Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer by Exergen

I love this thing. Anytime the mirror isn’t doing me any favors, I turn to this thermometer for a second opinion. One day it tells me I’m cool 😎, the next day it says I’m hot 🔥—honestly, the confidence boost alone is worth it. All jokes aside, it’s incredibly easy to use and seems very accurate. I especially love not having to disinfect it after every use like an oral thermometer, and I don’t have to deal with buying refills or wasting plastic like with ear thermometers. I take my temperature daily, so it’s super convenient to just grab and go. It has memory, so if you forgot to write down the last reading or if it powers off before you record it, you can easily look back. Bonus: my 8-year-old can use it all by himself without any issues, which says a lot about how simple it is.

Having previously tried several ear and forehead thermometers, I had concluded that they were just annoying to use and/or hopelessly inaccurate. Based on some general research, as well as other reviews I decided to give this one a try. I am pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to use - hold it against the center of the forehead, press the button until it beeps and slide gently to the left (or right, I guess) over to the temple. It'll beep a few more times, but is ready to read. I checked it against normal temps and also compared it with some known accurate traditional methods in fever situations; I conclude that it's one of the most accurate thermometers I've owned. The only caveat I would mention is that if the place it's stored is on the chilly side, the readings seem to be more accurate if I take a minute or two to warm it up under a shirt to point where it no longer feels cold to the touch. Not sure why that is, but for me it produced the best results. Overall, highly recommended.

Best thermometer. Our son has a compromised immune system so he tends to get sick a bit more than usual. We have tried many thermometers in the past but keep on coming back to this one. We have even tried expensive ones from CVS and Walgreens and nothing comes close to this. Frm ease of use to accuracy of the reading this is our go to thermometer.

Would have been 5 stars if the battery compartment cover could be easily - or even not so easily - removed. I can't believe this issue isn't reflected in the reviews to a greater extent but that likely is due to the battery being already installed. I needed a small screw driver to deflect the locking tab and the cover was still somewhat difficult to remove. And this wasn't a one-off - I sent the first one back and this was a replacement. And I decided I would remove the cover one way or another with this one. Again, the device looks to be a quality product and the readings are repeatable. I'll update my review if needed.

This is my third one of these. Like them better than no touch ones. Easy to use and seem accurate.