Hi, I’m Becky Worley and this is Good Stuff.
It’s flu season and we’re more vigilant than ever about all the flues that are making around, when your kids are sick, you take their temperature, but that’s easier said than done. The words Rattle thermometer sent the shiver down on my spine, So, I went on a quest to find the best digital thermometers, ones that aren't traumatic for your kids or for you when you need to get an accurate temperature reading.
The first one I tested was your standard digital thermometer, looks like a regular analog thermometer, but it has a digital read off. I try to get the old under the armpit temperature, which works fine when your kids are complaining. But when they’re ornery, this becomes a battle.
So I moved on to plan B, next we tried one of these ear thermometers, it looks so easy to use these things when the nurses have in the pediatricians office, but at home not so much. Number one problem there are these little covers that you actually have to put on the tip of the thermometer and I couldn’t find them when I really need to use it the most.
Next, when I finally did find the covers and try this on myself I knew I was healthy and should have been, about 98 degrees. I could not get an accurate reading. If you really jam this thing into your ear and it’s more finicky than you think. So I wasn’t really happy with the accuracy of the readings. And then there is how it goes with your kid, so you have to actually pull the ear low down and get this thing way deep into the ear. Oh, I am Sorry. When the poor kids were sick, this whole event turned into a wresting match that ended in tears.
Then I found this, it’s a digital touchless thermometer, yeah, touchless, it’s from a company called Kidsmed, it’s called the Thermofocus, watch how it works, you push the button and it puts a beam of light on the child’s head, just like that, I have an accurate temperature reading. Now this thermometer is pricy, about 70 dollars, but here is something to consider, you can use it on a sleeping child, and not disturb them because it’s touchless. So it might be worth making that investment as flu season looms around all of us. Hey, Thanks for watching and I’m Becky Worley and this is Good Stuff. You say Good stuff. “Good Stuff.”