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fingertip pulse oximeter
1hbyankee
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Anyone use these daily? I see prices from $6 to $284. I want to check my blood oxygen level several times per day. What is a good brand and model number? Price? What else do you know that I should? Thanks
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The 20-35 dollar range will be plenty accurate for home use. No need to spend hundreds.
no more than $60. The real cheap ones are just that, cheap.
I purchased this one for my wife during her battle with cancer. I checked it against her doctors every time she had an appointment and it was always right on. I paid $22 bucks for it on Amazon. It has 177,297 reviews and a large majority are 5 star reviews.
walmart i have one that i had for mom i use it now
i have 3 or i should say i had 1, and it pooped out after 3 years of daily use and then bought 2 more. never paid over $30 for any of them.
Got one at CVS for $34 when my wife had omiflu. It matched the one at the Dr's office three times.
I have 2 that I bought at Walgreens for $40
I have compared them to the Dr. office and nurses that use them.
Been working fine for at least 10 years.
Got another one a while back off Ebay, never did work right.
OK you medical guys, how do they work? The only thing I can think of is that they can see the color of your blood. I'm no medical guy but do watch a lot of doctor shows on TV.
when we were going thru the Covid and just coming around my oldest son got it for her I am not sure where or how much it cost I sure my guess from CVS or Walmart's pharmacy , my wife got hit hard with it when she was was released from the hospital we to had to keep oxygen here at home and monitor her level for a week or two seems to work well ( my oldest son and I also put it to use that week )
I cheated looked it up but here is what I found on how the work short version
A pulse oximeter (pulse ox) is a noninvasive device that estimates the amount of oxygen in your blood. It does so by sending infrared light into capillaries in your finger, toe, or earlobe. Then it measures how much light is reflected off the gases.
Thanks Ditch-Runner.
Thank everyone. Guess I will get the one Smitty has. May even get a different one also, so I can compare them to each other.
Another vote for Zacurate. Got a 500 Bl. Amazon, $16 and change. Been using it for 3 years.
More $ is NOT always better. I would stick to the 20-35 buck range. I would be afraid of a $6 one😁