sun.
If your arm's a little bigger,
I think it will fit you a little better,
but once it's on it works very quickly, it works very well.
The app is simple, it's not quite
as full featured as other health apps like this,
but it does its job really well, and it does it simply.
We also have the Withings wireless blood pressure cuff,
go back and watch that video if you haven't seen it already.
Share all these with somebody you know
who might have high blood pressure, seriously.
This is probably the best thing I've done in the past year,
the best 100, $200 'cause I have
more than one, that I have spent.
Go see your doctor,
I'm not a doctor, don't take me for health advice.
That's a bad idea,
but share this video, thumbs up, subscribe.
I'm gonna go relax, chill out,
and let everything just kind of lower down again.