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: Grobag Egg
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Rating: 
- don't buy it save the money
don't buy it is save your money and use the free one in the mother and baby packs
Rating:
- No problems here
I'm not sure why so many people on Amazon have had problems as I've not had any problems with inaccurate readings or other faults with this. I have put other thermometers in the same room to test it and it's always been accurate and in sync. Not to mention that in the summer when we have the air con on it reads the same temperature as the thermostat the air con is set to. I personaly love this thermometer, it's so easy to see straight away the temperature by both the digital reading and the colour it is glowing. I've found it invaluble for making sure my baby is in comfortable temperatures and dressed and or covered up appropriately. It is a cool looking piece that looks good in any room. It glows blue when the room is too cold (below 16'C with a digital display of a sad face) yellow when it's just right (16'-20'C with a display of a happy, smiley face), orange when it's warm (21'-23'C) and red when the room is too hot (over 24'C and a digital display of a sad face). The literature the thermometer comes with gives detailed info on the correct clothes and bedding baby should be in depending on the temperature of the room. It's compact, well made and I've never had any faults with it and I've had mine a year now. I also want to add in response to people saying it can't be accurate because it has a light on it that that is total nonsense because it's an LED light which as most people know, do not give off heat. I've had this plugged in since I got it and it has never, ever gotten hot. It is always cool to the touch so please do not think this interferes with an accurate reading! I don't think it takes much common sense to work out that whoever designed this would have taken that into consideration. In any case, I'd highly recommend this thermometer and I'm very pleased with it.
Rating: - Always wrong
Like other reviewers, I have found this very unreliable, reading approximately 5C higher than it really is. Clearly calibration / quality control is lacking. Avoid.
Rating: - Who designed this useless object?
As many other reviews indicate, the thermometer is inacurate by about 2 degrees. I have 4 thermometers on various baby accessories all reading the same by +/- 0.3. I have 2 eggs, one at home and one at the grandparents. Both eggs are wrong.
Dare i say why, well light gives of heat so whats the most stupid thing you can do? stick a damn light on a thermometer!
Am i worrying too much or is this a tad dangerous?
**********UPDATE 20 SPETEMBER 2008 *****************
After having two dud units, i contacted Grobag and the charity who supports the product, the FSID.
My units were returned, tested and found to be faulty. Grobag sent me a replacement. The replacement has a slightly different design where the power adaptor plug plugs into the egg and i have been informed that there were also some internal alterations. The new product appears to function quite accurately. I suspect there are still a number of older units still being sold, and it is with these where the problem may be.
Rating: - Unlucky enough to have been given two of these
thermometers! As previous comments readings on both units were inaccurate. Recording at least 2-3 degrees higher than the actual room temperature. In some instances we've watched the temperature raise and fall a whole degree in seconds once it starts to display high temperatures of above 25 degrees C. Eventually we returned one unit and have kept the other - all it's useful for is a pretty night light if you like orange that is because you have to freeze before it turns blue!
- don't buy it save the moneydon't buy it is save your money and use the free one in the mother and baby packs
Rating:
- No problems hereI'm not sure why so many people on Amazon have had problems as I've not had any problems with inaccurate readings or other faults with this. I have put other thermometers in the same room to test it and it's always been accurate and in sync. Not to mention that in the summer when we have the air con on it reads the same temperature as the thermostat the air con is set to. I personaly love this thermometer, it's so easy to see straight away the temperature by both the digital reading and the colour it is glowing. I've found it invaluble for making sure my baby is in comfortable temperatures and dressed and or covered up appropriately. It is a cool looking piece that looks good in any room. It glows blue when the room is too cold (below 16'C with a digital display of a sad face) yellow when it's just right (16'-20'C with a display of a happy, smiley face), orange when it's warm (21'-23'C) and red when the room is too hot (over 24'C and a digital display of a sad face). The literature the thermometer comes with gives detailed info on the correct clothes and bedding baby should be in depending on the temperature of the room. It's compact, well made and I've never had any faults with it and I've had mine a year now. I also want to add in response to people saying it can't be accurate because it has a light on it that that is total nonsense because it's an LED light which as most people know, do not give off heat. I've had this plugged in since I got it and it has never, ever gotten hot. It is always cool to the touch so please do not think this interferes with an accurate reading! I don't think it takes much common sense to work out that whoever designed this would have taken that into consideration. In any case, I'd highly recommend this thermometer and I'm very pleased with it.
Rating:
- Always wrongLike other reviewers, I have found this very unreliable, reading approximately 5C higher than it really is. Clearly calibration / quality control is lacking. Avoid.
Rating:
- Who designed this useless object? As many other reviews indicate, the thermometer is inacurate by about 2 degrees. I have 4 thermometers on various baby accessories all reading the same by +/- 0.3. I have 2 eggs, one at home and one at the grandparents. Both eggs are wrong.
Dare i say why, well light gives of heat so whats the most stupid thing you can do? stick a damn light on a thermometer!
Am i worrying too much or is this a tad dangerous?
**********UPDATE 20 SPETEMBER 2008 *****************
After having two dud units, i contacted Grobag and the charity who supports the product, the FSID.
My units were returned, tested and found to be faulty. Grobag sent me a replacement. The replacement has a slightly different design where the power adaptor plug plugs into the egg and i have been informed that there were also some internal alterations. The new product appears to function quite accurately. I suspect there are still a number of older units still being sold, and it is with these where the problem may be.
Rating:
- Unlucky enough to have been given two of thesethermometers! As previous comments readings on both units were inaccurate. Recording at least 2-3 degrees higher than the actual room temperature. In some instances we've watched the temperature raise and fall a whole degree in seconds once it starts to display high temperatures of above 25 degrees C. Eventually we returned one unit and have kept the other - all it's useful for is a pretty night light if you like orange that is because you have to freeze before it turns blue!