Digi Thermometer

[retourrbx]

looking at going digital...

any comments on this one?

Are they trustworthy?

 

[Turbotez]

ive got one of those, works loverly, but i only paid £9.99 with free p&p from ebay!

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Tempted, they look o.k for the money!!

 

[snail59]

Ive got one not had any problems as yet. Just dont put the probe in beyond the plastic they dont like it apparently

 

[Tony]

Best advice I can give is get a waterproof one!

 

I've got the "Maplin" one, worked fine for about a year, but has now thrown a wobbly.
It reads fine at -25 and 100C, but inbetween is rubbish.
It reads 34 when the temp is 20.

 

[Ktan]

We use digi thermometers all the time at work. By far the biggest cause of them breaking is people bending the probe cord too sharply, this seems to damage the wire inside leading to crazy reading which jump about all over the place.

 

By far the biggest cause of them breaking is people bending the probe cord too sharply, this seems to damage the wire inside leading to crazy reading which jump about all over the place.

This could well be the case, as one time it was working fine and the next it wasn't!

 

[garwatts]

Best advice I can give is get a waterproof one!

+1
Had the cheaper ones including
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Multi-function-th ... 2c527d9e7b
they are not really suitable for the brewing environment. I've got a Hanna now and its brilliant :thumb: