JonBrew
Landlord.
Not meaning this to sound preachy and I appreciate I might be one of the few one don't do this regularly but wanted to share my experience.
Today I calibrated the 3 thermometers i use being a cheapo lakeland liquid one, an inkbird itc-308 and the digital one that came with my Ss Brew Tech bucket. I used the ice water method.
The cheapo lakeland thermometer was closest being just under a degree C out (resolution is obviously very poor), the Ss brew tech was next at 1.3 degrees C off, but the worst was the inkbird which was 2.7 degrees C out.
Feel like a bit of a mug for not checking these before but glad I have now. Inkbird is used for temp control fermentation where 2.7 degrees is real money.
Hope this helps somebody.
Today I calibrated the 3 thermometers i use being a cheapo lakeland liquid one, an inkbird itc-308 and the digital one that came with my Ss Brew Tech bucket. I used the ice water method.
The cheapo lakeland thermometer was closest being just under a degree C out (resolution is obviously very poor), the Ss brew tech was next at 1.3 degrees C off, but the worst was the inkbird which was 2.7 degrees C out.
Feel like a bit of a mug for not checking these before but glad I have now. Inkbird is used for temp control fermentation where 2.7 degrees is real money.
Hope this helps somebody.