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Temperature taking just got easier GIVEAWAY

img35I received an Exergen TemporalScanner for review and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Two of my children had picked up a nasty bug at school that was causing them to run high fevers.

Taking my children’s temperature has always been a daunting task for me. My son has sensory issues so a thermometer under the tongue makes him gag and he finds it painful to hold a thermometer under his arm. My other children have a hard time staying still long enough to get an accurate temperature and the the thermometer strip that can be pressed against the forehead just isn’t reliable. I’ve never bothered to buy an ear thermometer since their unreliability wasn’t worth the hefty price.

This past year my children’s pediatrician began using the TemporalScanner and we were in awe of the magical wand that with one swipe across the forehead gave an immediate temperature reading. I would have guessed such an amazing gadget would be very pricey but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that consumers can buy one for around $30.

Here is the product information from the Exergen website:

The TemporalScanner Thermometer is a totally non-invasive system with advanced infrared technology providing maximum ease of use with quick, consistently accurate measurements. Advanced, patented technology measures temperatures with a gentle stroke across the forehead.The TemporalScanner Thermometer has been clinically tested for accuracy compared to rectal thermometers and temperature sensors inserted in the heart during course of patient treatment and accepted for use in major hospitals, making it the ideal thermometer for use with newborns, infants, children or adults.

The TemporalScanner has patented software, providing arterial heat balance. This unique process determines temperature by accurately measuring the balance between the tissues warming from arterial blood and tissues cooling (warming) caused by heat loss (gain) to the environment.

The TemporalScanner Thermometer is so easy to use. My children actually welcomed having me wield its magical powers on them with a quick, painless, and non-invasive swipe. I also like that I can take their temperature without having to wake them. The only issue I had with it was remembering to take the cap off. I thought I had gotten a defective unit when I kept getting temperatures not compatible with life. Thank goodness for my eight year old who figured out that the clear plastic cap should be removed before taking her temperature.

I highly recommend the Exergen TemporalScanner and have one to give away to one lucky reader.

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This giveaway closes March 31, 2009 at 11:59 pm central time. Be sure to include a valid email address. Winner will be randomly chosen via random.org and will be notified via email and announced on this post.

If winner does not claim prize by April 3, 2009 they will forfeit their prize to alternate winner who will be drawn at random.

USA residents only please.

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  1. woohoo! I want this!

  2. I’ve seen this item in the stores and think it is an excellent idea – I’d be glad to have one to try at home

  3. I have 3 grandchildren I would love to have this for. Please count me in. Thanks!!

  4. These are the best way to take a little ones temperaute. We had one but somehow my husband thought you needed to clean it in the dishwasher!! Obviously I could use a new one now (scanner not husband)

  5. looks great

  6. I’d love to win this thermometer. My son is autistic and taking his temp was near impossible. I need to get one of these. Thanks.

  7. A wonderful invention!!!

  8. i’d love one for my kids

  9. I am so done with rectal temps — the drs. office has one of these and this mummy would love one too!

  10. I’d to have one of these for my daughter. Please enter me.

  11. I’ve seen these thermal scanners and would love to own one. They would make taking temperatures so much easier. Thank you so much for a wonderful contest!!

  12. Wow, this sure beats the old days with the mercury thermometers!

  13. I would really love to win this thermometer. I’ve read such great reviews about this Temporalscanner and love how simple it is to use. This would be wonderful for using on my kids.
    Thanks so much for this giveaway and please enter me.

  14. I’m subscribed.
    Thanks again.

  15. great prize i’m in it to win it

  16. I really need one of these.
    thank you

  17. Gone are the days of wrestling for a temperature!!
    Yay!

  18. Every home should have one of these!

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  20. I would love to have one of these scanners.

  21. this looks great! would love to have this

  22. I so love what innovative minds come up with. Thanks for the giveaway! ladyspy79@aol.com

  23. Everyone with a child should have one of these!
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  24. My friend could use this for her two kids: a 1 and a 5 year old.

  25. Thermometers have come a long way from the old up the bum days. My sister-in-law could really use this with her infant son. The poor baby has been sick a lot lately.

  26. i’ve heard of these lately & they sound so cool! much better than the one i have!

    autumn398 (at) yahoo.com

  27. My 3 kids just got over a nasty bug and the thermometer we have was way off on the temperatures. This would be wonderful to have. Thanks for the giveaway!

