These reviews will help you pick the best ear thermometer 2018.
Before spending money, it is important to know exactly what you are buying. But there are so many products on our market and difficult to find most suitable ear thermometer for your needs. We took our time to research and pick up 4 ear thermometers and provide the comparison tables and in-depth reviews to help to find the best one for family use.
Why do we need an ear thermometer in family ?
- Ear thermometer provides great helps when someone is comes down with a fever.
- Ear thermometer can monitor child’s temperature
- Ear thermometer is simple and convenient to use compare with other device
- Ear thermometer can takes away the guesswork for non-professionals and provide accurate and quick to read.
| Product | Braun IRT6520 | Braun IRT6500 | iProven MT-489 | Innovo INV-EF100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read review | Read review | Read review | Read review | |
| Price | ||||
| High Fever Alarm |  |  | | |
| LCD Diplay | | | | |
| Weight | 4.6 ounces | 6.2 ounces | 4 ounces | 3.2 ounces |
| Memory | 9 times | 1 times | 20 times | 20 times |
| Ear Mode | | | | |
| Forehead Mode | | | Touch Forehead | Touch Forehead |
1. BRAUN IRT6520 – Best thermometer for baby (Editor choice)
This thermometer is a litte expensive than others but it’s worth it. Braun IRT6520 is best baby thermometer and it adopted more advanced technology, Precision and test speed have been improved but also introduces the Age Precision ™ function, make the machine more intelligent and great convenient for use. It’s most useful for whole family at this price point.
Compare with Braun IRT6500,it’s a little expensive but it can read more faster and accurate. It have good temperature guidance and the colour coded display will help you understand the temperature reading.By the way it’s the updated version of IRT4520.
Features and Performance
The IRT6520 is newest version of Braun serials, it’s upgraded from IRT4520 and best use for babies. From official site, it describe the feature clearly.
- No.1 brand used and recommended by doctors.
- Age Precision® Technology for age adjustable fever guidance.
- Colour coded display for easy interpretation of results.
- Patented pre-warmed tip ensures accuracy.
- ExacTemp® guidance system function . Light & beep alert for accurate positioning
- Fast, gentle and easy to use
- Front panel display with night light
- Stores the last 9 temperature readings.
- Excellent accuracy.
- Quick measure and easy read.
- No guess work for non-professionals.
- Large illuminated screen and can read in a darkened room.
- Remember the last 9 temperature
- Easily switches the models between Fahrenheit and Celsius
- Simple, beautiful and practical.
- It’s a little expensive than others.
- Someone will feel troublesome to set select the patient’s age when use.
- Need careful to protect the probe and keep it far away from water..
Conclusion
Braun IRT6520 is best baby thermometer and use exclusive pre-warmed technology to minimizes the cooling effect of a cool probe tip and keep the accuracy when do repeatable measurements. Helps you to interpret your child’s temperature taking into account their exact age. With new Age Precision®, you get the accuracy and peace of mind you need. Finally, the introduction of the backlight is definitely an important benefits. It’s most useful for whole family at this price point.What’s more, Braun is a premium German brand and Braun ThermoScan® is already regarded as a benchmark for accuracy and is widely used and endorsed by doctors around Europe and it provide excellent accuracy measurement and best baby thermometer.
2. BRAUN IRT6500 – Best Cost-effective one for family (Best value)
This thermometer is the Cost-effective one among braun products and it design to give you some peace of mind when your child comes down with a fever. it take TehmoScan 5 with ExacTemp technology has all the features you could ever want in a thermometer. IRT6500 is completelyIRT4520 and IRT6520 intermediates. IRT4520 technology (5) ThermoScan, IRT6520 shape.
Compare with IRT4520 (old-high-end) Measurement accuracy are exactly the same but more beautiful, Compare with IRT 6520 it’s more cheaper.Compare with Braun IRT6500, it’s a little expensive but it can read more faster and accurate, details will show in compared table. It have good temperature guidance, Simply select your child’s age and take temperature, base on age of child , the colour coded display will help you understand the temperature reading. By the way it’s the updated version of IRT4520.
Features and Performance
The IRT6500 pay attention to your baby’s healthy. Compared with the IRT6520, the function is similar, but the IRT6500 is more convenient, easier to operate, it’s cost-effective one for babies.
- Patented ExacTemp™ pre-warmed tip for improved accuracy
- Guidance system function to ensure the correct positioning inside the ear
- Recalls the last temperature
- Recommended for infants, children and adults
- Accurate and quick
- Large screen and easy to ready
- Remember the last one temperature. If you need more , you can choose RTF6520.
