KardiaMobile 6L EKG Monitor, Medical-Grade, FDA-Cleared Heart Monitor, 6 Views of The Heart, Results in 30 Seconds, Unlimited Recordings, Works with Smartphones, HSA&FSA Eligible, Pocket-Size

Clinical-use EKGs. Get the 6-lead, there's no good reason to get the single lead. Having a 6 lead is an order of magnitude better than just a single lead. If you have any cardiac issues, get this! No debate. Nothing to think about. It's a fantastic, easy-to-use, reliable and CLINICALLY ACCEPTED 6 lead EKG and a very inexpensive price. The battery lasts around a year or more and is easily replaced. It's the CR2016 (same size as the CR2036 but thinner, and may not be as easily found in stores as the more common CR2036 so best to order some online and keep them as back up. The store for like 10 years...) You upload Kardia software to your iPhone/Android and it syncs easily with the device. There's a section for "notes" which you can use the phone's dictation option to dictate notes. Better: buy two. Keep one at home in the medicine cabinet or wherever you store items for quick access, and another for your purse/pocket for when you're traveling or out and about. I've been in the clinical medical device industry for 40 years- this is a great product, that works well, and delivers clinically-valid results to your doctor; it is inexpensive and well made. No reason not to have one if you are dealing with any and all cardiac issues. You don't have to sign up for their service if you have your own cardiologist or GP. The software works with or without a "subscription" (which is really only about having access to a cardiologist who will "read" you EKG and give you a determination.) The software will make a "possible xxx" diagnosis for you. The main point is that you shouldn't be buying this "for the heck of it" or to "see if I've got anything." If you suspect you are having cardiac issues, you should already have gotten you derrière to a doctor, preferably a cardiologist. If you already have consulted with your physician/cardiologist, then you already know - or suspect - what's going on, and you would be following your cardiologists advice from here on out and this is merely gathering additional data for further clinical analysis/study. In either case, the Kardia-generated "possible diagnosis" should confirm what you and your cardiologist already suspect, or at least provide more data for your clinician to make a more accurate diagnosis.

This is a very good tool to monitor your heart rate with. It's more accurate than the Apple Watch because it can do a 6-lead trace. The add-on servcies also add a good resource and value to the Kardia, too. The ability to record a high resolution 6-lead trace that you can forward to your doctors is very valuable. I like the size and battery life of this device. I can tuck it into my backpact and take it with me just about anywhere. I also apprecate that it's mostly a metal construction so it feels better and that it will last for better than other devices.

This is a device trusted by a cardiologist I know, which was the main reason I chose it. It’s very practical and fast, making it easy to record an ECG whenever needed. Especially useful for people with heart rhythm disorders. Simple, reliable, and reassuring to have.

This thing is spot on and recorded my data to show my GP. Easy to set up and use too

Did a great job. Sometime a little awkward to use, as it needs to be on the skin of your leg. Ultimately. I had my afib fixed

I have an Apple Watch, 2 automatic blood pressure devices that record heart rate, and an oximeter that measures both oxygen concentrations and pulse. I need to know if I am in atrial fibrillation and more importantly - what the ventricular rate is. I had a recent cardiac procedure and for the first time realized that the watch and the blood pressure devices may have been measuring the atrial rate rather than the ventricular rate. The first sign I had of that was my palpable carotid pulse and the oximeter pulse were about half as much as what the watch and BP devices were measuring. The difference between atrial and ventricular rates on a regular 12-lead ECG are obvious. When I heard that Kardia had a 6-lead ECG that was inexpensive and easy to use at home - I decided to try it. The credit card sized device is easy to use. It does take some practice to record smooth wave forms but that is no different than the Apple Watch. 30 second ECGs are recorded and easily converted to PDFs that can immediately be emailed to your doctor or clinic. I was recording and emailing them within 10 minutes of opening the box. I have included an image of an ECG tracing I made on September 15, 2023 showing normal sinus rhythm. The only downsides I have noted so far are minor and they include: 1: Extra services are for sale including additional algorithms for ECG interpretation. I can read ECGs so I did not consider that to be a big issue. It might be for a person who wants more than the very basic readings that do include atrial fibrillation. You can also consult with a Cardiologist through this app for a fee. 2: Deleting ECGs - the app gives you the choice to accept or rerecord ECGs during the initial save step. If you do save - there is no way that I can figure out to delete the files. It is easy to rapidly accumulate a large file of ECGs and I have not figured out how much memory these files are using. There are online instructions on how to delete the files but they do not appear to work for this specific device. 3: Getting used to doing the recording - to do the 6 lead ECG you needs to hold the device between the finger and thumb of your right and left hands and against the knee or ankle area of your left leg. If you waver too drastically the recording is rejected and you have to try again. A 6-lead ECG doesn't have chest leads - all of that information is not there. Regular 12-lead machine run by a tech is less likely to have significant artifacts so signal to noise is greater with a 12-lead ECG. Bundled into the cost of the 12 lead is a more extensive algorithm and a cardiologist read of the tracing. It is also important to remember that the ECG contains a lot of information and expertise interpreting it. In my opinion it is best to use it in collaboration with a physician who is following a known problem or suspects a problem rather than to think that it can be used as an independent diagnostic tool. All things considered this is a very innovative, practical, and easy to use device that produced superior recordings at home that can be used by your personal physicians.