  28. What a great thermometer. Thanks for the chance to win.

  29. This new way of taking a temperature makes sense, and I’d love to have this device on hand.

  30. WOW! I this sounds great and like it would be so easy to use! Thanks for the chance to win! :)

  31. I’m a subscriber.

  32. This would be great, as it says it more accurate than the ear thermometers. Thanks!

  33. I need this w/ my 3 kids. Quick and easy:)

  34. I need an accurate and easy to use thermometer.

  35. These are so nice, you don’t have to wake someone up to take there temp.

  36. My son gags with the thermometer under his mouth too, this would be great.

  37. seems very simple to use

  38. Twitter:

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  39. I’m a subscriber!

  40. I would love this for my sons!

  41. Over the years taken temperatures sure has come a long ways. The Exergen TemporalScanner makes it so easy and since it’s more accurate this is something all mothers should have. Thanks for having such a wonderful review & giveaway~!

  42. I have your button already on my sidebar. I just love buttons~!

  43. I’m a subscriber. Thanks for the email about this review and giveaway :)

  44. I tweeted at twitter about this review & giveaway
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    Have a great weekend :)

  45. This is a great idea..no more moaning & mucking about to get an accurate temp reading. I like the comment about using the magic wand. It will make those times much less stressful.

  46. sounds good

  47. This looks like such a great product, I’ve wanted one since I first seen them. I hate trying to get an accurate reading, its almost impossible with my kids!! Thanks for the chance!

  48. Im a subscriber!

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  52. I need this!

  53. My granddaughter has a new baby and is very uncomfortable with taking his temperature. This seems that it would make it much more of an easy activity for her when necessary.

  54. Have a great day.

  55. My neighbor has one of these and she just loves it. I’ve wanted once since I saw hers. It makes it so much easier on the little ones to not have any thermometer discomfort when they are sick.

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  58. I’d love to win for my children..
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  64. …and here I thought the one for the ear was fantastic.

  65. This would be nice to have.

  66. This would be so cool to win!

  67. THIS IS A COOL PRIZE TO WIN ,THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE,

  68. This would be so handy to have. Hope my number is the lucky one. Thanks for the chance.

  69. Extra entry: I subscribe by email. Thank you

  70. I really hope I win!

  71. things sure have changed over the years

  72. this would be so wonderful, much easier to use on my boys

  73. This would be great for the times Gracie is sick. Thanks!

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  75. This would be great to have on hand when we’re watching our grandkids.

  76. This is a great device for us moms. I wish I had known about it sooner! Thanks. Teresa

  77. I’m a subscriber.

  78. I twittered. Teresa

  79. I blogged about this at http://slowingdownabit.blogspot.com/2009/03/saturday-night-giveaways.html

  80. This would be so nice to have for my kids.

  81. It would be great to own this thermometer. No more waking up my son to take a temperature. Thanks!

  82. would love to win this for my baby girl

  83. This would be great to have
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  84. This thermometer sounds fantastic. My daughter just had a baby and it would be great for her.

  85. What a terrific prize! That is something EVERYONE would want to win..just hope you find MY comment, and give the prize to ME!

  86. This would be great for my three year old grandson. He is autistic, and taking his temperature can be difficult at times.

  87. sign me up

  88. Hi, I visited Slowing Down A Bit’s website for the Blog Party and she told us about your great site. So here I am to say, I’d love to win this thermometer for my grandkids. And also, if you haven’t yet had a chance, do visit us for the Blog Party :)

  89. Great prize!

  90. Nice contest.

  91. My granddaughter has had febrile siezures in the past. This would put our minds at ease!

  92. Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

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  93. When my daughter had to have surgery the nurse used a temporal thermometer and it is so cool!

  94. email subscriber

  95. this looks fantastic

  96. My daughter had Pneumonia and went to the hospital. They had one of these. Very cool! Thanks for the chance.

    mogrill@comcast.net

  97. Thanx for the contest

  98. I’ve seen these at the Pediatrician’s office – what a great idea! Thanks for hosting the contest.

  99. What a great prize that would be, to win! I never seem to be able to FIND my regular thermometer when I need it.

  100. What a great gift and something you never seem to be able to find or have when you need one

  101. Temperature taking time is always stressful around here, so this would be great!
    sblilly14(@)yahoo(.)com

  102. I’m a subscriber!
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  103. I would love to win this item since I am the mom of four kids. I first saw this cool thermometer during a trip to the doctor’s office for a routine check-up. It works so well and I would love to own one! We currently use an ear thermometer that isn’t very accurate. I usually take the temperature three times and get three different readings (usually differing by a degree or more) and then end up averaging the readings into one (what a pain!) With a new baby in our house, I know I will have many more years of usage out of a thermometer and this one is the best out on the market right now, I think! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity and good luck to all.

