Mark of Fitness MF 36 Digital Blood Pressure Monitor

Customer Reviews

Works less than 1/2 the time

2006-03-17
This device worked about 80% of the time on myself and only about 10% of the time on my father. Unfortunately, it was a Christmas gift for him and not for me.
We ended up getting a self inflating one at Circuit City that seems to be working just fine.
It IS possible that the problem lies with him - possible faint heartbeat or high blood pressure but it is odd that the one at CC worked just fine.

Good Numbers

2006-03-08
This monitor is easy to use and easy to read with it's big digital display - A great value for the money!

MF-36 DIGITAL BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR

2006-02-27
IT WAS VERY TOUCHY. WITH NEW BATTERIES, IT GAVE A LOT OF ERROR MESSAGES. BUT AFTER A FEW TRIES, I GOT A READING.

Innacurate readings

2006-01-30
I found my blood pressure seemed to be scarily through the roof with this monitore so I took it to my Dr. It is grossly innacurate, and he confirmed i used it correctly. I have returned the item.

It just worked

2005-10-24
There is really nothing special to write about this. It works fine as advertised. It is suprising easy to use. Since I am not a doctor, I can not commend about how accurate the readings are, but it seems to within the range I expected. For the price, I think it is a good deal. Recommended.

mark of fitness

2008-02-10
The mark of fitness unit is easy to operate
with instructions that are simple and easily understood.
I prefer it over self inflating units because the battery
life is longer. The batteries are not required to operate the
inflation mechanism. The sound beep on the unit is very helpfull
in warning you that you have enough inflation on the arm cuff.

didnt like it

2008-01-13
Didnt like it, hard to understand how to use it and it didnt give me a single reading at all. So I returned it and paid few extra bucks to get an automatic blood pressure monitor from the same brand and is working fine.

Love it..

2007-02-15
This is excellent..I like the ease of using it and the digital read out is great. I highly recommend this product

User Friendly

2006-06-01
This is a great machine - easy to use, accurate and I appreciate the pulse reading and memory features. I believe the inconsistencies mentioned in other reviews might be "operator error". I had one error message, but it was my fault. I hadn't released the air prior to beginning the reading. If it is too tight you will get bad readings - the directions say you should be able to put two fingers under the sleeve. Simple to use and accurate.

Horrible

2006-03-20
This product almost had me going to the ER. I felt a little flush so I used this monitor to check my blood pressure. It was 151/98. A second check showed 148/100. I then really started feeling flush as a wave of burning flushed my body. My wife an RN said calm down, breath deeply. I went over to my Rottweiler and started hugging and petting her. After about 10 min. I felt the flushness go away but the blood pressure showed 162/99. I made a Dr's appointment and brought the machine with me. In his office where my pressure always is elevated when he 1st takes it, I used the machine in front of him and my pressure was 153/107. I really got nervous. He took it with his machine and it was 140/82. You won't believe the relief. He took it again with another machine and it had come down to 135/80. I'd like to return the machine for a non-digital one. I've seen this before with a digital machine from a different company.