Product: Sunbeam Deluxe Pulse Oximeter
Model: 16980
Condition: New
Fitness-Focused Quickly and accurately measures blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and monitors pulse rate (heartbeats per minute) during exercise, sporting, and aviation activities.
Accuracy From All Angles Easy-to-read results on a large multi-directional LCD display can be viewed from all four sides with convenient bar graph, pulse waveform graphical output and numerical display.
One-Touch Simplicity Effortless one button operation with auto power off for simple use and convenience.
Travel-Friendly and Convenient Portable, lightweight design comes with a lanyard, sweat-proof carrying case and batteries included, so it goes where you go.
Safe and Reliable Features a non-invasive comfort grip finger chamber, lower power consumption and battery level indicator; intended for 18 years and older.
Dependable and Durable 2 year limited warranty on the device; comes with a protective carrying case, lanyard, (x2) AAA batteries and instruction manual.
Optical sensor:
Red light: Wavelength: about 660 nm, optical output power: < 6.65 mW ; Infrared light: Wavelength: about 905 nm, optical output power: < 6.75 mW
Safety class:
Internally powered equipment, type BF applied part
International Protection:
IP22
Working voltage:
DC 2.6 V - 3.6 V
Working current:
≤ 25 mA
Power supply:
DC 3V (2 x AAA batteries)
Battery life:
Two batteries can work continually for approximately 24 hours
Keep one of these in every first aid kit along with narcan. Yes, it’s not rated for medical use, but a cheap pulse oximeter has a lot of value in quickly understanding if there is a serious blood oxygen problem. You might call 911 anyways, but it helps to have the info.
The battery life is 24-ish hours in constant active operation. For most people, the hot ticket will be to put a reminder in the calendar to swap out the batteries about once every year or two unless you use it a lot, and just make sure to turn it off when not in use rather than waiting for it to shut down automagically.
As far as using it “during exercise, sporting, and aviation activities”, I will note that your friendly neighborhood FAA reportedly does not encourage the use of nonessential devices of any kind while operating an aircraft. (And as far as using it while actually engaged in the others, I know that I wouldn’t want that lump insecurely clipped to my fingertip.)
@werehatrack For rarely used devices like this, I just pop the batteries out and rubber band them to the outside. Saves me a lot of futile wire-brushing.
@werehatrack@whogots Smart! After the zillionth cotton-swab-dipped-in-vinegar brushing from leaky alkalines, I finally decided to use (admittedly expensive) lithium batteries in devices like this where I expect to use it, throw it in a drawer, and remember it a year or two or three later. Your way is cheaper if I don’t mind scrubbing a drawer (or drawer liner)…
@EvilSmoo I’m sure it wouldn’t. I’ve had this brand, and it was accurate enough. Five bucks is down at the Temu price range, and this has the advantage of not being a factory second with a peel-n-stick “brand” that’s not registered anywhere including a dictionary.
@chienfou@werehatrack Actually that’s the easy part, nearly every phone with a flash and camera can use them to measure pulse rate. Oxy, I do not know, I’ve never looked it up.
@chienfou Validated against the overpriced one at the doc’s office. One finger apart, same reading. The same was also true for a no-label one that I picked up elsewhere, for that matter. This is not a tech that’s as finicky as tomography.
@chienfou After enough years in production, the certification cost is no longer the big factor. It’s the liability insurance. Generally, by the time that the patent has expired, the certification has been amortized long since. But the insurance is forever. And while a home user has little or no need to be concerned about that insurance, because suing to collect on it is not going to go very far, a medical practitioner does not dare have such effectively uninsured equipment on the premises.
@craigthom@mediocrebot I would like to know if this couple is still together. Craig, Holly? How are you guys? Did you have any kids? Craig, Holly, hello can you hear me?
You can buy these on Amazon albeit a different brand for $8.50. The 15% coupon is automatically applied to both the black and white version. Free shipping for Prime members.
@rpstrong It can certainly make sure that the widget can’t be extracted from a bag or pocket without pulling out everything the lanyard has become tangled with.
