This was purchased to add to our growing Garmin devices. It seems to do a perfectly adequate job at providing a daily insight into blood pressure. I have not verified it versus a 'professional' set but it is a good indicator at any rate and so long as it is accurate to itself, which it is, I hope to use it to provide some additional diagnosis tools to maintain general health. It adjusts easily and is three button simple. My only complaint so far is that I have not found a way to set up both mine and my Wife's connection to our Garmin connect app simultaneously. When she connects it to hers, it seems to remove my profile altogether. It is entirely possible this is user error. Simply stated, it does exactly what I expected it to do, which is perfect.

Overall I am very satisfied with the Garmin Index BP Monitor. Getting my Connect to recognize the device was a bit of an issue. This may have been because a Connect Update had recently downloaded. All and all I would high recommend the Index as another link in anyone's Garmin Bios Health and Wellness toolkit.

I purchased this product because of our previous positive experience with Garmin fitness products for cycling, running, and a Garmin scale. Our Garmin scale works well for helping us to collect fitness data about weight and body mass. This has not been the case with the Garmin BPM Smart Blood Pressure Monitor. The software for the Index BPM seems buggy and becomes disconnected from my other Garmin fitness products in the Garmin app. I usually have to do a factory reset and erase the Index BPM from the Garmin app to get it working properly. After a few unsuccessful attempts, it has become a hassle for me to go through this reset process when I try to use this device weekly. The three-button user interface is so basic that I have to refer to the user's guide to remind me which button I should use to start it or to switch users. (my wife wants to use it too). It doesn't seem to work well for her either. The device is all black and has a cleanly design appearance; however, it's difficult to see the symbols/indicators for each button on the device. Words or colors would help make this a better product. The device also seems to provide accurate measurements for blood pressure – when it works. As a current owner of a Garmin scale and a purchaser of generations of Garmin watches from 2009 till now, I would not recommend the Index BPM. It does not work as well as our other Garmin products. The concept of keeping track of my blood pressure with all my other fitness data from running/walking/cycling is very attractive. However, the Index BPM device does not work flawlessly for me as a consumer. Perhaps it will become "smarter" and work better with a future upgrade from Garmin. For now, I plan to revert back to my non-Garmin for tracking.

I've had this monitor for about a month. I purchased it to replace another monitor that I have that I no longer have the software that came with it. I like that it takes the readings and uploads to my Garmin account automatically and that I don't have physically connect it to do so. It does that very well. It is however not quite as intuitive to use as my old monitor that has clearly marked buttons that let you know their function. If you don't want to have to remember the button sequences needed to take your blood pressure or to recall it. This monitor is not for you. As far as reading accuracy, you need to follow the instructions carefully to get an accurate reading. If you don't, your reading could be off by a fair amount. Also while you can review your last reading on the monitor itself, it appears that is the only reading it keeps so if you don't setup the monitor to transfer the readings to your Garmin account you will lose them. I got this monitor because I already had a Garmin account and wanted to replace my old monitor. After a learning curve, I am happy with the monitor. I can recommend it to people who have a Garmin account but if you don't and don't plan to in the future then I'd say you won't be happy with it.

Purchased both the scale and BPM, however the BPM Index device we could never get it to activate. After numerous attempts and frustration we were finally able to "exchange" it which we would have thought we should get a "new" device one since it never would activate, but we received a refurbished device as a replacement of a brand new device. I tried setting up the replacement (refurbished...) and the display is so faint you cant read it, but yet again it will not advance through set up. Now dealing with trying to get a full refund which has been difficult and still not resolved.....

Was a little skeptical on purchasing as it was a bit more expensive then other BPM's on the market, was using iHealth with a cuff. Purchased the Garmin and it has been great, LOVE the fact all my information is on Garmin Connect. Highly Recommend if you are on the fence!

I've had this device 1 month. I check my BP 3x a week. I always take it 3 times in a row and take the average. Sometimes the top number is way low the first time then high the second time. Not sure if it's positioning on my upper arm or what? Once I find the "sweet" spot on my arm, readings tend to trend closer to correct numbers.

I work as an Anesthesiologist. I was very surprised a month ago when I recorded high blood pressures during a routine physical. I compared the garmin machine to the machines in the hospital. Both were the same. I appreciate the connivence of the data streaming to my phone. I already used garmin connect for my cycling and other workouts. I would recommend this product

I love the unit and how it works with everything else Garmin that the wife and i have. Functionality is great and it seems to be very accurate. What I did not like and still have issues is how Garmin supports this. WE had to pay for a replacement unit and when new unit got here it had the same issue as previous. Would not load update so we could not add a second user... after additional back and fourth with support Garmin made an update on the server side and bam unit upgraded and both with and i could use. We still have an issue with timestamp of the unit as it does not update to local time and is stuck using UTC ,,, We both use this and because we are older and need to track our BP a critical part of our daily routine. Garmin needs to do better at fixing their side of things in the Cloud ....

I've used several different home BP monitors over the past decade. When my most recent one fell victim to a high impact incident with the floor, I jumped at the chance to replace it with the Garmin Index BPM. The chance to add my BP metrics to the collection of vitals in the Garmin ecosystem along with the expectation of quality and reliability convinced me to overlook the premium price point and a few negative reviews about accuracy.. Oh how I was disappointed! The clever design of the angled face is annoying in practice. Rather than allowing the cuff to be wrapped around the body for a compact travel package, the angled face means that the cuff is bunchy and loose. The design of other cuffs I've used have a serious advantage for portability. But most troubling by far was the accuracy of the BP readings themselves. Multiple back to back readings with no other changes produced wildly different results. The readings would consistently vary by 25-30 points! Inconsistency was the only thing consistent about this cuff. Yes, I have also used the feature for 3 readings to average and yes, I'm very familiar with the importance of placement position. Comparing side by side readings at the same time with a different BP cuff, the Garmin BPM was all over the place and even the averages of readings were not in line with the other cuff or manual readings (the old school way). My experience unfortunately echoes that of others reviews that have found the BPM to be consistently inaccurate. After a month of trying to make it work, I have returned the unit. I will not buy another, and I would not recommend to others. I would go even further to recommend several alternatives (all of them cheaper) instead.