Finding a reliable thermometer in Fahrenheit

[elettaria]

OK, I've given up on trying to find a decent basal thermometer in F in the UK. The only one that seems to be around is the crappy Fairhaven one with the pink bit at one end, which rushes taking the temp and gets it too low, messes up the memory function, only goes to one decimal place where it's meant to go to two, and makes the most infuriating

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[jchammonds]

I used one like this for almost a year and it worked well: http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-BASAL-Thermometer-Ovulation-Predict-BBT-NIB_W0QQitemZ190270146976QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item190270146976&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

[elettaria]

Yep, that's the one which is the only one available in the UK and which, in my experience, is faulty as all hell. When I posted about it last time, someone else said they'd used it and had the same problems, as did a lot of the people reviewing it on Amazon.

[jchammonds]

I had good luck with mine - I'm not sure it was that same brand, but it looks the same. It received decent reviews on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Basal-Thermometer/dp/B0000X6GBO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1227987642&sr=8-3 I actually have two that look like that - I was on vacation once and forgot to take my thermometer so I picked one up at Wal-Mart. That one is definitely a different brand, but it looks about the same and worked well, too

[elettaria]

I'd call those fairly bad reviews, actually. A lot of people seem to be having the same trouble that I did. Did you get two decimal places out of it, and was the memory function reliable? Either way, since I and a lot of people have had those problems, I won't be buying it again.

There don't seem to be any reviews of it, but there's an Omron basal thermometer (only one decimal place, but by now I'm getting less fussy about that) which I found on eBay in the US fairly cheaply. Unfortunately the price quoted for shipping is quite ludicrous, and in my experience such sellers are deaf to protests of "but Global Priority only costs a few dollars!" Ach, there must be something.

[evan_brennan]

For what its worth, just thought I would say that I looked for like 45 minutes yesterday, searching medical supplies sites and such, and had absolutely no luck, so I can now see your frustration!!! One option is to find one that you like that ships to US and have someone ship it to you from here?? It might not be TOO expensive. Hope you find one, I would recommend mine, but its now discontinued. (its samsunghealthyliving.com)