Customer Reviews

Not accurate, don't buy Review by DudeFromBoston

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As many others have pointed out, this thermometer is all over the place in terms of accuracy. Mine read 220+ in boiling water, since it's sealed you can't calibrate. Buy another one.

NB should really stop putting this in their starter kits. (Posted on 4/27/12)

Okay Reliability BUT Easily breakable Review by Chris

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I've been brewing for about 2 1/2 years. I've had good consistent results with these thermometers. However, I'll soon be purchasing my fourth thermometer in that amount of time. These things will chip, crack and break if you look at them wrong. This weekend I broke my most recent lab thermometer. I was making a yeast starter and was taking a temperature reading as I was cooling the starter wort in my kitchen sink. The thermometer slipped out of my hand and dropped about two inches into my starter jar. The head cracked and it's contents (not mercury, but a petroleum based product) floated out into the starter. (Posted on 1/17/12)

Worked great Review by AndrewO

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Worked great until I forgot it was sitting on a the top of a tote and I forgot to remove it before I opened it. I will probably upgrade to a digital or dial one instead, but it worked great. (Posted on 12/29/11)

Wildly Inaccurate Review by Alex

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I wanted to check the temperature of a pot water to see how close I was to a boil. No bubbles were forming yet but the thermometer jumped right up to 220F. It was then I realized that my previous 2 mashes were totally off, and the beers are pretty undrinkable now. Do NOT buy this. (Posted on 10/18/11)

Not accurate Review by Kwaku1331

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As previously mentioned it appears this thermometer is about 10-20 degrees cooler than other thermometers. Mash in this case reads 148 degrees on this therm. digital meat probe is reading 164. (I know this is too high, LOL) First time brewing all grain...need to tighten up the process. (Posted on 4/3/11)

Reads +12* hot during mash & +22* during boil Review by W

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I've tried to calibrate this with the ice and boiling water method. In the ice bath I get and accurate 30F at 150 it reads 162 (bit of a difference when you're aiming for 150F and only hitting 140F).

At this point I only use it to keep track of how quickly the HLT temp is rising. (Posted on 3/16/11)

Hard to use Review by Deeboe

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I have a hard time with this one. I noticed when doing a reading that, no matter where my fingers were, it affected the reading. I have since tied a string to the end of it that I hold when doing readings. Still, a major pain. (Posted on 1/15/11)

Not Accurate Review by eeguy

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I've tested this against two other thermometers and this one reads about 10 degrees cooler than the others. Not acceptable when mashing. (Posted on 1/5/11)

Not real accurate Review by dm

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In a cup of crushed ice and just enough water to cover said ice, this thermometer reads 30F. In boiling water, it reads 217F. I've since purchased another lab thermometer that cost the same, but reads dead on. (Posted on 1/4/11)

As good of a thermometer as I've found so far. Review by Casey

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Accurate, surprisingly tough. Mine has survived being dropped many times, being used as a stirring stick in the mash. Reasonably fast response, easy to read. Just a good basic piece of gear. (Posted on 11/3/10)