Product Description 5 Second Readout. Developed by moms. Easily holds any shape. Bend it for oral use. Soft tip bends to take temperatures comfortably. Extra large digital display with Indiglo night light. Use straight as a traditional thermometer. Finally there is a thermometer thats versatile enough for the whole family to use. The new Timex Acrobat bends for comfortable and accurate use as an Oral, Rectal or Underarm thermometer. Straighten Timex Acrobat for taking Rectal or Underarm temperatures. Soft tip holds any shape until you need to change it! Suggested oral use: Bend the soft tip to comfortably fit in the mouth and accurately find the hot spot! Test results range from 5 to 14 seconds. Results may vary based on the individual and method used. The Timex Acrobat has these additional features: Mercury free. Extra large digital readout with Indiglo night light. English instructions. Contains: 1 digital thermometer, 1 storage case, 5 disposable probe covers. 1 battery (type 357). The Timex Story Timex Group B.V. is one of the best-known American watch companies. Timex's U.S. headquarters are located in Middlebury Connecticut and it has substantial operations in China, the Philippines and India and full scale sales companies in Canada, the UK, France and Mexico.The company began in 1854 as Waterbury Clock in Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley, known during the nineteenth century as the "Switzerland of America." Sister company Waterbury Watch manufactured the first inexpensive mechanical pocket watch in 1880. During World War I, Waterbury began making wristwatches, which had only just become popular, and in 1933 it made history by creating the first Mickey Mouse clock under license from Walt Disney, with Mickey's hands pointing the time.During World War II, Waterbury renamed itself U.S. Time Company. In 1950 the company introduced a wristwatch called the Timex. Over the next three decades, Timex was sold through a series of advertisements which emphasized its durability by putting the watch through "torture tests," such as falling over the Grand Coulee Dam or being strapped to the propeller of an outboard motor, with the slogan "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." With the help of former Olympic broadcaster, spokesman John Cameron Swayze, sales took off. The company later became Timex Corporation, then Timex Group and, to date, has sold over one billion watches.The company has remained very competitive and the Timex brand continues its dominance through present day. Its primary market remains the United States and Canada, although the Timex brand is sold worldwide due to its ability to capitalize on its strong brand image and reputation for quality.One of the most successful and important features available on many Timex watches is the Indiglo backlight system. Indiglo is a brand name of Indiglo Corporation, solely owned by Timex for licensing purposes. Timex electroluminescent lamps, branded Indiglo, were introduced in 1992 in the Ironman watch line. They were an immediate success. The Indiglo lamp uniformly lights the surface of the Timex’s watch dials in a manner that makes the dial read very easily in many different light settings. In some newer watches the Indiglo backlight only lights up the numbers, rather than the entire LCD display, which is achieved by means of a specialized film that inverts the LCD transmissivity.Today, Timex Group products are manufactured in the Far East and in Switzerland often based on technology that continues to be developed in the United States and in Germany. With a large and varied line of watches, Timex has the style for everyone. From the locker room to the board room, there is a great Timex style time-piece for you.
D**H
FAST AND RELIABLE FOR YEARS
I bought one of these thermometers back in 2007. It worked GREAT and never had any deviations when testing multiple times. It was accurate with the old fashioned mercury thermometer. Only problem is, my wife used it on the CAT and you know where that ended up. I was fortunate to find it again on AMAZON and hope it is as good and accurate as the first one. I just can't use it after the cat had it up it's patooty. Don't worry. I will be sure to mark them appropriately so I don't accidentally use the cats thermometer. :)
E**M
Best thermometer for the price!
Works great! Best thermometer I've owned. First one I had (years ago) finally died, so was quite happy to find this on Amazon. Could not find it anywhere else. Only con is the button ... I wish it was a bit more sturdy. The red "cover" tends to crack after a few years of use. Otherwise, great product!
B**@
Over 9 years of service that has seen 2 kids ...
Over 9 years of service that has seen 2 kids through infancy and elementary school. Fast, accurate (if placed correctly under the tongue), and durable. Only thermometer that is quicker is a temporal artery scanner.. but only by a few seconds, and they are much more expensive!
G**N
Timex disappointed
Sometimes it works and sometimes I get ER message. It might work well half of the time. When it does register, there is a variance if you recheck your temperature. I gave up on it and went back to using a glass thermometer.
E**O
Works Good
It's fast, convenient, and fairly accurate. It gives a reading in under 10 seconds. I would have given it 5 stars but it isn't 100% accurate. I took different readings only seconds apart it and it gave me three different temperatures, although they were only .2 degrees away. A mercury thermometer always gives the same reading if taken at the same time.Fast - grade AConvenience - grade AAccuracey - grade B
K**H
One Star
ordered two and neither one works
S**R
CELSIUS NOT FAHRENHEIT
I don't like this because it tells you the temperature in Celsius not Fahrenheit
E**H
I was not pleased..
Unit received reads in degrees C instead of degrees F which I expected. I was not pleased..
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2 weeks ago
2 weeks ago