[mvadg]

Originally Posted by NPV

The Gilma brand is associated with Kitchen accessories like stove tops and chimneys, please check if they're really selling this (there should be a mention on their website I guess). If not, someone else could be misusing their brand.
Product is most likely yet another Chinese made one with some other branding/badging

No. It's genuine. Here's the ad from today's Times of India.

[Agarwal_Aayush]

Originally Posted by Sebring

Definitely a rip-off.

Thanks for the update. It surely is.
Checked there bio on Amazon, its some other Sansui which is into weighing scales and weighing systems.

-Aayush

[headbanger]

I got Newnik P701 model from Amazon. It's a good buy. Does everything expected out of the device. Slightly inexpensive as compared to Dr Trust. The box says it's FDA approved.

Basis my experience, I will recommend the product.

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B00RNWCHCC/..._yXemFb25557JN

[Sebring]

You paid Rs 4000? Dr Trust is not just reliable, but their pricing covers a good spectrum. For example, their 210 Model (Covered in the previous page) is Rs. 3000. A year back these things cost about a thousand bucks or so

Originally Posted by headbanger

I got Newnik P701 model from Amazon. It's a good buy. Does everything expected out of the device. Slightly inexpensive as compared to Dr Trust. The box says it's FDA approved. Basis my experience, I will recommend the product.

[headbanger]

Originally Posted by Sebring

You paid Rs 4000? Dr Trust is not just reliable, but their pricing covers a good spectrum. For example, their 210 Model (Covered in the previous page) is Rs. 3000. A year back these things cost about a thousand bucks or so

I paid 3.3k for this one. You are right about the inflated prices. But that's covid impact. Even Dr Trust wasn't retailing at the rates as it is doing now. This is the second oximeter that I have got at home. The first one was in April of a Chinese brand Infi which I got for 2k.

Coming to the new oximeter, it matches the best selling ones on quality.

[Sebring]

Good to hear. I recall my brother buying Dr Trust paying just Rs 1800, a year back. This device wasn't that hot then

Originally Posted by headbanger

I paid 3.3k for this one. You are right about the inflated prices. But that's covid impact. Even Dr Trust wasn't retailing at the rates as it is doing now. This is the second oximeter that I have got at home. The first one was in April of a Chinese brand Infi which I got for 2k.Coming to the new oximeter, it matches the best selling ones on quality.

[Fordlover88]

Originally Posted by Sebring

You paid Rs 4000? Dr Trust is not just reliable, but their pricing covers a good spectrum. For example, their 210 Model (Covered in the previous page) is Rs. 3000. A year back these things cost about a thousand bucks or so

Originally Posted by headbanger

I paid 3.3k for this one. You are right about the inflated prices. But that's covid impact. Even Dr Trust wasn't retailing at the rates as it is doing now. This is the second oximeter that I have got at home. The first one was in April of a Chinese brand Infi which I got for 2k.

Coming to the new oximeter, it matches the best selling ones on quality.

I bought Dr. Trust Pulse Oximeter 209 model 2 months back from amazon & it was a panic buy. It costed 4.4k back then.

[WhiteSierra]

Originally Posted by Fordlover88

I bought Dr. Trust Pulse Oximeter 209 model 2 months back from amazon & it was a panic buy. It costed 4.4k back then.

Looks like Amazon increased prices taking advantage of the pandemic. I bought it for 1700 rupees last year.



Now the same product costs 4750 rupees

[headbanger]

Originally Posted by Fordlover88

I bought Dr. Trust Pulse Oximeter 209 model 2 months back from amazon & it was a panic buy. It costed 4.4k back then.

Pandemic caused chaos and this confusion meant that some businesses suffered catastrophe while some gained undue advantages.
Oximeters gained that advantage and the supply demand curve tilted in favor of demand. No wonder the prices shot up 3-5x. A large percentage of middle class households now have Oximeters as they used to have thermometers.

Leave alone the reputed ones like Dr Trust, even the run of the mill Oximeters went above 2x. Sad situation but all parties related to Oximeters supply chain walked all the way to bank in last 6 months.

