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Basal Digital Thermometer | 
 enlarge | Brand: BD
Category: Health And Beauty
Buy New: $10.30
New (2) from $9.25
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1406
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 2.8 x 2.5
Model: 524560
UPC: 382905245602
EAN: 0382905245602
ASIN: B001AM43VY
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 Reliable basal thermometer July 29, 2008
Jessica
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I prefer this thermomether to one that I bought at Target for a few reasons. First, the unit beeps while measuring the temperature--this helps keep me awake since I take my temp when my alarm sounds in the morning. Also, the display lights up, allowing me to see the temp in my darkened room.
accurate and reliable September 16, 2008
ssnyc (NY, NY)
This is a good digital thermometer. I measure my basal temperature every morning, and it is very simple and easy to read. I recommend it.
Still on the fence August 11, 2008
Heather (Stockton, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this thermometer last week and I'm still not sure how I like it. It does do the beeping thing as stated but what I don't like is its easy to delete the last temperature reading. After it beeps that its done, it doesn't light up so I have to turn it on again to look at the temp. Then later, if I didn't write it down, I'm screwed because its now deleted since I had to turn it on to view it the first time. It seems to only hold the last temp until you turn it on again. Problem is....you have to turn it on to view it the first time! Also, as with all digital thermometers, I really don't like how its designed. Hard to keep a top-heavy thermometer in place without holding it. Kind of annoying, but like I said, thats with all digital therm's. Overall, I suppose this one is equal to any other therm. I've used so I've rated it 4 stars. Nothing special but I did like the free shipping...
UPDATE: Now that I've used it for a week I'm deciding I don't like this one. Concept is great but it doesn't stay lighted long enough to read it. Also, I'm wondering if it is truly working correctly because no matter what time it is...my temp is always the same--97.3. I think it must be broken. Will be trying a different brand. I'm really disappointed in this item!!
 Just OK July 31, 2008
D. Johnson (Wheaton, Illinois USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
While this BDT Thermometer works fine as far as taking temperatures, mine doesn't make a sound. It is too cheap of an item to return since the shipping costs to AMAZON would make them lose money on the deal.
It takes temperatures but because the "beeps" don't beep, you have to be careful to take your temperature correctly.
My second complaint is that all of the documentation provided with the product talks exclusively about female ovulation. While that is the major reason people buy this type of thermometer, it isn't the only reason.
Since I am a 61 year old man, I could care less about ovulation unless I had a girlfriend who was young enough to concieve. Even then I wouldn't care since my wife would kill me anyway . What I DO care about are the other usages for a basal thermometer such as checking thyroid functionality or just getting a more accurate temperature reading than regular thermometers give you.
There isn't a single word about how to use this thermommeter for anything but getting ovulation information.
So I rated it at 3 stars because it does work, but not the way it was intended to work since the beeps tell you audibly if the device is operating correctly since when you turn it on it does a self test and beeps to tell you it passed the test. Without the auditory beep, you have to visually verify that it passed the turn on self test.
Then the three rapid beeps it is supposed to give out when you have had the thermometer in place long enough or have put properly in place to get an accurate reading being absent will lead to some number of false readings. Since the places you take your temperature don't allow you to visually check the process you just have to guess you have it propperly seated and have it in place for the correct amount of time.
 Frustrating basal thermometer November 5, 2008
Katy Scott
This thermometer does not seem to be well made. Although it is supposed to beep regularly until the triple beep at the end, many times it does not do so (either the regular beeping or the triple beep), so you have no idea if it is working. When it does beep, it makes a sound like it is shorting out. The beep is also extremely loud (when it does work) - loud enough to wake up my husband, who has no problem sleeping through the baby's cries. As another reviewer mentioned, the light display can be frustrating as well and it's easy to lose the temperature if you don't write it down the first time you check it. I would not buy this product again or recommend it to others in search of a reliable bbt.
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