Omron GentleTemp 720 Contactless Thermometer

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I cannot believe I am writing this (for a brand like Omron), but it is entirely true in this case: this thermometer is a total junk and not worth a penny for this crucial reason: YOU CANNOT BELIEVE ITS MEASUREMENTS because the measurements, even a successive ones, fluctuate in such wide ranges that it is totally useless. For example, when the other two and trustworthy thermometers show 37.5 C, Omron 720 may show 39.7. When other and trustworthy thermometers read 39.4 C, for example, Omron 720 will read 37.3 C etc, etc. Sometimes it can come close to the true temperature (based on the measurements by other - trustworthy thermometers), but you NEVER KNOW WHEN it will show it right. Another issue is: it is way too sensitive to the distance from the forehead, the spot one forehead, angle of measurement towards to forehead, slightly sweaty skin... It is so sensitive to these things that it makes it useless, too. It is not my first contactless thermometer and I know how much variance in measurement conditions a good thermometer must withstand to be useful. But it often cannot even repeat two same readings made in two consecutive measurements.Yet another thing is Omron's customer support. At first, after I contacted them, they promised to send me a local rep to check it etc. Nobody showed up neither contacted me for two weeks. After I reported that, they first said to check...then to come with a lousy "explanation" how the measurements are sensitive and that I should pay attention to the...measurement distance, angle... and similar lame excuses.Bottom line: look for some other brand because it does not mean it is only this model of Omron's, but probably other models, too, and their customer support will just not support you.

This is a really good thermometer it stays on as it tells you the temperature of the room it is in all the time I noticed this as I leave it in my son's bedroom, I check my son's temperature before I go to bed and it is very accurate, it is great value for money has a good battery life as it still has the batteries in that it came with. I was very dubious about buying this after reading reviews but I'm so happy I didn't listen to them now and went ahead and brought it anyway as it's probably the best thermometer I have ever brought, I definitely recommend it.

Overall good thermometer, but few things to consider1. Keep it in the room which isn't cold or extremely hot. When you receive your thermometer it will need to settle down in the room temperature first before you can use it, otherwise the reading will be off.2. You can turn it off by pressing on/mem button until OFF shows on the screen although even when turned off it will shows the room temperature.3. Some people mentioned that when they tried to do multiple readings straight after first one, they got errors and had to wait several minutes which is not true. What you have to do after 1st reading is to press on on/mem once and then you can do another one again, and so on.I tested it against the Braun Thermoscan 7 and temperature is almost identical which gives me assurance of the quality.I purchased it as sometimes especially when child have an ear infection it's good to check temperature another way.

This a high quality device. It is very accurate, made of good plastics, easy to use with very fast readings. I had a bad experience with my previous (different company) thermometer, so I decided to buy Omron and I am not disappointed. I can't imagine now to use other types of thermometers with a very small baby.My likes:1. Very light and good quality materials,2. High accuracy, fast and easy readings, easy operation,3. Very useful: when thermometer is off it shows the room temperature.The only thing missing for me is a lack of some kind of holder to keep it there when not in use.

I choose this temp gauge because of the well known brand in the NHS tool kit.Only thing I'm disappointed with is the audio bleep. You really have to listen out for it.It's so very very quiet.Don't know if it's just mine, or others the same. Can't see the point in muting the bleep, because it's do difficult to hear anyway.Other than that, feels great,and accurate.

Firstly it arrived with a very low battery that needed replacing within a couple of days, which was quite annoying as it takes a coin battery that I didn’t have and had to source, the new battery has only been in pfor 5 days and it’s already hovering back and forth between 1 and 2 bars on the battery meter, so it seems to be draining battery much quicker than I would expect, trouble is you can’t manually turn the thermometer off and the auto off function doesn’t really switch it off, it says OFF then it switches off briefly before coming back on and constantly displaying the room temperature, this unnecessary drain would probably account for the flat battery on arrival, a thermometer is something you keep in the cupboard until it’s needed, I don’t have much faith in this now as I can’t trust that it will have sufficient battery power when I’ll next need it, contacted Omron support to ask whether it was meant to be like this or if there was a setting to just have it off rather than have the thermometer function and they stated this is how it’s meant to be, when I then asked roughly how long the battery should normally last they failed to respond. I would not choose this one again

Nice design, easy to use with a very clear screen. Great for checking childrens temperature with out disturbing them. Clear instructions. Very good purchase.