BP Cuff/Sphyg - Your fave brand?

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What model BP cuff/sphyg have any of you liked? I bought the school bookstore recommended one and I hate it. The screw doesn't turn smoothly at all, and when I try to make the pressure come down, it jumps down instead of the nice, steady 2-3 mm per second. That's what I get for buying something called an "Econosphyg". :( I'm a BP idiot as it is (clumsy, get confused too easily), and this cuff is making it worse. I know I'll get better over time, but I'd like to have a cuff that make things a *little* easier.

P.S. It's the kind that has the gauge attached to it, not the kind they use in the doctor's office that attaches to the wall sphygmomanometer.

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the nursing gear forum

Specializes in Vascular Surgery.

I worked as an EMT for 4 years in a previous life and found that there isn't significant variation in the readings between 'expensive' and 'uber cheap' brands.

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