/members-area/personalblogs/b/nico-tewinkel-s-blog/posts/temperature-tester---ir-thermometerI thought I&#39;d share something else I picked up as part of a shopping cart prize - this nice little Infrared Thermometer by Multicomp. I guess these type of thermometers were all the rage during the height of the pandemic with all the people fever teen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/nico-tewinkel-s-blog/posts/temperature-tester---ir-thermometerSat, 23 Apr 2022 17:16:22 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c7e398c3-1cd0-40d8-b746-33dbaab7ead8beacon_dave1<p>For accuracy then don&#39;t you have to factor in the thermal emissivity of the surface you are measuring compared with what the thermometer has been calibrated against ? Also the field of view and distance you are using it at so as to be sure that the target completely fills the measurement area.&nbsp;</p> <p>I&#39;d imagine that the medical ones have been calibrated against the thermal emissivity of human skin and for use at a fairly close&nbsp;range so that the the forehead being measured fills the the measurement target area.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=23455&AppID=296&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">