Since people nowadays are very vigilant about watching their health, they always want to monitor their blood pressure and pulse rate.
This is mostly advisable to hypertensive people.
They need to monitor their blood pressure always because a sudden surge of a hypertensive's blood pressure may lead to a heart attack, stroke and if not taken care of may eventually lead to death.
To do this vigilant monitoring, you must have a blood pressure monitor.
Here is the price list of the monitors in the market today.
First, let's take a look at some of the brands online, as well as what they are costing as of 2010.
Keep in mind that these are based on an average, comparing a few stores online.
Your results are going to widely vary, but you will find that this will give you a good idea.

• Omron HEM-780 Automatic Monitor with ComFit Cuff $66.
  72
• Omron HEM-712C Automatic Monitor with IntelliSense $43.
  88
• Omron HEM-650 Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with APS (Advanced Positioning Sensor) $47.
  25
• Omron HEM-790IT Automatic Monitor with Advanced Omron Health Management Software $76.
  38
• Omron HEM-711AC Automatic with Standard Cuff $52.
  54
• Panasonic EW3109W Upper Arm Monitor (White) $35.
  99
• North American Healthcare WrisTech Monitor $12.
  99

As you can see, the price range of the blood pressure monitor ranges from $12.
99 - $76.
38.
it all depends on the brand, the uses and how high-tech the machine is.
The $12.
99 North American Healthcare WrisTechMonitor is good for travel, because it is just like a wrist watch.
The $76.
38 Omron HEM-790IT Automatic Pressure Monitor with Advanced Omron Health Management Software is quite expensive because of its software.
It has been cleared by the FDA to detect morning hypertension.
It automatically display the average of the last three readings.
It also predicts increase of risk of stroke and detects irregular heartbeat.
It is up to you which of these blood pressure monitors you are going to buy.
At the end of the day, it still ends up that we all just want to take care of ourselves.
What you're going to want to is compare the prices, the features, as well as make sure that they are FDA approved.
Also, you will want to compare at least 3-5 brands, as well as the reviews.
By doing so, you should be able to get one that works for you.