Customer Reviews

MIU France Candy Thermometer

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There are two major design flaws with this thermometer. You can clearly see both of these flaws in the picture of this product.

The first is that the cap at the top of the thermometer is made of plastic. It melted in the middle of my candy making when the cap touched the pot. I was stirring the candy with one hand and desperately trying to get hold of a potholder to hold up the thermometer and keep the melted cap out of my candy with the other hand.

Second, the clip has a knob on it but the knob is at the top of the clip instead of the bottom, making it nearly impossible to open the clip up to reposition the thermometer in the middle of cooking.

I bought two of these at walmart because it is cheap but both of them are now in the trash can after a few use. One of them is broken and the other got water inside the tube. The top part has hole and if you wash it and not carefull, water will go inside and water particles and steam will form inside it making it hard to read. The thing inside is also made of cheap cardboard paper with temp readings and if you got water in it, it will get wet and crooked. It is a waste of money buying this.

Ok- I have been through two of these in the past 3 years. And I have broken them both. They crack at the bottom near the tip. The readings are hard to read, and it is quite difficult the keep the thing in and on the pan! Now that my latest one broke, I am looking for digital and great quality, not price!

This thermometer cracked in two places near the bottom and filled with condensation after only one use. I was extremely careful not to allow the tip to touch the bottom of the pot, so there was no reason for it to crack. The clip is poorly designed and is nearly impossible to open to attach to the side of a pot. Once I finally got the clip open and the thermometer secured to the pot it began to slide upwards (from the force of the clip) until it finally came off entirely. I suppose I could have found a jar grip or something to place between the clip and the pot to prevent slippage, but I shouldn't need to do that.

I was only able to use this thermometer twice. Very cheaply made and poorly designed. There is a hole in the plastic cap which is not noticeable. Once submerged in water for cleaning it will fill up with water and ruin the cheap cardboard temperature gauge rendering it useless. Should come with a warning label directing users against submerging in water. You get what you pay for.

This thermometer has not worked properly since the day I bought it. There is a bubble of air in the thermometer which makes it unable to give an accurate reading. It's useless.

I guess you get what you pay for. It works in that it reads the temperature, but it's hard to get it clipped on properly so that the tip doesn't touch the bottom of the pan, and it steams up inside so that it's hard to read. The glass also seems pretty thin, though I haven't had it break on me. If you're just getting into candy making, go for it. If you think you'll use a candy thermometer more than a few times, get something else. I've used mine 3 or 4 times now and I'm already looking at replacing it with something nicer.

Tip breaks off for no reason at all. Great if you want glass in your food!