Lube for thermometer

Vaseline is great but not to much i never like gloppy butt when the nurse used to much.

From a practical standpoint, KY is the most convenient; but the visual of the thermometer sticking in the jar of Vaseline at the bedside of kids of the 1950's can't be beat!

I had used Vicks and Icy Hot in small proportion additives (5% v/v typically) to my Vaseline and KY water soluble jelly respectively to give mild cooling sensation in bottoms during exams but I think I am going to stop. I get too many complaints in that it feels funny and something's wrong. The active in these are typically menthol and eucalyptus oils for which I have gone direct to but some patients complain of a burn or stinging situation and often several minutes afterward. I may just decrease the add concentration even lower.

I really liked the suggestion of using Dr. Bronners peppermint soap. I use that anyway (usually for the first enema of a series) so I have it on hand. I just bought a new quart bottle recently, actually. The first one lasted me for years--unfortunately I don't get to do enemas nearly as often as I'd like, maybe half a dozen times a year at best. But I am starting to meet more guys into medfet and enema play, so I think that new bottle will hopefully not last so long!

I have tried Vick's. It was..............interesting. I use either KY or vaseline. KY is easier to wipe off, and the thermometer doesn't slip out like it sometimes does with Vaseline, but I like Vaseline for tradition's sake.

Vaseline, the only way to go just like in the old days

I use as well for RT Vinegar Solution(1%) Solution is very avesome.

I prefer KY

Vick's and vaseline seem to be "Popular." Nurse Nikki recommended "Coconut oil!!!" 'Have to look into that. Well here's one more for ya'......try some "Cold Cream!!!!!!" Thermometers, enema nozzles, what ever!! Feels nice on the old "rosebud" also for subsequent enemas especially after that really "Soapy Cleansing" visit by the "Soap Suds Fairy!!!"

with a "Click!!,"

highwater

Vaseline because that was always used at the doctors office and by mom when I was growing up. Also it clings to the thermometer and doesn't drip like KY or other jellies. I also like the smell.

We had vaseline at home, which was used for the thermometer for my younger siblings (I was old enough to be given the thermometer to insert into myself without lube).

Today we vaseline (more "old style", but sticky) ora water-based lubricant, KY-like (more "practical").

I got KY more often

I use vaseline or just erotic lube (for toys and stuff)...

sometimes (when i know the girl and she is in to it) i make her lube the thermometer with her mouth

I'll say it again, nothing like Vicks to let someone know it's in there. Vaseline works fine, but no "kick".

David 😃

I use vaseline just seems standard and it works well enough

Vaseline has the nostalgia factor going for it. Also, I like the way it tends to hold the thermometer more firmly, at least at first. Also, the smell of a freshly opened jar is incomparable.

A water based lube is what I prefer.

KY or Surgilube for me. I remember getting Vaseline as a kid but I think it's too messy now.

I re-read the post and it only states, "What is your favorite lubrication for the thermometer?" It doesn't say where the thermometer's going. I think everyone pretty much assumed the anus only. But as a Doc who's thorough, I take the rectal temp as well as the penile temp. For the rectal temp, I'm pretty old school and I do use Vaseline; I like how I can beforehand stick the thermometer into the jar of Vaseline so that it makes its own holder. Then I pull it out at the appropriate time. I then take my gloved index finger and further apply a thin film to the patient's rectal wall. That procedure just acts to make it more comfortable. Yeah, it's messier than other methods but it does work well as a lubricant. I do clean the patient's anal area with Kleenex and a moist wipe afterwards, so he's not left greasy.

For the penile temp, cleanliness is next to Godliness. The thermometer (or sound) is first sterilized and the penis, including the meatus, is also thoroughly cleaned. Then I apply Surgilube to the thermometer which is a bacteriostatic lubricant. Only then do I insert the thermometer into the waiting penis.

KY...

... or just water also works fine with my good old glass thermometer

I use KY

Mother always kept a special un-labeled little screw-top jar of carbolated Vaseline in her bottom drawer just for the rectal thermometer. She caringly refilled it herself from the a big jar when it ran low. Now there's a smell to remember!

As the jell would warm the thermometer would start to slip. I was always afraid I would be punished if it slipped out. I'd justify holding it in with my hand. "Hold still and stop wiggling it!" She would scold.

The exquisite leftover greasiness that only Momma could prescribe was just the thing to invite prompt insertion of my own finger(s) as soon as I was sure she had left the room. I recall quite a few palpitations while ripping my finger out of my bum and flopping my legs back down onto the bed when she returned unexpectedly. I have to figure that, unbeknownst to me, she would have caught me in blissfull oblivion on a few occasions; eyelids fluttering, knees to my ears, my middle finger entering and exiting ever so slowly.

I prefer a food oil or water based lube for anal play these days. A thermometer has to be the only device I want coated with a petroleum product before insertion into my puckered kumquat. Nostalgia for sure.

Definitely vaseline!

I use vaseline. For play I like other lubes like ky or astroglide but for rectal temps its always vaseline.

I like to use a little KY jelly although last time I played with a thermometer I was so horny that I didn't use any lubrication. Needless to say that I was in quite some pain for a while!

I wouldn't lube the thermometer. It isn't the problem.

I'd lube the asshole, some can be quite tight.

Don't put anything on a thermometer that can affect its reading.

I use vaseline

I use very little lubrication and I prefer vaseline.

I have always used Ky to lube the thermometer.

When I was quite young.. My pediatrician used a specific medical lube in my anus (I don't remember the name) to make it slippery before putting the thermometer in.

After the temperature was taken she slid her finger in to wipe out the excess lube.

When I grew up.... I used Vaseline to give myself anal massage.