Taylor Digital Stick On Refrigerator Thermometer
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Taylor ThermometersBrand: Taylor
Model: 1448.00
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Large LCD readout
- Stylish and practical
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Taylor Digital Stick On Refrigerator Thermometer
Customer Review: Beautiful Apple Store level design, great price, neglected by Taylor
Summary: 4 Stars
This thermometer is beautiful...the transparent LCD is something I'd expect to see at an Apple Store. Compare it to the relatively drab Sunbeam 91647. I bought two of them in mid 2006 for the design alone. It really seems to be neglected by Taylor though...little things like the erroneous lower temperature limit of minus 4 deg F (it's been corrected as of Feb 2008 to minus 40 deg F on the Taylor website but I still see "minus 4" on Amazon). I've confirmed it measures down to at least minus 24 degrees F, troubleshooting a freezer that was getting too cold, with a regular analog thermometer for comparison.
The bigger limitation, as mentioned by others here, is the severely limited fastening mechanism...a suction cup mounted directly on the back. No up/down angle adjust possible, crucial with LCDs. In freezers, with metal wire shelves, there's essentially no way to mount it readably except laying on a shelf, where it is guaranteed to get knocked over. Much better would be a lever or universal joint setup, attached to a clamp or the existing suction cup. It could then be mounted to the underside of a glass shelf in a refrigerator, while being able to orient it left to right and up and down so it's at a readable angle. It would also be more easily mounted near the front of the refrig/freezer, where it's less likely to be knocked over or obstructed by refrigerator contents. Front locations can also give a "free" backlit LCD effect, from the refrigerator light shining through the clear LCD. A universal joint-based mounting mechanism also would address the viewing angle problem...the LCD is more readable (darker) if you tilt the top edge forward.
Another improvement would be decreasing its height to the bare minimum over the height of the LCD... the less its height, the lower the chance of getting knocked over by shelf contents.
Also, one of the best reasons for getting an electronic refrigerator themometer is the ease of adding a max/min temperature function. Extremely useful--while away for a long weekend or vacation you could have a power outage that let the refrigerator reach 60-70 degress and never know. It's almost criminal to not include this, as it costs essentially nothing extra...some more firmware code in the existing processor, and an extra button. Taylor could one-up the Sunbeam 91647 by making the max/min resettable without removing the battery...for example holding the max/min button in for say 5 seconds, then displaying a "R-E-S-E-T" sequence on the display, then resuming temperature readout.
I would probably buy one of these for each of the nine units in the apartment building I manage if it had a better mounting mechanism. As is, one tenant unwittingly knocked it over, and it was sitting at the back of the refrigerator shelf hidden by food for months, unused and forlorn! Yes the LCD does fog up in the freezer if it's relatively humid and/or you open the door a lot...just like any other thermometer. Target used to carry these...i'll bet they were discontinued due to these issues.
C'mon, Taylor, you got the hard part down...the great design...now just work on the mounting and marketing! If Sharper Image sold these, they'd be the "Amazing Super Chic Refrigerator/Freezer Monitor, with Universal Miracle Mount, Max/Min Food Guardian, and Backlit Display that Leverages your Existing Refrigerator Light!...Only $49.99!"
Description of Taylor Digital Stick On Refrigerator Thermometer
Large Easy to Read Display attached to any surface for monitoring temperatures from -40 Degrees F to 158 Degrees F (-40 to 60 Degrees C)Thermometers & Timers
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