10/15/09 I have been concerned about pandemic flu for many years (yes, I was ahead of the curve). I bought one of these two years ago to store for emergencies, figuring that if pandemic flu ever emerged they would be in short supply. I spent the extra money for what I thought would be a top notch thermometer. Well, here we are two years later and I have a child with a very bad cough and I really need to know if she has a fever. My just-opened, high-priced thermometer has a dead battery because Kaz apparently ships their thermometers with the battery already hooked up.

Based on past experience with other less-expensive Kaz thermometers, I know that when used orally they always read low by at least a degree so you have to check a healthy person first to "calibrate" the thermometer. Thank goodness I still have an old mercury thermometer - slow, but accurate and reliable.