Best thermometers for RT

@Kiri ,

I saw your post. If you want to use other than digitals, there is the GERATHERM option. But if you’re let’s say, “ old school” and would prefer the older ( hardly commercially available) mercury glass thermometers, your best bet is an auction site . E bay has a number of the “‘pear shaped bulb” thermometers , and some with “lRECTAL” etched on them.

Hope this helps.

With my gf we started with digital but I found that boring so I got a Geratherm which has a metal tip and feels nice when inserted and also when the hole is teased with it. Takes an accurate temperature too.

In some video of medical examinations I saw one that caught my attention, it was digital but it was a rod connected by a cable to a monitor that showed the temperature. Although I prefer the old ones, this one caught my attention.

I’m lucky i still have old fashioned glass thermometers still at home. only using those

It would be great to go back in time . Have a nurse pull out a red tip stubby end thermometer shake it down tell you to roll over because you know it’s going in your butt the feeling of a glass thermometer sliding in as she eased it in . You notice that you have very little privacy like in a emergency room setting people walking by can see the thermometer sticking from your butt.

The best thermometers for RT fetish are the glass, mercury type which are often available on eBay, albeit at increasingly exorbitant prices. Make sure that you're buying the thermometer itself and not just a case or box, as these are items are also available for collectors of that kind of ephemera.

They sell ones that look like glass mercury ones now that operate the same. They are flat and wider, not circular like the old mercury ones. Usually in a clear case with a green tip cap. Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens, they all sell them. That is as close to the old ones as you can get without the ebay price!

Yeah, the green topped ones are the oral ones. The rectal ones are red. They’re a European style thermometer I’ve seen them.

@Browser I just bought a Gerber brand Baby Rectal old fashion glass thermometer….it came in the mail yesterday! I bought it brand new off of eBay

@Luvbottomtemps ,

Hi. Saw your post. FYI: I periodically sell the old glass mercury thermometers on eBay. I try and locate ones with pear shaped bulbs and the word RECTAL on them/ and a red top either a red mark or red tri top.

So keep watching.

While they are currently hard to procure, I highly suggest glass rectal thermometers for vets. They tend to be a bit thicker and longer which we all enjoy, and my guess is they are a bit stronger to be durable in the field- literally.

Actualy, a glass thermometer is my favourite. And the best of a glass rectal therpppeter is the hypothermic thermometer. It is the longestthermometer that I have found.

@Kenw is there actually any difference between Geratherm “rectal” and “oral” except for the color?

In France a single model is sold suitable for both

No just color🌡️

@kenw I own a rectal Geratherm I think I bought it from the kids supply aisle not adult health

Walmart dot com has a “spirit filled thermometer” that replicates an old fashioned mercury thermometer pretty well. It won’t give you an accurate reading but it will give you an accurate feeling if you experienced the glass rod growing up.