Summer Infant Three-In-One Family Thermometer
by Summer Infant, Inc.
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Our Price: $29.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Baby Product See more product details |
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Baby Products Reviews of Summer Infant Three-In-One Family Thermometer
Customer Review: It Does It All!
Summary: 5 Stars
I orginally bought this item for my sister's baby shower. I liked it so much I bought one for myself to try as well. I've only used this thermometer a few times so far, but I am very happy with the results. I have a 2 year old and an 8 month old and I needed something that actually worked (not like some of the other digital thermometers I have tried!). This thermometer seems to be very fast and accurate. I like the fact that it has a special attachment for under the arm. It gives you more surface area to get a better reading. I also like that this thermometer lights up red or green to indicate a fever or not. This is a nice feature to have if you need to take your child's temperature during the night and don't want to wake him/her by turning on a light to read the thermometer. Another great feature of this item is that the three attachment store nicely inside the the thermometer so you always know where they are when you need them.Customer Review: Fast, convenient tool with unpredictable results
Summary: 4 Stars
All my life I've been using regular glass thermometers. Therefore, I developed that feeling of what it's gonna display when I feel like this or like that. This new digital one is an excellent piece, it comes back fast and I like that it flashes red when it feel the fever. I also like that I can switch from Celsius to Fahrenheit, because I am used to Celsius while doctors here just don't get anything but Fahrenheit.
What puzzles me is that sometimes what it shows is not what I feel like. What concerns me is that I can't really trust what I read when I use it on my infant.
Other than that - terrific product. I like the idea of changing the probes, a very convenient drawer for the probes.
A little bit too big to carry around (light, but bulky for a diaper bag full of stuff),unlike the glass one or other digitals), but it's the price of multiprobs, I guess.
Came in fast too.
Customer Review: Works decently, but not as advertised
Summary: 3 Stars
First, let me say that this thermometer has a handy design, and it is very nice to have three separate attachments for oral, underarm, and anal readings. I have a couple of problems with it, though. First, it is supposed to give a reading in 5 seconds. It takes much longer than that, and often turns off before getting a reading. Second, the underarm measurements are consistently low, though the probes are supposed to lead to pre-calibrated readings. Third, about half the time, the green/red lights don't light up. Perhaps I simply got a "lemon"? In spite of these drawbacks, though, it is a nice thermometer kit. If you buy it, just test yours first with normal body temperature so you can calibrate and know if the readings are consistently high or low, and by how much. Then you can simply add or subtract when it comes time to make a judgement about fever.Customer Review: Junk, Avoid this item
Summary: 1 Stars
I have yet to find a decent quality baby thermometer on Amazon.com. This looked like the best of the worst to replace our simple $7 basal thermometer. We were excited to receive the item only to open it and find an incredibly cheap looking item. The plastic is thin, the plastic cord is cheap, the entire unit does not look like a $45 thermometer. Many reviews on Amazon note that the temperature readings are low, we noticed on an average male adult the average temperature readings were 96.8 degrees. This item went back in the box and is being returned to Amazon when we hear back from the outside seller. Very dissatisfied with this item, we're thinking about checking out the some IR thermometers that are well rated.Customer Review: Its ok
Summary: 3 Stars
I Purchased this thinking it was pretty close to what they had our preemie use at the hospital, and for the most part this is pretty close.
It doesnt seem to be much more accurate then the cheapo thermometers, and is more or less just as quick. The only reall difference is that it gives you the color code when it returns the result for ok or fever.
The back end where it stores the other parts is not the beset quality, if you are fairly strong you will pull it out too far each time as I do and that gets fairly annoying sometimes.
Also its not terribly easy to switch the ends/leads out or to even put one on in the first place, you need to have light and they only fit in one way.