Customer Comments:
 Right On Target January 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this comment useful.
This replaced my Braum Ear ThermoScan. I was was shocked that the Exergen is more on the money than the Braum. Remember to get the right read , the Exergen must cross the forehead into the hairline on a slight angle at a slow pace of 5 secounds.
 uptrodden January 1, 2008
1 out of 9 found this comment useful.
I don't know if the product even works as it is impossible to even insert the batteries. (4 people tried per the instructions to open the temporal scanner for insertion of battery - none could get it open). So much for quality control. One can only wonder if this product is made by toy manufacturers in China or the quality people had one to many the day my temporal scanner was produced. Forget temporal - it was a permanent product screw up
what a waste of money! December 29, 2007
3 out of 6 found this comment useful.
I had bought this thermometer based on people saying that it was such an accurate way to take temps. That was true for maybe the first few months. Consistently afterwards, we'd scan our child's forehead (who was old enough to not be squirmish), and a good percentage of the time, it would not give a reading (except "error") at all. We would have to scan over and over again, and then have no idea how valid the number was. We'd also try scanning behind the ear (which it said was another use) but that was always a completely different reading (usually 1.5 degrees difference or more) no matter how many times we scanned.
I ended up returning mine and I'm going to invest in an ear thermometer... or just go back to the good old-fashioned thermometer that had been giving me accurate readings before.
 A must have! December 18, 2007
With the tips given by previous reviews, I had no problems taking consistent temperatures from the start. This product is truely worth the price. It's easy and fast enough to take 3 or 4 temperatures in a row to make sure they're consistent.
Works great except when child has a fever December 12, 2007
13 out of 17 found this comment useful.
Had tried lots of other thermometers and thought this was the best thing since apple pie for the same reasons everyone else says (easy, consistent, fast, etc.), especially since my daughter has febrile seizures and we monitor her for any sign of fever. We were so happy with it that we threw away our other thermometers, and bought it as gifts for other friends with kids. But it was inconsistent when we needed it - when my daughter had a fever.
Apparently it becomes inconsistent with the slightest forehead moisture which of course happens with a fever. It did not register the correct temperature making it difficult to know what was happening with my daughter's fever. We were not aware her temperature was as high as it was and she had a febrile seizure.
We threw it away and now use the Braun thermoscan for the past 3 years which provides the best readings and consistency of any thermometer we have tried.
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