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Thank you. I went for the Omron in the end :-)

Thanks everyone for your input. After much more consideration with the help of this thread, in the end I bought an Omron basic arm one. It was a very reasonable price too of £20! I'll take it with me on my next visit to the consultant. Thanks again.

Great! Thank you very much :-)

Thank you very much for the advice. Yes someone lent me their wrist one and I was very dubious of the result. It was later mentioned that it was better to go for an arm one.

Thank you so much. Yes I came across that list just now but there were still so many to choose from, so thank you for letting me know what you use. I see that Omron is mentioned a lot, so I might go for one of those.

Hi All, I've had diabetes type 1 for 22 years now. I've had my blood pressure checked and for the first time it was higher than it should be so I would like to keep an eye on it. Can anyone recommend a good accurate blood pressure monitor that can be used at home? There are so many available...

Ok good news The insurance Surgery the company that is recommended on the diabetes.co.uk site, managed to get me an even better deal! They got me decreasing joint cover with AVIVA for £28! So cancelled the other and have gone with them.

It looks like Aviva and Aegon are the leading ones for better quotes at the moment.

Yes it doesn't seem too bad, I think we will go with that and not wait for the other as we are getting close to exchanging contracts on the house. Bon accord life also said they would match if we got a cheaper quote.

Hi All, Well I have finally got a quote back from one broker Bon Accord Life. It took ages to get the doctor to send back a health report, but no surprises there. The quote also considers other health issues on our records but mainly the diabetes I was advised. So for joint cover for both my...

sw11bloke- That is pretty impressive then to get it that price, I take it that's for single cover? I think the cheapest I was quoted for single cover was £27. I'll be sure to give them a call. So far through various brokers, the cheapest for joint cover seems to be through either AVIVA or...

SW11bloke - £23 is really good do you mind me asking how old you are? How long ago did you get that?

Yes sure no probs. it was for £190,000 decreasing so goes down with the mortgage repayments which makes it cheaper. It's for joint cover so it would be for my partner and I. Age does come into it as we'll I'm 34 and partner 38 so will be slightly higher so the younger you get it the better as it...

Will let you know how I get on with the quotes. So far ive got £37 a month for joint cover from a standard comparison site, and same through my unions service. The insurance surgery which I was referred to from this site believes they can get me £29 - £34 but won't know until I have done the...

Thanks Ali. Yes they are naughty, so grateful for these forums! Waiting on several quotes now so hopefully one will be better.

Thank you. I was told by one broker better to have it below 7. Thankfully mine was 6.7 the last time.

Hiya, I'm really grateful you said that. I just checked the 'personalised illustration' and it only mentions building insurance!! Thanks for that. However, I will get it anyway as like you say it's good to have and I have a family and I'm the main earner. It means now that I don't have to be in...

Sorry to hear that. So far I've got past the initial stage and have been told there shouldn't be a problem. Just got to wait to hear back about the doctors report that one insurance company requires.

With my Medical Librarian hat on, I would say take any of this kind thing with a pinch of salt, what evidence shows that it does? Put it this way if it really did, then the doctor would recommend it. However, there is no harm in trying it I guess.

Having put a quote request in at aplan, I just got a call from 'family services' who are the insurance brokers for compare the Market, who have just advised me that they also part of aplan! So very confusing! The chap advised me that the original quote would be the best one despite me shopping...