Temping to 1/10 vs 1/00- need a new therm asap

[babygrey]

My thermometer died this morning. Tried replacing the batteries, but all I have is some weird symbols on the screen. It was the crappy pink Walgreens one anyway, so I don't mind replacing it, but I'm on CD6 so need to be able to replace it locally today.

I want a digi bc I temp vaginally and kind of need the beep to wake me back up. (Plus, I'm thinking co-sleeping and glass thermometers might not mix )

I don't want the Walgreens one again. As far as I can tell, I have the choice of the Target brand bbt that temps to 1/00 or the BD bbt that temps to 1/10.

I've heard good things about the BD one, but I know I've also seen posts on here about how it is important to temp to the 1/100.

So, my question is- how important is temping to the 1/100th?
Anyone have experience with the BD (I think it is purple?) or the Target brand?

TIA

[MaerynPearl]

its not so much that it temps to the 100th but that it is ACCURATE to the 100th... a BBT will usually be accurate to .02 while a regular fever thermometer will only be accurate to .2 (because in a fever .2 doesnt make a big difference, but in BBT charting .2 can mean O or not.)

[MoonStarFalling]

The BD I've had for many years is still more accurate than the BBT thermometers I've had. I would go with the BD brand.

[babygrey]

Thanks, ladies.

So, we ended up with a random major storm today, so I didn't make it out to the pharmacy that had the BD. I bought the only one I could get to that wasn't the Walgreens pinkie- Mabis, I think. It is a cheapie basal that reads out two decimals and says accurate to 1/100. Haven't played with it yet.

Hoping it'll do the job for this cycle and have ordered the BD for next cycle. :fx (not-so-secretly-hoping that there's not a next cycle...)

[~Adorkable~]

Yeah I had both and I think a good sturdy 1/10 one is totally fine, been using my BD RapidFlex for 2.5 years now with no trouble. I like that it is quite sealed, stays cleen even with vaginal temping, very easy to wipe off.