  104. You have to marvel at modern progress.
    Sure, would like to have it for my grandchildren.
    Thank you

  105. I love that it is non-invasive!
    Thanks

  106. This would be so helpful for the baby!

  107. This would be wonderful! It’s such a fight to check my son’s temp when he’s sick!

  108. I subscribe.

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  110. I would love to win this for my daughter-in-law who has 2 little guys!

  111. I subscribe!

  112. I tweeted this giveaway!
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  113. I faved you on Technorati…(thebabblingbrooks)

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  115. This would really simplify a lot of things. Thanks for the chance

  116. This is great, seems so much easier to use than traditional thermometers or ear thermometers

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  119. Anything to make this process quick and easy for me and my daughter is great

  120. I want to win

  121. this is a great tool…thanks

  122. this would make life so much easier, my girls hate having their temp taken

  123. Thanks for the opportunity!

  124. This is such a great idea. I cannot stand the thermometer we currently have!

  125. That thermometer sounds wonderful! Just what I could use right now. I just broke the oral one we used.

  126. Sorry, I’m 82 years old and don’t know how to BLOG or Tweet or whatever the latest words are! But I sure would like to win that thermometer!

  127. Great product :)

  128. wow this looks like a great product, i would love to try it

  129. This sounds like a great product. We are currently using a digital thermometer that we got at the hospital when our little guy was born-not too sure with the accuracy and it takes awhile to work.

  130. That thermometer looks really good. What a boon for young mothers, too.

  131. I’ve had my eye on this. I struggle with our ear thermometer. Thanks. txterri/at/aol/com

  132. What a fantastic product!

  133. This would make things so much easier when my kids are sick…especially for my squirmy 2-year old.

    thanks!

  134. I’m an email subscriber. Thanks!

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  136. i have a new grandbaby on the way and this would be great.

  137. I could really use this with two pre-school aged kids! They are always bringing something home to share! Thanks

  138. I need one of these! I never can find a thermometer when my kids are sick.

  139. What a wonderful invention! Anyone who’s ever had a sick child knows they need this! Thanks for the chance to win!

    kport207 at gmail dot com

  140. This is such a nice themometer. It would make taking temps so fast and easy. If your child were sleeping you would not even have to wake them.

  141. Oh we need this. All of our redings are always different. We need something accurate.

  142. This would be a blessing for when I have the grand children here.

  143. I’ve used these at work before but would love to have one for home! thanks for the giveaway!

  144. That thermometer sure seems like something really good to own. It is SO much easier than the usual.

  145. I have two sick boys right now and I am wishing that I had this.

  146. This would make life a whole lot easier at my house! Thanks!

  147. Wow! What a great prize!

  148. I really, really want one of these thermometers. The budget holds me back, but I’ll get one as soon as I can.

  149. The Exergen TemporalScanner Thermometer is amazing. Where was that when I had MY children!!

  150. I would love to win this so I could give it to my daughter to use on my grandchildren

  151. This is so awesome! No more trying to stick an ear thermometer in a fussy baby’s ear.

  152. This would be so great to use with three little ones that all seem to get sick at the same time. They use these in my pediatricians office

  153. I stumbled you

  154. Having my grandchildren here often, this would be a great asset when they are ill. Thier Dr. uses this, and is so much easier than other methods. I would LOVE to have this for them.

  155. What a great addition to a medicine cabinet. And it is SO easy to use, too.

  156. Please enter me.

  157. We just went through a flu outbreak at my house and the TemporalScanner would have been great for keeping tabs on fevers.

  158. I could really use this thermometer

  159. rss subscriber

  160. I could really use this thermometer!

  161. This thermometer would be so useful, especially when completely disrobing my child isn’t possible in order to take his temp rectally.

