I ordered one weeks ago on Amazon and still haven't received it. I ordered one that was supposed to ship fast. I guess everyone is ordering one. When I get it I will let you know how it works.

On April 5, I ordered an Oximetro for DD (ETA: hers May have been an Ankovo) and a Metene for me and DH. I would have gotten two Oximetro but DD‘s order was the last one available. I researched a bit on google before ordering. DD got hers in 5 days. Ours just arrived this week. So not bad and quicker than originally estimated. I suggest a little bit of googling before selecting a brand. And of course, I never order the Sponsored brand.

I tested ours today and it seems to be fine with no glitches so far. I ordered ours when the Wall Street Journal came out with an article on what to have in your Covid-19 kit and this was cited as the number one most important item. And yes, reviews are all over the place so I just took my best shot. I suspect some of the negative reviews may be from people not using it correctly. For example, DH held his finger pointing up and got a low reading. When he positioned his hand flat on a table his reading was a normal 98%. So there’s that to consider.

I have one (although it's about 10 years old so the brand isn't relevant).

They can take some positioning and be finicky, so fool around with it until you know how to get a repeatable reading. If you're using it on a toddler, you might need to use a thumb or big toe. (Mine was for a toddler to help with those "do we go to the ER yet?" decisions. A good thing to have, unfortunately.)

My Samsung phone has an app the reads blood oxygen level, though I'm not sure how accurate it is. It seems to read on the low side. It could be that I haven't been positioning my finger optimally.

Mine was called Vive brand on Amazon, but I don't see it right now.

Thanks all.

Mine just came in the mail, but I know they are very backordered.

Essentially the technology is very simple and I'd jsut buy what you can find ... see this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/well/live/coronavirus-pulse-oximeter-oxygen.html

We have an Exergen temporal scan thermometer and really like it.

wrong thread? this is about oximeters?

I have had mine for several years now. It is a ChoiceMMed. It works great, no problems with it. It came with a very nice case. It also shows the pulse, not all of them do both.

https://www.amazon.com/ChoiceMMed-Black-Finger-Pulse-Oximeter/dp/B00ZR9MW82

I ordered one from Philips on the recommendation of an IRL friend. I didn’t even know what they were 24 hours ago.

Ours are also ChoiceMMEd. We checked their performance against the hospital one when DH was hospitalized for so many months last year. The pulse ox was the one cord that ALWAYS seemed to get him tangled up and wrap around all the other thousands of cords and devices, so we ordered this one and I checked him with it every 30 minutes while he slept so he could take off the corded hospital provided one. The nurses were okay with me doing that because we demonstrated that the two displayed almost identical values, never more than 1 percentage point difference. They couldn’t enter our oxi meter results in his chart but if it ever dropped to 94% I put the corded one back on for continuous monitoring.

mtn., OP also asked about thermometers in the original post.

Thank you for all the recommendations and links, for both the pulse ox and thermometer .

Everything I've been looking at online is sold out. Sigh!

Annie, sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Sending healing vibes.

Annie, 97% is good. Try taking a few deep breaths and see if it changes (doctors suggestion, not mine). sorry to hear you are under the weather and hope it turns out to be nothing, or at least not much. 🙏

Thanks guys...doing better today....

anita, go over to ebay. There are lots, so takes time to wade through to determine the reliability of the seller and the quality of the oximeter.

Annie, I am glad you are feeling better.

Make sure your hands are warm when you try to take a reading.

Also check your drugstores to see if they have any. The Walgreens app can tell you if it is in stock at the store you choose. Walgreens is doing drive through pick up and curbside pick up. I had a friend who got Cheerios at the drive through last week.