hi all can anyone recommend a good digital thermometer with a probe suitable for biab style brewing ,ones i have seen on e bay start about 3 pound just wondering if they any good or better spending a bit more and getting a better produck cheers lagerlad
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I have ordered a few of those cheap Chinese termometers I await their arrival and will let you know
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I think it's probably pot luck on the cheapo chinese thermometers. I bought one and it was all over the place so I chucked it. I bought a different one recommended by (I think) Tony1951 and it's out by 0.8 of a degree at both the top and bottom ends so I can simply adjust for that
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http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20103016/
ã7.25
Or for ã48...
http://www.lyco.co.uk/foldaway-prob...visibility=2&gclid=CIf06Ka7msgCFaoEwwodQS4ACQ
I have one of the cheap ebay ones, and the one from Ikea. There are various methods of checking how accurate thermometers are, such as filling a glass with ice cubes and cold water (don't let the probe rest against a cube), and holding it in the steam from a boiling kettle.
ã7.25
Or for ã48...
http://www.lyco.co.uk/foldaway-prob...visibility=2&gclid=CIf06Ka7msgCFaoEwwodQS4ACQ
I have one of the cheap ebay ones, and the one from Ikea. There are various methods of checking how accurate thermometers are, such as filling a glass with ice cubes and cold water (don't let the probe rest against a cube), and holding it in the steam from a boiling kettle.
I've got the Landmann BBQ one - got it I think from Tesco direct aboout a year ago for ã12 from memory. Can't find it for less than ã20 now unfortunately but I have been well happy with it. Still as good as new after several partial mashes and now moved onto full BIAB all grain.
It's wireless in the sense you can have the LCD screened control panel away from the wired probe. Plus it has a very neat feature which allows you to set a target temperature with an alarm sounding when that temperature is reached.
This is it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H96QFK2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
It's wireless in the sense you can have the LCD screened control panel away from the wired probe. Plus it has a very neat feature which allows you to set a target temperature with an alarm sounding when that temperature is reached.
This is it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H96QFK2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
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I've just got one of those as well, very impressed so far and obviously it's multipurpose so you can use it to check meat as well as for your brew.
My �ã3 ebay digital probe thermometer is slightly out at about 20*C, and for �ã3 I would probably buy another. I have three liquid in glass thermometers and each one gives a separate reading for the same conditions.
Once calibrated for error at known temperatures say ice and steam as someone else has said that's all that's really needed. Home brewing is not equivalent to working at the National Physical Laboratory.
Once calibrated for error at known temperatures say ice and steam as someone else has said that's all that's really needed. Home brewing is not equivalent to working at the National Physical Laboratory.
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The Ikea one I posted earlier has an alarm you can set to go off when a certain temperature is reached. I've found that pretty useful.
Thanks everyone for your input thought I would go for the Ikea one as ã7.25 seems reasonable for a product recommended by another brewer.....the postage was ã7.50 !!!!!dearer than the thermometer...e bay Chinese one it looks like!!!!!cheers lagerladðŸÂº
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I bought two Chinese ones for next to nothing and they were pretty accurate........ until my son put one in our swimming pool. It went haywire for a couple of weeks, but now it seems to have settled down and is with .5 degree of the other one.
The pool was too cold to swim in by the way
The pool was too cold to swim in by the way
I am not sure I would trust them... didn't those two Scottish lads use them and were getting awful efficiency off their brews until they swapped it out..
my pot has a thermometer stick in it which i handy but I have one of these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H96QFK2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
but there is no way I spent ã20 on it.. I checked my order history and I bought it for ã7.50 :?
my pot has a thermometer stick in it which i handy but I have one of these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H96QFK2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
but there is no way I spent ã20 on it.. I checked my order history and I bought it for ã7.50 :?
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No Ikea nearby then I take it? Pm me your address if you want, I'll get one and post it to you, in return for you putting postage cost in charity box of your choice?
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I got two of these on Fleabay - Mini Digital Thermometer for Aquariums for about ã2 a pop - http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...GITAL+FISH+TANK+THERMOMETER+AQUARIUM&_sacat=0
Works brilliantly, drilled a little hole in the lid of the FV and put the wire in. I think they are pretty much accurate and dead easy to read.
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Works brilliantly, drilled a little hole in the lid of the FV and put the wire in. I think they are pretty much accurate and dead easy to read.
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Just ordered an ikea one to go with my two Chinese imports which arrived on Saturday. Need to test them to see if they work
