Jumper JPD-500F Wireless Bluetooth Finger Pulse Oximeter
A. The overall value of the product (what you get for how much it costs)
Very good value. It can be found for $40 or less on various websites. This product measures your pulse rate, oxygen level, and perfusion index (how strong the pulse is at the location you are measuring). This product has Bluetooth ability to allow it to connect to Android and Apple phones. The CareMeOximeter app is used on your phone to record the session. The phone can display various charts and displays high-low and average values for the session and shows how much time O2 level was between 99-90, 89-80, 79-70, 69-60, etc...
B. Whether the product worked as advertised.
The product did everything that was advertised.
C. What you liked about the product - be specific - with details.
It worked good. It was comfortable and easy to wear at night. It's wireless. It allowed me to determine that my sleep apnea was causing my O2 levels to fall to dangerous levels and increasing my heart rate, putting great strain on my heart. Once I did this test my resolve to find a good mask and become compliant with the CPAP was greatly increased.
I couldn't afford to do a sleep study just to verify that I had sleep apnea. Here I was able to get the results I needed without have to pay an arm and a leg.
D. What you disliked about the product - again, be specific.
There's no easy way to download the data from the phone other than by taking screenshots of the printed charts and graphs (at least that I could determine). That means you can't import into a spreadsheet or one of the various sleep apnea/CPAP programs on the computer (like SleepyHead etc).
Since it's wireless it uses batteries. Unfortunately it uses 2 AAA batteries rather than built in lithium battery. With regular batteries the device ran out of power after just one or two nights maximum. That's pretty expensive, so I ended up getting rechargeable AAA batteries. This means you have to recharge the batteries every morning. It's not real difficult, but still not as nice as just plugging in a cord.
I had difficulty getting the device to work on one friend's iPhone. I was able to get it to work on another friend's iPhone without much difficulty. It worked on two different Android phones. Not sure why the one iPhone didn't work, but they do advertise that it works for iPhone and Android. Maybe there was some problem with the Bluetooth?
E. Any suggestions you can offer to readers if they use this product themselves.
If you move around a lot at night you might consider using some medical tape to keep it stuck to your fingertip.
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