PrimacareDS-9181-BK Professional Aneroid Sphygmomanometer and Sprague Rappaport Stethoscope, Manual Blood Pressure Kit with Cuff and Carrying Case, Black

Great to use, easy to practice. Sound quality is great, fits well.

As a healthcare professional i am really pleased with this equipment. I was not expecting it to be any good but didnt want to pay alot for something i would just use at home. I tryed against the ones on my ward and it is as accurate as they are. great if you want to practice or just want to check your own. It comes with spare parts and a little bag for storage.

It works well but I much prefer automatic devices.

Now the ear pieces are not the most comfortable, but if you have a play around with the different options that come with the kit you might find a some more suitable for your ears 👂 but I have to say for £20 they're brilliant. The fancy stethoscopes you can get for £250 and up don't even always have as clear an audio for listening to heart valves, pulse in the arms and chest ascultations but this steth does. Blood pressure cuff is easy to apply, and the spheigometer (spelt completely wrong ! ) Is very accurate and steady.Only reason for repurchase is that mine has been misplaced or stolen!Happy to pay for them again though, quality item at a bargain.

Easy to use, good sound quality. Has a key for calibration. Good accuracy.

OK for students practicing manual bps. No clear instructions for assembly bur easy to put together. Quite fiddly to use as there are two pipes for pump and meter. Cuff would not stay on when pumped up so had to go very slowly to avoid this happening. Stethoscope fine but slightly uncomfortable. Overall worth the £20 but would not use for accurate readings due to cuff constantly bursting off and influencing reading

Digital models need to be calibrated annually - this does not!!OK, it takes two hand to do it. And takes 3 min to do it.But it last much longer and cost much less. If you do not want to pay 4 times more for digital model and keep calibrating (or replacing) it annually for similar cost than do not look any further.Pro TipUse your cuff as a sleeve. Do not fight with it around your arm. It takes three hands to wrap it round your arm but if you velcro it before you get it on and slide it up like a sleeve on your arm then suddenly this becomes a very simple operation :D

This is an OK item for the price, how ever there are 2 things in my opinion that let it down. The 1st is the lack of the metal strip down the cuff which allows the user to pull it tight, it's not a deal breaker tho. 2nd the stethoscope. It's cheap noisy and very uncomfortable on the ears. In fact the ear buds fell off mine on first use. To be fair I wasn't bothered about the stethoscope as I use a Littmann Classic III. The kit came fully assembled and included the calibration key. It also arrived within 24 hours thanks to prime. I would say this is a good practice set for medical students and home users alike as it is fairly accurate . I guess I would recommend it.