Don't waste your money, 26 Mar. 2014

I have to agree with others on here I work for the nhs and we have our own digital thermometers which prompted me to buy this as our work ones are pretty accurate. However the tommee tippee closer to nature is not so accurate as it likes to sell itself, like others have said the temperature reading is very sporadic going from 34c to 37.5c in my case on 3 tests which if you read the instructions it says take the test upto 3 times to give you an average but when you get one test that says 37.5 then the next one says 36.1 and the one after that says 34.5 then you switch to the other ear and get a reading of 36.5, 35.6, 34.3 you have to question how safe is the device to use?I don't know how this device actually got so many people giving it 5 stars I would look for something else I even emailed the company 3 times asking about the device and their only response to me.was refer to the instructions in the manual.

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Comparison with Braun Thermoscan 5 IRT4520, 16 May 2012

Comparison with Braun Thermoscan 5 IRT4520 Ear Thermometer

I have been using the Braun ThermoScan 5 IRT4520 Ear Thermometer

for 5 and half years now and have been really pleased with it.

There are a number of differences, but I would recommend either product to a new family.

Tommee Tippee Benefits

1. Speed of reading

The main benefit of the Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Digital Ear Thermometer is that the readings are much faster and when you have a poorly child on your hands, often the last thing they want you to do is put something in their ear and then be told they have to stay still for a moment - there have been many occasions in the past, when I have had to take several readings as my child has pulled away and there has been an error in the...

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Awful thermometer, 11 Nov. 2013

Don't waste your money on the tommy tippee thermometer. Our little one had fever and we could not get an accurate reading. Even replacing the sleeves and battery still did not give an accurate reading. It gave us a reading of between 37.5 to 42. Dreadful product that is currently being replaced by something different.

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