Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016)

Re:Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016) by vector_spaces on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @02:59AM (#27115038)

I've tried just about every sub-$50 thermometer money can buy, and I had a bad time with all of them. They're either laughably inaccurate (to the point of being effectively useless) or crap out suddenly or sustain minimal battery life or have some other fatal usability flaw. And I haven't found one that can tolerate any amount of moisture, so cleaning is always a risk.

So I bought a thermapen. I knew about them because I used to work in kitchens, and it's pretty much exclusively what we used there. After my experience with other thermometers, I can appreciate why.

It's expensive, but it's super reliable, pleasant to use, and lets me focus on other concerns as I'm cooking. Compared to my experience with other cheap thermometers which, last Thanksgiving, went something like "fuck, it died on me again, let me dig out my backup... fucking hell, that one's dead too"

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Re:Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016) by mike_d on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:51AM (#27116144)

If you used to work in kitchens then you know that you should only buy digital thermometers that support calibration. Follow the manufacturers instructions on proper cleaning and don't submerge them.

I have at least 3 floating around that ran me $12ish dollars each on Amazon and use them daily.

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Re:Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016) by wiredfool on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:16AM (#27115927)

It's super reliable until you get water in the hinge. I lost mine that way.

I'll probably get another one when the cheap ones that I'm using annoy me one too many times.

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Re:Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016) by Chris2048 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @09:14AM (#27117665)

could you fill it w silicone?

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