Fluke 67 MAX Clinical Non-Contact Digital Infrared Thermometer, Human Forehead Scan with Built-in Body Scan

This might be a fake does not seem to be the quality of a Fluke instrument and the temperature seems to be off by about 3 degrees it might need to be calibrated or is just a defective unit the packaging is in a brown box with some foam no instructions or packaging seems odd as all other fluke instruments have nice packaging and literature

For the price of this thermometer, you could buy four better ones. Where do I start? OK it does work, but no lighted display. How much does an LED cost today? You can set an alarm in one degree increments, so the alarm beeps right? Nope. When the temp is over the alarm temp, it displays in tiny font, "Alarm". What a joke. I remember when Fluke made quality products. Not any more. Junk.

I've always admired Fluke tools for their ruggedness, accuracy, and reliability. The amount of engineering that goes into most if not all Fluke products is admirable. With regards to this item, I found a video produced by Fluke and one of their partners where they explain all the engineering issues they encountered in creating the 67 MAX. As an engineer myself, I am convinced the effort put into this thermometer is on par with the effort they put into any of their hardware. And as a result, I will be keeping it. But this product was rushed out the door, probably in response to customer demands for a Fluke-quality thermometer that will deliver reliable results during a pandemic. Fluke delivered -- mostly -- but they cut a few corners here and there.First, the good stuff. The body of this thermometer is exactly what you would expect from Fluke: rugged and built to last. It is definitely more substantial than the majority of thermometers on the market today. The markings on its body are meant to be informative to someone who will be using this instrument for a long time to come. Second, the temperature readings are large and clear, and can be reported in either Celsius or Fahrenheit. If a temperature is read with the unit relatively still, the thermometer will default to reading temperatures in BODY mode (where it adjusts for skin temperature). If the thermometer is moved across the skin, it will report a temperature in SCAN mode, where it will keep the highest value it can find. Fluke considered the fact that this thermometer may be put into a toolbag or carrying case, where the exposed trigger could be depressed indefinitely and drain the battery. They incorporated a TRIG mode that turns the unit off after 10 minutes if the trigger is continuously depressed. You can set a alarm temperature level that will display an indicator if detected. It will remain accurate even in the midst of RF interference, something cheap thermometers can't say. It runs on a single AA battery (my old household thermometer needs a 9V!) and has a lanyard hole at the base of the unit.At its heart, this thermometer is a surface temperature scanner. Don't let any thermometer tell you it can measure the internal temperature of a human body -- it can't. It can only estimate it based on skin temperature. Skin temperature varies over the whole body. All thermometers have a built-in adjustment value for the internal temperature, and it adds that value to whatever surface temperature it detects.That being said, lets talk about the bad stuff. This thermometer seems a little too eager in the adjustment department: it seems to add 5 degrees to the skin temperature it detects. My body temperature is usually around 97 degrees F while sitting idle. This thermometer has me at 99 degrees. While using SCAN, the Fluke unit claimed a part of my forehead was 100 degrees. I didn't have a fever when I took these measurements (as verified by my old reliable thermometer), but I'm thinking if a company took this unit as its word, I might qualify as having a fever. I would try calibrating it, but the manual refers me to the Fluke website for a calibration manual that does not exist.The manual does not tell you that you have to pull the trigger on this unit to do anything with it. Nothing works unless you hold down the trigger. If you press the SEL or SET button without pulling the trigger, nothing happens. (Cue frustrated reviewers.) All the manual needs to say is that the trigger must be pulled in order to execute any other operation. Also, if you go to Fluke's website, they have addendums to the included manual that correct and improve the manual -- a bit. Again, feels rushed.There is no backlight. A few cheap Chinese thermometers on the market today have multi-color backlights for different temperatures. Multi-color backlights are not explicitly Fluke's style, but a simple white backlight would have sufficed. Especially for the alarm temperature, which only sets a little indicator on the bottom of the display.The display time after the trigger is released is only 5 seconds. If you have to log temperatures as people come in a building, you might appreciate 10 or 15 seconds of display rather than 5. Just sayin'.Fluke's literature has lots of specifications that say this thermometer blows the other thermometers on the market out of the water as far as compliance to standards and as to accuracy. It even goes so far as to say it meets the FDA standards without having the FDA actually rubber-stamp it. But like I said, this unit appears to have been rushed to market because of the pandemic. Being a engineer by trade and being aware of Fluke's general good reputation for instrumentation, I will still rely on this thermometer. But that's my decision, and I believe others might disqualify this thermometer just on ease of use issues.While I'm sure the innards are up to Fluke standards, it seems corners were cut on the display and usability to get it to market as fast as possible during the pandemic. I know their heart is in the right place, but the lay consumer is going to see a $90 brand-name thermometer and other $30 thermometers that light up when their kid has a fever. Regardless of how well-engineered the inside is, which one do you think they will most likely buy?

No backlighting on a 200$ thermometer? Nonintuitive menu, bulky design. no laser? only works in the 22-43 degrees C range, making it unusable for any other task than reading body surface temperature.

Arrived today in a generic cardboard box. Inside was the 67 Max between two thin black styrofoam pads, a user manual, but no certificate of calibration that had been advertised. Accuracy seems reasonable. However, no back light which will make reading it difficult in low light conditions. Don’t know that this device would suffice for EMS but I’ll try it out. The original price of $200 would have been severely overpriced but for $87 seems still pricey especially when there are multitudes of other thermometers available for much less. I expect much better quality from Fluke along with back lighting, laser pointer, audible alarms, durability, longevity, waterproofing, and a high degree of verifiable accuracy.Well, after using a few days on calls it has demonstrated its usage for EMS is of no benefit. The device is highly susceptible to outside temperatures. So, if you bring the device inside from a freezing outside temp you’ll get consistently low patient temps. Verified by comparison with another IR thermometer reading. So, this Fluke device is not an EMS friendly device. It says, on the side, it’s not FDA approved. About the only thing this is good for is where the device has been acclimated and is used in the same environment as the subject, not transiting from high/low or low/high temperature conditions...

I bought and returned the Fluke 67 thermometer. I'm not sure why Fluke made such a mediocre device, they are known in the engineering world for having high quality performance products.Item comes in a generic brown box and did not come with calibration certificate or a registration card. On close inspection, labels on the meter -- the ones on both sides of the "head" were misaligned, and the serial number label inside the battery case was wrinkled (maybe because it covers a screw indention), which rings alarm bells that this was possibly not genuine, or was shoddily made.Usability of the device is disappointing -- there is no backlight on the display (as other reviews now mention; no reviews mentioned this when i bought it); with the display inset deeply under the clear screen, there are shadows that make the display hard to read, impossible in low light or dark when you are trying to take the temperature of a sleeping child

The Select (SEL) does not work and nether does the menu button! I don't drive and I have no return options! Uhg!

After purchasing a $30 Chinese infrared thermometer and returning it because the forehead temperature measurements were all over the place, I sprang for the expensive Fluke model. It is accurate and provides consistent readings.