Bargain Alerts

[Leann ull]

Thermopens are all calibrated and come with a cert of calibration if you want hyper accuracy go with the thermopen.

Did you read the reviews of that


1.0 out of 5 starsTerrible quality. And you cannot replace the battery.
ByMartin Beldersonon 19 June 2016
Colour: Pen Clip|Verified Purchase
Looks far more impressive in the photo than in reality. You cannot even recalibrate it (mine was 2℃ off) and you cannot change the batter. It lasted a week before it stopped working. Very poor build quality. It looks and feels like a cheap Chinese knock-off of a better thermometer which is what I should have bought in the first place. My advice is to spend more on something you will be able to rely upon.

ByAmazon Customeron 26 May 2016
Colour: Pen Clip|Verified Purchase
When inserted into meat it tells me random temperatures all over the place. I inserted the probe into a pork shoulder that had been cooking for 8 hours and it told me the temperature was -20. I tested it a few other times and the temperatures were completely erratic.

[DCLavs]

57 out of 63 are 5 star reviews....sounds like a couple of faulty ones the 1 stars.Think I'll risk it.

[Leann ull]

Please do come back here crying when the most important bit of kit in your entire brewing process turns out to be a crock

[DCLavs]

Please do come back here crying when the most important bit of kit in your entire brewing process turns out to be a crock

Will do Mystic CH

[Leann ull]

I can give you tomorrows lottery numbers as well if you like 

[DCLavs]

I can give you tomorrows lottery numbers as well if you like 

go for it.I like a gamble.

I have http://tinyurl.com/h5tp88n and http://tinyurl.com/h5tp88nr so the 8 quid one should be an upgrade

[armedcor]

You say that but there's a good chance it won't. I mean by the time you add the three purchases together and include shipping you might have well have bought one Thermopen....

[Leann ull]

I've had about 4-5 shit thermometers, the thermopen is where I'm at now 

[nigel_c]

An industry calibrated thermometer is an investment. Clubs should invest in one and people can calibrate their thermometers to it. Or for the price of the one posted, get your own.
A badly calibrated thermometer be the difference in a beer finishing at 1.010 or 1.015. BIG difference in final product.
 

[Motorbikeman]

You say that but there's a good chance it won't. I mean by the time you add the three purchases together and include shipping you might have well have bought one Thermopen....

Thats the mistake I made. 

I bought a meat probe from argos http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9013775/Trail/searchtext%3ETHERMOMETER.htm which goes a bit nuts when steam hits it. 
one of these..  complete waste of time.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-Food-Probe-Oven-Thermometer-for-Cooking-Baking-Meat-Temperature-Sensor-/131881959464?hash=item1eb4c70028:g:3b0AAOSwa-dWk3Wd
And a regular brewing glass thermometer from brewing shops.  Not great..   

I don't really trust any of them and now use one of my stc1000.   And I have no confidence in that either. 

I really hope this is the end of my wows...

[BrewDorg]

Picked up a thermapen just now. Hard to resist at that price.

[DCLavs]

After all that I've just ordered one

[Will_D]

Commercially you just buy a calibrated thermometer per year.

Why?

Coz: its cheaper than having one recalibrated and certified in '.dubland'

The older ones are then relegated to "secondary standards/use" and are cross calibrated to the one that is "in cert"

End of Elf'n'Effin safety Regs!

[nigel_c]

The older ones are then relegated to "secondary standards/use" and are cross calibrated to the one that is "in cert"

Or they disappear. I "know a place" that dumps calibrated box probes when that batteries go. I shit you not. I have spares.

[DEMPSEY]

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