Ah, the world is coming back into order. A must-have product for 2020, now on Meh for $5 and being snapped up a pace. Truly comforting would be if the 2 AAA’s had an expiration date sometime in 2023…
Truly comforting would be if the 2 AAA’s had an expiration date sometime in 2023…
I’ll let you know when they get here. (I would be surprised if they had a best-by date marked on them at all, but I would not be surprised if they were already dead and/or were a brand never seen on shelves in the US.)
@Euniceandrich@mediocrebot Why would they be trying to find a way to create cultured marmot when real marmot is plentiful, and in locales where they are regarded as vermin, free?
I keep a similar pulse ox in my bag when traveling on ski trips, particularly to high altitude areas. It’s really useful in recognizing altitude sickness as your SpO2 will drop. We once had a friend on his first day on a Colorado trip not just experience altitude sickness but had begun showing signs of cerebral edema from it. Interestingly enough, he had been out there numerous times before and never had any issues. It can strike anyone at any time, generally when you’re over about 8000’ in altitude. I usually pretreat with Diamox on those trips to help acclimate more quickly.
@Lynnerizer We found a mountain guide who gave us the quickest route to the base (we were skiing at Keystone). He said give him 30 minutes, if he’s not showing signs of improving, drive him to Denver to get him below altitude. Which of course pissed us off as we had told him to pretreat with the Diamox and he didn’t do it. We really didn’t want to ruin our first day on the slopes due to his stubbornness. Fortunately he started to feel better. He went back to our house and started with the Diamox and we went back to skiing. All was well the rest of the week. His sickness started with vomiting and when he stood up he realized he was losing his vision. It was pretty scary.
@cinoclav@Lynnerizer
Diamox is wonderful stuff in those situations. We pretreated when we went to Machu Picchu years ago which I think was a big help.
By the way Keystone is a great area. Ever ski Arapshoe basin? It’s nearby in Summit County and a good bit of it is above the tree line so you can ski until June some years… not as much of a “stay in the lodge” destination ski area (so a lot more locals) but great terrain.
@Springbank Agree. I keep one on my desk and when I’m in a conference call that seems particularly intense, I’ll check my pulse to see if the meeting is impacting me physiologically and I might want to focus on my breathing (and/or think, “F[orget] this baloney”) to bring things down a notch.
In for five! I keep a bunch of these around the house, one in my purse, etc. because I have emphysema and asthma and I live in Colorado at around 6,000 feet. I usually pay around $20 for them, so this is a happy deal for me.
/giphy humbling-sizable-mailbox
I see next to no one has bought these in Mississippi. I’d imagine this is likely because so many in this state, including almost all politicians here, don’t have a heart to begin with so no need to have one. Now if meh sold deodorant, as this state is the arm pit of the nation, maybe there would be a market here for that.
As an FYI, “The FDA issued a safety communication External Link Disclaimer in 2021 informing patients and health care providers that although pulse oximetry is useful for estimating blood oxygen levels, pulse oximeters have limitations and a risk of inaccuracy under certain circumstances that should be considered. Multiple factors can affect the accuracy of a pulse oximeter reading, such as poor circulation, skin pigmentation, skin thickness, skin temperature, current tobacco use, and use of fingernail polish.”
These (and almost all sold over the counter so no different in that respect) are not medical grade and not FDA cleared. There are a couple you can buy without a prescription that are medical grade and FDA cleared, but they are far more expensive. Bear that in mind when you use this.
@Kidsandliz Duly noted, but for the record, whenever I’m in the hospital, I compare my cheap oximeters against the hospital sensor, and they have all matched up with or been within 1% with the numbers on the monitor.
@Pony There is some research I read since posting what I posted that found that most non rx ones (cheapies) generally are within 1-4% of the FDA ones for any reading 90% and over; that under that there is huge variation between them (between cheapies vs cheapies and between cheapies vs FDA cleared ones). So as long as you aren’t all that low likely they are “good enough”.
@conan785 This AI needs some pointers (get it?) on bones, as you indicated. TWo forearms, an extra left fibula, too many bones in the fingers and something strange in the posterior skull.
