Braun ThermoScan Digital Ear Thermometer - IRT 3020

Manufacturer : Braun In Stock : 1 List Price: $38.10 Quantity : 1

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.00 out of 68 reviews

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Too big for my baby's ear canal - M. Hopkins, Jan 19, 2008

This product is great for an adult ear, but does not fit in the ear canal of my 19 month old daughter.


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Ok, but looking for something more accurate than this. - Lilou, Oct 08, 2007

I debated between this thermometer and the Exergen Temporal one. I bought this one since I thought it would be easier to use. However, the probe is too large for my baby's ear and hard to get her to let me put it in too. I also got inconsistent reading after taking multiple temperatures within second of eachother in the same ear. I end up using this thermometer as just taking an approximate temperature.
In the end, I think a swipe across the forehead might be easier. I'm going to return this thermometer and try the temporal kind.
This one is just not easy to use, nor accurate.



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Braun Thermoscan Ear Thermometer - Suzanne E. Haas, May 09, 2007

My old Braun Thermoscan ear thermometer finally wore out which is the reason i replaced it, Very good product.


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Hate it! - Cherise Everhard, Dec 16, 2006

My Braun thermoscan has given me nothing but trouble.
Yes this ear thermometer is easy to use. You just have to stick it into the canal correctly. Not hard. What I don't like is you can stick it in the same ear, the same way, 6 different times and get very different readings.
Everytime I have gone to use my thermometer, the battery would be dead. You have to use the special medical circular batteries, so of course I would never have any handy. Then I got smart and started stocking up on the batteries. They are expensive. And everytime I would use it I'd have to put in a fresh new battery.
This also needs the disposable ear covers in order for it to work. Yes there is a trick to getting around it but then your thermometer isn't sanitary. Finding the covers was sometimes easy and sometimes impossible.
I have just never been happy with it. Yes it's easier than the oral... But I found one even better. Try the Temporal Artery Thermometer. You can use that one on a sleeping child!


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easy and excellent - J. Figueroa, Mar 21, 2006

iam amazed at how easy it is to use the ear thermometer. I was always taught to use an oral thermometer. my children love this better and they do not complain anymore.

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