Product Review and Giveaway: Exergen Temporal Scanner Thermometer

I was definitely interested and excited to receive a temporal scanner thermometer to review from Exergen Corporation.  As any parent of babies and toddlers knows, taking a child's temperature usually does not rate as a favorite parenting task.  Even my 3-1/2 year old has tended to resist the ear and even a different forehead thermometer that we've used in the past.

The Exergen temporal scanner thermometer works differently than any other that I have tried or seen.  You simply place the tip of the thermometer in the middle of the child's forehead and then slide it across one side to the hairline.  That's it.  It takes about 2 seconds.

My husband, daughter, and I tried a number of readings on each other, and I was favorably impressed.  For one thing, GiGi started to think it was really fun.  She kept saying excitedly, "It doesn't hurt!"  For another thing, the temperature readings we got hovered fairly consistantly around 98 degrees, presumably normal body temperature.  Other thermometers I have used in past seemed to give much less consistent results.  Of course, neither of my children obliging got a fever while we were testing the thermometer, so I wasn't able to test a different temperature range.  However, the results we did get made me fairly confident about using it for a real fever.

Really, I think the best part of the Exergen temporal thermometer is its ease of use.  I did read the instructions very carefully beforehand (there is an included User's Quick Start Guide to help you prevent common mistakes).  However, the instructions were very clear, and, once I got the idea of how to use it, nothing could be simpler.

The Exergen Temporal Thermometer retails for $30-$50.  In all honesty, as frugal as I am, I would not consider that too much to pay for an easy to use, accurate thermometer that will last.  I also liked that it takes a normal 9 volt battery, instead of some expensive special kind.  If you are interested in purchasing this thermometer, you can also get a $5 rebate here.

Also, Exergen has generously offered to give an Exergen thermometer to one Frugally Blonde reader!  To enter, please leave a comment on this post telling me why you would like to try this thermometer.  For extra entries, you may do any or all of the following (please leave a separate comment for each):

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The contest ends on Thursday, March 17, at midnight.  It is open to residents of the US and Canada.  I will notify the winner by email, and he or she will have 72 hours to respond. 

Thanks to Exergen and Mama Buzz for this great review and giveaway!

This is a Mama Buzz review. The product was provided by Exergen Corporation for this review.  The opinions are my own.