Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer with Silver Ion Antimicrobial Head
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Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer with Silver Ion Antimicrobial Head Details
Manufacturer: ExergenBrand: exergen
Product features:
- Accurate temperature with a gentle forehead scan
- More accurate than ear - Harvard Medical School study
- At least as accurate as rectal - Hospital for Sick Children study
- Use on sleeping infant, or child with ear infection
- Imbedded silver destroys bacteria, mold, mildew and fungi... naturally and safely
Customer Reviews of Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer with Silver Ion Antimicrobial Head
Customer Review: Inaccurate, overhyped, poorly designed
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a very strong suspicion that the wildly positive reviews on this site have been placed by the manufacturer. This device does not work properly.
It's now midnight. My wife is holding our sick two year old upstairs so he'll sleep. Two hour ago I went down to the Walgreens and bought this device because the rectal thermometer made my son cry. It had showed a temperature of 103 earlier in the evening. I needed to know if it was getting worse, and I knew it would be miserable for my boy if I had to keep measuring him rectally.
So I tried this one. First, on myself several times, where the measured temperature varied between 96 and 97.5. Then on my wife, where it varied from 97 to 98.9. Then we tried on my child, in dim light, while my wife held him. I put the thermometer on his forehead and pressed the button. The red light flashed in his eyes, the beep went off, and he shrieked.
What kind of idiot would put a bright red LED in the exact place where it would shine in a child's eyes? What kind of idiot would make it impossible to turn off the beep when you're trying to measure a sleeping child?
He struggled. Finally we pinned his arms and tried it twice. 97 then 98 degrees. This measure was wildly wrong. He felt like he was burning up. And another stick with the rectal showed that his fever just a little lower than before, not five degrees.
I read the instructions thoroughly and followed the procedure accurately. The instructions are, like the packaging, filled with hype, and repeatedly try to sell you on the idea that their measurement method is accurate. Why would someone feel the need to put doctor testimonials in the instruction booklet?
This product is a fraud, and what's more, it's a dangerous one. If your child has a high fever and this device gives you an inaccurately low reading, the consequences could be serious.
Stay far away.
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Description of Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer with Silver Ion Antimicrobial Head
Take your index finger, put it on the center of your forehead, slide it on a line over your eyebrow to your hairline. If you had the Exergen thermometer in your hand, you would have taken the quickest and most accurate non-invasive temperature available. Features: * Method of choice of Premier Hospitals * Use on sleeping infant, or child with ear infection * Recommended for the whole family * No probe covers required * Imbedded silver destroys bacteria, mold, mildew and fungi... naturally and safely * More accurate than ear - Harvard Medical School study * At least as accurate as rectal - Hospital for Sick Children study * Protected by 11 US patents, made in USA * 9V Battery included * Recommended by physicians Silver Ion Antimicrobial Head Hospital Technology for Home The new TAT-20000C Temporal Artery Thermometer features the added protection of an antimicrobial head that destroys harmful bacteria, mold, mildew and fungi. The thermometer head is manufactured from a material that is fully impregnated with silver ions that are continually released at the surface to destroy the microbes.Thermometers
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