- #1 Brand among doctors(1): Clinically validated, the Braun Sensian 5 Forehead non-contact thermometer provides a quick, accurate non-invasive reading you can rely on, so you can manage your health while at home with confidence
- POSITIONCHECK: Accuracy made easy thanks to Braun’s technology that combines an aiming light, proximity sensor, and on-screen guidance to minimise error and ensure proper positioning of the thermometer
- COLOUR-CODED DIGITAL DISPLAY: Our large, backlit LCD screen provides easy to read colour-coded results – a green screen indicates a normal result, a yellow screen indicates a mild fever is present, and red screen indicates a high fever is present, so you can easily understand results with a quick glance
- QUICK AND EASY TO USE: Quickly and comfortably takes a non-invasive measurement in two seconds—making it ideal for babies, children, and the entire family
- CONTACT OR NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OPTION: Provides accurate results when used as a contact or non-contact, for greater comfort and ease
- SILENT MODE: With the slide of a switch, you can set the thermometer to silent mode for a quick temperature check that won’t interrupt your family while they rest to recover
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Hiren –
This is a really fantastic product, so easy to use and perfect for working with young children! I strongly recommend it to all parents of young children.
The description tells you what it does, but I can tell you that it works well, is easy to use and seems well designed for the hand. I have used it with my 2 year old and 4 year old, the younger of which hated in-ear IR thermometers and neither of which will generally sit still long enough for a conventional thermometer.
When used ‘contactless’, you press the ‘on’ button at the bottom, position it around 5cm from the space between and just about the eye brows and press the temperature button. A three stage animation pops up immediately take take the temperature, which must take no more than 2 or 3 seconds. If you haven’t got the distance to the subject right, an animation guides you in and the temperature is then taken automatically. When used as a forehead thermometer, the routine is exactly the same but even more foolproof – just place the soft sensor area on the subject forehead and press the temperature button.
When the temperature has been read the display shows the reading in large, bright, backlit numbers. The backlighting also reflects the reading – green for a normal temperature, yellow for slightly raised and red for high.
There is also a slide switch on the side to mute all system sounds, which I have found useful as it makes the process feel even less invasive.
My main caveat is that the subject needs to have been indoors for at least 30 minutes before using the thermometer, which may perhaps present a problem for GPs etc considering buying one of these.
I should also say that, when I first turned it on, I got an error message a few times but this went away in a few minutes and I haven’t had a repeat since.
Mrs B. –
Got this for my mum to replace one she broke. Compared to my old one; next to it in the pictures, that’s always been reliable. This one is not quite the best accuracy for reading temperatures. But will do for quickness. She wanted a clear large display, which this certainly has. Not so keen on having to keep pressing the age button to set it each time it’s switched back on. Other than that it’s easy to use. I like that if your too far away or too close it warns you. Overall for this well known brand and price. I thought it would be more accurate to be honest.
David –
With a new baby on the way any day now (granddaughter), we decided it was time to purchase a new thermometer. This thermometer is a fairly new product and wasn’t available when we purchased our last thermometer.
The product is very robust and easy to use (ergonomic). Takes two AA sized batteries (included).
With amazon prime the product was delivered approximately 20 hours after the order was placed, in our case by royal mail tracked delivery, with tracking information available one hour after the order was placed. The item arrived undamaged. The packaging itself consists of a windowed cardboard box with the opening edge sealed with a sticker. Inside the thermometer is enclosed in a plastic clamshell and is easily opened. also enclosed is a quick start guide, a more detailed product manual and the aforementioned batteries. There is also a sturdy plastic cap to cover the sensor, which the instructions indicate would be fitted to the unit but which was loose in the box in our case.
The batteries are fitted by removing a slide off plastic door. inside the battery bay is a two position dip switch to select between Celsius or Fahrenheit measurements. The batteries do not come fitted. We were supplied with maxell branded batteries.
after fitting the batteries you can use a sliding switch on the left hand side of the product to select whether you want the product to work silently or issue an audible beep when operating.
on/off operation is via a push button switch on the face of the unit, located just above the Braun logo.
