Nick
Comentado en el Reino Unido el 9 de junio de 2024
as good as the very expensive one I have for cooking, I use it for checking film-developing chemical temps and its excellent for this, especially as its waterproof
Away in the Hills
Comentado en el Reino Unido el 9 de enero de 2024
I've never been comfortable with cooking meals like chicken and turkey so a thermometer was ideal for me to ensure the meat if cooked.I started with one of the probes with the display at the end. These were tiny and hard to read. When searching for a replacement I saw these and liked the idea of a much larger display and a foldaway probe. It was 3 x times the price of my previous thermometer which still works but I ordered one and when it arrived I wasn't disappointed. It's so much easier to use and registers the temperature so quickly I can see which parts of a turkey aren't thawed or up to temperature as I push the probe in.I tested it's accuracy using a glass of water with ice in it. As you can see from the photo it registers 0.4°C which is close enough for me.The thermometer uses a CR2032 coin battery accessed from the back using a coin to open the cover.PositivesQuick to register temperatureLarge, clear backlit display100mm probeSwitches on/off by opening/closing probeRecords max/min temperaturesRange - 40°C to -250°CNegativesNone so far
Fly fisher 001
Comentado en Australia el 10 de julio de 2023
I'm very happy with the performance of this thermometer, it reads extremely quickly (2 to 4 seconds), is very accurate, it's a good size for adult hands so there is less chance of dropping it, the large display is easy to read & the backlighting is really useful.It isn't cheap though, but this is a high quality device & on top of that you usually get what you pay for, so I'm hoping that this will serve me well for a very long time.One tip to prospective buyers, mine came with a 10% off voucher from Lavatools, so if you're planning on buying more than one, just buy one to begin with & then use the voucher to buy the rest.If I'd known this, I could have saved myself 10% on the thermometer I bought for my son.
Handsomeness
Comentado en Canadá el 28 de enero de 2021
I can't say how useful the regular LavaTools PT12 thermometer has been over the past 5-6 years while I've grown as a home cook. The Pro Duo version has improved on everything except for maybe the size-- the unit gets about 30-50% bigger, which may be tough for some folks, but I feel gave me more control and comfort inserting into tougher meats.It comes in a rainbow of handle colours, but kind of odd only some coloured handles have a blue/white backlight and most others have the orange/red backlight.Like the original, the magnet on it is very handy for slapping it on your appliance of choice or whatever metal racking you have hanging around.As someone who cooks a lot of chicken stove-top, both the original and this one have been very helpful. The original PT12 has only failed me once out of maybe 100 times, where I had a chicken breast read appropriately temp for 1 minute and turned out mildly pink in the middle. Probably fine for eating, just wasn't great to present after resting and serving-- Probably just a fluke where I over stabbed the reading.Overall: Fantastic unit, but you get the same accuracy from the LavaTools PT12 (about 40% less expensive normally), but the Pro Duo has a backlight, can flip the reading readable side up depending on how you probe it and is larger which may be easier to handle for some. Big fan of the magnet for easy storage and access, the colour variety does help if you're storing it on your fridge or appliance by magnet and the readings are very quick and seem accurate-- I've only had juicy chicken!If this review helped, please click the button below!
Dominik MJ Schachtsiek
It works very well - but it is a bit slow. Not super slow - but for this price I rather like to have an instant read thermometer showing me the temperature... instantly.Also: changing it from Fahrenheit to Centigrade is awkward to say the least (in the battery area).Overall nice.