02-23-2021, 04:30 AM
Hello Heart?
I did that starting a few years ago.... but already had a couple of non-connected BP monitors, so I use those first to "pre-check" BP. That way they don't get too many out-of-whack readings. Hello Heart's monitor absolutely eats batteries (and you're on your own to find a wall wart for it), so it's a tossup as to pull the batts after each use to maximize battery life, or just go with the flow. If you miss the changing window, you have to re-sync the thing, so if you resign yourself to re-sync each time, pull the batts, and they'll last a long time. If you leave 'em in, you'll be lucky if they last two weeks. I use eneloops, and finally decided to just pull 'em each time, as even leaving 'em in, and carrying another set, it still needed to be re-synced a lot. A whole lot. Remembering to recharge the eneloops all the time got to be a hassle, so by pulling 'em, you only need to recharge about every 8 months.... plus then they're only tracking you for a few minutes at a time.
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I did that starting a few years ago.... but already had a couple of non-connected BP monitors, so I use those first to "pre-check" BP. That way they don't get too many out-of-whack readings. Hello Heart's monitor absolutely eats batteries (and you're on your own to find a wall wart for it), so it's a tossup as to pull the batts after each use to maximize battery life, or just go with the flow. If you miss the changing window, you have to re-sync the thing, so if you resign yourself to re-sync each time, pull the batts, and they'll last a long time. If you leave 'em in, you'll be lucky if they last two weeks. I use eneloops, and finally decided to just pull 'em each time, as even leaving 'em in, and carrying another set, it still needed to be re-synced a lot. A whole lot. Remembering to recharge the eneloops all the time got to be a hassle, so by pulling 'em, you only need to recharge about every 8 months.... plus then they're only tracking you for a few minutes at a time.
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