Maverick Industries ET-73 Maverick RediChek Remote Wireless Smoker Thermometer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Maverick Industries ET-73 Maverick RediChek Remote Wireless Smoker Thermometer
Customer Review: transmit distance almost defeats purpose of being remote
Summary: 2 Stars
I think this type of product is essential for smoking. The basic concept and features are great and work well. Setting the temps can be a pain because of the 1 degree increment "up only" where you have to cycle all the way through is a pain.
Most importantly, I have a problem getting the receiver to sinc sometimes and loses it sometimes, and it's only sitting 15' away in the kitchen with line of sight to the smoker. I need to work at least in next room or it defeats the purpose of being remote. Also having to remove the battery door for the power switch on the transmitter is just plain dumb. You have to remove the bracket clip, remove the door, just to turn on. With the little plastic ears that clamp on the bracket clip, this will break in short time.
product seems overpriced for these issues.
Customer Review: Just What I needed
Summary: 5 Stars
This product lived up to all my expectations. I bought the unit for use with my Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker (AKA WSM). My first use was a 14 hour Pork Butt Smoke. With very little time (2 min) reading the owners manual I was able to figure out how to use all features. I have a standard city lot (.3 Acres) and with the Smoker set up in the backyard (back of lot) I was able to receive all the way out to my mail box (in the front of lot). This however was with a couple dropped transmissions. The transmissions were very reliable inside my house through one outside wall, but had a few dropped transmissions when going through one outside wall and one inside wall. Even if dropping transmissions, the reciever always catches up. I've done 3 long cooks and am still on the original set of batteries. I would recommend this unit.Customer Review: A terrible product....crummy company
Summary: 1 Stars
So many problems I'm sure I can't remember them all.
The radio distance is not 100 feet, it's more like 25-30...If there's a wall it might not work right on the other side.
One of the probes died within a couple months.
Trying to use the buttons to set temps, etc is an exercise in futility...you have to get the manual out every time you use it.
You have to turn the two units on in the right order!..AND it's not the order that would make sense. You have to disassemble one of them to turn it on! (3 parts that all fall apart)...the other unit has a microscopic switch buried in a hole with a thin plastic finger that will obviously break and of course it did.
The company wouldn't answer my emails.
Could it get worse?
I'll never buy another Maverick product.
Customer Review: Could be better
Summary: 3 Stars
I asked for this for Christmas last year and my wife got it for me. It works well but it should have been designed by someone that actually BBQ's more than once a year!
It looses your settings when you turn it off and the default temps are useless. Setting them could have been made easier as well. You have to remove the battery cover on the transmitter to even get to the power switch.
The receiver also seems to loose connection to the transmitter when I sit at my desk but it keeps it when in the kitchen (my desk is closer to the smoker... but I have lots of electronics running).
I gave it three stars as it is priced well and it does work, but I use this at least weekly and it gets frustrating setting it up each time. I will probably replace it with a better one next year.
Customer Review: Don't Buy from this company!!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
The product is OK so far, but I had an awful time with Unbeatable Sale. Not only was the product severely delayed in shipping (due to Unbeatable sale's mistakes), but the customer service rep made no effort to correct the mistake. Only after spending many frusterating days trying to get to the bottom of the issue, did somebody try to fix the problem. I shop a lot on the internet, and this has been by far my worst experience!!!
To top it all off, after I reviewed the company poorly via Amazon, Unbeatable Sale has sent me multiple harassing emails, trying to get me to recant my poor rating of them. They have even tried to bribe me by offering to credit me the $50 for the item. I am not a sell out, and I will definately choose warning other internet shoppers about this company over a measly fifty bucks.