If you are a medical professional and need a reliable pulse oximeter for your patients, you have come to the right place. Let’s get to it and help you find the best pulse oximeter for medical professionals that the market has to offer.
Comparison Chart
Fingertip Pulse Oximeter, Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor (SpO2) with Pulse Rate Measurements and Pulse Bar Graph, Portable Digital Reading LED Display, Batteries and Carry Case Included
AccuMed Fingertip Pulse Oximeter, Sp02 Finger Blood Pulse Oxygen Monitor, w/Carrying case, Lanyard Silicon Case & Battery CMS-50D (Blue)
Best Pulse Oximeters for Medical Professionals: Reviews
Santamedical Fingertip Pulse Oximeter
Our first offering is a high-quality and accurate pulse oximeter from Santamedical. It is portable and loaded with features.
Review
The Santamedical Oximeter is extremely small and portable, just large enough to fit on a fingertip and provide readings. It is lightweight, perfect for being on the go. However, its unique design allows it to fit virtually all sizes of fingertips.
It comes with a simple display that may not look like much, but it has large and bright letters/numbers, with a lot of color contrast, making it easy to read. Keep in mind that it uses batteries, although the power consumption is relatively low, so a pair of AAA batteries lasts quite some time.
The Santamedical oximeter can measure blood oxygen saturation, pulse strength, and pulse rate. It can provide you with bar graph readings for easy analysis. It takes only eight to ten seconds to get readings.
Pros
- Accurate readings
- Great price
- Easy to read display
- Good battery life
- Measures SPO2, pulse rate, and pulse strength
- Fits most fingers
- Small and compact
Cons
- Cannot be plugged in or recharged
- Limited durability
CONTEC LED CMS50M Pulse Oximeter
This is another very affordable yet functional fingertip pulse oximeter that is accurate, compact, and more than enough to get SpO2 readings.
Review
The CONTEC LED CMS50M Pulse Oximeter comes in a small and lightweight package. It’s so small that you can easily fit it into a pocket and forget all about it. Yet, it is still large enough to handle virtually all sizes of fingers.
This unit can measure both pulse and blood oxygen saturation and provide accurate results in about 10 seconds. Just put it on, press the button, and you will have readouts in no time. It can also provide you with a pulse rate bar graph.
The CONTEC LED CMS50M Pulse Oximeter requires two batteries to function, although the power consumption is nothing to worry about. It may be an affordable option, and it may not be the most durable in terms of impact and scratch resistance, but it does work well.
Pros
- Pulse and Sp02
- Accurate
- Small and lightweight
- Fast readings
- Decent battery life
- Great price
Cons
- Not scratch or impact resistant
- Only takes disposable batteries
AccuMed Fingertip Pulse Oximeter
This is a slightly more expensive pulse oximeter than the others looked at so far, but it is also a quality unit.
Review
The AccuMed Fingertip Pulse Oximeter weighs just 50 grams, and that’s with the batteries inside, and moreover, the batteries are included. A single pair of batteries allows for 32 hours of use
It’s very small and portable in terms of size, so it can be put in a pocket with ease. It has an excellent OLED screen, and a rotating display for easy reading, plus the screen brightness can be adjusted.
The AccuMed Fingertip Pulse Oximeter can measure Sp02, pulse rate (heartbeats per minute), pulse intensity (displayed as a bar graph), and pulse wave.
Pros
- Four types of readings
- Very accurate
- Small and compact
- Should fit most finger sizes
- Good battery life
- Good price
Cons
- Only takes disposable batteries
- Not designed for people over 243 lbs.
Concord Health Supply Fingertip Pulse Oximeter
If you need a simple, accurate, portable, and affordable pulse oximeter, this one from Concord Health Supply is a great one to consider.
Review
This oximeter can function for over 30 hours on a single pair of AAA batteries, and it comes with a low battery indicator.
The Concord Health Supply Fingertip Pulse Oximeter is large enough to fit most finger sizes with ease, and it is small and lightweight, so it is highly portable.
This unit comes with an OLED display, with good color contrast for easy reading, not to mention that the display can rotate, so you can read it from any angle.
With the push of a single button, the Concord Health Supply Fingertip Pulse Oximeter will display blood oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and pulse strength. In case anything goes wrong with it, there is a two-year warranty included.
Pros
- Very affordable
- Accurate readings
- Three types of readings
- Good warranty
- Compact
- Fits most fingers
- Nice display
Cons
- Doesn’t work well on cold fingers
- Not for excessively large fingers
Masimo MightySat
This oximeter from Masimo is a high-end and expensive model. The level of functionality and accuracy in this model is better than anything we have reviewed.
Review
What’s so impressive about the Masimo MightySat is that it can take five kinds of measurements with fantastic accuracy.
This unit can measure your blood oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and it incorporates a perfusion index as well. Moreover, this unit can also measure your respiratory rate, and it comes with a pleth variability index.
The Masimo MightySat is small and compact, so it is portable, yet it should fit even the largest fingers. Moreover, it comes with a good display and all of the bells and whistles you would expect it to have.
You can then export your data to Apple Health & TrainingPeaks apps for easy data analysis and tracking.
Pros
- Five types of measurements and readouts
- Extremely accurate
- Quite durable
- Really nice display
- Good battery life
- Should fit everybody
- Small and compact
Cons
Very expensive
Buyers Guide
When shopping for a pulse oximeter, there are a few features you should consider before you buy.
Size
You want the pulse oximeter to be large enough to fit even the largest fingers, yet small enough to be portable.
Display
Make sure to get a model with an LED or an OLED display, one with backlighting, lots of contrast between the characters and the background, and preferably a display that automatically rotates.
Battery Life
Pulse oximeters generally take disposable batteries, although not always. Either way, look for a model that can last for at least 24 hours on a single set of batteries.
Final Verdict
When it comes down to it, we would recommend the Masimo MightySat over the others. However, it is costly, and if you aren’t prepared to spend that much money, the other four pulse oximeters reviewed are also good options.