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Originally Posted by Leo.G
Though only relatively cheap my Aldi thing showed blood pressure. It showed my blood pressure as good all of the time though I was dubious of the amount of steps it showed. Then at a doctors appointment he put the sphygmomanometer on my arm and told me my blood pressure was extremely high. I disputed the fact because I've always suffered from low blood pressure. I ended up buying my own proper machine and keep a regular check on it now.
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Yes, my smart watch showed my pressure to be fine too, when our Omron units showed it to be much higher.
There's a video on YouTube where a chap compares the blood sugar readings from cheap, medium and expensive priced smart watches against his actual readings from a proper unit. The watches all seemed to give "nice" readings divorced from the real readings.
Maybe the smart watches just want one to feel happy?
Just to confuse matters, I have a much higher blood pressure reading when measured on my right arm than when measured on my left. A specialist got very frustrated with my readings that she put me in a room with an automatic machine, that measured it every five minutes....and it kept coming down with each measurement.
I suggest experimenting with your unit just to make sure you don't have something similar, else you'll do as I did - take more pills than I needed to, in order to bring the pressure down. Then wondering why I felt flat.
Cheers,
Renato