I bought this to have this diagnostic capability at home and in the field. I bought the Kardia unit specifically because it was the only FDA cleared device I found and because I read multiple reviews from cardiologists who liked it. It is easy to use and so far has seemed accurate. I like the capability of doing 6-lead readings, and the potential for field adaptability is huge. However there are a few caveats... One, you must be in a comfortable and relaxed position for an accurate reading. If you are having to actively hold the unit in place or are pressing down on the pads, it will pick up a lot of muscle artifacts just like any other EKG would. Two, if you have mobility, joint, or other range of motion problems it can be difficult to get in a position that allows you to be comfortable and relaxed while simultaneously reaching both fingertip pads and your ankle. I did a few test runs with this unit and shared them with a paramedic and critical care nurse. Both said the quality looked good and agreed with the device's assessment (normal rhythm). I then took it to my next doctor's appointment. The EKG tech looked at it and thought it was pretty cool and seemed to be accurate. Finally I ran this unit at the exact same time the tech ran a full 12-lead on me so I could compare, and the output was a match. So I would say this device is very accurate. I was leery of the app and how much access to the data I would have based on some previous reviews, however I found that it does almost everything that I need without an expensive prescription. I can record my tests and keep a log, export (email / print) the ekg graphs, and the note feature is nice. There are some analyses it does not perform without the subscription, which I find kind of silly - its already in the software and just not enabled, and if something like that is going on with my heart I definitely want to know and not have it withheld. I'm sure its great for some people but I don't need the quarterly cardiologist review, and I don't want my app dumbed-down just because I won't buy a subscription that I don't need. Perhaps Kardia would consider a one-time upgrade to enable the additional rhythms without subscribing to the doctor review. The biggest issue I have is their app constatly berates you to upgrade and buy the subscription service. Its almost difficult to use the app because the in-app advertisements and misleading pages that keep pushing the service on you even after you've told it "no". I really wish they would fix that. Its very frustrating and I almost returned the unit because of this, vut ultimately decided to keep it. I live and work in a remote area, and really bought this device to give me more diagnostic capability in the field. After talking with a few seasoned paramedics including some who do maintenance and repair on professional fire/ems EKG units, I will likely be modifying my Kardia unit to accept standard snap-on EKG leads. I plan to solder button snaps onto each pad, which will allow the limb leads to be placed much more easily and on patients who can't get into the necessary position for whatever reason. More importantly, the third lead can be moved around and although it is one slice at a time I can get a more complete picture of the heart when nothing else is available. I will do a lot of testing afterwards to see if there is any impact to the quality, and yes I know it's not FDA certified for this modificiation etc. but the possibility here is amazing. Kardia if you're reading this: A version of this device that accepts actual wire leads and ideally has more total leads, and which is aimed at professional responders such as myself would be a game changer. For rural areas where volunteers are used extensively this could make a huge difference. I rarely have the fire truck there when I get on scene, and often we're way back in the woods where lugging the equipment over rough terrain is difficult. Most of my gear is self-purchased and I don't have a $20k Physio-control LifePak with me. But I would gladly buy a $200 or $300 portable unit like this out of pocket if it had these features. I would spend another $50 even on this unit if it just had detachable wire leads.

I bought the AliveCor KardiaMobile 6-Lead with my FSA funds, and it’s amazing! It provides six views of the heart in just 30 seconds, helping detect AFib and irregular rhythms quickly. Works seamlessly with my smartphone, and the results are easy to understand. A reliable, convenient tool for heart monitoring.