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Grobag Egg

Grobag Egg


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Brand: Grobag Egg
Category: Baby Product

List Price: £19.95
Buy New: £15.90
You Save: £4.05 (20%)



New (15) from £15.90

Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars 65 reviews
Sales Rank: 6

Color: multi
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 4.1 x 3.6

EAN: 5055165220003
ASIN: B000DZF1WE

Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Easy to understand colour coded system indicates room temperature
  • Digital thermometer with permanent 'back-lit' LCD readout
  • Gentle night light
  • Instructions and safe sleep guide enclosed
  • UK Mains only powered adaptor supplied

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Customer Reviews:   Read 60 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars Apparently it's always hot!   October 4, 2008
Well, like the others I find this to read ridiculously hot. When we have another thermometer (which is also inaccurate reading too high, that's why we replaced it with this!) reading 23.5 and the heating thermostat set at 19 the egg continues to warn us it's 24.9 degrees in here. This is positively dangerous, I bought this product because I am disabled in a way that I can't tell my own body temperature and need to rely on a thermometer, I could die from hypothermia if I trusted this thing. It's going straight back.


1 out of 5 stars Useless!!! Don't buy....   October 3, 2008
Save your money and buy a basic nursery type thermometer for a few pounds. We bought this one and a basic nursery one from Mothercare and we have built in thermometer on our alarm clock. The Grobag one is always hotter by at least 3c and I will be returning it to the manufacturers. Like other reviewers it sits on a bedside table out of direct sunlight etc and is incorrect. Some days I will feel chilly and it reads 21c and says "too warm". Worst thing I have bought for my baby up to now - I would definitely not recommend at all.


1 out of 5 stars Inaccurate   September 24, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

We bought the Grobag Egg and have found that it's about 2 degrees C higher than it should be. I'm sending it back to the manufacturer. I emailed them and they replied saying that it should be accurate from between + or - 1 degree C.

Apparently they test all the Eggs that come back to them in a `draft proofed box for approximately 3 hours with a thermocouple attached to a calibrated Digitron thermometer' and observe the temperature readings through a window.

They apportion typical reasons for inaccurate readings down to customers handling the sensor, errors in other measuring devices, differences in air current and sunlight!

All I can say is that ours sat undisturbed out of direct sunlight on a bedside table, in a small bedroom, that had a window and door - much like most peoples nursery.

I tested the Egg against a mercury thermometer, a digital one and our room Digistat. The Egg was 2 degrees C over the other 3.

I think perhaps the manufacturer should test the Egg in a real life environment and not a lab, and should not set the display to read to 1 decimal place when they only regard it accurate to + or - 1 degree C.

It's not something that gives us peace of mind and in my view it's a fun gadget only and should not be relied on for accurate room temperature readings. We paid 20 for it and that's too expensive for what is really only coloured light. Even if they got the accuracy to within + or - 1 degree C, that's a significant temperature difference and you can get more accurate thermometers for a lot less.

I await the results of their test on our Egg.



1 out of 5 stars It's a pretty night light   September 1, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this product to provide me with peace of mind regarding the temperature of my baby's room. But, as the other reviews indicate, the egg consistently gives a temperature 2 or 3 degrees higher than other thermometers. This is frustrating and disappointing. It does look pretty though and makes a good little night light - but no good for peace of mind when looking at temperature!


1 out of 5 stars don't buy it save the money   July 31, 2008
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

don't buy it is save your money and use the free one in the mother and baby packs

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