If you have ever gotten a high reading at the doctor and a normal one at home, you already know why a home blood pressure monitor is worth having. The trick is buying one that is actually accurate, because a cheap cuff that gives you bad numbers is worse than no cuff at all, it either worries you for nothing or lulls you into missing a real problem.The kind to get is an upper-arm cuff, not a wrist one, because the arm cuffs are what doctors use and the wrist versions are just less reliable. Look for one that is clinically validated, which means an independent body actually checked its accuracy, and a cuff that fits your arm properly, since a too-small cuff reads high.
The features to care about are memory storage for multiple readings and the ability to
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