Oximeter: CMS-50D+ or CMS-50F?

EdNerd wrote:I've read where both units have warnings about the battery not lasting longer than two hours, or the finger unit isn't supposed to be worn more than two hours on the same finger? Can anyone verify / clarify these issues?

EdNerd wrote:I'm trying to decide on an oximeter. I think I've got it narrowed to the CMS-50D+ or the CMS-50F. If I'm reading these descriptions correctly, both store a night's worth of data. And both look like they'll work with Sleepyhead.

The D+ is quite a bit cheaper. But the F has the rubber finger tip and the wrist-worn unit, which appeals to me.

I've read where both units have warnings about the battery not lasting longer than two hours, or the finger unit isn't supposed to be worn more than two hours on the same finger? Can anyone verify / clarify these issues?

Is there a better oximeter in this price range that I might have missed?

Ed

xxyzx wrote:

raisedfist wrote:50F is about the best you can get for the price point. I find it comfortable enough and never have any great amounts of artifact in the report. Software and connection, while rather archaic, have always worked just fine for me--simple plug and play.

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plug and play but not together and not nicely in the sandbox

it was a guessing game to get the data file imported

and 85% of the time there was no data in the file
apparently there is a magic sequence of picking and setting options and doing actions that work
but if you dont do it that way there is no data at all just an empty file

once i found out the incantation to importing files then that was easy
but finding the magical sequence of commands and clicks for gettign the actual data in was a guessing game that took too many tries so i quit wasting time with it

Madalot wrote:

xxyzx wrote:

raisedfist wrote:50F is about the best you can get for the price point. I find it comfortable enough and never have any great amounts of artifact in the report. Software and connection, while rather archaic, have always worked just fine for me--simple plug and play.

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plug and play but not together and not nicely in the sandbox

it was a guessing game to get the data file imported

and 85% of the time there was no data in the file
apparently there is a magic sequence of picking and setting options and doing actions that work
but if you dont do it that way there is no data at all just an empty file

once i found out the incantation to importing files then that was easy
but finding the magical sequence of commands and clicks for gettign the actual data in was a guessing game that took too many tries so i quit wasting time with it

Interesting. Many of us have used, SUCCESSFULLY, the 50F (and many others) and while we may have had a little difficulty, we got them to work. It wasn't all that hard, just took a bit of patience sometimes. I've seen you swear that an Auto machine was NOT an auto, when in fact, it is. When the rest of us found ourselves in similar situations, we took the initiative and learned about our machine and how to access the clinical menu and figure it out.

All I can glean from this is technology IS difficult for you. You can't seem to accept the fact that it's not the technology, but your inability and lack of patience that holds you back. Maybe if you stopped thinking of everybody and everything as a libtard, stopped being so angry and hostile - things might be a whole lot easier for you.

I debated about posting this, but decided I'm doing it for the benefit of those that are interested in the 50F or 50D. It would be a shame for someone with the fortitude to see it through to give up based on one person's inability to get it to work.

xxyzx wrote:

Madalot wrote:

xxyzx wrote:

raisedfist wrote:50F is about the best you can get for the price point. I find it comfortable enough and never have any great amounts of artifact in the report. Software and connection, while rather archaic, have always worked just fine for me--simple plug and play.

====

plug and play but not together and not nicely in the sandbox

it was a guessing game to get the data file imported

and 85% of the time there was no data in the file
apparently there is a magic sequence of picking and setting options and doing actions that work
but if you dont do it that way there is no data at all just an empty file

once i found out the incantation to importing files then that was easy
but finding the magical sequence of commands and clicks for gettign the actual data in was a guessing game that took too many tries so i quit wasting time with it

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Interesting. Many of us have used, SUCCESSFULLY, the 50F (and many others) and while we may have had a little difficulty, we got them to work. It wasn't all that hard, just took a bit of patience sometimes. I've seen you swear that an Auto machine was NOT an auto, when in fact, it is. When the rest of us found ourselves in similar situations, we took the initiative and learned about our machine and how to access the clinical menu and figure it out.

All I can glean from this is technology IS difficult for you. You can't seem to accept the fact that it's not the technology, but your inability and lack of patience that holds you back. Maybe if you stopped thinking of everybody and everything as a libtard, stopped being so angry and hostile - things might be a whole lot easier for you.

I debated about posting this, but decided I'm doing it for the benefit of those that are interested in the 50F or 50D. It would be a shame for someone with the fortitude to see it through to give up based on one person's inability to get it to work.

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and many people on amazon say they had the same problems
so this is not one persons problem but the norm
the 5star reviews are clearly bogus advertising hype

if you got it to work so easy
why couldnt innovo tell us how to do it
their so called help was useless

i got it to work once
after two hours or playing and retrying
what i want is for it to work every time with less than a minute to get a report
better yet
dont make me futz with the software show me the summary on the device

and the report never showed max heart rate
i had to go into the xcel file to find that

i realise taht documentation is a thing of the past now that millenials who cant read or write are in charge of doing it
and i am willing to try a few logical things first on my own
but when nothing works intuitively yuo need to have documentation that is clear complete and correct

technology is not beyond me at all
i made a good living doing things that are far more complex than this device
but we had documentation that was correct clear and complete

how much time should anyone waste trying to guess how to make it work
either you are very lucky and found the magic incantation and remembered it
or you wasted way too much time playing games to figure it out

even the so called help could not explain how to import the file and make sure THERE ACTUALLY WAS DATA IN IT
WTF DOOD
if you import the file and click to open it you shuold find data not an empty spreadsheet

xxyzx wrote:I LISTEN TO FACTS NOT LIBTARD BULLSHIT
sorry you assholes think that facts and truth are crap

this thing is either intermittent buggy or a guessing game with amateur hour software
so CAVEAT EMPTOR

i hope everyone listens to me and looks at ALL the reviews on amazon
the 5 start are clearly bogus
too many people had problems with no data to call us all stupid

I USED THE INSTRUCTIONS AS SHOWN ON THE LINK IN THE POST ABOVE
I GOT A FILE INPUT
BUT THE DATA WAS NOT IN THE FILE

when i played around for a few hours doing every sequence of things and clicking every combination of options
then one time i actually got some data

others on amazon note they dont get data either

there is something wrong with either the hardware that the upload does not send data
or else the software that you have to do something for it to see the data