Customer Rating: 
Summary: Don't be without one of these
Comment: I have had a Braun Thermoscan PLUS ear thermometer for more than a year now to go with my adorable blond two year old chaos maker. It has made my life so much easier. Just a couple of seconds in the ear, a beep, and it has a reading of his temperature.
We pop this in our diaper bag if were going to be away over night. We just came back from a week in Orlando at Disney World (we live in Seattle). Boy was I glad that we had this nifty little bugger along. The third day my son and I both came down with a serious throat infection requiring antibiotics. We were able to repeatedly check the nine members of our family traveling with us in just a couple of seconds each.
When my son is sick he comes to us and says "Beep Beep Momma Papa." It is his way of telling us that he thinks he needs us to check his temperature. He doesn't mind at all.
With an under the tongue or under the arm thermometer my son couldn't sit still long enough for me to be sure I had gotten an actual reading, especially when he was really sick. Also, it had to be sterizlied between each use. Which was a pain if we were all sick at the same time. AND they are SOOOO uncomfortable. Bleh.
Drawbacks to the Braun ThermoScan Plus:
You have to buy the little plastic covers for the ear piece. If you don't have one (because your two year old has spread them around the house) then it wont work.
If the batteries aren't completely charged you may get false readings and it wont necessarily tell you it needs new batteries.
It's a little tricky to get the hang of pulling the ear and pushing the button at the same time. I usually do the temperature 3 times (getting slightly different readings) to make sure I didn't make a mistake. Even so, it only takes a couple of seconds each time.
It's bigger than a traditional thermometer to pack, about the size of a thick paper back book. (now I'm really nitpicking)