- Easily operate.
- Design is simple and beautiful
- Not expensive
- Can’t read in a darkened room.
- Only remember the last one temperature.
- No guidance on temperatures
- Need careful to protect the probe and keep it far away from water.
Conclusion
IRT6500 take TehmoScan 5 with ExacTemp technology has all the features you could ever want in a thermometer. especially the accurateing readings (If you repeat monitoring, it have been been +/- 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit – more than acceptable) and humanized design although it lacks some things but It is really worth having one at this price point.
3. INV-EF100 – Best forehead thermometer for family (am
This thermometer is the best one among forehead temprature products and The #1 recommended forehead thermometer by doctor and pediatricians. It takes new infrared detection technology and human design.It has a dual mode and be used as both ear and forehead and provide service for child from bay to adulthood.
Compare with TempIR No-Touch , it have less remain times but the accuracy is more exactly , the design is small and beautify. Nearly the same with iProven MT-489. Compare with Braun IRT6520 , recommended for children over 6 month old.
Features and Performance
The INV-EF100 pay attention to your family healthy. And design to be both an ear thermometer and a forehead thermometer, ear thermometer recommend for age above 1 and forehead recommend for all ages.
- Accurate reading, Clinically have tested and proven the Infra-red lens upgraded in all 2016 model
- Dual Mode, It can measure via forehead (suitable for all ages) or ear (recommended for children over 1 year old). Provide service for baby to adulthood.
- Memory remains: Can remain the latest 20 readings. And provide reading in Fahrenheit or Celsius.
- Easy used and quick reading. LCD display and reading in darkness room.
- Alarm when temperature exceeds 99.5°F
- Accurate and quick
- Large screen and easy to read
- Remember the last 20 temperature
- Dual model
- Safety
- The screen is not backlit
- High Fever Alarm can’t be turn off
- No guidance
Conclusion
Innovo INV-EF100 used For any age, because it is safety, no danger and do not cause pain. Innovo INV-EF100 take new infrared detection technology and through a large number of clinical testing accuracy is higher , compare with other forehead Thermometer s , it’s really worth at the price. As mentioned. If used for newborn braun IRT6520 will be better because of Age Precision® Technology for age adjustable fever guidance.
4. iProvén DMT-489 – Best forehead thermometer for family
This thermometer is recommended among forehead temprature products and it passed medical tests and FDA approved. It takes new infrared detection technology and human design. It provides great helps when someone is comes down with a fever. It has a dual mode and be used as both ear and forehead and provide service for child from bay to adulthood.
Compare with TempIR No-Touch , it have less remain times but the accuracy is more exactly , the design is small and beautify. Nearly the same with Innovo INV-EF100. Compare with Braun IRT6520 , recommended for children over 6 month old.
Features and Performance
The iProvén DMT-489 is very good choice at this price among forehead products compare with other iProvén products. And design to be both an ear thermometer and a forehead thermometer, ear thermometer recommend for age above 1 and forehead recommend for all ages.
- Accurate reading.
- Dual Mode, It can measure via forehead (suitable for all ages) or ear (recommended for children over 6 month old). Provide service for baby to adulthood.
- Memory remains: Can remain the latest 20 readings. And provide reading in Fahrenheit or Celsius.
- Easy used and quick reading. LCD display and reading in darkness room.
- Alarm when temperature exceeds 99.5°F
- Accurate and quick. Same with INV-EF100.
- Large screen and easy to read.
- Memory function. Remember the last 20 temperature, it’s enough to used.
- Easily operate and read.
- Safety, it’s a digital infrared thermomenter and not contain any mercury.
- Dual model, take both forehead and ear temperature.
- High Fever Alarm can’t be turn off when a fever is detected.
- No guidance on temperatures , IRT6520 and many of others thermometers can show you tips to help you understand the reading (color coded Green-Yellow-Red or different beeps).
- Need careful to protect the probe and keep it far away from water.
Conclusion
IProvén DMT-489 take infrared detection technology and through a large number of clinical testing accuracy is higher , compare with other forehead thermometers , It’s accurate but a little difficult to use in my opinion. The accuracy is ±0.2˚C /±0.4˚F. it’s really worth at the price. As mentioned. If used for newborn braun IRT6520 will be better because of Age Precision® Technology for age adjustable fever guidance. Body temperatures between 36.0˚C and <37.6˚C or 96.8˚F and <99.7˚F are considered normal body temperatures.