Don’t forget to remove the plastic cap that protects the sensor – it simply pushes into place, it’s a tension fit, there’s no clips to break or anything that would retain the cover in place.
after switching the unit on it’s ready for operation immediately, also It can take multiple readings in rapid succession, unlike our in-ear thermometer which for some bizarre reasons requires 30-60 seconds between readings – as the button used to take a reading will start cycling through the memory until a certain amount of time has elapsed.
After switching on you press the large blue temperature button to take a reading, the screen then displays a prompt to place the unit 0-5 cm from the reading site (0 cm being “in contact” with the site) – if the unit is at the appropriate distance then a reading will be taken within 2 seconds. When the button has been pressed a light is projected to illuminate the reading site – it is bright but not unpleasantly so.
I’ve noticed no difference in readings that were taken second apart on the same person where the unit was in contact with the site, or whether it was at a distance.
When on a backlight on the screen adjusts to one of three colours after taking a reading;
green to indicate a normal temperature.
amber to indicate a borderline-fever temperature.
red to indicate a fever temperature.
It Is important to note that the backlight colouring is based on temperature norms for an individual of age 3 years to adult – norms for babies are different to adults. I have not read the manual in any great depth to ascertain whether the differences are explained in the literature but this information Is readily available online.
Also it is important to note, as explained in the literature, that no warning Is provided for a hypothermic temperature (low temperature) – however if such a reading is detected the backlight will remain off when displaying a reading.
Additionally if there is an error in taking a reading an error warning Is displayed and the backlight turns red.
I cannot think of any negative aspects which should be mentioned.
An additional benefit of this unit over an in-ear thermometer is the absence of a requirement for ongoing costs in the form of lens filters and the ability to prevent cross-infection through the facility to use the unit in a non-contact mode.
In summary this product Is robust, easy to use and comes with appropriate guidance to be utilised correctly. I would definitely consider it a worthwhile candidate for anyone in the market for a thermometer for use in the home environment
Amazon Customer –
It is very accurate, when I was taken ill, it was just the same temp reading when I got to hospital.
samhain04 –
Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Braun Sensian 7. Die berührungslose Messfunktion ist besonders praktisch für kleine Kinder, da man die Temperatur schnell und ohne Berührung messen kann. Das farbcodierte Display, das die Temperatur je nach Altersgruppe anzeigt, macht es sehr einfach, die Fieberstufe auf einen Blick zu erkennen. Die Messungen sind schnell und genau, und das Gerät ist sowohl für Kinder als auch für Erwachsene bestens geeignet. Einfache Handhabung, verlässliche Ergebnisse und ein robustes Design – absolute Kaufempfehlung
Ali Emre YILMAZ –
BEST ONE
John –
Fantastic for the whole family to use. Also very accurate and brings peace of mind.
donna –
I have an in-ear thermometer for my kid, which is also used by NHS. I bought this one for not disturbing my kid’s sleep during the night. Nevertheless, measurements are dependent on the environmental conditions and sensitive to where you spot it at. It is difficult to get consistent measurements.
ali abdollahi –
Correspond parfaitement à la description
Très bonne qualité
Mrs B. –
Having kids, I have ended up with quite a few thermometers in my possession. Being a Braun branded, I trusted this to be the best of the lot, but unfortunately it is grossly inaccurate and inconsistent. The reading is always high and it jumps around all over the place, I have other contactless thermometers, in-ear ones and even a more reliable under the armpit digital one, all of those are fairly calibrated with one another, some better than others. But the Braun is always like 2 degrees higher and seems to always indicate a fever even when there is no illness. I would avoid this one and recommend something like the Yuwell instead.
Weigert rose marie –
Macht, was es soll und ist leicht zu bedienen. Gutes Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis.
Kate –
I ordered it when I was pregnant.
I always was seeing the reviews good to this product. It not disappointing me !
Even my son is 4 now still works perfectly.
Value for money.
Fit everywhere where we travel.
So easy to use it. Specially when I used it emergency in night time never disappointed me.
Design is so new and so good.
Works fast and giving you good results of numbers.
Thank you vwry much.
Gaffar –
This is not comparable to the in ear thermometer at all. I just looked at the heading and product pic and didn’t realise it’s a forehead one and by the time it arrived my husband had unpacked it and dumped the pacakaging so stuck with having to buy another as this is completely inadequate for little children