Customer Reviews
great gift! 
2006-03-16
I was invited to a baby shower and it was a big hit! Very reliable and useful!
We really like this thermometer!! 2006-02-13
We really like this thermometer. I know that people say that it's inaccurate, but our pediatrician recommends this thermometer and says that you have to take the temperature a few times and look at the average reading. It's really fast and very easy to see the reading.
Works for us! 
2006-01-16
I bought this themometer when my oldest was about a year old, that was two years ago. It is SO much easier than taking the temp under the armpit or in the bottom, and a WHOLE lot faster. I have not had problems with inaccurate readings. As others have written, you just need to get it in the ear canal right. It is a little harder on our infant b/c she's smaller, but it still works. You can't beat the price either. Finding probe covers is a bit of a challenge though.
Nurse says go with a Temporal Artery Thermometer 
2005-12-21
Don't bother with these. I am a school nurse, and not just this brand, but MOST brands of ear thermometers are inconsistent, especially when the average person does incorrect positioning in the ear canal. I had to use the ear type for 8 years between Pediatric ICU and school nursing. I got pretty good at getting consistent readings, except on very small ear canals, and those with a lot of wax. We got rid of ours and went with an Exergen TemporalScanner Temporal Artery Thermometer. It takes less time, doesn't require probes, and you can get one at Costco for $30.
temp reading too high 2005-12-13
I am a nurse and know how to use this thermometer and it is very inaccurate. I have taken my childrens temperature and it is consistantly in the 100's and they are not even sick. Do not waste your money.
Too big for my baby's ear canal 
2008-01-18
This product is great for an adult ear, but does not fit in the ear canal of my 19 month old daughter.
Ok, but looking for something more accurate than this. 
2007-10-08
I debated between this thermometer and the Exergen Temporal one. I bought this one since I thought it would be easier to use. However, the probe is too large for my baby's ear and hard to get her to let me put it in too. I also got inconsistent reading after taking multiple temperatures within second of eachother in the same ear. I end up using this thermometer as just taking an approximate temperature.
In the end, I think a swipe across the forehead might be easier. I'm going to return this thermometer and try the temporal kind.
This one is just not easy to use, nor accurate.
Braun Thermoscan Ear Thermometer 2007-05-09
My old Braun Thermoscan ear thermometer finally wore out which is the reason i replaced it, Very good product.
Hate it! 2006-12-16
My Braun thermoscan has given me nothing but trouble.
Yes this ear thermometer is easy to use. You just have to stick it into the canal correctly. Not hard. What I don't like is you can stick it in the same ear, the same way, 6 different times and get very different readings.
Everytime I have gone to use my thermometer, the battery would be dead. You have to use the special medical circular batteries, so of course I would never have any handy. Then I got smart and started stocking up on the batteries. They are expensive. And everytime I would use it I'd have to put in a fresh new battery.
This also needs the disposable ear covers in order for it to work. Yes there is a trick to getting around it but then your thermometer isn't sanitary. Finding the covers was sometimes easy and sometimes impossible.
I have just never been happy with it. Yes it's easier than the oral... But I found one even better. Try the Temporal Artery Thermometer. You can use that one on a sleeping child!
easy and excellent 2006-03-21
iam amazed at how easy it is to use the ear thermometer. I was always taught to use an oral thermometer. my children love this better and they do not complain anymore.
