Customer Reviews

Safety 1st Accu-Light Thermometer

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(23)

 

 

This thing never ever gives an accurate reading! Sometimes it says 92.3 other times it is even lower! I tried using it just the other day, my daughter is very sick right now it read 94.3 I get her to my moms and we do it the good old fashioned way and it was actually 103. It is not worth buying.

Do not buy this!
I had this thermometer for 8 months and never got an accurate reading. I took it to my son's pediatrician to ask if I was using it wrong and she told me that it was junk and you can't get a reading for it.
I returned it shortly after that.

The most important thing about a thermometer is its accuracy. I checked my baby's temperature and it said 98 degrees. So I was not so worry. Thank god, my mother was with me and she touched the child and said he had fever. So, I tried my $7.00 thermomether and sure thing, he had 102 degrees. I paid over $35.00 for this thing that its worthless and DANGEROUS to your child. Too bad I cannot return it, but at least I'm taking the time to write this and save you from a possible bad experience.

I bought this after trying a ton of others and I was very, very pleased with it till I tried to buy the plastic probe covers. You can't find them anywhere. I also called Safety 1st and they couldn't help me either cause the product was to new and they weren't sure if it was going to stay on the shelf (whatever that means)
I do like it and would like to keep it. The light is so nice at night and it reads in less then a second.
SO I gave it a rating of a 4 only because of the trouble with the probe covers. I hope they resolve the problem soon...

I bought this thermometer looking for a quick and easy way to take my daughter's temperature when she was ill and it has never worked properly. Although I like how the protective sheilds are stored within the unit itself, it is hard to get them to stay on, and putting them on is a joke. Most importantly though, is the fact that the unit never gives a correct temp. I would suggest the digital ear thermometer by Braun if you you would like an ear thermometer, or just buy a cheap rectal thermometer for your little one. They are more accurate - and that's the temp. the pediatrican will ask you for anyhow. Don't waste your money on this one!

Easy to use, and fun. My 2YO daughter cannot get her temperature taken enough. She giggles when she hears the beep. I am glad I actually splurged the $10 and got the model with the light. The Safety 1st disposable plastic covers are impossible to find, but the generic CVS or Walgreen's ones (box of 40 covers is $5.99) work perfectly with this model.

when we bought this ear thermometer we thought it would be very helpfull, instead it has given us a pain in the neck. IT IS N-E-V-E-R ACCURATE. we tried it on me, on my wife and it doesnt seem to work. when i tried it,marked 34 c degrees which was completey false. same thing with my wife.... we tried i digital after i used the ear thermometer and it marked 37 degrees. please dont waste your money like that even if you have a lot!!!!!! i bought the braun one and it is just excellent!

Having had luck with other Safety 1st products, I figured this one was a winner too. Turns out to be a pain! I never get the same temperature twice, it's always different from what another reliable temperature says, it's uncomfortable in the ear canal (I tried it on myself, my husband and our child), and putting the probe covers on is awkward when you're trying to watch a little one. I changed the batteries and it worked normal (giving accurate readings for a change) for about 1 day. I need something reliable everytime, and would gladly spend more for something that works properly and consistently. Don't waste your money on this - or be sure to keep your receipt and the original packaging so you can return it.
My daughter DOES like the beep sound it makes.

This thermometer has NEVER gotten the temperature correct. It always guages up to 10 degrees too low. That is scarey to me. I never use this device. Last time I did. It said I was 96 degrees. But I was 103, and soooo cold. It does the same thing to the baby. So I don't trust it. I usually am very fair in my reviews, but this is really the only bad bad bad baby item I have. Go with a better brand.

After trying to decide between this thermometer and the Braun, I chose this one because it just seemed more advanced. It's worthless!! I took my daughter temp it read 103.9, 2 minutes later the nurse in the ER took it and it was really 106.5!! Our 'normal' temp NEVER reads more than 95.0.<br /> Really worthless!!