Accurate, Battery-less Oral/Glass Thermometer?

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Posted by wayne r (Questions: 7, Answers: 11)
Asked on June 2, 2012 8:10 am
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Hoping to find a source for accurate glass Oral Thermometers to keep in First Aid kits. (We've all seen the cheap digital versions and the last time we needed ours, the battery was nearly dead, making the whole thing worse than useless.)

I've seen reviews for several glass thermometers that have accuracy problems and "shake down" issues. I won't care whether the adult version is mercury or mercury-free, so long as it's accurate. I'll be happy to procure also (for completeness' sake) a mercury-free pediatric version.

I'm hoping to procure "Cool Tool" grade, heirloom-quality, eternally accurate thermometers, hopefully with a rigid removable sheath/whatever to keep them intact forever.
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Posted by paul renault (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On June 6, 2012 1:48 pm

This one, a solar powered digital thermometer, might do the trick.

http://www.geratherm.com/en/health-care-3/home-care/temperature-measurement/solar-speed/

Available in the 'States here: http://www.mfasco.com/digital-thermometer-geratherm-solar-speed-each-p-7332.html
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Posted by brody (Questions: 1, Answers: 2)
Answered On June 6, 2012 2:10 pm

Check out the 3Ms Tempa-Dot disposable thermometers. The only trouble is storing them at room temperature or below (including the shipping process).
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Posted by jankdc (Questions: 0, Answers: 1)
Answered On June 7, 2012 10:48 pm

Galinstan Glass Thermometer

Mercury Free

Thermometer from Wilson Thyroid Products

  • I wonder what the Galinstan Glass Thermometer mentioned above is made from. The description says it is "liquid metal" but "not mercury." I don't know what other metal is liquid at room temperature.

    (kevin kelly at June 8, 2012 12:27 pm)

  • I asked a physical chemist about Galinstan. It's known as an eutectic alloy, which in layman's terms is a combination of metals that when combined have properties that are unlike any of the associated metals (in this case, it is liquid at room temperature). It's also much less toxic than mercury.

    (Oliver Hulland at June 25, 2012 7:43 pm)
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Posted by Dan West (Questions: 0, Answers: 5)
Answered On June 8, 2012 11:02 pm

Galinstan ;)
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Posted by kevin kelly (Questions: 65, Answers: 54)
Answered On June 28, 2012 6:21 pm

Thanks Dan and Oliver. I learned something! Sounds like a Galinstan thermometer might be something to try.
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