Best Afib at home devise to purchase

[Rebma]

Can anyone please advise which is the most effective at home afib machine/devise to get? I need to monitor heart rate, if possible bp and oxygen levels. Most importantly heart rate and tells you if you are in afib. Thank you

[CDreamer]

I’ve had a Kardia since 2014 which has always worked for me. It was tested and approved by the AFA and seems to be the one most mentioned on this forum. Widely available - Amazon often have good prices.

BP - any machine that will recognise arrythmias. O2 - finger monitor are easily and cheapest available in most pharmacists and on-line.

[Rebma in reply to CDreamer]

Thank you so much I will order. All the best

[Hidden]

I use a Microlife WatchBPhome blood pressure monitor which also gives heart rate and provides a warning that a person is in AF. It is approved by NICE as an appropriate device for recording AF.

[Rebma in reply to Hidden]

Thank you

[momist]

+1 for the Kardia. This will give you a way of recording your heartbeat to show to the medical people. A separate BP monitor will work, but might not be accurate when in AF. I understand that in the UK the Omron range are well regarded. I use a cheapo Lidl one, but it is fussy and not reliable.

[Rebma in reply to momist]

Thank you. Does the machine record it or do you have to set the Kardia up to be comparable with your cell phone?

[momist in reply to Rebma]

Hi Rebma . The Kardia is a two-lead (or one lead depending on viewpoint) ECG device which will ONLY work in conjunction with either a smart phone or a tablet running either Android or iOS, using an app. The app stores one recording, 30 seconds by default although longer recordings can be selected. The app then analyses the recording and states whether it is normal, possible AF, or something else. The app also provides the facility to 'email' the latest recording. It does not actually email anything, but provides a file which may be emailed to anyone, or if you prefer, stored on your device or elsewhere. The sensible way to use this is to store all your recordings somewhere "in the cloud" so that it may be viewed from any device with access to your cloud provider, or retrieved and attached to an email to your doctors.

The AliveCor organisation that produce the Kardia will offer a monthly subscription (UK is £10) to provide storage, but I would advise that a free Dropbox, Google or Apple account is all you need instead.

A cheap Android tablet is all you need, and they can be had 'used' for much less than £50 or even new. Just be sure it is Android 4.4 or later.

[Rebma in reply to momist]

Thank you. We live in USA I have a smart phone and pc. Do not have a lap top or I pad. Can I have the kardia just for my own records and does it keep a history of recordings? Went into website but didn’t see any info on my inquiry. Thanks for all your help

[momist in reply to Rebma]

No, the company would only have your records if you chose to save them to their servers, as far as I know. The Kardia app only keeps the last recording. If you use your own cloud service (do you already have one for your phone?) then you can save them privately there, or just save them into the phone's memory. They are not very large files, my largest is 62kB (30 second recording). NOTE: the app is only available for Android or iOS. If you run a Nokia or Windows phone, it will not work.

[Rebma in reply to momist]

Thank you. I will look into it. You have been very helpful.

[Zezee]

I use a Boots advanced BP monitor tells you BP..heart rate and whither you are in A/F ..I got it on offer plus I had staff discount usually £99 without offer you can buy O2 monitor cheap at Argos..or any pharmacy...don't use it too readily handy to keep the odd monitor....

[Rebma in reply to Zezee]

Thank you

[Rebma in reply to Zezee]

Thank yiu

[jwsonoma]

I bought a Kardia after reading about it on this board. It is useful to determine if you are in Afib or have some other arrhythmia. If you don't need to know that, a finger O2 gauge gives BP and O2 and a BP cuff would be all you need. The cuffs can be small for travel or larger. None of these too expensive.

[hankk]

I have a Kardia which identifys when I go into AF. It does keep a record of previous recordings under the Journal, but I would recommend you put any "interesting" recordings into Dropbox because my Journaling reset when I changed phones.

[Rebma in reply to hankk]

Thank yiu will order. Company has free shipping.

[IrishHealth]

Some good recommendations here thank you.