Re:Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016)
by happytoexplain on Monday May 10, 2021 @10:54PM
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It's not about accuracy, it's about speed of reading, and simply not breaking. Yes, the price is ridiculous, but anecdotally, I've bought six other thermometers, including a couple expensive ones, and they were all awful on one or both counts. But maybe I'm just bad at research.
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Re:Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016)
by kevinmchugh on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:15PM
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The new model thermapen has features I want but I won't upgrade as long as my existing one keeps working. It's been many years so far and there's no sign of it degrading at all.
Re:Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016)
by hnick on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:06AM
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Yep. I had an older thermometer (now tossed) that would tick up in 2-3 degree C increments. It'd take 30 seconds or so to reach the ballpark of cooked meat from room temperature. That's a lot of oven heat lost unless I close the door and leave it in. Which I did, so it melted, hence the "now tossed". I got a cheaper probe one which seems much better.