This looks just like one of mine (I can’t find the other, of course) sold by another company and it works well, although sometimes it gives a completely wrong number until I reposition it. At $5 it is a bargain.
No one will read this but don’t buy today’s side deal. I bought one before and it was useless. Worse than useless, inaccurate. Buy a real blood pressure cuff.
@Fuzzalini@macromeh@phelmurh Wrist cuffs are much trickier to use than upper-arm cuffs, and can produce results that are off in either direction. Arm cuff errors tend to be on the high side. Much depends on the person using the cuff.
@Kidsandliz Some are accurate if used correctly, some just aren’t. It’s difficult to know which is which without testing them. Surprisingly, as long as I get it in the right spot, the wrist cuff I got from Harbor Freight has been in close agreement with both the arm cuff I use regularly and the arm cuffs at my doctors’ offices. But if it’s not positioned just right, the reading is high.
@mehcuda67 That would be a yeast monoculture, not an ecosystem. It’s doomed to inevitable demise as it reaches its critical level of unsustainable growth.
@chienfou@mehcuda67 Malthus predicted widespread famine starting in 1798 due to what he’d calculated as the point at which the food production capacity would fail to meet the needs of the growing population, but his prediction keeps getting delayed as changes in agriculture continue to increase food production via methods he could not have predicted. However, we have been incrementally creeping closer to the point where technology may fail to stay ahead of the demand, and we have already passed the point where we can sustainably feed the entire planet an actually healthy diet - or even one that’s not problematic for large portions of the population. You most likely see the effects of this every day.
@mehcuda67@werehatrack
While famine is undeniably an issue in many places that is more a distribution issue than a production issue. Other effects of unbridled growth (like global warming, air and water pollution) have less well confined areas affected.
It’s an electronic gadget, uses 2xAAA, it fits in your pocket, and you can stick your finger into it. What’s not to love? In for one, thinking about more…
Specs
Product: Sunbeam Deluxe Pulse Oximeter
Model: 16980
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
Was $18 at Amazon
Warranty
Register for Limited 2-Year Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Tuesday, May 28
No thanks. I already know I have gas in my system.
Ah, reminiscing about $5 price point items…
/giphy woot.yahoo deals
So cheap that I’m grabbing one just in case I ever need it.
EDIT: 130 sold in 5 minutes?? Holy damn! Who’s the one that bought 10?
/image torrential-filthy-bit
@PooltoyWolf same
/image dandy-edgy-rum
@PooltoyWolf
Your nearest hospital. Good luck.
Keep one of these in every first aid kit along with narcan. Yes, it’s not rated for medical use, but a cheap pulse oximeter has a lot of value in quickly understanding if there is a serious blood oxygen problem. You might call 911 anyways, but it helps to have the info.
The battery life is 24-ish hours in constant active operation. For most people, the hot ticket will be to put a reminder in the calendar to swap out the batteries about once every year or two unless you use it a lot, and just make sure to turn it off when not in use rather than waiting for it to shut down automagically.
As far as using it “during exercise, sporting, and aviation activities”, I will note that your friendly neighborhood FAA reportedly does not encourage the use of nonessential devices of any kind while operating an aircraft. (And as far as using it while actually engaged in the others, I know that I wouldn’t want that lump insecurely clipped to my fingertip.)
@werehatrack For rarely used devices like this, I just pop the batteries out and rubber band them to the outside. Saves me a lot of futile wire-brushing.
@werehatrack @whogots Smart! After the zillionth cotton-swab-dipped-in-vinegar brushing from leaky alkalines, I finally decided to use (admittedly expensive) lithium batteries in devices like this where I expect to use it, throw it in a drawer, and remember it a year or two or three later. Your way is cheaper if I don’t mind scrubbing a drawer (or drawer liner)…
I wonder if it would register a pulse if you put a hot dog in it. At a $5 price point, maybe, maybe not…
@EvilSmoo I’m sure it wouldn’t. I’ve had this brand, and it was accurate enough. Five bucks is down at the Temu price range, and this has the advantage of not being a factory second with a peel-n-stick “brand” that’s not registered anywhere including a dictionary.
