Taylor 9842 Commercial Waterproof Digital Thermometer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor 9842 Commercial Waterproof Digital Thermometer
Customer Review: Life's short, don't use cheap thermometers
Summary: 5 Stars
I've owned this thermometer for 2.5 years now. I have 2 of them and each one is working perfectly. I would definitely buy again if something happened to them. I have never gotten water on the electronics.
Pros:
-Digital and easy to read the exact temp.! (I.e. 79.5 degrees)
-Electronics update temperature FAST.
-Small size
-Comes with protective case
-Easy to clean (I simply scrub metal part keeping water off electronics)
-Super accurate unlike those analog ones.
-Good brand.
-Works well for aquarium water monitoring.
Cons:
-Does take a while to get to true end reading. I think it's 20+ seconds which feels like eternity near a hot oven.
-Can not be left in oven (like in a turkey). For that use, I have a super cheap, all-metal, analog one.
In summary, life is short, use a quality thermometer.
Customer Review: Great Thermometer Purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very happy with this particular thermometer. I seem to find new uses for it at every turn--testing bath water, brewing tea at just the right temperature, ensuring the water for yeast is optimal, making sure the roast is done, and checking freezer and refrigerator temps (as well as taking the air temperature)--this thermometer does it all and pretty quickly, too. There's a hole in the cover where you can insert the thermometer and use the cover as a type of handle--the hole could be slightly larger but I'm sure over time it will enlarge a bit. It turns on and off quickly and there's a choice between using Fahrenheit and Celsius. As stated above, it has the added convenience of being able to measure both hot and cold temperatures. I believe I paid about 16 or 17 dollars for it, which was money well spent. I recommend this product and would buy it again if the need arose.Customer Review: Not Accurate and Potentially Dangerous
Summary: 2 Stars
From the start, it was apparent that the temperature displayed was 5 or 6 degrees higher than two other digital thermometers I had in the same room. So I followed the calibration instructions and was only able to get the display to read 34.1 degrees in a 32 degree solution... ok, so I can live with 2.1 degree inaccuracy. After calibrating, the room temperature was also only off by about 2 degrees. However, I decided to test it in boiling water and the display read 193 degrees (water boils at 212F). So, If you are counting on this thermometer to tell you anything important (such as if your meat is cooked suffiently or if your beer water is the right temperature for steeping), I would make sure it is accurate at the temperature of interest before using... or avoid it all together, which I wish I had done.Customer Review: Slow and not very durable
Summary: 2 Stars
I used this for about 7 months as an 'instant read' thermometer for bread coming out of my brick oven as well as a milk thermometer for my morning lattes. As the temperature creeps up slowly on the milk steaming, it worked fine for that. But, when I wanted an instant read, it easily took 10 seconds or more to get an instant reading on bread that was at an internal temperature of around 190 degrees. It was frustratingly slow for this application. Same goes for oil for frying. I don't want to hold my hand over hot oil for 10+ seconds if I can avoid it. Use the old-fashioned Taylor for that, which I love. This unit broke after 7 months because the battery connection inside the unit failed. I handled it gently and it broke. I would not buy this again. Looking for a better unit.Customer Review: Not Accurate & Cannot Calibrate
Summary: 2 Stars
First of all, it arrived with a dead battery. I replaced the battery and it seems to work. I tested the temperature in crushed ice water and it says the temperature is 40.9 degrees F, about 9 degrees F too high (or 5 degrees C too high). I tried to use the calibration screw on the front and it does absolutely nothing to offset the temperature reading. I haven't tried in boiling water yet, but I have already lost confidence in the readings. My microwave oven has a temperature monitoring capability and when I tested the water set at 70 degrees C from the microwave oven, the Taylor unit says 90 degrees C - which I know is incorrect. The Taylor model is cheap, and mine could be a defect - or they could all be hit or miss. Should I risk buying another one? I just don't know.