Determines oxygen saturation (SpO2) and heart rate (pulse)
Small and lightweight, with an easy-to-read colour display and pulse curve
Suitable for people with heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases or bronchial asthma
Also helpful for high-altitude sports, such as mountaineering and aviation
3 years warranty
16 comments
Agent004
24 Sep 17#1
Got one of these last time round . Very accurate and a good price . Heat Added
Graham1979 to Agent004
24 Sep 17#3
How do you know the Oxygen level is accurate?
Agent004 to Graham1979
28 Sep 17#16
Compared it with the ones at work .
adhkarzf to Agent004
24 Sep 17#4
Do they fit on little fingers I've been advised to buy one for my 5 year old as she's quite severely asthmatic and the doc thinks it would help us to know when she needs to go hospital as she gets ill very suddenly.
Agent004 to adhkarzf
28 Sep 17#15
I think it would be too small for the fingers but should be ok on the big toe
Arold to Agent004
25 Sep 17#13
How do you know it's accurate? Few of them are, at this price, even for pulse, let alone blood oxygen.
Agent004 to Arold
28 Sep 17#14
Because ive taken it to work and compared it to the ones we use .
parsimony
24 Sep 17#2
You can pick these up for less than half this cost online. Example from Amazon amazon.co.uk/TOO…KL/ £7.93 with free delivery at time of posting.
ramnee
24 Sep 17#5
These are for adults, I would be wary to use it to make judgements in children
Keithdc to ramnee
24 Sep 17#6
I would be wary to use it to make judgments in adults as well!!
jaydeeuk1
24 Sep 17#7
NHS pay over £150 for these and they're no more accurate, and they wonder why the govt doesn't want to give them yet more money.
indyjukebox to jaydeeuk1
24 Sep 17#8
And your evidence to support that is......??? Or is it just hearsay/pub talk?
jaydeeuk1 to indyjukebox
24 Sep 17#9
My company works with CCGs across England. Thats just one relatively cheap example, you should see how much agencies charge for staff, how much IT equipment costs via contracts. Its a battle to get things changed as partly there is an approved list, but mainly the companies supplying 'know' people and keep them happy. Pharmaceutical companies used to be the worst, we'll give your staff holidays etc if you buy our drugs, luckily that was put paid to but they're still tugging the strings behind a series of front companies.
zchari5 to jaydeeuk1
25 Sep 17#12
If this is true you should report it to both the police and news outlets
rick_x to jaydeeuk1
25 Sep 17#11
It's because cheapo versions like this are prone to error and in the NHS that can be catastrophic. The kit the NHS buys has to be validated which means it has an error rate which is very low, but this makes it more expensive. Buying stuff like this if you're not a doctor is not a great idea as often people will use it incorrectly or get a false reading and panic ending up at the doctor's or worse A&E for no better reason that it's cheap rubbish. Stupid comments like this and the inevitable consequences are the reason the NHS is on it's knees financially not the NHS's fault. Trust me as a doctor, and one who has worked a lot in intensive care, unless you know what you're doing with this you're better off stearing clear.
indyjukebox
24 Sep 17#10
And I sit on the other side. So I negotiate the discounts. I don't get paid anything at all from these companies. Don't even get a free pen nowadays as it is against regulations. The only thing I can get for free is staff equipment training, which is great!
Whilst everything is expensive in the UK and medical equipment particularly so. I still havent seen any evidence that a super cheap chinese oximeter is better or equivalent to the better established manufacturers. But there are some newcomers that are breaking the mould.
A good example being Mindray. Cheaper than major players and some very good products, but not everything is up to the standard of established manufacturers. Critical monitoring equipment is very good and reasonably priced compared to Philips for example. But their ultrasound systems are significantly worse than GE or Sonosite.
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Example from Amazon amazon.co.uk/TOO…KL/
£7.93 with free delivery at time of posting.
Whilst everything is expensive in the UK and medical equipment particularly so. I still havent seen any evidence that a super cheap chinese oximeter is better or equivalent to the better established manufacturers. But there are some newcomers that are breaking the mould.
A good example being Mindray. Cheaper than major players and some very good products, but not everything is up to the standard of established manufacturers. Critical monitoring equipment is very good and reasonably priced compared to Philips for example. But their ultrasound systems are significantly worse than GE or Sonosite.