Of course, in the middle of all this Coronavirus mess, I don’t have a thermometer, and these are pretty much sold out in most retail stores here in the US.
Not that it will likely get here in any time to do me any good, but Gearbest and the other usual suspects are selling these “non contact” infra-red “gun style” thermometers. I had never priced these before so I can’t be sure if they are price gouging or not.
Is there anyone who tests these things, like they test lights, batteries, and chargers?
Short of buying a high-end hospital grade thermometer like a Welch-Allyn CareTemp for $250+ USD, what’s a good, reliable and reasonably accurate thermometer for home use?
I ordered an oral electric from Amazone, delivery was extended to 6 weeks so I cancelled the order.
Amazone did cancel but 10 weeks later it arrives in my mailbox crushed, DOA.
I have no suggestions.
If anyone locates old school mercury/glass thermometers please post it up.
BTW, if the nasal burning itch is caught early ZiCam works a treat on short circuiting colds/flu. Not sure about #19 but I have 4 - .5oz here to be used.
Pre pandemic you could have got one in the US at harbor freight for under $30. Big box stores $50 to $100 depending on features and brand. These are with the red laser? aiming light. They are useful for industrial and heating and cooling & automotive. Measuring on the forehead is not a good way to do with things but you can still sort of get a rough idea of potential issues. Opening the mouth and getting a temperature of the back of the throat or roof of the mouth is more consistent unless you just drank something cold or hot or your a mouth breather. Edit the reading at the roof of the mouth or the back of the throat is still going to be lower than your true body temperature but once you have a baseline and do it everyday you know where you should be. Some of them will record the highest reading so you don’t need a mirror to read the thing while it’s pointed in your mouth
It looks like you can find them in the US at Tractor Supply, possibly still at harbor freight and some auto parts stores. Just search for “infrared thermometer”. Anywhere from 15 to $30. If the red laser light scares you, you can easily cover it.
A button battery. My order cost <$15.
They can be oral, under arm or anal. Under arm is –1 degree, anal is +1 degree f.
My hope is we all get what we want, not what we deserve.
Looking online for awhile it seems all are out of stock.
Amazone from China is atleast 6 weeks out.
ir can be used to measure body temp, but… there is a big but, measure from 1\2-1 inch away, make sure forehead is dry, expect it to read low, so have medical grade thermometer to see how low, then you can add, that number to readings, we do that at work with fluke ir thermometers, they are very consistent if you keep them really close to forehead, but they read 1c lower, so we just add 1 degree to reading,
the infrared ones are not accurate enough for many reasons
one big one is, the skin temperature on the forehead will vary a LOT with ambient air temperature
a $200 one might compensate for that, and have some correction for human body temp, a $30 one will not
also the cheap ones may not even read tenths of a degree
if you just want to measure your own temp, get one that goes in your mouth, plus they are like $5
