Vicks Vicks Behind Ear Gentle Touch Thermometer

Pros Consistent, fast, and when done right gives readings nearly identical to rectal. Once our baby got used to it he doesn't flinch at all while doing it and you can even do it to them when they're asleep without waking them. Also you don't have to disinfect it between uses.

Cons Very sensitive to placement behind the ear... readings can be way off if you don't put it in the right place.

You have to feel and find the soft divot under your earlobe. With our 2 year old, and us, this spot doesn't match the diagram on the device at all. If you can get yourself to find that spot quickly you will like this device. I'm still getting the hang of it.

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I still consider rectal to be the best number because that's the number the Dr. wants to know when we call... but I generally only want to do rectal once or twice a day on our baby when I already am monitoring a fever. I was dissuaded be forehead and ear thermometers because the over-the-counter models seem to get a lot of negative reviews. The ear models have large probes -I wasn't sure it would even fit in his ear, or whether his ear tubes would affect the reading.

So, I would recommend it with qualifications this far. It is consistent, fast, but it's efficacy is user dependent.

I had bought this when my daughter came down with a fever. When I first tried it I got 103.8 but I didn't put it in the right spot. So placement is everything on this. After several tries behind the earlobe near the soft spot where the vein(Crease) you should be able to get about the same temperature each time which means the thermometer is accurate. I read some of the reviews where people said they would get from 96 to all of sudden 100. I could see where they would get those numbers if you didn't put it the right spot. It is not extremely hard to use but if you don't put it in the right spot it will be incorrect. I gave it a five because 1)Despite reviews when I used it myself it was accurate every time. 2) Didn't need extra sanitary covers to throw away. 3) It is less invasive than rectal, ear, or oral thermometer. Hope this reviews helps moms and dads out there.

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I bought this product thinking OMG GREAT! I was SUPER excited i could use it while the baby was sleeping. My son was having a spout of fevers mostly at night starting at about 16 months. So we bought this because i was doing rectal before that. I was so excited that it was easy to use(or so i thought) and didn't wake the baby till the one day I took my son's temperature because he felt very warm, it read to me 96.9, ok thats pretty low, lets try again 96.9, try a different spot(with looking at the diagram and trying to get it as precise as possible)...96.9 ok I don't believe this thing now took his rectal temperature 104.2... If i did not act at that moment I am not sure what could have happened. After going to the doctor he had Coxsackie Virus. which can at points cause dangerously high fevers. I am so upset i spent the money on this product, my cheap rectal one seems to work fine for me. I will NEVER recommend this product to a friend.

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I read the 1 star reviews which generally stated that it was difficult to get a good consistent reading which is why the temperature reading was widely variable or inaccurate. I thought that once I understood where to take the reading it would solve that problem. I found that to be much more difficult than expected. The directions on where to place the sensor are poor and even not the same between the directions and the picture on the thermometer. Temperature readings I took ranged from 99 to 103 degrees. I took my child's temp when I knew there was no fever and the readings ranged from 97 to 99. I'm sure it's accurate if one were to get the exact location correctly every time, however I think that is very difficult if not a fundamental design flaw. At a minimum, there should be clear and detailed directions on where exactly to locate the sensor. I generally take about 8 readings every time and get a sense of what kind of temperature my child has.

Also, you have to wait 10 seconds between each reading. It may not seem like a lot, but it's just long enough to be irritating. Especially in the middle of the night and especially when you have to take several readings.

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Had some reservations about purchasing this; all the in-ear and forehead thermometers got very mixed reviews, as did this behind-the-ear thermometer. I have a two year-old son that doesn't tolerate anything in his ear, much less his rectum, and I needed something that reads fast and is comfortable for him, with reasonable accuracy. This thermometer delivers on all of these. I haven't experienced the placement sensitivity that others note, but I have noticed that it consistently reads ~1.5 deg F below actual (under tongue) body temperature (I know this by using it on myself). But it does this consistently, so the only time the inaccuracy matters is when it reads 98-99 deg F, which really means a low-grade fever. My son was clearly feverish, and the thermometer read ~100 deg F. When healthy, it reads ~97 deg F for him and for me both. And it does so with repeated measurements. Quick to use, comfortable for my son, and consistent from one temp to the next, the only thing that would get this to 5 stars is an accuracy matching an under-tongue thermometer. I can easily add 1.5 deg to the displayed result, so this is worth the cost.

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