Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer MODEL# TAT-2000C
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Customer Reviews of Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer MODEL# TAT-2000C
Customer Review: Great Thermometer
Summary: 5 Stars
I just purchased the Exergen Temporal thermometer today from Walmart. My son had not been feeling well and I had finally had it with my Braun tympanic (ear) thermometer. I never felt like I could get an accurate reading. I am an RN, and we have been using the Exergen Temporal thermometer (professional model) for years.
When used correctly, it really does give an accurate reading. Using this model does take a bit of practice, but after a few tries you should get the hang of it. What I love about it is that you can take a temp. when your child is sleeping.
As other reviewers have noted, you press the button after the thermometer is touching the forehead and you let go of the button BEFORE you take it off. By the way, at work we were taught to "rub" the thermometer across the forehead and bring it down in front of the ear and stop at the bottom of the earlobe. If you look at the diagram on the back of the package, this is the route of the temporal artery. I have tried both methods, and both readings were nearly identical.
Of course being a nurse, I do have 2 digital thermometers at home (one for rectal temp. and one for oral temp). My Exergen temporal thermometer will be my first choice when taking a temperature on my kids, and I am sure they will appreciate it over the other choices ;)
Customer Review: ER nurse who loves Temporal artery thermometers!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm an ER nurse and we use temporal artery thermometers in our ER. They are much more accurate than underarm or in the ear, although the gold standard is a rectal temperature, which can be upsetting to children.
I actually wrote my Master's research paper on these thermometers, and here are a few tips in order to use them accurately:
1. run the thermometer from forehead (above the eye) all the way into the hairline. DO NOT LIFT the thermometer at all!!!
2. repeat this 2 more times
3. take the HIGHEST of the 3 readings. It is always important to take the HIGHEST as it is most accurate. There is a chance it didn't read right on the artery so it wouldn't be as high, which is why it is best to do 3 readings.
4. clean the head of the thermometer with a Q-tip and some alcohol occasionally to help it read accurately.
5. If your child is sweaty, the sweat dries off quickly and cools their skin temperature, so it isn't as accurate! In this case, it is better to run the thermometer over their carotid artery on their neck- off to the side of the voicebox. Run the thermometer side to side, and not up and down.
If you follow all of these steps, this thermometer is quick, easy and very accurate. I highly recommend it over any other form of temperature taking for young children.
Customer Review: Works great, But you need to practice a bit
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this as a gift and LOVE it!!
2 of my kids have small ear canals and have frequent ear infections so we can not use the ear thermometer (you can't use it on kids under 1 anyway). And waiting for a rectal reading on a squrimy baby was a challenge
I was shocked to read bad reviews on another site. My husband had some problems at first (like these people's complaints) but I figured out that he was pulling it away from our kids head and was still holding down the button for a second, which was then adding to the calculations the room temperature. Depending on how long he continued to hold it down after pulling it away, it really made the temperatures flucuate. My readings would only vary by .1-.2 degrees.
So Practice a couple times when you first get it. (Across the forehead, down the temple and stop infront of the ear). BEFORE YOU PULL IT UP, LET GO OF THE BUTTON!!!. It will beep as soon as you let the button go and has your reading. It takes some practice to be really quick (our peditricion is super quick, but they practice dozens of times a day).
If the forhead is sweaty you can also just hold it for a second or so behind the ear, but again wait for the beep before pulling away.
Our kids don't mind
Customer Review: Much better than some alternatives!
Summary: 5 Stars
After a week with all four kids running temps between 101 and 105, and ALL of them hating to have their temperature taken in any way we had available, we decided to finally bite the bullet and order this thermometer. Of course, everybody was well before it got here, but we've been playing with it. We love this thing! I read enough reviews to know that we had to follow all directions precisely to get good readings, but it's really easy to use. One push of a button, one two-second swipe of the forehead, and a good, digital reading appears. I took my own temp with a regular oral digital thermometer at the same time I took it with the Exergen thermometer, and the two readings were within a tenth of a degree of each other. My two-year-old, who screamed through a two-minute axillary temperature reading, barely registered my presence when I took his temp with this thermometer.
The only downside, I think, is that it requires a 9V battery, and we never seem to have any spare 9V's. Other than that, this thermometer is easy to use, easy to read, easy to clean, and should make our lives a little easier next time we have a house full of sick kids!
Customer Review: really cool once you know how it works
Summary: 5 Stars
We all have the flu at my house. Man I love this thermometer! No waiting, no sanitizing, and let me tell you- you should have seen the look on my five year old's face when, for some unrecallable reason, I explained to him how we used to take children's temperatures! I takes a little getting used to, having to depress the button and holding it until you've scanned without removing it from the patient's head. And apparently it causes some cooling. You must wait thirty seconds before repeating, otherwise you will get slight variations. You may also get minor differences because of technique. Frankly I found this much less of a concern than having to remember in the middle of the night how to mentally calibrate the differences in readings amongst various types of thermometers. As I've gotten used to this item, I find it very accurate and easy to use. Like another reviewer, I wish it was back lit to see in the dark. I also wish it beeped a tad bit quieter, or with a lower pitch. Still, while it would wake me up, it is not loud, and when my kid is truly sick, it doesn't wake up him. It's just loud enough to give me pause.