Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer with Silver Ion Antimicrobial Head
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Customer Reviews of Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer with Silver Ion Antimicrobial Head
Customer Review: Inconsistent and difficult to use
Summary: 2 Stars
Bought this for our son based on reviews and because we liked the idea of the forehead scan. But in reality we have found this unreliable and inconsistent. It doesn't glide smoothly over the forehead, and the read time is so fast you can't move it quickly enough over the head before it's done reading. I get 5 different readings for 5 different scans, some of them off by 3-4 degrees. We end up picking the reading that is most believable, but that isn't comforting. We've used it behind the ear too, as recommended by a friend working in a medical clinic. Still no better. Think we'll be looking for an ear thermometer instead.Customer Review: Nice gadget but not accurate
Summary: 2 Stars
I have used this thermometer few times and it didnt give accurate results. Using the rectal thermometer on my 3.5 years old son gave 39.2 degrees Celsius few days ago and you can sense that from touching his skin. However the exergen only showed 37.8. I cannot rely on it, however i sometimes use it just to check if there is a temperature higher then 37Celsius and when my son is sleeping and i dont want to wake him up. Other then that the Braun ear temperature meter gave around 38.6 so as well not that accurate but better then the temporal scanner.Customer Review: Take their temp while sleeping? I think not.
Summary: 2 Stars
Sure, its a great thermometer but I bought it because in the radio ad's they say you can "take the temperature of a sleeping baby." Well, not my baby... She has woken up every time I put it on her forehead.
I'm going to try a non-contact thermometer next.
Customer Review: Easy to use but not consistent
Summary: 2 Stars
Liked in concept but this model did not work well for me. Had to scan my child multiple times to get a reading. Then because I didn't trust it, when I rescanned I would get a different temperature readCustomer Review: Inaccurate, overhyped, poorly designed
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a very strong suspicion that the wildly positive reviews on this site have been placed by the manufacturer. This device does not work properly.
It's now midnight. My wife is holding our sick two year old upstairs so he'll sleep. Two hour ago I went down to the Walgreens and bought this device because the rectal thermometer made my son cry. It had showed a temperature of 103 earlier in the evening. I needed to know if it was getting worse, and I knew it would be miserable for my boy if I had to keep measuring him rectally.
So I tried this one. First, on myself several times, where the measured temperature varied between 96 and 97.5. Then on my wife, where it varied from 97 to 98.9. Then we tried on my child, in dim light, while my wife held him. I put the thermometer on his forehead and pressed the button. The red light flashed in his eyes, the beep went off, and he shrieked.
What kind of idiot would put a bright red LED in the exact place where it would shine in a child's eyes? What kind of idiot would make it impossible to turn off the beep when you're trying to measure a sleeping child?
He struggled. Finally we pinned his arms and tried it twice. 97 then 98 degrees. This measure was wildly wrong. He felt like he was burning up. And another stick with the rectal showed that his fever just a little lower than before, not five degrees.
I read the instructions thoroughly and followed the procedure accurately. The instructions are, like the packaging, filled with hype, and repeatedly try to sell you on the idea that their measurement method is accurate. Why would someone feel the need to put doctor testimonials in the instruction booklet?
This product is a fraud, and what's more, it's a dangerous one. If your child has a high fever and this device gives you an inaccurately low reading, the consequences could be serious.
Stay far away.