1500 Series

great! This is the same BP machine used in my clinic, works great, is professional grade and accurate. Well worth the price if you need to monitor your BP daily. It's easy to use, and saves your readings to the app on bluetooth device.

Better than a wrist unit. Accurate with the doctor's monitor.

Purchased the Welch Allyn Home 1700 Series Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Easy Bluetooth Smartphone Connectivity, Item model number: H-BP100SBP, from the Welch Allyn Home store on Amazon. I received it today. I put the batteries in, and connected the standard cuff that was included with it. I heard the click when I attached the cuff to the monitor. The monitor turned on fine. I can hear the motor attempting to inflate the cuff. However, the cuff does not inflate. At all. I had also purchased the XL and X-small cuff from WA Home, so I attached both of those cuffs as well and attempted to inflate them using the monitor. Neither of them were inflated by this monitor either. Regardless of the cuff used, the monitor attempts to inflate, then gives the E-01 message, every time. I've tried the cuffs on both the right and left arms, on both myself, and my husband. The E01- (cuff is not secure, readjust the cuff, relax for a moment, then measure again) message is the only result I can obtain. I take numerous blood pressures daily in a clinical setting as part of the function of my employment. I'm quite familiar with the proper way to take a blood pressure reading. This is not user error. Welch Allyn has been used in a clinical setting for... ages. It's a trusted brand. My concern is... what is going on with their QA? I've contacted their Tech Support, and will update this regarding the response of WA's support staff. **** Update **** I called their tech support line at 1-800-856-4605. Dude was super nice, and no questions asked is shipping a replacement unit out. I've been emailed a fedex label to ship the defective unit back at no cost to me. This took this review from 1 star, up to 3 stars. I will update this review again once I receive the replacement unit. **** Update 8/18/2020 **** Received the replacement unit just now. Put the batteries in, powered it up. It's in even worse shape than the original unit shipped to me. That one at least made noises like it was trying to inflate the cuff, and the monitor itself stayed powered on. The new unit? It powers up, shows a 0, then immediately powers off. I changed the batteries out. Changed the cuff out. Bottom line, this was a waste of 2 weeks of my time, and over a hundred bucks, especially since I ordered the x-small and x-large welch allyn cuffs to go with it. I only purchased this instead of omron because I figured Welch Allyn has been in the business so long, they'd HAVE to have it together, right? Clearly. Not. I'll go order an Omron right now, while I call tech support to get yet another return sticker. **** Update to my update **** K, I'll contact Amazon. WA support only handles warranty/replacement, they do not do refunds. Refunds have to go thru Amazon. Now you know.

If you want a medical grade BP device, probably the only one marketed to consumers [ other than buying used medical grade on eiebaey ] or save money over the BP2000, the 1700 is it. It should get 5 stars for that alone, but the app being unavailable yet advertised that it is will turn off consumers, so minus 1 star at least There are 2 versions of this device, the older retired original 2017 release with metal cuff connectors, and the current 2019 release without it Pros validated BP device on validatebp.org accurate as a medical grade device. Over 50 measurements compared against a Welch Allyn Connex spot monitor [which cost $2500+], a far step above most validated consumer grade devices 1700 is essentially the $200 ProBP 2000, with bluetooth [useful if the app is revived] works as reliably and as fast as medical grade. One button click, <30 sec reading versus the established oscillometric method that runs >=40 secs reading, used in most consumer grade devices The 1700 supports TWO reading algorithms, SureBP for inflation, and if the device thinks the data is not reliable, will read on deflation using what appears as the medical grade StepBP. Both algorithms were validated in 2011, before validatebp.org, see Pubmed papers by Alpert backlit color LCD is very easy to see, even in a brightly lit room, and looks like the Connex in style, the 1500 is not backit and is in b&w the tubing, and device casing are not heavy duty as medical grade, but should last for consumer use operates bug free, connects to bluetooth reliably the Android app works on phones and tablets, can be found on archival app sites but it relies on a server connection to work whose continued support is unknown, see cons The app allows the data to be extracted and converted to CSV format for spreadsheets, as well graph measurements Cons There is no memory storage accessible to users. By original design, added features and unlimited storage were supposed to be on the Android or iPhone app, but the App v2.3.2 is not available via Google Play, last updated in 2023, or App Apple, last updated 2017, as of this review The app may not sync unless active; if phone sleeps the app may not awaken with the phone; to insure data is downloaded the app must be closed completely, and restarted; data will be collected inside the 1700 until then. An external reviewer claims the 1700 has a buffer of 100 measurements. On Omron's app, there is a force sync button that does this for Omron, so app restarts are not needed Originally released in 2017? the 1700 and 1500 had all potential to sweep the market: a medical grade BP device in a consumer product. But WA appears to have paused the consumer space some years before this review. The Android app is not available for download via Google Play or Apple, the consumer portal is dysfunctional, cuffs with the old adapter are still sold despite changing the 1700 adapter in 2019, the BP guidelines on the app are outdated [ its pre-2017 US BP guidelines] and the device is a notch down in build quality with thin plastic, it even bows the battery port when shut. It should not be much work to update the app to allow local downloads direct from the 1700 to a phone or tablet, without need for a server registration, and to export data as CSV format directly from the app, if Welch Allyn no longer wishes to support the Home server concept started on the original device roll out. They can give app update and maintenance to the community as open source or to the ODM under license. The 1700 is made by Transtek in China, a known manufacturer of BP monitors; the Connex Spot devices are made in USA

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