[Fordlover88]

Originally Posted by WhiteSierra

Looks like Amazon increased prices taking advantage of the pandemic. I bought it for 1700 rupees last year.

Originally Posted by headbanger

Pandemic caused chaos and this confusion meant that some businesses suffered catastrophe while some gained undue advantages.

True that. Oximeters are selling like hotcakes now. I also bought a Digital BP Monitor(this is also a panic buy). But that will be quite beneficial in the long run.

[whencut86]

I ordered the Dr.Trust Pulse Oximeter from Amazon. Costed me 4750. Works well and passed the pencil test. I also ordered a Hesley contactless thermometer and got the product today with box opened and a missing slot in package because of which I guess some item must be missing. Was mentioned as Hesley Inc Germany and on some searching in google and the material in package gave me a Gmail ID for customer care. I have raised a return request for this now. Beware of such items which are made in Hong Kong or PRC and have dubious customer care emails or websites or videos online.

[Gannu_1]

Originally Posted by Gannu_1

I've ordered Dr Trust's 210 model from their website directly.

Hopefully they'll dispatch it soon enough. Got an email for registering an account and the order confirmation.

Got this on 12th. The order was shipped through Blue Dart. Some snaps:

A small box; coin for reference:



Contents include the oximeter, a lanyard, 2 AAA cells and the instruction leaflet:



Sticker on the back of the unit. Doesn't say where it is manufactured; your guess is as good as mine. (And no, that's not the serial number of the unit; that's printed in a sticker on the other side of the battery cover):



Displays SpO2 % (oxygen saturation), PR (pulse rate), PI (perfusion index), RR (respiratory rate), the battery life and the waveform:



Pressing the button changes the orientation of the OLED display:







Long pressing the button gives the settings mode (1/2):



Long pressing again gives Settings (2/2); short press to browse through each setting, long press to change the setting:



That's the first device I am seeing with the 2 batteries being inserted on the same orientation! Usually they are inserted in remotes etc. with opposite polarities adjacent to each other:



Tested with a colleague's device and readings were nearly similar.

[JithinR]

While browsing through Amazon for another pulse oximeter (already have a Dr.Trust one but might have to split the family again so looking for another one).

Now, I can see this model https://www.amazon.in/Beurer-454-30-...ot_top?ie=UTF8 from Beurer for which some reviews and answer's to question mention that it is manufactured in Germany.

Does someone here own this device? Is it actually manufactured in Germany at this price point (Rs. 2,589 as of 16-Aug-2020). If i can avoid getting another made in China product that would be great.

[Latheesh]

Originally Posted by JithinR

Does someone here own this device? Is it actually manufactured in Germany at this price point (Rs. 2,589 as of 16-Aug-2020). If i can avoid getting another made in China product that would be great.

You can see customer images in the amazon link you shared. One picture clearly shows 'Made in China' sticker.

[whencut86]

Originally Posted by whencut86

I also ordered a Hesley contactless thermometer and got the product today with box opened and a missing slot in package because of which I guess some item must be missing. Was mentioned as Hesley Inc Germany and on some searching in google and the material in package gave me a Gmail ID for customer care. I have raised a return request for this now. Beware of such items which are made in Hong Kong or PRC and have dubious customer care emails or websites or videos online.

An update on this:
I have got the refund post return of this product. I ended up ordering the Omron contactless forehead thermometer directly from the Omron Brand Shop site. Got delivery through FedEx and it works well. Omron is a Japanese company but some products are Made in China but the sensors are Japanese ones though. @Mods: Please move this to appropriate thread if required.

Sadly, Omron doesn't have pulse oximeter in its product lineup. I think at this point we need to make sure the senors are either German or American or Japanese made. We don't have too much options which are not Made in China. Everycom is coming up with contactless thermometers Made in India. Dr.Trust is Made in USA but priced at Rs.4750 which many feel may be too costly. I understand the sentiments for getting products which are not made in China but in these times when majority of these are not yet made locally, it is wise to get good reputed ones which will give accurate readings and last long.