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 in retrospect... November 17, 2008
I read the reviews before buying,and thought that the beep wouldn't bother me much. I now wish I had gone for one that doesn't beep. Having a backlight feature with the final reading would have been great too. It isn't awful, but it is annoying. I used it about two weeks, but gave up.
 So far, so good. October 20, 2008
I got this thermometer about a month ago, and it's been great thus far. I was nervous that the beeping would be annoying, but it's not the case - like many other reviewers on here, I find it incredibly useful to know that the thermometer is working, especially when I'm half-asleep.
 Great thermometer! October 13, 2008
I don't have much comparison experience as this was the first and only thermometer that I purchased. I enjoy that it keeps the last temperature taken so I don't have to write it down as soon as I take my temperature (as I am usually mostly asleep and not quite coherent). I don't mind the beeping as it notifies me in my groggy mental state that the thermometer is actually working. Also included is a nifty chart for recording your temperature and other goodies.
Easy and basic to use August 13, 2008
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I did a lot of reviewing before buying my BD Basal Digital Thermometer. I wanted something that most of the people liked, that they found it to be easy to use and very basic. I didn't need a lot of bells and whistles. And I am very pleased with this thermometer.
The Good: I like that it is basic. You press a button, it lights up, it beeps to let you know it is ready. You place it under your tongue and wait. It will beep to let you know that it is still working (and for me, keeps me from falling asleep with the thing in my mouth) then it beeps in a different sequence to let you know it is done. When you turn on the thermometer, it has the last temperature taken lit up on the screen. Which is handy if you have fallen back into your coma and failed to write down your temp for the morning.
The Bad: I wake up at 6:15am every morning to do this and my only complaint with it is that it does not light up to give you your temp rating. When it is finished taking your temp, it will beep to let you know, but doesn't light itself up, I usually have to turn my phone on or move my alarm over so I can read it to record the temp.
Some people said the beeping has woken up their partners. And while the beeping is a bit loud, it is not too loud to be distracting. In fact my husband woke the first morning I started using the thermometer, having had a nightmare about a bomb, but now, he tells me, he hardly hears it, if at all.
I would recommend this little guy. It is easy to use, hard to screw up and there is that nice little `fail safe' in case you do forget to write down your temp. With the only problem being the light up screen that doesn't happen, I'm satisfied with the product....until the BD Basal Digital Thermometer 2.0 comes out ;)
Does its job well! August 9, 2008
This thermometer works better than those I have found at stores. It takes a long time, but I think that's just the nature of these thermometers. Once I got used to holding my mouth and my body still for the thermometer to do its thing, it's been great!
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