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Anyone have a Grobag egg room thermometer?
In the process of doing our nursey and was wondering what your opinions are on these?
I really like the fact that it glows different colours to show if the room's at the correct temperature, but was just wondering if this light is strong enough to do things by eg. night feeds, perhaps nappy changes.
We don't have a dimmer switch in the room so I do want some kind of dim light in there, but don't want to buy this egg thing if the light's not strong enough to be of any use.
Thanks for your help mummies.
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I really like the fact that it glows different colours to show if the room's at the correct temperature, but was just wondering if this light is strong enough to do things by eg. night feeds, perhaps nappy changes.
We don't have a dimmer switch in the room so I do want some kind of dim light in there, but don't want to buy this egg thing if the light's not strong enough to be of any use.
Thanks for your help mummies.
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We have a grobag egg thermometer and the light isn't strong enough to feed by etc. We have found it to be a really good buy but I'm sure if you're specifically looking for something with a stronger light you'll be able to find something that does it better.
Jen x x
We also have a night light - I think it was out of the jo jo catalogue, it has a dimmer switch so you can set the brightness to what ever you like and it has a fade to dark setting. Not sure if that is the sort of thing you are looking for but hope it helps )
Though now I've had a good look at them I REALLY do like those eggs.... dammit!
we have a grobag egg, the light is definitely not strong enough to feed by or change a nappy.
i don't think much to my egg and wouldn't really recommend it, i don't use it anymore for my lo as i was never convinced the temperature was actually what it said it was.
grobag do a night light too, it's a little gadget that fits in the light bulb socket and then you fit the bulb through that, it looks pretty good. here's the link to the official grobag website so you can have a look, i'm considering one for my next arrival but not sure about it, don't want it to be a waste of money like the egg.
http://www.bumpto3.com/product.aspx?DISPLAYCAT=sleep&CAT=Products&CATGRY=sleep&PID=HD004
hope this helps a bit
kelly
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I agree with the above comments and I would say that it always seemed to be stating that it was too hot no matter what I did. It sent me completely paranoid so put it away after a week or two!
The room Tommy was in was definately cooler than the hospital ward but because of the gloegg I had windows wide open and fans on and was still panicing! If anything he probably wasnt warm enough!
I found touching the back of his neck was always best!
What we did for a dim light with night feeds was put the light on in the utility space (just outside bedroom as on one floor, you could use landing light) and put the door open a crack.
Can you tell I'm a skinflint?!?
I do find it is fine to feed my lo by at night, but hI think he has a homing radar - he could probably feed if it was pitch black!
agree, the grobag thermometer doesnt give enough light for feeds etc. We have a video monitor which gives us enough light for this (one of our best investments). We did start off using a bedside lamp with alow watt bulb. We were tempted to buy a touch lamp but our funds couldnt stretch that far.
The grobag egg seems to have a mixture of +ve and -ve reviews. I saw this after hubby had gone and ordered it! From our experience it is only 1'C higher than our thermometer on our air cond. So we use it as the max temp our room is. We were wondering if this increas in degree maybe as a result of the heat the groegg produces itself. As it gets slightly warm as it is plugger on rather battery. We also find it good as you can see the temp from across the room.
We too found we didnt have enough plugs and brought a cheap extension lead. xxx
then my bro brought us a touch lamp just a small one thats in corner of room that you can touch base up to 3 times and it gets brighter so if i need to turn light on in night i touch once to the lowest setting - think it was argos...
xx
Hi!!
We we have a gro egg in our bedroom at the minute. We are due in august. We also bought a dusk till dawn light that you just plug in to the mains- not sure if it's bright enough for nappy changed as bottle feeding but it cost us £5 from Boots, uses 3p electric a week.. not a bad buy really x