Safety 1st Hospital's Choice Accu Scan Ear Thermometer

Customer Reviews

Inaccurate and Inconsistant

2004-11-19
This thermometer is not very accurate or consistant. Whenever my son was sick and we used this it would give a normal temperature reading and I knew that it couldn't be right. We would take our sons temperature 3 times in a row and never get the same reading twice. I even check my own temperature and it would come up with crazy readings like 95.1! We got rid of this one because fever-induced seizures run in my husbands family and we needed something more accurate. It has been my experience that nothing digital gives accurate readings and that the old-fashion oral and rectal thermometers work best.

Do Not Buy This Thermometer

2004-09-27
I bought this to take my infant's temperature, since she doesn't like to sit and wait for her temperature to be taken under her arm. I decided to test it before she was sick to make sure it was accurate, and it never gave the same reading twice. First it was 95.5 and then 98.5 and then 96.2, etc. I tested it on myself, my daughter and my husband. Then I gave the directions and the thermometer to my husband to try to see if maybe I just wasn't doing it correctly and he had the same results. I have taken it back to Target and am trying a different brand. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PRODUCT!

Not worth your money.

2004-07-21
I was excited when I purchased this ear thermometer because I had an ear thermometer years ago that I loved. I was unfortunately very disappointed with this one's performance. The temperature seemed innaccurate when we were testing it right after purchase. Then about two weeks ago my daughter came down with a fever. I could feel that she was burning up, but the ear thermometer read 97.5 when I checked it (twice). I got out the oral thermometer and discovered her fever was actually 102.1!!! Needless to say this thermometer went back to the store. I won't buy another ear thermometer until I can afford to get a better brand, like the one I had years ago (ThermoScan). :o(

WORK MESS

2004-05-17
I USE THIS AT WORK WHERE I HAVE INFANTS UP TO TODDLERS, WE HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCESS 3 TIMES BEFORE WE EVER GET AN ACCURATE READING. THE UNDER THE ARM, OLD TRADITIONAL THERMOMATERS ARE BETTER.

Walgreen's brand probe covers work!

2004-04-07
I would like to ditto (and thank!) the reviewer who suggested the CVS brand covers. After reading her review, I purchased the covers from cvs.com . Then I thought about checking at Walgreen's, and sure enough, they carry them (same price as CVS, 40 for $5.99). I just picked up a box today. So I will soon have a bunch of covers, but I don't care. I just love this thermometer. I actually have the one with the light on it. Outstanding product.

Waste of Money!!!!

2005-08-12
I bought this Thermometer when my second son was born, thinking it would be easy to use and good for the money. My husband and I tested it on ourselves to see how accurate it was. We both got 5 different readings. I didn't see what the need of the plastic covers were for, since we ran out of them quickly.(Not to mention, you can't find replacements anywhere.) My biggest complant was that after a month, the product completely stopped working, even after changing the batteries. I would suggest paying the extra money to get a better thermometer.

Don't waste your money!!

2005-07-08
I bought this item in preparation for my first child. I tried it 8 times on me and my husband and got a different reading each time, from 94.2 - 102.3!! I returned it the next day, don't bother!!

A complete waste of money!

2005-06-09
Every single time, the reading is way low - around 94.9 or something like that. It is extremely unreliable. Don't waste your money!

what a waste!!!

2005-01-27
I don't usually bother complaining about products, but this thermometer was such a waste of $, I just wanted to save someone else the trouble. The temperature readings on this are SOOO inaccurate. EVERY time that we check a temp. it is different, it varies alot. Just to see if it worked we tried 8 times in a row on ourselves to see what we got. Every time it was different sometimes by a few degrees. It reads low sometimes, so you may have a temperature and not be aware. And we couldn't even take it back to the store. Do yourself a favor by the regular digital thermometer.We didn't have any luck with a diffferent brand either, the ear ones are all off, but not as bad as this one.

WASTE OF MONEY!!

2005-01-09
I bought this thermometer for my daughter when she was first born. It is AWFUL! It gives strange readings like 94.5 and 95.1, when in fact I know that she has a fever! I bought just a regular digital rectal thermometer at the pharmacy and it gives more accurate readings. Don't buy this, its a waste of time and $$$$$$!