Posted by Judy-MT on 5/2/2008, 11:21 pm, in reply to "Re: pulse oximeter"
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This is hard to believe, but true. I went to an Estate Sale and they had an Oxygen machine sitting there, so I happen to ask the one gal if they had an Oximeter. She said, yes, here it is. They had $1.00 marked on it. It was a Nonin. Since then I have checked it with my Dr.s nurse, it was right on, and with the last PFT technician, she had the same one. Exactly the same numbers. Couldn't believe it myself, but I have been looking for one for awhile. By the way, my 02 does drop if I walk too fast and go up hill, down to 88 going up hill. I slow down of course. I can ride my bike with now problem. Judy-MT

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Posted by CarolMA on 5/1/2008, 10:30 am, in reply to "Re: pulse oximeter"
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I have had my Nonin for almost 6 years, and it also, has been been badly abused. I am planning on buying one of the less expensive ones, just to have on hand, and to see how everything goes with it.

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Posted by starion on 5/1/2008, 2:06 am, in reply to "Re: pulse oximeter"
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It's nice that there are choices available now & a range of prices. I have a Nonin that I have been mistreating for years (including dropping on concrete from heights of 3-6 feet), I recently also purchased a $65 oximeter from portablenebs.com. Both are quite accurate, though I was told that the pulse rate on the $65 one is sometimes a little off (though the important part--the oxygen saturation rate--is accurate). I have had it checked against several different oximeters, including my Nonin, the pulse ox at the PFT lab at the hospital, & the oximeters at the repiratory therapy program at our community college. Portablenebs said it was checked at Stanford, where the data was gathered for FDA approval. Like John, I don't know how durable this new oximeter is, but at its low price, I supposed you can afford to replace a few and still come out ahead of the $360+ I paid for my Nonin some years ago. Starion

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