Customer Reviews

CDN Infrared Thermometer

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I've used and then owned IR thermometers for years. They used to cost hundreds of dollars. I've used a couple of commercial ones in the kitchen the past few years... they work well, and don't need to touch what is being measured. But they cost about a hundred dollars. This one is $40. The one disadvantage with this one is that the viewing angle for measurement is wide (about 1" at 1" distance); you need to be close. The more costly ones have much narrower viewing angles... you can be further away. Advantages: you don't need to touch what you're measuring, measurements take about one second, and they are accurate. Highly recommended. Good instructions.

This is very compact and works very quickly. I have tested it on boiling water, ice water and hot oil and its readings are consistent with other thermometers as well as expected values. Its limitation is the maximum temperature being below 500 degrees F. For high temp. cooking it would be nice to establish a difference between a 500 degree griddle or wok and an 800 degree (or hotter) griddle or wok.

The infrared thermometer was purchased as a gift. The reciever is very happy with it. It works as expected.

works very well, my only complaint is
the shape of it, It would be easy to drop it
as it tends to squirt from your hand, so
I would always wear the strap the is attached
when using.

We bought this item for cooking. The intention is it would closely monitor temperatures of candy and chocolates as they cooked. If the thing was within 10% we were doing well. It could literally be 10 - 20+ degrees off regularly and jump up/down on each successive scan. Save your money and spend it on one of the expensive ($100+) professional versions with the light sensor if you need an accurate reading. If you need very general readings it is fine and does produce a reading.