Thanks to the ReliOn Temple Touch Mini Thermometer I now have a much simpler and quicker way of taking my sons temperature.
This handy little thermometer utilizes a unique sensor that rapidly samples the heat flowing from the blood vessels to the skin surface and translates it accurately to body temperature. How rapidly you wonder? Well, try 6-8 seconds. Operating the Temple Touch is just as quick and only involves 4 small steps:
*Press and release power button
*Wait for unit to beep twice
*Hold firmly to temple, wait for next beep.
*Read results.
If only it had arrived about 2 days sooner it would have been perfect timing. My son was bit last weekend by what we think was a spider. He wasn’t feeling well and I wanted to keep an eye on his temperature. I pulled out my little kit that I had bought before he was born. I soon discovered though that it was impossible to keep the digital thermometer under his armpit. He stood still for approximately a minute and the thing still hadn’t finished registering. In the end I wasn’t able to get an accurate reading and had to rely on my hand. It was a serious situation but not as serious as it could have been had he been ill with the flu or something worse.
I am completely prepared for the next time now that I have the Temple Touch. I already tested it out on my son several times and because he only had to sit still for 6 seconds, it was a breeze.
As far as I’m concerned I’ll never use another digital thermometer again.
More About The Temple Touch
The Temple Touch Mini Thermometer is a little more than 4 1/2 inches big. It sells for $12.99 on their site (They’re out of stock unfortunately) but I hear that they retail for less than $10 at Wal-Mart. It also comes ready to go with 2 AAA batteries, and best of all.. no tip covers needed!
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Giveaway (Now Closed)
Would you like your own Temple Touch Thermometer? Thanks to MomSelect (who set up this review) I have an extra to give away to 1 of my readers.
To enter do any (or all) of the following but make sure that for each one you do you leave a separate comment. Each comment counts as one entry. Please leave your correct email addy, especially if you do not have a blog. If I have no way of contacting you, your entries will be deleted before I choose the winner.
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Giveaway is open to ALL, 18 yrs of age or older. Any posts not including the requested information will be deleted. This giveaway ends: Sunday September 13, 2009 12am EST. Winner will be contacted and announced Monday September 14, 2009. In the event the winner does not respond within 3 days I will choose another random winner. I will be using random.org to do this.
And the lucky winner is: ….
#66 – Karen M.
Congrats!
A big thank-you as always to everyone who entered. This was one giveaway that I wish I had enough to give everyone who entered. Another thank-you of course to MomSelect for providing the product for review and giveaway.
156 Comments
I saw you in the product review place and would love to try it.
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we have a reg thermoter, but basically I feel the forehead and under thepit to see if they are hot.
Just an under the tongue thing, but it IS digital and hardly wants to work
I use a regular digital thermometer. I’d like to try this because I have to put the digital one under my daughters arm and wait and wait and wait and it’s such a fight because she hates it. This seems like it would be so much easier.
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I just use the old kind…a basic thermometer. yech I would love to try the giveaway one…seems quicker and simpler.
this would be great for a new baby! I use the Temporal Artery Thermometer but this would be good for baby shower
I don’t have a thermometer & could use one today. I have a runny nose…a cold coming on?
I currently use a rectal thermometer. I like this because it is less invasive. Thanks for the great contest
I use a regular Thermometer that has to be put in your mouth. This is very hard because my Son has Autism and we can not get him to let us put it in his mouth. This would be a lifesaver to us!
I use the ear thermometers and always seem to have to repeat it a few times to average out the readings due to variance in the readouts. I think this one will be more accurate and liked by little ones.
I have a crappy walgreens oral thermometer! It doesnt’ work well!
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I have an ear thermometer but this one would be easier since I have the worst time getting that ear thermometer into the ear right.
I use the one for the ear, and it’s hard to use on a wiggling child.
I currently use a traditional glass thermometer for measuring temps. I’d like to try this one out because I’m always worrying about glass breaking and mercury spilling out. Thanks for the giveaway!
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This would be much quicker than my ear one I use right now. Thanks for the chance.
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We currently use a digital rectal. A temple therm would certainly be a lot less intrusive than even an ear thermometer! I’m sure my daughter would appreciate it!
I am currently using a black strip which shows a green N (for no fever) or F (for fever) after a minute or two. I’d like to try the Temple Touch Mini Thermometer because it would be more accurate.
I use an ear thermometer – but it is a struggle to get my son to hold still long enough to get a good reading. I would love to try the Temple Touch!
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We use to use a digital in-ear thermometer but it broke recently. I’ve been looking to get a new digital one. This would be great! Thanks for offering it as a giveaway.
I have a reg thermoter (with Hg) and I’d like to try something more safe
I currently don’t have a thermometer and just use my hand to check my kids foreheads.
have a reg thermometer but with baby coming this winter it looks much easier to use this
Currently use an oral thermometer but with a new baby on the way this thermometer would be a big help.
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Currently, I use the disposable strips, but I am not convinced of their accuracy. I have a smaller digital thermometer, but my grandson doesn’t like it. They’re cranky when they are sick! This would allow the temple reading, with remarkable accuracy. Oh, boy, could I use that!
I currently use a simple digital thermometer, sometimes it took a long time to beep. I’d definitely want to try this one out if it only took 6 seconds to beep!
