https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 10:22:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1810041 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:18:52 +0000 sheskrafty 1810041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I HATED the Braun thermometer - it never gave a consistent &amp; accurate reading. Exergen temporal thermometer is great!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809983 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:59:53 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1809983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also have the Exergen Temporal scanner from Costco. It's a forehead thermometer and seems pretty accurate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809952 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:50:25 +0000 MamaBehr 1809952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Braun ear one and I'm not too happy with it. Y daughter had a fever last week, took her temp at home and it was 99 went to the doc (right after we took that temp) and it was 103 at the office!!!! I think I want to replace it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809935 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:40:41 +0000 Radish 1809935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I have that Braun one and it never seemed accurate. We bought this one <a href="http://www.cvs.com/shop/product-detail/Vicks-Forehead-Thermometer?skuId=802786" rel="nofollow">http://www.cvs.com/shop/product-detail/Vicks-Forehead-Thermometer?skuId=802786</a> because it was highly rated on Consumer Reports and it seems very accurate but sometimes you need a few swipes with a wiggly kid. It was pricey, but we used our Flu Shot coupon to get it down 20%. The best thing is LO likes it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809925 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:32:28 +0000 MamaG 1809925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have (and love) the Braun ear thermometer. We have four different thermometers and it's the one I trust and rely on the most. It went missing recently and I was prepared to go buy another. My husband thought I was crazy since we have others in the house as well. I least like our exergen temporal. It doesn't glide nicely (or I just don't use it right!) and the reading is always LOW!</p> <p>My husband wanted to replace the missing Braun with a no contact like @Mrs. Bird: mentioned, but I was skeptical. So it's good to hear that someone likes them :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809920 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:29:22 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1809920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: I agree with @mrs. bird: that a rectal one is best for little bitty babies. We have the Vicks one that looks like a bulb. It's super easy and quick to use and the bulb keeps you from having to worry about putting it in too far or something. Also, our doctor would take our reported temp taken rectally over whatever they got in the office with the temporal one--he said they are really that much more accurate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809807 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:36:27 +0000 mrs. bird 1809807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: def get a rectal one as well! ear thermometers can't get an accurate reading on newborn ears anyway (they're for 6 months and up) &amp; your dr will want rectal temps if LO is running a fever (and they're handy for when baby gets constipated :D ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809802 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:32:59 +0000 mrs. wagon 1809802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, we went through this about a year back because we always took temps rectally. Not exactly ideal for a 4 year old... and LMW always hated it (WJ didn't mind it until he got older). I went through crazy amounts of amazon reviews and came to the conclusion that no non rectal thermometer is 100% perfect. So I ended up just getting the one our daycare has, since that's usually our concern (whether or not their temp is too high to go to daycare). It's the forehead one, and we take 3 and average the 3 temps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809799 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:31:23 +0000 Adira 1809799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I hate our Braun Thermoscan too! I can never get the right reading from it.</p> <p>I actually LOVE our Bruan Forehead Thermometer though! It works so much easier and I haven't had any issues with it yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809786 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:28:49 +0000 snowjewelz 1809786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Braun is exactly what I have on my registry! Maybe I should get a rectal just in case... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809771 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:22:08 +0000 Alivoo01 1809771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have an Exergen Temporal scanner. Seems to be working fine for us. However, we don't have a rectal thermometer so I can't attest to its true accuracy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809716 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:08:05 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1809716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the Braun and find the opposite actually...that it reads so much higher than he actually is. We're going through this now...it read at 104.5 when the rectal read 103 for LO. I'm finding that a lot of the temporal thermometers aren't very accurate :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809708 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:04:23 +0000 mrs. bird 1809708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: i HATE that thermometer! i do it three times and take the average</p> <p>i looooove my no touch one! no covers to replace (or germs to spread.... eww), you can do it while they sleep, you can check the room temp, and i find it to be far more consistent (though you have to wait between taking the temps, you can't rapid fire them, but since it's more consistent, i don't feel the need to do it a bunch of times)<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Clinical-Non-contact-Infrared-Thermometer/dp/B006JTNXDW/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1407779877&#038;sr=8-9&#038;keywords=temporal+scan+thermometer" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Clinical-Non-contact-Infrared-Thermometer/dp/B006JTNXDW/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1407779877&#038;sr=8-9&#038;keywords=temporal+scan+thermometer</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809674 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:54:15 +0000 mrsjyw 1809674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never had issues with ours either! @wonderstruck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809673 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:54:03 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1809673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: That's the brand of our rectal thermometers. Do you have an ear, behind the ear, plain digital? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809671 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:53:12 +0000 wonderstruck 1809671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well dang...that is literally the exact thermometer I was going to recommend! It's been great for us, sorry you haven't had better luck with it - does sound like a dud to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809669 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:53:00 +0000 honeybear 1809669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like our Exergen temporal thermometer. It isn't as accurate as a rectal temp, but it's been consistent, compares favorably to the underarm one we have, and can be used on sleeping kids. We've had it for about a year. I bought it on our pediatrician's recommendation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809666 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:51:59 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1809666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: That's what we did in the NICU and I've tried it at home, but they are so wiggly now, it's hard for me to get them still long enough to get the temp that way. I may have to resort back to that, though.</p> <p>@locavore_mama: Well, it seems really popular, so I really think we might have just gotten a crappy one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809665 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:51:59 +0000 autumnlove 1809665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809659 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:49:21 +0000 looch 1809659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried a plain digital one, and taking the temp under the arm? That's what they do at my doc's office, and it seems to work rather well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809653 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:47:43 +0000 regberadaisy 1809653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: well, darn it. That's the one I was going to buy.</p> <p>I think rectal is always more accurate and higher though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/most-accurate-non-rectal-thermometer#post-1809634 Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:42:34 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1809634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a Braun Thermoscan, and maybe we just got a dud, but it's not very accurate at all. We used it several times after we got it months ago and it would show a regular-ish temperature, but we could tell LO was burning up and would check with the rectal thermometer and the temp would be something way higher than what registered on the Braun. </p> <p>So, I'm in the market for reliable, accurate thermometer, but not a rectal one since I think our kids are too old for that. Inexpensive is great, but accuracy is more important to me as I hope it will last for many, many years to come. </p> <p>Do you have a tried-and-true recommendation? </p>