Customer Reviews

Chaney Instrument 12.5 Inch Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer, Rooster Design

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This thermometer quietly and reliably provides the temperature outdoors on my porch. Just what the doctor ordered.

This is not as it is pictured. In fact we almost sent it back except that it is so inexpensive, we decided to find a tree to put it on. It really is a more bright red, not the nice maroon it shows here. Also the rooster is a bit hokey looking. It is pretty thin plastic, i am not sure how it is going to hold up outside under extreme weather conditions. It really looks cheap, but it isn't high priced, so you get what you pay for. I'll try to update later on to post how it is doing outside in the elements.
Edit Oct 5, 2011: We have had this outside now since purchase and it does hold up! So that is a plus in regard to this item :-)

The colorful rooster looks great on our back patio. Everyone who saw it at our house was impressed with it. The thermometer itself is quite large and easy to read. It provides very accurate reading if you pick a location where there is no intense sun shining directly on the thermometer.

I have checked this against mercury thermometers, and found it reasonably accurate. The face and dial can be removed and reset to correct minor errors if desired. I had mine mounted on the outside wall of a shed, and found that it reads the warmth of the shed radiating through the wall, leading to apparent errors (not the thermometer's fault).