Customer Reviews

Safety 1st Hospital's Choice Accu Scan Ear Thermometer

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(40)

 

 

I also was having trouble finding replacement probe covers for this model of thermometer. So I e-mailed Safety 1st's consumer relations department, and, happily, I received a reply the next day. Although Safety 1st no longer carries this model, I was told that CVS makes a cover that fits this thermometer (CVS brand UPC # 50428 01604). If, like me, you live in a city that doesn't have a CVS, you can get them online at cvs.com. Do a search for 16048 and that will take you to the CVS brand of this type of probe cover. A box of 40 was $5.99, and with S/H, the total was less than $11. Cheap compared to a whole new thermometer. I hope this helps some of my fellow parents.

This thermometer was inacurate. It read a temperature at 96.5 when the braun read it at 102. I immediatley took it back. It is well worth the extra money to buy the braun.

i got this for a baby shower gift and i ended up going out and buying a cheap digital one. this thermometer does not give accurate readings. i used it on my daughter and it read 94.3, to me that is pretty bad when i used the other one got a reading of 98. i suggest buying the cheap digital ones instead. i would rate this product at 0 stars but there is no 0 rating. so i had to give it a 1

This product is advertised in a misleading fashion:
it says that it is for all ages but it is not. Unfortunately I did not find that out until attempting to use it on my sister's visiting sick 12 week old baby.

It's scary enough dealing with a baby's fever without hearing from every doctor that you talk to that the thing is inaccurate on infants. This should be acknowledged in the packaging not (as it is) buried in the fine print of the directions. It is also very difficult to follow the instructions, and we wasted quite a few of the probe covers trying to figure it out.

DON"T BUY THIS AS PREPARATION FOR A NEW BABY. Go the old-fashioned rectal thermometer way, that's what your pediatrician would recommend.

We have not had a problem with this thermometer, except for the past year we've been unable to use it. Why? We cannot find replacement covers - anywhere! Not in stores and when we did finally order from online, the company cancelled the order due to no product. Ours only came with 10 lens covers - hardly enough to keep using after a year. Unless you know where you can get replacement covers, I suggest to NOT buy this item.

THIS PRODUCT IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE TRASH....INACCURATE READINGS & HARD TO FIT COVERS. MAKES NEW PARENTS LIKE US WORRY MORE WHEN IT READS TEMP OF A NON FEVERISH BABY AT 101!
DON'T WASTE YOUR $$$!

We bought this thermometer for our first child b/c we had heard so much about the ease of these types of thermometers vs. traditional rectal thermometers. However, we found it to gave frequent inaccurate readings. Readings would change dramatically from one reading to the next (only a few minutes apart). We never trusted it as a result and always ended up taking rectal temps. Our doctor even said that the most accurate temps are rectal anyway and not to trust these ear thermometers completely. It ended up collecting dust on our changing table & we stick to traditional temps. A waste of money!

I was "told" by doctor that the ear scan thermometers are not very accurate for infants, and found this to be true. You can take the temperature of the baby three times in a row, and get a different reading, each time. We use a standard digital thermomter under the armpit, or recatally, for accuracy. This item is overpriced, and when it comes to the critical neccessity of having an accurate temperature to determine illness in an infant, it is just too much to chance. I have heard these are more consistent in toddlers, so save it for when baby gets older. We are sticking with the tried and true.
Don't waste your money or time, in fact, ask your doctor, they never reccommend these to babies under a year.

I like the thermometer, but I can't find a local store in my area that sales them. I even went to the store where I bought it, and they can't order any covers, and they don't sell them...Its a good product, and I do get an error message at times too, but I like it. I would reccommend this product if you have a local store that sales the cover. Overall its a pretty good thermometer.

We purchased this product when my 14 month old son was around 5 months old and we LOVE IT!! We have taken his temperature when he is sleeping and it doesn't even disturb him. This is by far one of those can't live without baby items.