@EvilSmoo @werehatrack
What did you validate it against?
@chienfou @werehatrack Actually that’s the easy part, nearly every phone with a flash and camera can use them to measure pulse rate. Oxy, I do not know, I’ve never looked it up.
@EvilSmoo clip it to the hot dog’s tail?
@chienfou Validated against the overpriced one at the doc’s office. One finger apart, same reading. The same was also true for a no-label one that I picked up elsewhere, for that matter. This is not a tech that’s as finicky as tomography.
@werehatrack
The ‘overpriced one’ is a function of the certification process for medical equipment. Sort of like how NSF stuff works at commercial kitchens.
Good thinking taking yours with you to run side by side tests though.
@chienfou After enough years in production, the certification cost is no longer the big factor. It’s the liability insurance. Generally, by the time that the patent has expired, the certification has been amortized long since. But the insurance is forever. And while a home user has little or no need to be concerned about that insurance, because suing to collect on it is not going to go very far, a medical practitioner does not dare have such effectively uninsured equipment on the premises.
/buy
@craigthom It worked! Your order number is: elated-minimum-holly
/image elated minimum holly
@mediocrebot that’s spooky
@craigthom @mediocrebot I would like to know if this couple is still together. Craig, Holly? How are you guys? Did you have any kids? Craig, Holly, hello can you hear me?
This should sell out with ease. Shit I’ll buy one !
@somf69 Grab two, they’re small.
@somf69 @werehatrack that’s what she said?
@somf69 @warpedrotors If so, she was being polite.
@somf69 Amazed that they haven’t sold out yet.
/giphy whispering flatulent corsair
Finally, a way to measure my ox. Damn things just wander all over the farm.
@mcanavino I believe you meant oxen, which is plural, like boxen.
@mcanavino @warpedrotors I don’t know if this will work when clipped to an ear. I’m not sure I want to contemplate other possible points of attachment.
@mcanavino @warpedrotors @werehatrack should, gravity will make it fall though. Not great for kids but can use a rubber band.
@warpedrotors That’s the problem, I don’t even know how many oxi I have!
You can buy these on Amazon albeit a different brand for $8.50. The 15% coupon is automatically applied to both the black and white version. Free shipping for Prime members.
https://www.amazon.com/Pulse-Oximeter-Fingertip-Oxygen-Meter/dp/B0C3J9FZL2/
@Woody1 Mehmbers get a better deal than that here.
@Woody1 why are you telling us that you can buy these from a different random Chinese manufacturer for more money?
@warpedrotors Probably because of the not-VMP-anymore icon that hints “I’m on the hook for shipping if I buy it here.”
It also:
I don’t think that that is what a lanyard is meant for.
@rpstrong It can certainly make sure that the widget can’t be extracted from a bag or pocket without pulling out everything the lanyard has become tangled with.
@warpedrotors @werehatrack EXACTLY!
@werehatrack I sometimes forget not everyone wastes $5 per month hoping for something worthwhile to pop up.
@warpedrotors @werehatrack I pay the $5, but I make it up big time with Casemate orders.
Landyard included.
@sammydog01 Lanwhat?
@sammydog01 @warpedrotors Landaboutthreefeet
@sammydog01 Landjustunderameter.
Ah, the world is coming back into order. A must-have product for 2020, now on Meh for $5 and being snapped up a pace. Truly comforting would be if the 2 AAA’s had an expiration date sometime in 2023…
@ergomeh
I’ll let you know when they get here. (I would be surprised if they had a best-by date marked on them at all, but I would not be surprised if they were already dead and/or were a brand never seen on shelves in the US.)
@ergomeh And they’re here. The batteries are Fallwin brand, with no expiration date given.
@werehatrack zinc or alkaline?
@ergomeh It says “SUPER ALKALINE” in tiny type above the logo.
I need one to prove I have a heart.
@hchavers
@hchavers You can give me all your money. That will prove you have a heart too.
I remember when these were selling at drug stores for $100-$120. (And probably still are.)
@haydesigner The ones supplied by companies with full medical liability insurance undoubtedly would be in that range.
This is cheaper than what some of my local thrift stores charge for used catshirts.
