CDN IRT220-F ProAccurate Insta-Read Beverage & Frothing Thermometer, Silver

The trouble is, I don't know if all thermometers react this way to suddenly dropping into boiling water from room temperature, but the needle flickers/skips to the higher temperature instead of slowly rising. The reason why it does that is because the dial is big and you're normally supposed to gradually increase the temperature rather than just suddenly. If you take the needle out of the water and let it cool back to room temperature, it will go down smoothly. Metal beaker/cup clips do not appear to be adjustable and seem to be fixed at the top of the thermometer with one of the parts coming down to connect to the thermometer. Dial should be at least 5 inches away. As a result, you can set the depth of the tip from about an inch to about 2 inches. As this is my first thermometer, I do not know if the "flickering up" is normal, but it seems to be getting an accurate reading in spite of that. If you need to calibrate it, you can utilize the calibration tool that comes with it or you can use a small wrench. In addition, the thermometer works fine and is sensitive enough to show one from room temperature up to when one holds it in his hands. For the price, this is a great product with a big dial.

Amalia Castaneda

| May 26, 2021

It was the first thing I did when it arrived to test the thermometer on ice water. It worked great! Additionally, I checked the temperature with a digital thermometer and it was same as the temperature I took! The clip was a bit difficult to slide down at first, but once you got the hang of it (pinch the clip a bit), it wasn't too hard. While steaming milk with it, I used it. There is no need to put a magnifying glass on the dial. It was very useful to have the red dial color In fact, I do not even look at the actual temperature anymore, just when the needle is close to the red line. There's no such thing as an instant read, but the read goes by As a general rule of thumb, I still suggest turning off the steam a little earlier than your target temperature. This is something I would recommend!.

Elodie Spence

| Jul 02, 2021

A view of 75" in height. The heater and air conditioner were professionally installed. Good to hear. An under-glass mercury thermometer at room temperature gave the same reading as an electronic thermometer. Good to hear. A similar "milk thermometer" (also made in China) is used by my HVAC system for my home and my automobile. During my apprenticeship, my master told me to throw away my money on digital since they were not accurate enough for HVAC. I bought the matco milk thermometer based on his selection. In my line of work, I use this "3 second reads" aren't necessary to me. What i want is a reading that's, say, 1 degree off the mark, but not much more than that. *These are the ones who do this. I vote no Digital proponents are wrong in comparing it to digital. It doesn't need batteries either! Depending on the temperature, they will change their behavior rather rapidly I don't think that there is a wait. A good HVAC diagnosis can be made with them.

Kabir Andrews

| Nov 02, 2020

It was a waste of time to buy it. I was buying it as back up for my two digital thermometers just in case any of them When I went back to try it a day later, it was rusted. I rinsed it off before using it and it was dirty again. Just to see whether it was accurate, I tried it and the reading was about 30 degrees lower than my digital thermometer. After rinsing it again, I noticed that it seemed to be clogged- I tested the thermometer in boiling water and returned the next day to find that it was covered in rust. The handle was stuck on, and it would be impossible to remove the rusted part of it from the thermometer- Despite my best efforts, I cut my thumb on the stupid thing, but it wouldn't have mattered as the bottom part of the thermometer head was rusted, and who wants to add that to their drink? Evidently it is not waterproof in any way. When I got in touch with Amazon, it was this item I had to send back for a return instead of simply throwing That's what it felt like like ripping them off with an old, worn-out I would like to thank Amazon for this beautiful product.

Casen Reeves

| Oct 10, 2020

As my first ever review on Amazon, it is overdue. I used the product the following day, February 2, after I received it on January 29. When it was first installed, it worked correctly. When I used this thermometer to froth milk for my latte every day after using it for a week, I found that the froth wasn't as thick as before at the same temperature as recommended. As a result, I wasn't able to reach consistency in the milk at the 'recommended' temperature of the thermometer any more. A different thermometer was placed next to this thermometer in the same frothing pitcher to see if there were any differences. There were, it turns out! The accuracy of the map has deteriorated after 1 week of use. It would be my pleasure to return this product.

Paulina Long

| Feb 24, 2021

This product has a number of negative aspects, first of which is that the directions on the package Other reviewers mentioned that the display was scratched. The directions on the website are much clearer and more comprehensive than the one on the packaging. Why not include them with the product? As well as mine, it was hard to read from 100 degrees to about 120 degrees. This was not something I intended to monitor at these temperatures, so I was willing to ignore it. In the beginning, I could not insert the nut into the sleeve that contains the nut-shaped calibration tool due to the stem being too wide. I first melted the plastic in boiling water before inserting the sleeve into it to facilitate insertion. After jamming the stem in, I injured myself while trying to put it on. My first step was to use a thermometer that I know is accurate to check the temperature of the water. A threshold of 211 and 212 degrees Fahrenheit was reached. The thermometer displayed 180 degrees Fahrenheit after being submerged in water. Having calibrated it with the tool, I then tried to align it. Do you want to know something? It is impossible to fit the nut into the nut-shaped As the nut was larger than the tool, it was a bit difficult to use. The cheap plastic nut shaped tool ended up being stripped apart by jamming the nut into it I was unable to calibrate it with it. In the end, I had to get my own wrench for calibrating it, which was extremely difficult because the nut is so narrow. After watching how well the thermometer held up for a day, I checked its accuracy the next day. The temperature of the boiling water this time was 190 degrees Fahrenheit. When you calibrate a thermometer you should only have to do so after it has been dropped or if it has not been used for a long time. It is extremely tedious to have to calibrate every time before you use a tool that wasn't designed specifically for the job. As soon as I threw away the thermometer, I threw it into the garbage.

Alena Mason

| Aug 17, 2020