So you juste do an LF read and thats pops UP?
Thats simple enough 
I’ll take one while they’re still available.
Would there toward the front be a good spot?
It’s not into the armpit, but I can self install there 
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I have one in my bicep. I’ll try to take a pic on the morning
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I just self installed the two I had sitting around last night. One in each bicep. Working great!
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What are you using to read?
Are the results equal across both?
Have you compared to other thermometers in other body orifices?
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I use the flipper0. I have compared them to each other and the placement is really close to being symmetrical. I don’t have a thermometer to compare at the moment. I’ll have to wait until I get back home at the end of the week. (I’m a super commuter 6000 miles a week 
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Ill report back though on the readings when I get them. I’m really curious too.
I’ve been floating at ~35C ±- 0.5 on each with an average 0.25C difference in each side.
I’m excited to actually be able to use them.
P.S. my favorite thing about this forum is you can have a conversation thread across years 
this community is awesome.
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I don’t get it. If they are not reliable, why would anyone insist on asking for these implants to be available again on the DT store? Are these xBT any better then last time I checked the forum? I would really love to have this function added to my body, but since everyone (including Amal and tac0s) says it’s not useful at all, I really don’t get why they are on the hype. Why would you want to measure your temperature if your not certain the value is accurate?
I guess I’m getting into video responses now?
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Been a bit since I’ve thought about the xBT… have one sitting in my drawer to do something with…
What was the consensus on pec install location… was that pretty thermally stable or still too dynamic?
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It would probably be more stable if you wore a coat or heavy hoodie for a while and got a reading through it, while not being overly worked, sweating, etc.
It would be interesting to be able to take readings periodically with the xBT and at the same time take your regular temperature with a medically approved thermometer via one of the normal routes. If you could collect enough samples over a long enough time, you might be able to establish some sort of relationship that is more or less linear, within margins of error.
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Is there any installer advice or tidbits in regards to getting the xBT nice and deep… but you know not lost forever somewhere inside
The thing is, YOU don’t have to.
Some people like blinky
Some people like Magnets
Some people like the idea of a temp sensor.
I have one, I didn’t have a particular need for one, but it gave somebody the opportunity to practice thier install technique and procedure.
It was one of his very first installs and he nailed it.
Mine is placed as Amal suggested, right up in the armpit and I can read it easily and reliably with a flipper zero
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You don’t want to go past muscle. Choose subdermal placement that has a lot of fat between dermis and muscle. If you get into the muscle then there is a chance of migration into body cavities etc.
The xBT, unlike all our other implants, has a biobond cap for anti-migration purposes. Where we it settles for a good amount of time, tissue will likely grow into that cap. Just fyi.
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Overwhelming number of requests. 
While there is a marked difference between doing the thing and doing the thing well, there is a larger difference between doing and not 
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@amal so if I put it in a good location and keep the best practices while measuring, will the results be reliable? I once thought about getting one, but I stumbled in some posts and folks saying it was not a good idea.
I’m not criticizing the xBT users. I really don’t get it. I actually considered the xBT an option for myself, but then I saw some posts in the forum and folks said it was not reliable. That’s why I said I don’t get it why people still insist on the xBT orders.
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I understand.. everyone has their subjective idea of “worth while” 
I am going to continue to be very particular about definitions here. When you say “reliable”, to most people that means: “Will I be able to get a temerpature reading from the chip reliably, or will I have problems reading the chip?” .. so the answer is yes, you will be able to reliably read the chip with a capable reader like the this;
If you mean “Will I be able to get temperature data from the chip that will always be within N degrees of my body’s core temperature?” then the answer to this is - maybe. It will depend on a lot of factors.
For example, if you implanted it into your rectal tissue, it didn’t migrate away during healing, and you are willing to sit on a reader capable of reading FDX-B chips and decipher the “app data” to get a temperature reading, then absolutely yes Anywhere else, even the arm pit, will depend a lot on exact placement and how you are attempting to get a read each time. If you place it perfectly up in your arm pit area (maybe consult a doctor), keep your arm down for at least 1 minute, and take the temperature reading without opening your arm, or taking it very quickly as soon as you open your arm.. then yes it’s possible to get consistent readings based on a repeatable procedure that controls variables as much as possible.
Now that your placement and procedure can produce consistent readings, the documentation for the Destron Fearing microchip thermal sensor states the chip itself has an error margin of +/- 0.2°C. Considering the human body’s “normal” range is 36.1°C to 37.2°C, an error margin of only 0.2°C is not that much.
With all these factors at play (perfect placement, a good consistent read procedure, etc.) it should be possible to create calibration such that you could apply a correction to the chip based on a linear or % based scale, depending on initial test data.. but you would have to perform this long term testing and come up with your calibration method since each placement is going to be unique.
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I know
I get that you dont get it, I also dont get it for the same reasons as you; but, I also get why people get it…
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What do you mean by rectal tissue? Literally inside the annus? Or just “close enough”? The reason I ask this is because I have doubts about the actual possibility for this; wouldn’t it cause an infection during healing due to the bacteria in the region and crap going down twice a day?
Also, do you know anyone who’s ever done this? A rectal implant to measure the body temperature? That would be and interesting case to study.
This seems like a hypothetical scenario–not something he’s suggesting anyone do. It’s the best place to take a body temp so it would theoretically give you the most accurate reading for a noisy sensor, you know?
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