What type of thermometer is best for taking your own rectal temperature?

I recently became interested in rectal temps. I have a couple of digital thermometers (One of which is fairly new and has not been used yet – it is going to be my oral when my parents are with me), but I would like something that takes a little longer to register.

I have read that candy thermometers are better; however, the risk of breaking it is concerning to me (especially since I do not have a significant other to hold it, and I am too embarrassed to tell my parents about my newfound interest).

I need a thermometer that I can take my own temperature with, can withstand the force of the butt cheeks, is longer and wider than a traditional rectal thermometer, and that takes longer to register than a digital.

Compared to the majority of posters, I am new to rectal temps. Anyone have any suggestions as to what type of thermometer I should buy that meet the above criteria?

By the way, I refuse to use a veterinary thermometer because I cannot get one while being discreet about it.

MuddQT what is the problem with buying a veterinary thermometer? I have never been asked why I'm buying one or two at a time at a Tractor Supply store.

I mean, I guess I could order one online…that way, it would come in a package and I could open it in private…

Just go to a farm store and bu one. They will not blink an eye. If someone asks you what kind of animal you have tell them an 80lb mut dog.

I could not find any veterinary thermometers at our local TSC’s website; therefore, my assumption is that they do not carry them in store. So, I gave in and purchased four durable glass thermometers from amazon.com: two of them are candy, and the other two are rectal style glass thermometers. Now, I just have to make sure my parents don’t open the packages when they get here, and find a lockbox or something that I can put the thermometers in so they won’t find out (my parents are who I was referring to when I said I couldn’t buy a veterinary thermometer while being discreet – not the store employees).

I use just a regular electric thermometer

I just use a digital thermometer that's flexible fast reading easy to use as well

I really want to check a girls temperature in her butt using one of the thermometers they use in the hospitals