>Uh, regular blood pressure monitors are not heavy and are quite portable. They're just not wrist form-factor.
That's the whole point. The parent's point wasn't that you need a U-HAUL to carry them, but that they're a bulky added device you have to carry and operate specially.
>I'm not sure what's compelling about having one strapped to your wrist.
Isn't it obvious? That you always have it with you, it can take automatic measurements periodically without a fuss, it's on a device that also does 5-10 other things (time, notifications, heart rate, step-meter, etc), and you can just forget about it.
> The parent's point wasn't that you need a U-HAUL to carry them, but that they're a bulky added device you have to carry and operate specially.
That's a very charitable reading of GP's statement. I mean, here's what GP said:
> This is a huge improvement against regular blood presure monitors (which are heavy, and nonportable).
Regular BP monitors are not heavy or nonportable in any objective sense; and claiming this product is a "huge improvement" implies existing monitors are relatively "hugely" more heavy or hugely more nonportable. That isn't true as a point of comparison, and what was I remarking on.
That's the whole point. The parent's point wasn't that you need a U-HAUL to carry them, but that they're a bulky added device you have to carry and operate specially.
>I'm not sure what's compelling about having one strapped to your wrist.
Isn't it obvious? That you always have it with you, it can take automatic measurements periodically without a fuss, it's on a device that also does 5-10 other things (time, notifications, heart rate, step-meter, etc), and you can just forget about it.