ViATOM Pulsebit-EX ECG Monitor

This is a really good ECG monitor in such a small bit of kit which you can carry with you in a pocket. Very easy to set up and link via Bluetooth to your phone and via the supplied cable to your PC. Download the respective apps and off you go! I used the handheld method and the leads across the chest to record ECGs. The latter is more accurate than the former but both give you a clear record and the app gives a very accurate analysis of what's happening. Gave me great confidence in contacting GP surgery with the printouts of recordings at different times of day. For the money, I would say it's definitely worth buying.

An impressive ECG monitor which is easy to use due to an intuitive design. It's just about as small as it can be and still show enough complexes and features of the rhythm to be useful. Backlit screen is a great feature especially if using outdoors. 2 ECG wires simplifies application. The rechargeable internal battery means not having to carry spares. A touch screen improves the ease of menu navigation. The waveform is clear and noise free using ECG leads. Even using the handheld contacts produces a readable rhythm. The Blutooth Android phone software is equally smooth and intuitive, enabling rapid export of captured ECGs. You can print or send an ECG from the app by clicking on the export to pdf icon and selecting the print icon or email, whatsApp etc. Or, select read as pdf file pdf file where you can edit this file to add name, age and notes etc. (if you have adobe acrobat installed on your phone). After years of reading ECGs, I'm fairly good at interpreting most rhythms and, as this device facilitates easy review and printout of the ECG it works really well for me. The only feature this unit lacks is automatic rhythm interpretation. It will say if the rhythm is regular or irregular but that encompasses everything from the occasional benign extra beat to fatal arrhythmia so not all that useful for the untrained user. You can of course show your GP the rhythm (if you can get an appointment. ;) Just getting an image of your heart rhythm is only the start. You might get a device that does interpretation at this price point, maybe with a subscription, and that might be best for someone who can't read ECGs. This one has a lot to commend it though so I am extremely happy I bought it.

I've been getting an increasingly more frequent painful heartbeat. GP kindly did an ecg and a 24hr recording that was normal as I was not symptomatic at the time. Things have worsened and as my surgery is so busy, they've stopped answering the phone, what do I do? So, looking on Amazon, I saw this bit of kit at a great black Friday price. After initial charging, I did a 5min recording and had the painful heartbeat, picked up by the machine. I waited 30 minutes and repeated it, same result. The attached pictures are my actual results where I was able to correlate my symptoms on the printout. Now I have actual evidence, I will get in touch with the surgery again to make an appointment. The device is easy to use and the app connected straight away so was able to Bluetooth the results in a matter of seconds for printing out a hardcopy. This has really helped me as I was made to feel it's stress or somehow, all in my head so now with actual hardcopy evidence, I should be able to get somewhere, hopefully before 2032!!This properly works. I wasn't a cardiac technician but I was an audiologist, recording evoked potentials so I'm used to collecting data via electrodes and analysing results and it all looks extremely clinically relevant. I would definitely recommend as it's cheaper than a private consultation but I would say you need to be confident using electronic devices, Bluetooth etc etc. VERY happy.

I bought this device as there was a waiting list to use the one provided by my doctor's surgery and I had suddenly developed a sporadic and irregular heart rhythm. Going on previous reviews, I decided on the Viatom Pulsebit because of the options for taking different recording lengths and and having a cable to connect to electrodes. As a former ECG technician, I have been really impressed with the design and accuracy of this machine, and after taking a number of 5 minute readings, I was able to recognise my arrythmia and understand its significance. The written instructions are easy to follow and I found it very easy to transfer the results to both my smartphone and my laptop. From the laptop, I could edit the recordings with my personal details, save them as PDF files and email them to my surgery. The readings using the connecting cable and electrodes are very clear provided that you keep still during recording. The only reasons I gave it 4 stars for ease of use was that the press stud connections to the electrodes are quite tight, so I would recommend connecting the cables to them before putting them in place on your body and it is quite tricky to get the neck loop through the small holes so that you can wear it around your neck. I have been using the Lead 2 position as it is best for a rhythm strip. You need put the white lead on your right shoulder and the red lead on your left hip, otherwise the ECG comes out upside down! I am very happy to recommend this little machine.