It doesn't provide a stable temperature
I bought this thermometer to use on our grandbabies since they are way too wiggly to hold them down for long!  It comes with a simple set of instructions on the back of the box, but there are more complete instructions inside the box.  One push turns it on, you wait a second and it displays the last temperature taken and then starts flashing, which shows it's ready.  I used it under my armpit six times and got different readings each time, ranging from 95.9 to 96.9.  Then I tried it under my tongue exactly where the doctor's office always takes it.  The first time it read 97.0 degrees.  The next three times, it dropped one-tenth of a degree successively.  Then the next three stayed consistent.  The next one was another one-tenth of a degree lower.  Now I don't know whether I can really trust it or not.  It took between 9 and 16 seconds to read the temperatures and then started sounding a tone so I knew it was done.  Each of these temperatures were low compared to my usual temperature.  To test for accuracy, I compared it to a temporal scanner infrared thermometer, which read my temperate exactly the same at 98.3 four times in a row and was within two-tenths of a degree of my usual temperature.  I don't believe I can trust this thermometer, especially for our grandbabies since a difference of 2.5 degrees can be serious in a child.<br /><br />Even though I bought this thermometer on sale, I still expect it to work correctly.  I rated it one star because it doesn't provide a stable temperature.  I contacted the company, who said they would send me a replacement.  One month later I still haven't received it.
Rating: 1 stars