Lube for thermometer

I like Vicks - Just for the kink factor!

Vaseline for me, too! 😃

KY is more correct for medical exam situations but vaseline is the sentimental favorite.

Vaseline is my preferred. I can still remember the jar sitting there on the shelf in the pediatricians office.

Do I miss something ?

According to my memories, my mother never never use any kind of lube when taking my temperature when I was a small boy . Neither did the doctor who took my temp before a vaccination shot at 7, nor the female school doctor who took my temperature at 18 during my last school physical.

I have taken my own temperature quite often for the last 50 years and played with thermometers with several girlfriends over the same period and never used any lube.

I think you may have missed something.

I love to use Vaseline. The warm, gooey feeling is great.

I've always used vaseline when taking my wife's

I also love to use Vaseline. The warm, gooey feeling is great

We use Vaseline, KY, Vicks and sometimes liquid soft-soap

Vaseline for me

No, you're not alone. Lube or not, depends on the mood.

Why would you not use lube? Although I'l admit its not the biggest instrument in the drawer to go in the rectum, in fact it's probably the smallest but a little petroleum based or water soluble based whichever you prefer definitely ensures a smooth, slick glide in. Without it the thermometer is likely to catch on the sphincter unless your insertion precision is bulls eye. The only advantage to dry is once you shove that thing in it is unlikely to slip out readily.

KY or generic brand jelly usually. Vaseline is also nice - more nostalgic as others noted, though I got both Vaseline and KY growing up.

I can't imagine not using lube. Ouch.

I don't use it. I enjoy the feeling of it sliding in roughly.

KY jelly or KY liquid.

We use coconut oil to lubricate the speculums at the colon hydrotherapy clinic where I work part time. I've found this stuff is also excellent for lubricating rectal thermometers. The gold standard lubricant used in hospitals for thermometers has always been petroleum jelly. Narrow, more pointed, objects need a thicker lubricant to prevent it from snagging the folds inside the anal canal. That's why coconut oil works so well. It's thick like petroleum jelly, but slippery like K-Y. And it's bound to be less toxic on the body.

Coconut oil sounds like a great lube. Is yours liquid? I have only seen the solid form of coconut oil.

EnemaAndIvory....It's in solid form, sold in generic quality by the jar. One of the nice things is that it softens with the body's heat (rectal temperature), and that helps make it even more slippery. I also use it to massage our clients' abdomens during colonics, and the fragrance is very soothing. Like I mentioned before, it's probably better on the body's digestive system. Most of the coconut oil residue washes out of the rectum during a colonic or enema. Any that remains is completely harmless. Vaseline residue can remain up inside the rectum for much longer, or until subsequent bowel movements, mucous, or natural water in the bowel rids the body of it.

Coconut oil is solid under 76 degrees F. I use coconut oil for cooking. If the ambient temp at home is 76 degrees or cooler, then my oil is solid. Above 76 degrees, and it's liquid. Either way, I imagine it would be a good lube. 😉

Coconut oil sounds like a good choice, although I've never tried it. I usually don't use lube, because I like to feel the thermometer, and not have it slip out. When I've taken a girlfriend's rectal temp., I used plenty of Vaseline, because I wanted them to be comfortable and to enjoy it. There's nothing worse than trying to convince your partner that something feels great, and then they don't want to repeat it, because it was uncomfortable or painful for them.

Vaseline only here never used anything else for temp taking

Surgilube or K-Y for rectal temps. We've switched to Super Salve, a natural herbal lube from Optimal Health Network, for enemas.

I love vaseline for rectal temps. It has such a nice feeling and it's very slippery.

In a Dom/sub encounter, Dr. Bronner's Peppermint is excellent! It is slick, lathers just a bit - especially with a bit of in-n-out, lingers long after the thermometer is removed and is a real attention-getter. Like Vick's, but a bit more intense. Washes away if an enema follows and may even elicit a plea for one.

Coconut oil is great

I dip the thermometer in Vaseline or Vicks but Vicks can make you burn and may be harmful long term.

Prefer vaseline as it was used on me, but ky or e45 cream, even soap will do fine.

Vaseline! After the RT it also makes for a bit of difficulty wiping clean ...

Vaseline ! -- From earliest (fond) memory & continued on throughout childhood into maturity.....My preference as it provides smooth, soothing comfort......Vicks on occasions (that zing factor) as it can also compliment Vaseline by mixing well together--being of similar consistency.... Water based lubes from time to time but absorption nullifies.....Oils rarely butt OK...