Taylor Digital Instant-Read Pocket Thermometer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor Digital Instant-Read Pocket Thermometer
Customer Review: Good - until you need service
Summary: 3 Stars
I've had my thermometer about 3 years. It has been faithful, but I have on several occasions forgotten to shut it off when done with it, and it does not have an auto shut-off, which the higher price models have. I now need to replace the battery and have contacted more than 20 distributors of the thermometer and NONE of them sell the battery. The best answer I got was "buy a new thermometer, batteries are not available". I have now sent a message to the manufacturer, taylorusa.com (who has a very poor webpage) and am hoping for a reply - so far, nothing. I cant see the purpose of buying a good thermometer with a replaceable battery if you have to throw it away because batteries are not available.Customer Review: Fast!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have another "instant read" thermometer that came highly recommended a few years ago. But it took so, so long to get a reading, and if I'm not using my probe thermometer, it's because the situation is such that I *can't* leave something stuck in for very long. I knew there had to be something better.This baby really *is* instant. I don't have to worry about it melting over the grill, because it won't be there that long. It's almost fast enough that it seems a waste to take my hand away.
The drawback, however, is the on-off switch. It's far too small, and more than once it put a dent in the top of my fingernail.
Overall I'm very happy with this thermometer.
Customer Review: a little give and take
Summary: 4 Stars
Basically this is a good product --- what one has come to expect from Taylor. It works quickly and is accurate, not more that 0.5 degrees off at freezing and boiling. Problem was, it arrived with its battery DOA. I guess they anticipated that, because they provided a spare in the packaging, even though it was not announced ahead of tiime.
It took me a few minutes to figure out how to get the case open and to replace the battery -- I had to physically bend the contacts to get the dead one out, and bend them back to hold the new one in. That's not good design, unless they figured for the metal fatigue in bending thin sheet metal 90 degrees. We'll see.
Customer Review: Terrible quality
Summary: 1 Stars
Well....I read many of the bad reviews and thought 'it can't be that bad'. I was wrong. The flimsy plastic on/off switch was very hard move right out of the pack. It actually broke off after just a few uses. Pay a few dollars more and get something of better quality.
Edit....I picked up a CDN ProAccurate Quick-Read DTQ450X Thermometer from Amazon and I love it. It reads quicker than the Taylor, has a calibration function and it looks like it is built to last. Pay a few dollars more for the tremendous difference in quality....I wish I had.
Customer Review: Too delicate for any kitchen
Summary: 1 Stars
I do not recommend this thermometer, as it is too delicate for any kitchen. First of all, the on-off switch is much too small and finicky; it is easily broken. Second, the entire assembly is not liquid-proof or even liquid-resistant, so watch out if you drop this thermometer into a liquid! Perhaps water isn't fatal to it, as you can open the case and dry it out. But forget about the thermometer if you get any kind of oil into it. The oil will seep into the display, rendering it unreadable or, worse, simply non-functional.I have already been through two of these thermometers. Now I'm buying the old-fashioned kind with the analog dial.