Which is the Best Rectal Thermometer ?

For me, not even a question here .... MERCURIAL, GLASS! Does any other type exist?

For me, the old glass mercury thermometers are the ones I prefer. I really don't like the digital ones, or the ear thermometers either.

Sadly, I guess when I am in the hospital next month I shall have to live with infrared scans on my forehead for temps.

Doc and I tend to be pretty much realists so using a candy thermometer is about as stupid as putting a stethoscope on a vagina as far as accuracy is concerned. Mashie

Mashie, you do have a way with words...

LOL Srg, Well you know me personally and in real life and I am guessing by now you know that I don't beat around the bush all to often.

You know, Doc is a New Englander and people on the East coast tend to be somewhat reserved and proper, polite and not crass. I think when Doc and I first got together I scared and shocked him maybe with my bluntness and crassness. I think he was a little taken aback. So now I warn him when I am getting ready to say something that is a bit too crass for his comfort level, lol. I will ask him, "are you ready for my crass statement of the day"? And if he says yes, then I tell him what it is I am thinking, lol. Half the time my crass statement of the day gives him a chubby, so I think he somewhat likes my crass statements of the day, lol.

Mashie

The one someone else uses on you. That's the best.

To be honest, a well made glass mercury rectal thermometer is as accurate as you can get for the money. But for those out there who are mercury toxin squeamish, the higher end digital thermometers like we use in the hospital is actually as accurate, but at a high cost. A good quality, American made B-D or Atlas mercury rectal thermometer could've been had for less than a couple dollars, but a hospital grade Welch-Allyn digital will set you back several hundred dollars. The thing with mercury rectal thermometers and safety, is not to insert it up the rectum more than 2 inches. Anything much further than that can result in breakage, and it's also uncomfortable sometimes, especially for children. I've also found that the Geratherm thermometers with mercury alternative alloy is highly accurate, but the glass is somewhat flimsy.

To be honest, a well made glass mercury rectal thermometer is as accurate as you can get for the money. But for those out there who are mercury toxin squeamish, the higher end digital thermometers like we use in the hospital is actually as accurate, but at a high cost. A good quality, American made B-D or Atlas mercury rectal thermometer could've been had for less than a couple dollars, but a hospital grade Welch-Allyn digital will set you back several hundred dollars.

And an Exergen temporal thermometer used in a number of local hospitals will cost more than a hundred and fifty dollars above the Welch Allen.

It's not the best but I have a wax thermometer for making candles. It's not that easy to read but it's thick and long so I can always feel its presence

What I use is glass mercury thermometer but I also own a digital one too. 😉 😜

Whenever temperatures are taken in our home, mom's old mercury rectal thermometer is used. I also "inherited' a basal thermometer that my husband used when we were following my fertility chart. My temperature was also taken rectally every morning of my chart days.

I think a mercury one works best .

Please avoid the TruTemp thermometers, they are a bit excessive. https://d2pbmlo3fglvvr.cloudfront.net/product/full/Z0t6HwqcpEx_.JPG

The meat thermometer was a joke, right? Especially with the pointed end, which could perforate your rectum!

I use those thermometers with moderate frequency.

I like to puncture the abdominal wall and take the liver temperature of my dead recalcitrant submissives.

(joke x2)

Agree with Lance29, whichever one is being used in you or you are using in them!

I prefer the longer glass mercury ones, reminds me of old times as a young person and later a husband to a kinky lady.

If only I could find a RT playmate in central West Oregon!

greg

I prefer the old-fashioned rectal thermometers with real mercury.

@ switchablesusie - Yes, it's fun skewering a subbie rectally with the meat thermometer, then watching her squirm and whimper as she slowly bleeds out internally! Mmmmmm! If you have time, you can continue to watch and see how long it takes her corpse to reach ambient temperature!

Note to intellectually-challenged members: The preceeding statements are called "sarcasm"! Do NOT try this on your playmate!

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I prefer the old-fashioned rectal thermometers with real mercury.

@ switchablesusie - Yes, it's fun skewering a subbie rectally with the meat thermometer, then watching her squirm and whimper as she slowly bleeds out internally! Mmmmmm! If you have time, you can continue to watch and see how long it takes her corpse to reach ambient temperature!

Note to intellectually-challenged members: The preceeding statements are called "sarcasm"! Do NOT try this on your playmate!

I wasn't being sarcastic.

It depends. I like the glass ones only because it takes a little longer and feel good. Often it gets me in the mood. The digital I have two of. One for mouth and one for back there clearly marked. But the digital are fast and I only use them if I am really sick. I have a tampanic also but never used it back there. Haha!

Is there any debate? The old-fashioned glass mercury thermometer, coated with vaseline and held in place for the duration.

For a little "extra", veterinary thermometers are a bit bigger, and I also have a couple of "lab" thermometers that are about 6-1/2 inches and are the size of a pencil.

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Thanks Peti for the pic. I would love either one

To be candid, any thermometer that a partner would use to take my rectal temperature, would be fine with me. It has been a while since I shared such an intimicy.

AND, it is the intimacy of the moment(s) that are most attractive to me, either side of the thermometer, taking her temp, or surrendering to her ministrations as she takes mine.

It is a supreme intimacy, a delicacy of sorts that can bring joy to both playmates.

From the practical side of it all, I have three red-topped RECTAL thermometer remaining from the dozen that I purchased when they were being manufactured. I was giving away one to each partner, and wished that I had purchased 2 or 3 dozen when they were available.

There is also the 11.5" thermometer that I found on the web. It can take a minute or two to insert it completely for a true core temp... And, it does the job superbly.

That's it for the moment, as I want to take a little personal time with my enema bucket on the IV stand, and me on the massage table, to enjoy a thorough cleansing, before I go over to the gym to make up for my early departure yesterday. I was tired, and knew then that I needed the quality time today to enjoy one or more enemas, to help rejuvenate myself.

Take care, and make it a GR8 weekend.

A number of years ago I bought a box of ten old mercury rectal thermometers on ebay. They are my favorite.

Have a box of old one's myself. Prefer the glass type over anything else. So erotic as they slowly slide in your rectum. Oh so Hot!.

A cold glass one is best, I agree.

Old fashioned glass thermometer

I prefer an mecury thermometer, the glass is one of the best

Definitely a vintage glass mercury thermometer. There is nothing like the feeling of that cool glass rod slipping inside. Also I just like the look of an old fashioned rectal thermometer.

As most of people here i prefer old glass thermometer.

nothing feels as good as the good old fashioned mercury one.i have about 4 of them.

I still have the original Ballo glass rectal thermometer that was used on me by my mother as I grew up.

I have a Geratherm glass thermometer which is my favourite.