  162. This would be so much more convient to use then the one we currently have.

  163. i subscribe to your feed

  164. I think that thermometer is a terrific idea. Wish they’d had that when MY children were little.

  165. What a wonderful prize! I hope I win this one!

  166. I subscribe in Google reader.

  167. Favorited you on Technorati (SherryR)

  168. I’d love to win it for my niece

  169. I would love this! It’s not easy to get a 22 month old to sit still for 5 minutes While I take her Temp! Thanks

  170. I Would Love To Win This

  171. this would make life so much easier

  172. I have a real old digital thermometer from the early 1980’s. I would love a newer one!

  173. What a wonderful idea someone had…a thermometer that didn’t make children cry.

  174. I could use this! Even my ear thermometer is getting flaky! :)

  175. This would be perfect for my daughter who is expecting our first grandchild soon.
    Thank you so much for the chance to win.

  176. I have subscribed :)

  177. I would love this for my family.

  178. This would be a great thing to have! Thanks for the chance!

  179. I am a subscriber. Thanks!

  180. I would love to own one of these.

  181. With 4 kids this would great to have.

  182. Thank You!

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  183. Subscribed.

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  185. My son was also sick last week with a fever, I’d love to have this

  186. nice!

  187. Please and thank you.

  188. This looks like such an easy thermometer to use. Thalnks!
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  189. I’m an email subscriber. Thanks!
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  190. I first saw these when my Dad was in the ICU during chemo. What an incredible thing! It was one of the only health checks they could do that didn’t involve poking, prodding, or electric monitors. I’d love to have one!

  191. Ver nice. Thanks for the contest!

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  192. These are the best things ever, kids who hate to sit still are able to do so!

  193. This Scanner should be very accurate and thats what I want & Love about it! skyxsky27(at)gmail.com

  194. Thanks for the chance

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  197. This would be a great addition to anyone’s medicine Cabinet.

  198. This would make life so much easier! I am sure every mother agrees.

  199. This looks like it would be extremely useful and easy to use.

  200. I’m subscribed to your RSS feed.

  201. I tweeted your giveaway! (My Twitter name is @ThriftyJinxy)

  202. I have always wanted to try one of these!

  203. I am tired of my cheap thermometors failing on me in the middle of the night! I need a nice one. It would get alot of use, we have 4 kids.

  204. We really need one of these.

  205. Thanks for this great giveaway!

  206. Please enter me for this giveaway.

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  207. I subscribed!

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  208. Would love to try this non-invasive thermometer! Thanks.

  209. These are wonderful ! Sure wish I had one this last month when the flu bug hit our house!
    Try to keep a thermometer in the mouth of a coughing , sneezing crying child ugh!!!

    Throw my name in the hat for this giveaway!

    Thanks!

  210. I subscribe!

  211. You’re on my blog roll!

  212. This is SUCH a great prize! I just know that if we emptied out our house, we’d probably have 10 or more of those tiny digital thermometers. They just seem to vanish!

  213. I’d love to win. Thanks.

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  216. tweeted

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  219. These look quite useful — you’ve just about talked me into buying one, next time we have some “discretionary income” (ah, bitter-sweet memories). That “sensory issues” thing CAN sure enough get in the way of taking temperatures — and let’s not even THINK about haircuts…

  220. This would like a nice therm.

  221. I subscribe.

  222. This is great, much better than the one I have!

  223. Quite the effective promotional campaign they’re executing — good visibility, nice “need” established, very functional technology… Good stuff! Thanks for the chance!

  224. Im a subscriber

  225. great prize… my niece will love it !

  226. I cant think of anyone who likes having a ‘glass stick’ hanging out of their mouth for what seems like a mini-eternity! :)

  227. I like having a non-invasive thermometer.

  228. We need a good thermometer. We have a really old one we can’t really depend on to be accurate anymore.

  229. This looks great, I love that it’s non-invasive!

  230. I am a subscriber!

  231. I would love to have one of these. Thanks so much for a fantastic giveaway.

  232. I subscribe

  233. This would be great for helping with sick kids

  234. I need this. It looks so easy to use. Thanks :)

  235. I’ve been intending to buy one of these.

  236. Thanks for the giveaway! This would be great to use at night while my son was still sleeping.

  237. Thanks!

  238. I get feeded email updates.

  239. This sounds so cool! I can’t wait to win it!

  240. I subscribe to your blog.

  241. Great giveaway! This is a fantastic prize.

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  243. Thanks so much!

  244. Awsome! Can’t believe you’re actually giving this away!

  245. I get emailed updates of your blog.

  246. I subscribe by feed.

  247. I would love to try it.

  248. I am a subscriber.

  249. I put your button on my blog.

  250. My grand-daughter catches everything!

  251. Please enter me :)

  252. I think we could use this. Okay, yes, we could really, really use this. lol

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