/buy
@narfcake It worked! Your order number is: neat-porky-salad
/image neat porky salad
@narfcake WARNING - do not try to use this on an actual cat as your finger will be used to draw the actual blood to get proof you have some.
/buy
@Euniceandrich It worked! Your order number is: cheap-cultured-marmot
/image cheap cultured marmot
/giphy cheap cultured marmot
@Euniceandrich @mediocrebot Why would they be trying to find a way to create cultured marmot when real marmot is plentiful, and in locales where they are regarded as vermin, free?
@Euniceandrich @mediocrebot @werehatrack maybe cultured means they enjoy museums and the opera.
Oh, what a deal! Be still, my beating heart.
@phendrick
But then you wouldn’t need this…
“ according not just to our friends Doug and Sandy “.
Our friends are “Dennis and Sandy.”
@sligett mine are Smitty and Jules, but I’m not sure which is the man and which is the woman.
/buy
@Lynnerizer It worked! Your order number is: ditsy-cute-pretzel
/image ditsy cute pretzel
I keep a similar pulse ox in my bag when traveling on ski trips, particularly to high altitude areas. It’s really useful in recognizing altitude sickness as your SpO2 will drop. We once had a friend on his first day on a Colorado trip not just experience altitude sickness but had begun showing signs of cerebral edema from it. Interestingly enough, he had been out there numerous times before and never had any issues. It can strike anyone at any time, generally when you’re over about 8000’ in altitude. I usually pretreat with Diamox on those trips to help acclimate more quickly.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916608/
@cinoclav
How did your friend come out it and what did you do for him while up there on the mountain? 
That stuff is no joke!
@Lynnerizer We found a mountain guide who gave us the quickest route to the base (we were skiing at Keystone). He said give him 30 minutes, if he’s not showing signs of improving, drive him to Denver to get him below altitude. Which of course pissed us off as we had told him to pretreat with the Diamox and he didn’t do it. We really didn’t want to ruin our first day on the slopes due to his stubbornness. Fortunately he started to feel better. He went back to our house and started with the Diamox and we went back to skiing. All was well the rest of the week. His sickness started with vomiting and when he stood up he realized he was losing his vision. It was pretty scary.
@cinoclav @Lynnerizer
Diamox is wonderful stuff in those situations. We pretreated when we went to Machu Picchu years ago which I think was a big help.
By the way Keystone is a great area. Ever ski Arapshoe basin? It’s nearby in Summit County and a good bit of it is above the tree line so you can ski until June some years… not as much of a “stay in the lodge” destination ski area (so a lot more locals) but great terrain.
@chienfou I have skied A Basin. Love it! Really hoping Alterra doesn’t screw with it too much.
@cinoclav
Skied it a bunch in the mid 70’s haven’t been on the slopes in YEARS though…
/giphy tame-ragged-bear
I got a few cheapo versions back in the covid days. They even sometimes work. As said above, handy to have around, just in case.
@Springbank Agree. I keep one on my desk and when I’m in a conference call that seems particularly intense, I’ll check my pulse to see if the meeting is impacting me physiologically and I might want to focus on my breathing (and/or think, “F[orget] this baloney”) to bring things down a notch.
In for five! I keep a bunch of these around the house, one in my purse, etc. because I have emphysema and asthma and I live in Colorado at around 6,000 feet. I usually pay around $20 for them, so this is a happy deal for me.
/giphy humbling-sizable-mailbox
/buy
@testoclesarroyo It worked! Your order number is: enormous-dead-hummus
/image enormous dead hummus
I see next to no one has bought these in Mississippi. I’d imagine this is likely because so many in this state, including almost all politicians here, don’t have a heart to begin with so no need to have one. Now if meh sold deodorant, as this state is the arm pit of the nation, maybe there would be a market here for that.
As an FYI, “The FDA issued a safety communication External Link Disclaimer in 2021 informing patients and health care providers that although pulse oximetry is useful for estimating blood oxygen levels, pulse oximeters have limitations and a risk of inaccuracy under certain circumstances that should be considered. Multiple factors can affect the accuracy of a pulse oximeter reading, such as poor circulation, skin pigmentation, skin thickness, skin temperature, current tobacco use, and use of fingernail polish.”
