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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2023
Reviews of Beurer OP30, Beurer OP60, and the Innovo Deluxe iP900AP
I needed a Fingertip Pulse Oximeter and went searching. A few of the items identified that the user could download to their phone the readings. This seemed like an excellent idea but after wasting several hours with the device, on the phone for over an hour, spending almost an hour trying to log into an application on my iPhone, it’s a dead issue. Looking at other reviews for Bluetooth-capable OX readers, do not waste your money. It doesn’t work.
So, now, looking at my OP60 as if it was the OP30, I give it a good review. I like it. And I also like the Innovo, perhaps a bit more. I bought the Innovo because I needed to verify the readings I was getting off the Beurer. (My Apple iWatch’s Blood OX% reading was generally 1–4% higher than the two devices, but they were generally 0–2% off of each other, well within spec.
A number of oximeter readers have an interesting battery holder: traditionally, the spring goes against the “-“ side of the battery, and the little “+” nib of the battery goes against a piece of metal. The Beurer, like MANY other oximeter checkers, has one spring against the “+” and the other against the “-.” I’ve never seen anything like this before, but if you look closely at the battery compartment, the circuitry does work. What this says to me is that there’s one company making Blood oximeter units for a slew of different companies. The Innovo uses the traditional spring orientation. I’m going to guess that it’s made by a different company.
Overall, both units work well. They both provide a reading within 9 seconds (plus/minus 1 second). Both were accurate to each other. However, beat-per-minute reading was very inconsistent between the two, but I’m not going into that here.
•Both can be worn continuously for constant readings.
•Both can rotate their readings to change the orientation for viewing. The Beurer does this automatically by internal sensors, and the Innovo does it by pressing the start button again and again until you get the orientation you want. I was expecting not to like that, but the button’s actions are sticky. So, if you rotate it to a certain position, the next time you press the start button, it will be in the same position.
The big difference between the two is the brightness. Beurer is not as bright. If you are outdoors, it’s very difficult to see the readings. The Innovo is brighter and can be seen in sunlight (not as easy as indoor readings, but it works fine). Also, the Innovo display is a tad larger as well.
And back to batteries for a moment, I found the battery compartment for the Beurer very difficult to access. It’s a friction-slip opening, and it took a lot of pressure to make it move. The Innovo was very easy to access the battery area.
And one more plus for the Beurer is that it comes with a small nylon bag that can be attached to your belt if you want to carry it with you. Both come with lanyards. The INNOVO can easily fit in the Beurer’s bag.
I needed a Fingertip Pulse Oximeter and went searching. A few of the items identified that the user could download to their phone the readings. This seemed like an excellent idea but after wasting several hours with the device, on the phone for over an hour, spending almost an hour trying to log into an application on my iPhone, it’s a dead issue. Looking at other reviews for Bluetooth-capable OX readers, do not waste your money. It doesn’t work.
So, now, looking at my OP60 as if it was the OP30, I give it a good review. I like it. And I also like the Innovo, perhaps a bit more. I bought the Innovo because I needed to verify the readings I was getting off the Beurer. (My Apple iWatch’s Blood OX% reading was generally 1–4% higher than the two devices, but they were generally 0–2% off of each other, well within spec.
A number of oximeter readers have an interesting battery holder: traditionally, the spring goes against the “-“ side of the battery, and the little “+” nib of the battery goes against a piece of metal. The Beurer, like MANY other oximeter checkers, has one spring against the “+” and the other against the “-.” I’ve never seen anything like this before, but if you look closely at the battery compartment, the circuitry does work. What this says to me is that there’s one company making Blood oximeter units for a slew of different companies. The Innovo uses the traditional spring orientation. I’m going to guess that it’s made by a different company.
Overall, both units work well. They both provide a reading within 9 seconds (plus/minus 1 second). Both were accurate to each other. However, beat-per-minute reading was very inconsistent between the two, but I’m not going into that here.
•Both can be worn continuously for constant readings.
•Both can rotate their readings to change the orientation for viewing. The Beurer does this automatically by internal sensors, and the Innovo does it by pressing the start button again and again until you get the orientation you want. I was expecting not to like that, but the button’s actions are sticky. So, if you rotate it to a certain position, the next time you press the start button, it will be in the same position.
The big difference between the two is the brightness. Beurer is not as bright. If you are outdoors, it’s very difficult to see the readings. The Innovo is brighter and can be seen in sunlight (not as easy as indoor readings, but it works fine). Also, the Innovo display is a tad larger as well.
And back to batteries for a moment, I found the battery compartment for the Beurer very difficult to access. It’s a friction-slip opening, and it took a lot of pressure to make it move. The Innovo was very easy to access the battery area.
And one more plus for the Beurer is that it comes with a small nylon bag that can be attached to your belt if you want to carry it with you. Both come with lanyards. The INNOVO can easily fit in the Beurer’s bag.
