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: Horrid! Scaired us over and over
Summary: 1 Stars
We ended up chucking this last week and i wanted to be sure to warn others. It was all over the map thermomoter wise. It would say 100 when we thought she was slightly hot, so we'd get out hte 'freebie' from the hospital and it' would then say 98.4. Oh, since we were nervous we'd then get out another one and do the same thing and it would then say right around hte 98.4. Unfortuantely, this was not the first time it had done this to us. Save your money! We invested in the ear thermometer scan hospital grade from braun. holy goodness. piece of mind. it's worth the 50!! you figure you'll need one thermometer per kid with this type, the ear one is for hte whole family. Yeah, I'm sorry I spent the 12 originally and tried to cheap out because this caused way to much worry.Customer Review: Well I think it's great...
Summary: 5 Stars
...and I think the ear thermometers are a joke.
I find this thermometer to be extremely easy to use and very reliable. Under arm readings are not that accurate, but they aren't easy to take, at least on my baby. Maybe that is why pediatricians recommend rectal readings for infants... :)
The ear thermometers are horrible. We received one as a gift. I have not even attempted to use it on our son, as the part that you stick into the ear is about as big as his ear canal. That just doesn't seem right. I have taken repeated readings on myself with the ear thermometer (like, 10 in a row) and got a huge range of readings. If I can't get an accurate reading on myself - an adult who sits still - how can I get an accurate reading on a squirming baby?
Customer Review: Important Design Flaws
Summary: 3 Stars
What I do like about this thermometer is that it seems to take fast, accurate oral readings. fast is crucial since young children often like to fidget.
Where the unit has significant problems is in its functions and poorly written instructions. Unlike most other thermometers, this one can't be switched to take reading in Centigrade. Also, although the mechanism for the termometer folding and storing inside of itself is a novel idea, the unit is not constructed well enough so that you end up bending the tip when it is inserted for storage and constantly worrying whether it will break or not.
I would give this thermometer a miss and stick with one of the others available on Amazon.
Customer Review: not reliable
Summary: 1 Stars
I liked the idea of how fast the thermometer read, and how it folds into itself for storage. However, when my son was 9 months old, he had croup. We took his temperature rectally before we left for the doctors and it read only 99.9 degrees. At the doctors, only 15 minutes later, the doctor's thermometer read 103.5 degrees. There was a big difference. When we went home, I took his temp again (under the arm) with this thermometer and another. This one was still reading about 3 degrees lower. I threw it out after this.Customer Review: A great Thermometer
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had the expensive thermometers. This one is the best. It is the most accurate one I have had so far. Really fast, too.
December 28, 2010- I have to add that the thermometer quit working. I suppose the battery went dead. I had to use a butter knife and pried and pried to get the battery out, finally got it out, and it popped out and went flying in between my cabinet and oven. So, it is lost. I can't find a replacement. So, the battery didn't last long, or the thermometer didn't last long.