Customer Reviews

Polder 511 Candy/Deep Fry Thermometer, Stainless Steel

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I just got one of these, and it did indeed have a clamp with it in the packaging.

And in case anyone is wondering the "Espresso Supply Triangle Thermometer Clip" does NOT fit this product.

I don't know how well the thermometer is when it comes to being exact and calibrated... but I can not only read it easily, I can set a marker for what temp I'm waiting on. My only gripe is there was no clamp to attach it to the side of a pot or bowl - so I snagged one off my instant read thermometer. I ended up loaning my thermometer to a friend. She liked it so much, I had to get her one too. She hasn't noticed it doesn't have a clamp yet, and I'm not telling her!

So much better than the glass themometer. Don't have worry about it cracking or breaking.

I primarly use this thermomoter for my bread yeast water, 90+ degrees. This thermomoter works great, is easy to read and use and was a great price. Very satisfied.

I tested the thermometer in a pan of boiling water and it was off by 7 degrees. Then, when making candy, it was off wildly against an accurate digital thermometer, as much as 20 degrees too low. It is useless. I used the digital thermometer and the candy came out perfectly.

I thought the thermometer was calibrated incorrectly because it was reading 30F too low. It turns out that the metal body of the thermometer is losing heat from the toffee solution (few cm high). The readings were more accurate when I lay the thermometer flat in the toffee, but part of the reason I use a thermometer is so I don't have to do something crazy like stick my whole hand in a hotter than steam pot. I preferred my old glass thermometer. It was breakable (eventually broke) and a little slow, but the readings made sense.

Hand washed this thermometer once and the lens inside fogged up, not happy with it, found a nice thermometer at Costco for less than half the price.

Wow... All I wanted was a simple candy thermometer, one that wasn't glass or digital. I have meat thermometers that can be calibrated to 0 or 212 degrees, but not this little gem. I went ahead and started a batch of caramel w/o checking the thermometer's accuracy (a mistake I'll never make again), and positioned the red marker to 230, clipped it to my pan and went for it! I knew I was in trouble when the reading during the boil was 115, then it never went past 210, dropped several times, so I pulled it out and eyeballed it, which is imperfect, prompting me to seek a thermometer in the first place. I thought I'd be able to calibrate it by adjusting a nut or something on the bottom, but you can't. Digital probe thermometers are great, but they don't last, and the glass thermometers are too fragile for me, so I thought this would work, I guess I'll have to keep looking.

For me, the two biggest pros of this thermometer are that it can be washed in the dishwasher and that it came with a clip for attaching it to a pot.

However, it is very slow going when it comes to getting a reading on the temperature. It takes approximately 10-15 seconds to get a temperature reading, which makes it less user friendly than the digital models. I also found it to be slightly less accurate than my digital thermometer.

For the price, though, it is a pretty good buy, especially if you don't need an instant reading.

Although the thermometer may work well, the clip prohibits it from doing so properly. It won't clip to the side of the pan so that it rests and stands up the way it should.