MAGICLULU 1Pc Glass Oral Temperature Adult Free Clinic Armpit Fast Reading Fever Indicator(Double Scale)

I bought this because my battery-powered thermometer turned out to be dead the last time I tried to use it. Either the battery died on its own or a failed to turn it off before putting it away the time before. Since it uses a hearing-aid battery that took three weeks to appear in the local store last time a new battery was needed, I decided to go retro.I have not actually used this so cannot speak to how accurate it is. Frankly, consistency is more important to me anyway. But I can say this:1. I have no reason to believe this is not a new unit, properly assembled and well-packed.2. I did have problems shaking the temp down. I put it in the refrigerator (/not/ the freezer!) for a while. It dropped some but, more usefully, it then responded to being shaken by actually moving the mercury down the tube. Whether this is only needed the first time or will always be needed is unknown.So I am happy with my purchase.

This product was inoperable and likely the result of poor quality control. The issue was there was no temperature reading which was likely due to the indicator (mercury) not being able to expand into the tube. To watch the response to temperature I heated a small amount of water and put the thermometer in it. The bulb immediately broke due to the expansion of the mercury. I suspect the problem was that the mercury bulb was sealed during the manufacturing process and had no place to go during expansion. So not only do I not have a thermometer, I had to deal with the disposal of the mercury. Cannot recommend this product.

Almost didn’t get this based on the reviews but am so glad I did! If you’re feeling the same and on the fence — read this!I’ve been looking for a good mercury thermometer as a welcomed alternative to constantly replacing the battery in our digital one. I was particularly hoping to find one that could read in both Fahrenheit AND Celsius and was excited to find this option in my search. This thermometer absolutely delivered! It gives you the best of both worlds, is accurate in its reading (we compared it with our digital one), and easy to reset — if this is your first mercury thermometer, the key is to carefully “shake it like a Polaroid picture” a few times to get the line back down.

No reading at all, thermometer is useless.

Whether you put this in your mouth or under your armpit I feel this has got to be better than any of those digital thermometer. I wish I had looked for one sooner because I bought severl of the others and never had any luck. Therefore while these tend to sit around the house if you keep it in the medicine cabinet at least you know that its in a safe place or quite honestly you know your going to get a reading within a couple minutes which will be reliable and accurate. You just have to shake before each use so as to get the proper tools. Something tells me my grandmothers knew the coming of age with computers and such are only as good as the people that use them and so so correctly. You need to disinfect after each use but because it is. Glass I don’t like to handle with my shaky finger. I am very happy with this item and will get another when or if it needs replacing.

Exactly like the pictures it's good for temperatures readings

I’d looked everywhere for an old fashioned oral thermometer. NO BATTERIES NEEDED. LOVE IT! Very inexpensive also.

This thermometer didn’t work from the moment I received it. The numbers on the display are also too small, making it hard to read. I tried several tests just to be sure, but it still didn’t work at all. Since it was so cheap, I didn’t bother returning it, but I would definitely recommend buying a different thermometer.