From:
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/products-and-medical-procedures/pulse-oximeters
Missed the edit window
These (and almost all sold over the counter so no different in that respect) are not medical grade and not FDA cleared. There are a couple you can buy without a prescription that are medical grade and FDA cleared, but they are far more expensive. Bear that in mind when you use this.
@Kidsandliz Duly noted, but for the record, whenever I’m in the hospital, I compare my cheap oximeters against the hospital sensor, and they have all matched up with or been within 1% with the numbers on the monitor.
@Pony There is some research I read since posting what I posted that found that most non rx ones (cheapies) generally are within 1-4% of the FDA ones for any reading 90% and over; that under that there is huge variation between them (between cheapies vs cheapies and between cheapies vs FDA cleared ones). So as long as you aren’t all that low likely they are “good enough”.
/buy
@Xieneus It worked! Your order number is: wandering-bare-taste
/image wandering bare taste
Cheaper than a cheese burger and the batteries are included!
Is the finger the only thing you can attach it to. Or can you attach it to other extremities…
Like toes, ear lobes, noses…
@OnionSoup you trying to check your coxygen level?
/showme a patient with hundreds of pulse oximeters clipped all over his body
So we are all ignoring the extra bones in the skeletons arms then?
@conan785 This AI needs some pointers (get it?) on bones, as you indicated. TWo forearms, an extra left fibula, too many bones in the fingers and something strange in the posterior skull.
Made by the same company that made my waffle maker, and that thing has been kicking for at least 25 years.
@amynedd The company has changed ownership more than once in that period. They are currently owned by Newell Rubbermaid.
@werehatrack I was mostly being silly, but good to know!
This looks just like one of mine (I can’t find the other, of course) sold by another company and it works well, although sometimes it gives a completely wrong number until I reposition it. At $5 it is a bargain.
I feel like Eek! The Cat. It never hurts to help!
/giphy petite-spurious-car
No limit? That’s different.
No one will read this but don’t buy today’s side deal. I bought one before and it was useless. Worse than useless, inaccurate. Buy a real blood pressure cuff.
@Fuzzalini I read your post
@Fuzzalini The bp cuff is on side deal, this is the o2 finger monitor
@Fuzzalini @phelmurh I didn’t
@Fuzzalini @macromeh @phelmurh Wrist cuffs are much trickier to use than upper-arm cuffs, and can produce results that are off in either direction. Arm cuff errors tend to be on the high side. Much depends on the person using the cuff.
@Kidsandliz Yes, I know that’s why I said Side Deal.
@Fuzzalini Obviously I didn’t read carefully.
Sorry.
@Fuzzalini @macromeh @phelmurh @werehatrack but results also depend on the cuff. Some are more accurate than others.
@Kidsandliz Some are accurate if used correctly, some just aren’t. It’s difficult to know which is which without testing them. Surprisingly, as long as I get it in the right spot, the wrist cuff I got from Harbor Freight has been in close agreement with both the arm cuff I use regularly and the arm cuffs at my doctors’ offices. But if it’s not positioned just right, the reading is high.
/buy -q 3
@blaineg It worked! Your order number is: confusing-fertile-mead
/image confusing fertile mead
@mediocrebot Good job on the $args, bot.
/image confusing-fertile-mead
/giphy confusing-fertile-mead
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
@jrwofuga I know…but it’s $5 & I sometimes wish I had one
@jrwofuga @llangley It’s well established that a Sharpie can fix color shortcomings.
/showme confusing-fertile-mead
@mediocrebot If that’s mead, I’m not having any. [shudder] Mead isn’t supposed to have a vibrant and extensive ecosystem.
@mediocrebot @werehatrack
apparently jumped from mead to meadow…
@chienfou @mediocrebot @werehatrack Maybe with a strong enough microscope while it’s still fermenting.
@mehcuda67 That would be a yeast monoculture, not an ecosystem. It’s doomed to inevitable demise as it reaches its critical level of unsustainable growth.
