BD Digital Thermometers (Pack of 3)
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Customer Reviews of BD Digital Thermometers (Pack of 3)
Customer Review: Actually Works!
Summary: 5 Stars
We recently went on a quest to find a digital thermometer that actually works. We tried some store brands, Vicks, and a couple of others. None of them seemed to work very reliably.
Our test was simple - we simply measured our temperature with each thermometer 3 times. This thermometer was the only one that consistently returned the same value (within .2 degrees). Many were off by 1.0 to 1.5 degrees (that is, your temperature may be 98.6, but one of these defective ones might read anywhere from 97.1 to 101.1). We returned all of the ones that did not work.
While this thermometer takes up to a minute to do the reading, we'd rather have the accuracy. It has a very nice feature where it beeps every 3-4 seconds to tell you it is reading your temp correctly. If it stops beeping, it's telling you that you're doing something wrong (have your mouth open, or have it stuck under your tongue incorrectly).
Customer Review: Easy to use
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased a couple different brands of basal thermometers. This thermometer is light weight in your hands and your mouth. I appreciate the beeps to let you know it is working properly. I also think the back light is invaluable especially when it is dark in the room and you don't want to wake your partner. This is a great thermometer.Customer Review: get this one
Summary: 5 Stars
The old mercury thermometer broke after decades of use. the new cheap digital wasn't accurate. the 3 new non-mercury glass all broken within a couple of weeks. then I got 3 of the BD and checked them against each other for accuracy. they work, they are accurate and they don't break.Customer Review: Very accurate, annoying beeping
Summary: 3 Stars
These thermometers are very accurate and consistent. I received my pack of three and opened them all to do a side by side test. One after another, all three came up with exactly the same reading - impressive. Accuracy is the most important thing for a thermometer, so with respects to that it is a 5 star product.
A couple of downsides, however. First and foremost there is the extremely irritating "Accu-Beep" feature, which means that the thermometer beeps every 4 seconds while it is reading your temperature to tell you that it is working right. The thing takes about a minute and a half to read, so it drives me crazy! It also doesn't make any sense. Why wouldn't they program it so that it was silent unless there was a problem, and then it could emit an error beep? At the very least there should be an option to disable the "Accu-Beep".
I don't think the shape of the thermometer is particularly comfortable either. I have had other hard plastic ones like this that seemed to stay in your mouth better. I feel like you have to hold it in with your hand. I did just realize that they also sell a slightly more expensive flexible version of this thermometer, so if I had known I probably would have gotten that instead.
Also, it should be noted that the packaging these things come in is that horrendous molded plastic that requires 10 minutes of wrestling and stabbing it with a knife to open. It is molded in such a way that there is no easy place to cut across with scissors without doing damage to the thermometer or shredding the instructions. Seriously, WHY do manufacturers do that?!? The packaging didn't even do a good job of protecting either because one of the plastic covers was shattered and another was cracked. (I was too lazy to return them, but I'm sure Amazon would have exchanged them).
Customer Review: Too slow
Summary: 3 Stars
While the BD Digital may be accurate if you can get your child to stay still long enough for a temperature read, it is not practical for small children. If the thermometer moves during the reading, it starts the reading over. Not recommended unless you plan on using it on an older child or adults.