A personal consumer product, comprising: a. a power source; b. an energy emitting element (110,316) in selective electrical communication with the power source; c. a first thermal control circuit, the first thermal control circuit comprising: i. a first thermal sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the energy emitting element; ii. a first control unit in electrical communication with the first thermal sensor; iii. a first switching element in electrical communication with the first control unit, the first switching element switchable by the first control unit between a conducting state and a non-conducting state to electrically isolate the energy emitting element from the power source, wherein the first switching element is switched by the first control unit to the nonconducting state when a first sensed temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a first thermal threshold; and d. a second thermal control circuit, the second thermal control circuit comprising: i. a second thermal sensor positioned to sense the temperature of the energy emitting element; ii. a second control unit in electrical communication with the second thermal sensor; iii. a second switching element in electrical communication with the second thermal sensor, the second switching element switchable by the second control unit between a conducting state and a non-conducting state to electrically isolate the energy emitting element from the power source, wherein the second switching element is switched to the non-conducting state by the second control unit when a second sensed temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a second thermal threshold; wherein the second control unit is a voltage comparator and wherein the energy emitting element is any of a light emitting diode, a heating element, and a laser element. a. a power source; b. an energy emitting element (110,316) in selective electrical communication with the power source; c. a first thermal control circuit, the first thermal control circuit comprising: i. a first thermal sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the energy emitting element; ii. a first control unit in electrical communication with the first thermal sensor; iii. a first switching element in electrical communication with the first control unit, the first switching element switchable by the first control unit between a conducting state and a non-conducting state to electrically isolate the energy emitting element from the power source, wherein the first switching element is switched by the first control unit to the nonconducting state when a first sensed temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a first thermal threshold; and i. a first thermal sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the energy emitting element; ii. a first control unit in electrical communication with the first thermal sensor; iii. a first switching element in electrical communication with the first control unit, the first switching element switchable by the first control unit between a conducting state and a non-conducting state to electrically isolate the energy emitting element from the power source, wherein the first switching element is switched by the first control unit to the nonconducting state when a first sensed temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a first thermal threshold; and d. a second thermal control circuit, the second thermal control circuit comprising: i. a second thermal sensor positioned to sense the temperature of the energy emitting element; ii. a second control unit in electrical communication with the second thermal sensor; iii. a second switching element in electrical communication with the second thermal sensor, the second switching element switchable by the second control unit between a conducting state and a non-conducting state to electrically isolate the energy emitting element from the power source, wherein the second switching element is switched to the non-conducting state by the second control unit when a second sensed temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a second thermal threshold; wherein the second control unit is a voltage comparator and wherein the energy emitting element is any of a light emitting diode, a heating element, and a laser element. i. a second thermal sensor positioned to sense the temperature of the energy emitting element; ii. a second control unit in electrical communication with the second thermal sensor; iii. a second switching element in electrical communication with the second thermal sensor, the second switching element switchable by the second control unit between a conducting state and a non-conducting state to electrically isolate the energy emitting element from the power source, wherein the second switching element is switched to the non-conducting state by the second control unit when a second sensed temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a second thermal threshold; wherein the second control unit is a voltage comparator and wherein the energy emitting element is any of a light emitting diode, a heating element, and a laser element.