Braun Thermoscan Ear Thermometer with 1-second readout

 (10 customer reviews)

I bought this because my wife, a nurse, was tired of fussing with our 4 1/2 yr old and our oral thermometers, and wanted something closer to what she uses at work. Our daughter was on the verge of pneumonia, and we knew we would be tracking her temperature regularly for a couple of days, and wanted something to get it done quickly and accurately. This Braun Ear Thermometer does the trick. It's fast, accurate, easy to handle, and well made. Don't waste the extra $20-30 for the next model up in the Braun product line - paying for the "tip warmer" feature is pointless when the reading takes less than 3 seconds to perform. This is a real bargain, IMO.

pros - light weight and small, easy to use, uses 1 AAA battery which is easy to find and replace. design conforms to the hand.

cons - no back light on lcd screen

summary - i prefer this over the thermometer that is used on the forehead. this is almost as accurate as those used in the hospitals. easy to use specially for babies and battery is easy to find and replace. it would have been great if they put a back light on the lcd screen, because if you are a parent like me who monitors my baby's temperature during the night when she is sick, you don't want to be turning on the lights just to see the reading of the thermometer.

It doesn't provide an accurate temperature. It will constantly say that I have a 95 degree temp. I went to the doctor today with a sinus infection and had a 101 fever.