Vicks and Braun review and giveaway

The season is upon us!!



No, I'm not speaking of autumn or fall.


Nor am I referring to the fast approaching holiday season.



I'm referencing the {drumroll, please} FLU season!



The items that the Vicks and Braun companies sent me couldn't have arrived at a more opportune moment.



The Vicks ComfortFlex Digital Thermometer with Fever Insight Feature {$9.00-$14.00} came in quite handy last week; when the very same day that I received the Vicks and Braun package on my doorstep is the same afternoon that my son came home from preschool with impending ear infection.


The Vicks ComfortFlex tip and incredibly fast, approximately 8 seconds, reading are superb features for a newly trained preschooler learning to use an oral thermometer.


The Fever Insight Feature makes it easy as "traffic light" green, yellow, and red to decipher if your child is febrile or not.



Once the ear infection had transformed my normally gentle, docile, pleasing child into a nonphotogenic and uncooperative patient, the Braun Thermoscan Ear Thermometer with ExacTemp Technology {$39.99-$49.99} came in mighty handy (for the uninfected ear, of course).
It's unique pre-warmed tip, ExacTemp Technology and Guidance System combine to provide a comfortable and accurate reading for your little one.

Lastly, I was so generously sent a Vicks Pediatric Germ Free Cool Mist Humidifier {$69.99}. It's no secret that we, who live in the deep South, rarely yearn for humidity as it is present most everyday in the greater than 70% range. However, this humidifier has so many incredibly useful features who wouldn't want to try it out. With it's ultraviolent light feature that kills up to 99% of all bacteria, ProTec antimicrobial treated filter, large recessed 1gallon tank and integrated Vicks Vapor scent pad heater it is easily one of the best cool mist humidifier currently on the market.


I'd like to believe that I was chosen for this review from the Vicks and Braun companies because of my extensive pediatric intensive care nursing background, rather not because the Vicks and Braun companies somehow knew that I'm the mother to two preschool-age boys with an extensive history of ear infections, ear tube (tympanostomy tube) placements, tonsillectomies, adenoidectomies, bronchiolitis, seasonal asthma, and croup.

Nonetheless, the three items you see above are near staples in a home that occupies young children during the dreaded Flu season.

BUY IT:

All these items can be purchased at WalMart, Walgreens, or Amazon.com.

The Vicks and Braun companies have offered two items for giveaway to the Peanut Butter and Pickles Reviews readers.

Item #1: Vicks Comfort Flex Digital Thermometer with Fever Insight Feature {$9.00-$14.00 value} (as described and pictured above)

Item #2:

Vicks soothing menthol vapors are now available in a convenient Vicks Advanced Soothing Vapors Mini-Waterless Vaporizer. This non-medicated plug-in releases up to 16 hours of Vicks vapors before the VapoPads need to be replaced and has intensity level controls to adjust vapor strength. It also features an independently controlled soft glow nightlight that allows you to adjust the brightness of the soothing light to your preference. SRP $9.99

**excerpt taken directly from Vicks website**

WIN IT:

To win either of these two products, visit either the Vicks or the Braun websites, return to this post, and leave a comment as to what you learned/liked/disliked/appreciated upon visiting the respective website.

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Giveaway ends: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 at Midnight EST
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