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“Flo” test: new iPhone connected thermometer

test-lecture-thermometre-connecte-flo-8.jpgLast February, we
Discovered aircraftFlo
in this article, a connected thermometer project that made its debut
Via the Kickstarter platform. A few months and oneSuccessful funding
later, the product is ready and was delivered to the first
Buyers.

He is nowalso on sale on the site
manufacturer, in several colors.

We took advantage of this outing to test it. Photos and details at
Find later:

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The thermometer, available in several colors, comes with a pocket
fabric transport and a button battery.

The implementation of the latter is classic, a small rotation of
cap and the whole is ready for measurement. The materials used
exudes quality and solidity at least in terms of feelings.

The sensor at the end of the Flo:

Use and measurement

The thermometer can be usedsans smartphone. Pour
Launch the measurement, just press the round part, which hides in
makes a button while positioning the end of the thermometer 1 cm from the
Skin about the two eyes.

The flo is thena color code at the LED visible on
the top. Reading is almost instantly and displays green if
The temperature is correct, red otherwise.

We appreciate having a contactless measurement, it avoids waking up
A child who sleeps and reduces hygiene problems.

But Flo is also usedin connected mode with the
smartphone. For this, an iPhone app must be installed, it

is available here on the App Store

The Bluetooth link is carried out directly within the app. Once the
two connected, reading the temperature is done in the same way as
Previously by pressing the button. But this timethe
temperature is displayed in the tenth of degreesand evenstatement
in Haute-Voix(in French via an adjustment).

Other options are planned, such as recording the history of
measurements, with so desired photo. It is also possible to create different
profiles for family members.

In terms of measurement of the measurements, the tests carried out seemed to show
measurements according to the fairly close moments of a atrial thermometer, without
that this corresponds to perfect measurements in one case as in the other (a
not very low at 36.4 for example). We didn't have a perfectly calibrated device
To verify the values, but what we can remember is that for
To distinguish a fever from a normal state is enough with for the precision of
measures, a difference that is estimated at +/- 0.5 degrees approximately approximately, without
It is not scientific!

In use and if we remain on the hardware and software aspect, we appreciate the
Simple and quick measurement, reading atvoice
hauteand generally the richness of the functions of the application.
This can nevertheless sometimes appear a little complicated to manipulate but
It remains very correct for beginnings. The thermometer can also be used
To quickly check the temperature of a bath or bottle of milk.

A mode is provided for the temperature measurement of other objects than the body
human. It must be started via continuous support of 3 seconds on the
button. The LED is then purple and the temperature taken. If this mode is not
Activated, an error alert is displayed.

Finally, the question of the price remains ... a nearly50 euros port
Understood, there are less expensive and contactless solutions to
Take the temperature. But as needed, the software aspect with
Automatic historization can seduce. it remains less expensive
that the withings version recently releasedwhich displays the
temperature without the need for the iPhone on the other hand.

To read:The latest tests
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Equal: AG Tescience

founder of the site. IT engineer and specialist in the Internet where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for Team Palmtops magazine (Posse Presse) and author of several works on the iPad at PEARSON.

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