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| Mabis Digital Basal Thermometer (15-639-000) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Mabis
Discount Category: Health And Beauty
Buy New: $12.25
Customer Ratings:  5 comments
MPN: 15-639-000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Descriptions:
| • | Mabis Digital Basal Thermometer (15-639-000) | | • | Whether using as a tool for natural family planning or to better understand the fertility cycle, the Digital Basal Thermometer provides readings within 1/100th of a degree of accuracy. | | • | Large, easy to read digital display | | • | Memory recall of last reading | | • | Beeper to indicate peak temperature readings |
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| Customer Comments:
 Don't bother... September 29, 2008
I bought this product several months ago. Initially it worked fine. The button was annoying and the screen was hard for me to see, but I could deal with that. Then, all of a sudden my temperatures began getting significantly lower. I chalked it up to a battery problem, despite the fact that I'd only had it a few months and the battery sign had yet to come on. After I replaced the battery, the problem continued. For a thermometer that is supposed to be accurate to 1/10th of a degree, my temps were registering .5 lower than normal (I checked using another thermometer and got about what my temp. normally is). I switched to a different brand, but none of them seem to be perfect. Still, I wouldn't even bother with this one.
 Does the job December 18, 2007
The thermometer doesn't have a light to see in the dark, but it works well. I got pregnant after using it for one month. I definately recommend it.
Not useful to have temps to 100th of a degree May 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this comment useful.
As someone who has successfully practiced FAM to get pregnant (first try with both of my girls), and is trying again, I can tell you that it is not useful (and actually confusing) to have a thermometer that reads to the 100th of a degree. You are forced to round up, round down, or try and create a chart that can accommodate this. They specifically discourage them in TCOYF.
I bought this one because my old BD basal thermometer finally kicked the bucket. I didn't realize this one read to the 100th of a degree. I'm tossing it and ordering a new BD one, which I think is the best.
Not too happy March 2, 2007
4 out of 4 found this comment useful.
I bought this thermometer at a pharmacy. I agree with the previous reviewer that the display is not large and easy to read. I don't even try to read it in the morning, but use the memory recall to record my temp when I get home in the evening. However the little button you have to press to make the beeping stop is the same button you press to recall your temp. The button is small and already in a depression on the thermometer, so it's not easy to press. I have trouble with it even when I'm not more than half asleep. If you mash the button too hard in the morning, your temp will not be recalled. Very very frustrating if you are waiting to "get down to business" after a fertile phase, but you don't know if your fertile phase is quite over yet because you can't get your temps. I'm trying something else. Best of luck to all of you!
 So-so Product March 13, 2006
7 out of 7 found this comment useful.
I bought the Mabis BBT after the store brand BBT I purchased took five minutes to give a reading. I researched this one well, and was excited to see it only took a minute and was inexpensive.
Yes, it's quicker than the bad thermometer, BUT it takes more like 2 minutes to register, and the display is NOT "large and easy to read" by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it's quite difficult to read without being tilted in the right light, and the display is the same size or smaller than most of the thermometers I've seen.
I believe it IS reliable and accurate. Plus, it's only around $8 at my local Kmart (I was desperate to get one quickly). It recalls the last reading, and the beeping when it's done isn't annoying or loud enough to wake me up fully (a good thing, for me).
Overall, I think this is a fair product in the lower BBT price range, but there are likely better thermometers out there if you're looking for speed and ease. I would keep this one if charting was a shorter term activity, but because I'm planning on doing it for years to come, I'll likely buy the BD Digital Basal Toni Weschler recommends (though it looks like Amazon doesn't currently carry it, unfortunately).
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