Safety 1st Hospital's Choice 8 Second Digital Thermometer
by Dorel Juvenile Group
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Baby Products Reviews of Safety 1st Hospital's Choice 8 Second Digital Thermometer
Customer Review: Great thermometer!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had no problems with this thermometer at all. We regularly use it with our now 8 month old son and have since he was born. We use it primarily for rectal temperatures and it has always been accurate and quick! It has a flexible tip and a raised rim to prevent overinsertion when taking rectal temps. Overall, well worth the low price!! Also, for the reviewer who hadn't even purchased the product, the temperature measured at different parts of the body (rectal, ear, underarm etc) varies from core body temperature, so it is entirely valid to add to a temp taken from underarm, for example, to obtain the true core temperature. This is done routinely - even at my pediatrician's office. It doesn't mean the thermometer doesn't work. Also, several pediatricians I've talked to definitely recommend taking rectal temperatures at least for the first 6 months as this is the most accurate temperature in infants.Customer Review: Excellent!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've unfortunatly had to use this recently for the 1st time. It's so easy to use!! I've always been scared to use a thermometer rectally but I wasn't nervous with this one at all. The reading was very quick and easy to read. It saves your last reading so you dont have to try and remember what it was last time to know if your baby's temp is better or worse. It also has a backlight on the screen so you can use it in the dark, which is nice if the child/baby is sleeping and you dont want to turn the light on and wake him/her up to take their temp.
And I LOVE the way to folds up inside itself so you dont worry about loosing the cap or cover, which I always do.
This is a quality thermometer and especially for the price!! So easy to use and much more accurate than the ear thermometers (dont EVER buy one of those, theyre a complete waste of money and dangerous to your baby by being so inaccurate!!)
Customer Review: cdrum
Summary: 1 Stars
I tried using this thermometer under the arm of my 3 month old son, then orally on myself and him, and finally rectally on my son, and it was not at all accurate with any of these methods. I called the number on the back of the package, and the company sent me a new one which I promptly took back to the store with my original receipt. I then bought the Braun Thermoscan ear thermometer which I like for myself but find unreliable for my young son. It doesn't hurt to try and save time, but for my household, I've found that a simple, B-D digital thermometer with disposable covers used rectally is the most accurate method (and therefore easiest in my opinion) for infants. Maybe they've had some bad batches of thermometers in this production line (noticed some good reviews amongst the bad), because I generally like products manufactured by Safety 1st.Customer Review: not impressed
Summary: 1 Stars
I wasn't impressed with this thermometer. It looked handy, considering how it folds up in itself to make it more compact, but it turned out to be a dud. For one thing, it took longer than ten seconds to get a rectal reading. Plus, it stopped working correctly after just a few uses. I'm not sure why this happened, because we always used and cleaned it exactly according to the instructions. Perhaps it was just a design flaw, or perhaps I got a "lemon." At any rate, I found a much better 10-second rectal thermometer that actually works like it should, and I'm very pleased with it: the Vick's Baby Rectal Thermometer. It's the same price as this one, but it has a large, back-lighted display for easy reading and the design guarantees that you can't insert it too far. I love the Vick's. It's just a better thermometer.Customer Review: great for rectal temps
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read the other reviews and can't comment on how well it does in other areas, but I have been using it for rectal temps since my daughter was born 15 months ago. I am now pregnant again and plan on buying another one for the second baby (for hygienic purposes, not because anything is wrong with the first) I like that it has a flexible tip and a line to tell you how far to insert so that I don't worry as much about injuring her. For those of you that have a hard time taking rectal temps, I recommend laying your child over your lap with butt up and legs dangling, they can't fight you too much that way. (...). I don't remember specifics, but you of course will not get the same temperature reading from an armpit vs. rectally. Good thermometer overall, I highly recommend it.