Anyone have and use one of those forehead infrared thermometers at home? I have 3 of the digital mouth kind and they don’t agree. Highest and lowest are 2 degrees different with the third smack in the middle.

Jf

I'm not impressed with any of the digital thermometers, whether they be oral, forehead, or touchless.

I've gone back to using a glass mercury thermometer. A glass thermometer with alcohol would be an alternative.

Write off accuracy.

Just use the same device every time and get a baseline.

I’ve been taking my temperature every morning since transplant. I run low, and the device probably does too. I typically run 96.5 or so on this device.

But I know that. So if I take my temperature and it says ‘98.6’ I know there’s a problem.

But if I didn’t have that baseline, felt feverish, and read 98.6 I’d think I was totally fine.

When Covid started I bought a device each for my wife and son and they started recording daily readings also. They/their devices also run low.

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Originally posted by wtg:
I'm not impressed with any of the digital thermometers, whether they be oral, forehead, or touchless.

I've gone back to using a glass mercury thermometer. A glass thermometer with alcohol would be an alternative.

Couldn't find any.

jf

Looks like they've gone the way of the dinosaur. I have a couple inherited from various family members over the years. I used to have more but gave them away earlier this year to people who couldn't find a thermometer of any kind during the initial COVID shortages.

Guess jon's strategy is the way to go...

I ordered some fabric masks a week or two ago, and had them throw in a digital thermometer for $4. It has a voice feature to tell you what the temperature reading is.

The voice speaks English, but has an accent.

Oh, and it read my temp as 98.25. I took my temp with a mercury thermometer and it was 98.2.

slight thread drift....we both have our Medicare prescription drug plans with Humana, and they sent each of us a cloth mask. They fit nicely around the face and have a nose wire. We wear a disposable mask over the top of the cloth one.

I poked around online and of course found the same mask available for sale. Shipping was like $5; they came snail mail.

https://humana.jprmedical.com/...0-pack-available-now

Interestingly, the same thermometer that was $3.99 when I ordered is now $5.99....their pricing seems to be all over the map. I noticed that with the masks. I bought black ones that were $20 for ten of them; the same mask in green is $25 for a ten pack.

The masks seem to be from a company called reNEU. reNEU charges a ton more for the masks on their site than JPRMedical does.