I use a digital, under-the-tongue thermometer. It would be great if i could use this one instead.
We currently use a digital thermometer, but I would like to try this one because it’s so hard to get a toddler to sit still long enough to obtain an accurate temperature.
Thank you.
i just use a regular old digital and this would be so much easier
I use an ear therometer now, I think this will be a quicker and more accurate reading. I won’t need to wake them up to take their temperature like the ear one I have now
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We use a regular oral digital thermometer. Something so simple as the Simple touch would provide a much easier way to obtain an accurate read.
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Hi there love your informative articles. Right now we have a mercury thermometer (really old) heard they can be dangerous….would love the ease of the temple thermometer
Thanks!
We use a Vicks underarm thermometer right now but sometimes it is hard to use on a squirmy baby and I feel bad holding his arm down for what feels like forever just to get a reading. This product sounds much easier!
Had a normal thermometer, not sure where its at now, was a basic mouth digital one, hehe like the idea of forehead reading, but is it really as accurate ?
I’m using the normal thermometer whereby it’s placed inside the mouth, and under the tongue… I think the Temple Touch Thermometer is really easy and convenient. Would really really hope to win it
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I have a regular old fashioned digital thermometer.
I don’t have a device. I use a kiss to the forehead. Mother love!!
I currently use a rectal thermometer, which is no fun for anyone, so I’d definitely like to give this one a try!
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i use an under the arm thermometer, but i think this one would be much easier with my fidgety two year old
I have a regular thermometer–I usually use it under the arm, but this one looks MUCH easier. I’d love to try it! Thanks!
I USE THE EAR. THIS ONE SEEMS A LOT EASIER
I have one of those ear ones but the batteries are dead :0
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We have a cheap digital thermometer. I would love to try this! Especially with flu season coming up, and swine flu going around, it would be great to quickly and easily know what the temperature is! Would love to win!
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Currently, I use my hand. I can judge pretty good, but this would obviously be much better!
Honestly? I currently use the back of my palm to gauge temps.
I currently use a digital thermometer. I would prefer to use a Temple Touch thermometer because I think it would be more accurate.
I use a Little Mermaid thermometer that never seems to work right!
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I currently use a regular digital thermometer and i try to hold my daughter down and hold it in her armpit and that is not working well at all.
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I currently use a regular oral thermometer; I’d like to switch to this because it seems easier and more comfortable.
I currently use an under the arm thermometer.
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I’ve been wanting to try one of these. I just have a regular digital thermometer and I think this would be much easier to use on a squirmy toddler. Thanks!
Right now I use a digital thermometer under the arm. I want this one because it would be so much faster and more accurate!
We have a basic digital thermometer. My 2.5 year old does not make temperature taking very easy, this would simplify matter. thanks!
I don’t use anything right now. My last thermometer quit on me.
We just use a standard one and this one would be so much easier to use then the standard one.
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We have an in-ear thermometer, but it is hard to get the baby to sit still! And impossible to take his sleeping temperature because he always wakes up when something goes in the ear. This would be great!
I currently use a digital ear thermometer… but I don’t think it’s all that reliable. I have to take my daughters’ temperatures a bunch of times before I can somewhat trust what it is telling me. I would love this because it seems so easy and accurate!
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We use a regular thermometer. I really like the review you did on this one.
I use the oral thermometer for my older kids and mostly rectal for my 1 year old due to the fact that our ear thermometer from Safety Forst is the worse piece of junk I have ever bought! My son can be burning up and it registers as 97 degrees. So i
I’ve been forced to get it from the little tush.
For the adults, I use an old mercury thermometer; for my infant, I use rectal digital thermometer. It would be nice to have a safer, quicker, and easier method overall.
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An oral digital thermometer – which all too often causes gagging.
We have a digital oral one, but its very uncomfortable.
I’m a poor grad student, so I use the good old hand touch to the forehead method, and if I feel bad enough, I will use the doctor’s thermometer at his/her office!
I currently use the digital one that you put under the arm but not always sure about its accuracy!! Would love to try this out!
I’m currently using an ear thermometer.. I would love to try something less invasive
I am using a digital thermometer that I have had forever – would love to try this kind though!
I am currently using an ear thermometer, but am terrible at it. Can’t even get my own temp right!
I have a older oral thermometer
I use a digital under the arm thermometer but when kids are sick they don’t want to sit with it under their arm and wait for it to beep.
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I use a walgreens basic thermometer.. takes forever, makes things worse with a 19 month old.
Hi, I’m not using any thermometer. When I’m feeling feverish, usually I’ll just pop over to the nearest clinic. I would really love to try this one because it will save me all the trouble of going to a clinic.
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I have an Exergen, but it is not as accurate as I would like. Thank you
We use a digital thermometer, and it’s ok, but I’d like something more accurate and less invasive.
We just use a regular thermometer for taking temps. I would love to win because it seems like a better way to take temps. Thanks for the chance!
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We use a digital type thermometer but not sure how accurate it is anymore. This would be better as I think it would be easier to use and accurate.
I currently use a digital thermometer. I think temporal thermometers are the most accurate
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Well, we use a regular old digital thermometer or my hand (lol).
That said, I would love to win this for the couple who’s baby I am carrying (surrogacy).
Thank you!!
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