Best thermometers for RT

Any particular recommendations for the best rectal thermometers? Digital is becoming boring 😃

Can’t go wrong with the Geratherm rectal.

I completely agree digital is boring! I don't know about availability in the UK but my personal favorite has become a veterinary thermometer, specifically for me the SharpTemp brand. It's just a little thicker and a little longer than standard clinical thermometers, with alcohol or some other filler for registering the temperature. No batteries!

My girlfriend used to say : " my favorite rectal thermometer is your penis''.

The bigger the better

Check out ebay. The site often has an array of glass rectal thermometers

@Kiri I have a Geratherm. Normal use is thin tip in, but you can push part of the thicker body in if you wish.

IMO for accuracy ( gold standard of temperature taking) a glass mercury thermometer with the pear shaped bulb.

@Browser ,

I will be putting some up in the coming days..on E bay.

Long veterinary thermometers are fun:

https://www.vet-way.com/all-products/vet-essentials/krusse-digi-temp-digital-thermometer-for-large-animals/

Also, Terumo used to sell an electronic thermometer with a shaft that was twice as thick as ordinary thermometers but I couldn't find an image.

I have never liked European style thermometers I like the American style ones.

@kenw They have long not been manufactured, right? So the only way is to buy them used?

You can find the American style ones on eBay, but they’re very expensive.🌡️

A glass candy thermometer is always nice

Mothers Boy. That's a good idea, with Valentine's Day coming up!

A few friends have cautioned against the candy thermometer as the glass isn’t think enough to be safe? I haven’t any experience with one so happy to hear what others who have used them think.

Also what’s the differences between European and American style? I can’t find anything online that explains succinctly

American style thermometers look like a pencil with a bulb on the end the European style ones are wider overall and then even get wider still after about the 2 inches they also have a paper card in them with the temperature numbers on it where the American style one it’s painted right on the glass

@kiri These are European style

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They used to contain mercury, then some other liquids were used. This is the kind of thermometer that visited my behind quite often as I was growing up. Normally only the thin tip is inserted (but some people insert more for play).

American style is

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These "American style" thermometers were no longer on sale in the US when I visited that country in the 1990s; European-style glass thermometers were however available there. I've never seen an "American style" thermometer in real life. My impression is that they were meant to be inserted deeper than the tip of the European ones.

If you're going to go with a candy thermometer, LOT'S of lube and VERY careful insertion!! While fun, the glass is thin and you DON'T want breakage in the hiney!!!

I've used them with great effect but be careful!!

@1Rangerboy2 that’s what I’ve been told a few times 😃 I don’t think we will go with that.

Glas Thermometers are the best and then with the flared tip. But they are rare.

A while back I visited a playdr for a session, and he used a large vintage cattle thermometer on me 😄 That was lovely.

If we’re at that point in the exam, I’d never tell her to stop cause it’s the wrong thermometer lol.

But I do prefer traditional glass ones, not plastic digital. Of course when I was a teen, we used other things and pretended it was a thermometer 😁

I think that the thermometer, although important, if it wraps the atmosphere of the game well. With any thermometer it can be very exciting

Unfortunately, the vintage glass American version with the pear shaped bulb, was discontinued years ago, and are currently available on eBay for outrageous prices. If you’re lucky enough to find one at a flea market, or antique store, you might get it at a good price, and in working condition. I have never seen a digital thermometer that can create the incredible rectal sensation of those old thermometers., when they’re in the right hands. If you’re traveling to Europe, you might find a glass thermometer, filled with a non-toxic liquid, but my understanding is that they no longer use rectal thermometers there either.

Glass Mercury thermometer still the best

@JJM It seems that a sizeable part of the adult French population take their temperature rectally (I saw numbers in a medical thesis and they seemed quite high, I was even surprised) but most would just use an electronic thermometer with a probe, not a glass thermometer. For a younger child, a flexible tip electronic thermometer in the rectum is the easiest precise way; one would certainly not use a glass thermometer, which takes much more time.

A Taylor “Instanta” glass rectal thermometer that my mother passed down when my husband and I were married 41 years ago still measures an accurate temp (thanks Mom!)

For several years, particularly when our two girls were little, It was our family thermometer of choice. And on occasions if I were sick and running a fever, it just felt “nice” when my husband offered a little TLC and rolled me over to take my temperature. Sometimes I got back at him. He was very quiet with a thermometer in his behind.

I bought a digital for oral use about 20 years ago. Battery died once, and we used the Taylor a time or two.

I bought another digital sometime before COVID. When older daughter moved back home and got the virus with a high fever, I took her temp with the Taylor. It was still spot-on accurate. Not a big deal with her, that’s what rectal thermometers are for. (thanks again, Mom!)

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago my SharpTemp veterinary thermometer that gets the most use. However for a more classic one I enjoy the Tem-Con which I purchased on eBay several years ago. Classic size with red tip and stubby bulb, this came in a box of six. The box is perhaps the most interesting part. It's labelled "Thermometers Clinical, Human, Rectal (6)" and also appears to have what appears to be a NATO stock number which leads me to believe it may be military surplus. Anyway I enjoy using it.