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Works great, good price |
January 17, 2012 |
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Grover
from Washington state, USA
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Ive only used the CMS50E for a few days but it seems to be doing a great job at tracking my pulse and oxygen. The software, to run your overnight reports, is a little tricky and not very intuitive but you are able to figure it out, for that reason only I rated it a 4 instead of 5.
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CMS50E Pulse Oximeter Review |
November 29, 2011 |
| Reviewer:
Kate
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First of all, my order arrived just two days after I placed it so I'm really happy with that.
As noted by others the directions are very hard to understand, both because they are in tiny type with no white space, and because they were written by someone not fluent in English. Nevertheless, with careful focus and re-reading, you can figure out what you are supposed to do.
I like that this model has a battery that will recharge off my computer with the USB cable. Some lower models only have AA batteries. I also like that you can use the unit three ways:
1) you can just put it on your finger, press the on button, and look at the readout. This is good for exercising or when you are just curious about how fast your heart is beating and your oxygen level. I have been amazed at how much variance I have over the course of a day from my resting heart rate. Definitely useful on the treadmill and more convenient than donning the sweaty chest strap.
2) you can put it on your finger and plug the unit into your computer via the USB cable. The company actually gives you two different pieces of software: the software with the red heart will capture your heart rate and oxygen real-time. You can sit there and watch what is happening on the graph then you can save the results as a computer file if you want.
3) you can go into the menu settings and tell it to start recording. I do wish it would remember what the current time was after you set it, but no, you have to re-set the current time for each occasion you want it to record. After you set it to record, the display screen goes blank to save battery life but you can take a peek if you want. I have found that for overnight use putting it on my middle finger and folding my fingers into a loose fist seems to work best. I only knocked it off once and that was when my hand was flat and tucked under the pillow. I woke up right away though and repositioned it.
Although the instructions say to only leave it on a particular finger for two hours in a row, I only switch fingers if it is bothering the finger it is on. A quick switch of the finger doesn't disrupt the recording too much if you really want to stick with the two-hour limit.
In the morning you can fire up the second piece of software, the one with the green heart icon, and set it to receive the new information from overnight.
The software is fairly intuitive and hasn't given me any problems. I have a Mac and am running Windows on Parallels. Works fine. But the software comes on one of those mini-disks that only work with disk readers that have an old-fashioned center spindle. Do not put into one of those disk slots in a laptop that just sucks the disk inside - you won't get it back out and you'll be sorry. Although I use a laptop with that kind of slot, I happened to have an external disk reader with a spindle in the center so I used that.
I do wish that there was a repository of information on what kind of graph is normal. I look at a spike in heart rate or a dip in oxygen and wonder whether everybody does that or if it is weird.
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CMS50E Fingertip Pulse Oximeter |
October 10, 2011 |
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James Clark
from Clearwater, FL United States
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I am very pleased with the CMS 50E Oximeter. The instructions that come with it are very hard to understand, but the on-line info provided by Mr Strenski are great. James clark
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Sort of workable |
May 19, 2011 |
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Anonymous
from United States
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The description of this product says it can be used for overnight sleep studies, but the instructions shipped with the device say it is not to be used for more than 2 hours at a time.
Being a fingerclip, it can be problematic to keep on while sleeping, especially if you are an active sleeper. I have had mixed success with this, but it is substantially cheaper than other more wearable devices.
The instructions that come with the device are difficult to read.
Overall, this unit has performed well for the week I've had it. Rated at 3 stars because of the hassle of finding readable instructions, the concern about how well it stays in place while sleeping and the inconsistent instructions about whether it can be worn for more than 2 hours. Aside from these issues, I would have rated it 5 stars as it is the best unit I've found for this price.
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Better Than Expected |
December 30, 2010 |
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gman
from Mpls, MN
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I wasn't sure if this unit would work well, but after using it the first time, I was convinced that it was a good purchase.
I initially thought I'd use it to monitor my levels while sleeping. I used it with my CPAP and without. It was as accurate as my clinic.
Now, I use it while on the treadmill and while working out.
The only issue is that the manual print is very small.
Downloading to my computer is easy and displays a chart of the entire recording period.
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$59.99
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$26.95
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$127.00
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$559.00
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