@mehcuda67 @werehatrack
hmmm… kind of like Earth!
@chienfou @mehcuda67 Malthus predicted widespread famine starting in 1798 due to what he’d calculated as the point at which the food production capacity would fail to meet the needs of the growing population, but his prediction keeps getting delayed as changes in agriculture continue to increase food production via methods he could not have predicted. However, we have been incrementally creeping closer to the point where technology may fail to stay ahead of the demand, and we have already passed the point where we can sustainably feed the entire planet an actually healthy diet - or even one that’s not problematic for large portions of the population. You most likely see the effects of this every day.
@mehcuda67 @werehatrack
While famine is undeniably an issue in many places that is more a distribution issue than a production issue. Other effects of unbridled growth (like global warming, air and water pollution) have less well confined areas affected.
/image enduring-pleasing-door
/showme bizarre-sorry-mermaid
The /showme command is a member feature. Join membership to try it out.
/showme bizarre-sorry-mermaid
It’s an electronic gadget, uses 2xAAA, it fits in your pocket, and you can stick your finger into it. What’s not to love? In for one, thinking about more…
I was thinking, I’ve got one I like already but…it’s downstairs. Do I really want to go downstairs?
/buy
@dave It worked! Your order number is: disgusted-brave-monkey
/image disgusted brave monkey
@dave @mediocrebot Does that picture show the path you’d have to walk to get to the one downstairs?
@dave @mediocrebot Well, Dave, you got a much better order number than me. Disgusted Brave Monkey is FAR better than Moist Mixed Tail!!
@dave are you having it delivered to the second floor?
@dave @JAWGS @mediocrebot moist mixed tail is the Wednesday special at the local brothel.
@dave @mediocrebot @warpedrotors I was trying not to think of it that way…
@dave @JAWGS @mediocrebot @warpedrotors If you have one upstairs and one downstairs, you can check your O2 at different altitudes.
Regarding the “Side Deal” - my cardiologist was pretty adamant about NOT getting a “wrist reader” for BP monitoring.
YMMV.
@Pufferfishy If you have need of a cardiologist, I can see why the recommendation was made. (And yes, I have a cardiologist.)
/buy
@dpease It worked! Your order number is: shady-menacing-koala
/image shady menacing koala
@dpease This is what inspired the legend of the drop bears.
While this doesn’t seem like the typical “stock up now while they’re cheap” kind of item, I’m somehow in for 2
/giphy picky-chunky-earwig
I guess when you get to a certain age, it’s important to know that you’re still breathing. Yup, in for 2
/giphy courteous-silent-engineer
@scapri and sometimes you need to know if you’re breathing well enough…
/buy
@sudotrin It worked! Your order number is: blighted-ocular-bison
/image blighted ocular bison
Am I the only one who noticed that the trace on the Meh face had gone flat?
Over 3,000 of these things sold today…and they STILL have more?? How many did you get, Meh, and where from?
@PooltoyWolf I suspect a bunch got made during the pandemic; people were searching for them in 2019/2020.
@Kyeh Derp, that makes complete sense! -facepaw-
@Kyeh @PooltoyWolf I saw what you did there.
@Kyeh @mehcuda67
During a clinic shift in late 2020, we volunteers were tasked with giving them away along with masks, sanitizer, etc.
/showme silly thrifty samurai
Seems to take awhile to get going but also seems to work! Glad I got one.
Mine does not work. I even tried new batteries so if ones it came with were bad. I want my money back.
/giphy rofl
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS DEAL.
SIGNED, GRATEFUL URTECHDUMB ZOMBIE
“ 2x AAA batteries
1x Case
1x Landyard”
What’s a “landyard?” A combo of front yard, backyard, and side yards?
More importantly, mine didn’t come with batteries.
@mehvid1 A landyard is three landfeet, or a few inches less than a landmeter.
@werehatrack That tracks. BTW, @meh… MY BAD… I did receive batteries with my purchase. No assaults, though, so far….
My order has been “processing” since the 16th.
When can I expect it…?
It took 5 days to move my order from “processing” to “shipped”… How long until “delivered”?