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Microlife PF 100 Peak Flow Meter for Spirometry with FEV1 | 
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| Brand: Microlife
Category: Health and Beauty
List Price: $75.00
Buy New: $46.50
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 1626
Color: White/Blue
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 4
MPN: PF100
Model: PF 100
UPC: 642632732005
EAN: 0642632732005
ASIN: B000BH8TUA
Release Date: September 16, 2005
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| Features:
| » | Measures peak flow and FEV1 to indicate early warning signs for impending asthmatic incidents or conditions | | » | Automatically stores 240 readings | | » | Automatic traffic light indicator | | » | Doctor recommended | | » | Meets American Thoracic Society accuracy standards |
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Product Description
This device is used to measure Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) and Forced Expiratory Volume in 1-second (FEV1) in both children and adults. PEF is the fastest speed air can be blown out of the lungs after inhalation. FEV1 measures the volume after exhaling in 1-second. Peak Flow (PEF) and Forced Expiratory Volume in 1-second (FEV1) measurements can tell how well lungs are breathing by monitoring airflow. Doctors can have patients monitor changes in airflow and record the results. The automatic memory stores and provides easy access to the last 240 readings along with the time and date.
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I like it... May 26, 2010
Bradley Lemmond (Gramlabello, SC)
I've never used another Peak Flow Meter, but this one works just like it's supposed to. When I first opened it, it didn't seem to work. I called tech support, the call was answered immediately by a person. We figured out what was wrong right away (the tube wasn't lined up right), and it has worked right ever since.
 I highly recommend the Microlife PF 100 Peak Flow Meter May 19, 2010
Walter Shelburne (Roanoke, VA)
The peak flow meter is easy to use. It is also of very high quality. The traffic light color code system makes it easy to know when your in trouble.
 Not sensitive enough to register any reading for someone with emphysema. April 27, 2010
R. Wiese (Ga USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this item to help determine how well a person with emphysema was breathing and although I could easily register a reading using it the patient could not budge it. When I called the manufacture they could provide no help or alternate item. Patient was tested in a breathing chamber and was at 17% anticipated capacity therefor the need for the meter.
 flawed design April 22, 2010
Peter Thurmes (Cottage Grove, MN United States)
Ordered one of these 4/10/10 and just (accidentally) destroyed it this morning.
My complaints about this unit:
1. You MUST push in a little recessed set button 4x after replacing the batteries. This is for date setting, used only for date-stamping the data storage, which you may or may not care about.
2. The unit is awkward to use. This is because it is rounded and slippery, so that you have to wrap your hand around to use it without risk of dropping while violently exhaling (the gist of the test). The power button is centered on top and is large and flush with the surface, so if you tighten your grasp during exhaling, you will power the unit off. I consider this a bad mechanical design.
3. FEV1 for a test stays displayed for about a second after the double beep indicating test end, and then you can never see it again. Only PEF (which I don't really care about) stays displayed. Apparently nobody else cares about FEV1 (but then why measure it?)
4.If I wheeze during exhale (I'm asthmatic!), it usually aborts the measurement in less than a second. This happens to me every 5th or 6th test. Then the PEF is reasonable but the FEV1 is meaningless. It sometimes will repeat the error until I let the unit sit unused for a couple minutes.
5. The unit is rounded on all external surfaces except the snout (no edges or corners) and is made of slippery plastic, w/ no rubber grips. It is designed to slide if placed on a hard tilted surface. This morning I picked up my training log (spiral-bound w/plastic cover)with the unit sitting on top of it. As I began walking it slid off the notebook and hit the floor, expelling the batteries. After replacing the batteries and finding a toothpick to "set" the date/time, the unit beeped ready but refused to measure - it is now dead. While I don't expect a delicate mechanical meter to survive such a crash, I DO expect instruments intended for home (rather than clinical) use to be designed in such a way as to avoid rather than facilitate such mishaps.
It's too bad this unit does not have a better mechanical design. It appears to have been designed for an "ergonomic" look, but is in fact just the opposite.
 It's ok.. December 13, 2009
Diane Rinard (Pueblo, CO)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not quite sure how accurate this is yet. I haven't been able to compare it to the one at my doctor's office. Just doing it myself, and knowing my 'usual' numbers, I would say it is way off. But, like I said, haven't had a chance to compare yet.
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