They're not. Whatsoever. I went to get my hair cut and the lady said my temp was 102.6 degrees with a "no contact" thermometer. I went home and checked. All 16 times were 98.6 or within .2 degrees.
“When all else fails read the directions.“ The instructions to my infrared thermometer PC 868 basically say not to use the thermometer outdoors which is what you were doing. Plus it also tells you when you first take the thermometer out of the box to let it acclimate to the room that you are in for 30 minutes. Plus the distance between the end of the thermometer and the clean forehead can only be between three and 5 cm. No hair sweat or make up can be in the way. Otherwise you will get a false reading which you probably got when you took the temperature outside too far away from a sweaty forehead which may have been covered up with make up for the camera.
My biggest issue with these devices are they are using the same technology that we use in the HVAC industry and we have to do tons of readings and then take an average usually if it is very important because we know the devices can be off + or - 9 degrees some are a little more accurate but that is pretty standard. Now this can be bad in our field BUT it can be fatal if used on a human. If it is showing you are 94 degrees which obviously is not right or you would be dead you could actually be up to 103 degrees. The worst part is how they use them. they are far from the contact point and often times people are standing in the sun or just came from out of the sun and that also will affect a reading even further. Now most of the ones they use at stores are the same type we use in hvac work but I cannot speak for those used at hospitals but I am sure they are probably about the same.
Exactly. I grew up with my mom using one of those old mercury thermometers. It didn't need batteries or charging, was very accurate, and was cheap to replace.
Come Out Of Her My People yeah, I don’t know if they were designed to scan the same person every single day. A 1-time scan is probably safe, but to get scanned by it 300 times a year, that needs to be studied
@Come Out Of Her My People you know crazy thing every time they try me..(which I real y don't trust..but had an appointment) it gets no reading at all.....guess God said access denied☺..they be so puzzled& scratching there head
Nope, they don't. For the past week, my job site uses the infrared reading me @ 93-94 every day. Different people taking it, so it's probably not human error every time.
it's bullshit. my dad has corona. it's bad and temperature varies like hell all the time. SO we bought 3 types : the old one with mercury, 2 rectal ones and tmax contactless for 50 euros this last one. we have tried them all. the mercury one was showing pretty much like the rectal ones. the contactless is SO stupidly designed. it mentions ''measuring at 3-5 cm away'': 1. couldn't they design that '3-5' extension? people don't KNOW how much that is. I'm an architect and have an eye for it. I can tell you my mom was keeping at double distance claiming it was ' a few cm away'. 2. it gives VERY different results if you vary even 1 cm. We used a paper of 4 cm length [the medium]. We'd try 1 min later. It would vary between 0.3 - 1.0 degrees. 3. It showed MORE than the rectal ones each time. We tried it for a few days. The average distance would be 0.7 It's called ''precise''. Please don't buy into this crap.
You mean an adaptor that presses on the skin? great idea, if it can be cleaned well, as it would not be contactless.Or maybe a beeping sound to indicate distance is correct?
Happened to me. After standing outside in 100+ degree heat to fill out a form to get my hair freakin cut, the lady came out and checked mine with an infrared "no touch". Said it was 102.6! I was like..."lady, I'd be sick as hell right now if I had 102.6 fever. Come on. " so I go home and check with an "under the tongue" thermometer. 98.6 or within .2 every single time. Smfh.
Good ol' thermometers you get at the Dollar Store and stick in your mouth and wait for are probably the most accurate.
They're not. Whatsoever. I went to get my hair cut and the lady said my temp was 102.6 degrees with a "no contact" thermometer.
I went home and checked. All 16 times were 98.6 or within .2 degrees.
“When all else fails read the directions.“ The instructions to my infrared thermometer PC 868 basically say not to use the thermometer outdoors which is what you were doing. Plus it also tells you when you first take the thermometer out of the box to let it acclimate to the room that you are in for 30 minutes. Plus the distance between the end of the thermometer and the clean forehead can only be between three and 5 cm. No hair sweat or make up can be in the way. Otherwise you will get a false reading which you probably got when you took the temperature outside too far away from a sweaty forehead which may have been covered up with make up for the camera.
These IR thermometers are just off the shelf and not calibrated.
My biggest issue with these devices are they are using the same technology that we use in the HVAC industry and we have to do tons of readings and then take an average usually if it is very important because we know the devices can be off + or - 9 degrees some are a little more accurate but that is pretty standard. Now this can be bad in our field BUT it can be fatal if used on a human. If it is showing you are 94 degrees which obviously is not right or you would be dead you could actually be up to 103 degrees. The worst part is how they use them. they are far from the contact point and often times people are standing in the sun or just came from out of the sun and that also will affect a reading even further. Now most of the ones they use at stores are the same type we use in hvac work but I cannot speak for those used at hospitals but I am sure they are probably about the same.
Not me, glad the newsagent isn’t a nurse and hoping she gets it together before having kids.
I don't think they had this kind of accuracy issue with the old thermometers. Sadly, they are now illegal. So much for progress...
Exactly. I grew up with my mom using one of those old mercury thermometers. It didn't need batteries or charging, was very accurate, and was cheap to replace.
the bigger question is, do these give you brain cancer?
Come Out Of Her My People yeah, I don’t know if they were designed to scan the same person every single day. A 1-time scan is probably safe, but to get scanned by it 300 times a year, that needs to be studied
@Come Out Of Her My People you know crazy thing every time they try me..(which I real y don't trust..but had an appointment) it gets no reading at all.....guess God said access denied☺..they be so puzzled& scratching there head
They don't work. The infrared scan at my work read me at 91°. Yeah, I don't think so.
Nope, they don't. For the past week, my job site uses the infrared reading me @ 93-94 every day. Different people taking it, so it's probably not human error every time.
Yeah there are different settings surface or body
Panera has one on wall In queens ny ...like a blast of light i got 94.4 or sumtin
it's bullshit. my dad has corona. it's bad and temperature varies like hell all the time.
SO we bought 3 types : the old one with mercury, 2 rectal ones and tmax contactless for 50 euros this last one. we have tried them all. the mercury one was showing pretty much like the rectal ones. the contactless is SO stupidly designed. it mentions ''measuring at 3-5 cm away'':
1. couldn't they design that '3-5' extension? people don't KNOW how much that is. I'm an architect and have an eye for it. I can tell you my mom was keeping at double distance claiming it was ' a few cm away'.
2. it gives VERY different results if you vary even 1 cm. We used a paper of 4 cm length [the medium]. We'd try 1 min later. It would vary between 0.3 - 1.0 degrees.
3. It showed MORE than the rectal ones each time. We tried it for a few days. The average distance would be 0.7
It's called ''precise''. Please don't buy into this crap.
which corona?
You mean an adaptor that presses on the skin? great idea, if it can be cleaned well, as it would not be contactless.Or maybe a beeping sound to indicate distance is correct?
Not very...
They measure area.
Wearing a hat will throw readings when you remove them to get your temp check.
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Happened to me. After standing outside in 100+ degree heat to fill out a form to get my hair freakin cut, the lady came out and checked mine with an infrared "no touch". Said it was 102.6! I was like..."lady, I'd be sick as hell right now if I had 102.6 fever. Come on. "
so I go home and check with an "under the tongue" thermometer. 98.6 or within .2 every single time. Smfh.
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She didn't do the forehead thermometer correctly lmao. You're supposed to scan it across the fucking forehead, lady, not keep it in one place.
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