Customer Reviews

Polder 550 Oven Thermometer, Stainless Steel

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

It does work - it will eventually indicate the temp of your oven. But in my case it takes some 20 minutes for it to stabilize at the temperature. I tested against several other thermocouples.

Useful to check if your oven dial is correct, but that's about it.

Worth the $5 I paid.

Good Product, however the numbers are a little small for my old eyes. Dial colors hold up well, however the needle is no longer red, turned dark over time.

Given that I was in the market for a new oven thermometer, and given that the reviews of most of the available thermometers were less than encouraging, I decided to buy both a Polder and an MIU and test them against a Taylor mercury thermometer.

Right off the bat, the MIU was off by 25 degrees. The Polder was dead on. However, within one day, the Polder was off by 40 degrees. But since they were so cheap, they're not worth returning.

Moral? Save your money and buy a mercury oven thermometer on eBay. They generally go for less than ten dollars and there's no guesswork involved as to their accuracy.

The name Polder keeps appearing in my home! Why? Because they make a great and accurate product (s). Polder is my kind of brand...it does what it's supposed to do and it's not overpriced.

I suppose I can't expect the world from a $6 thermometer but it doesn't seem to be able to stand up with even the slightest nudge on the RACK (not the therm). Quite the problem unless you have the feather touch taking pans in and out of the oven. Not to have all my hopes dashed, it does tell pretty accurate temp when it is upright. The hanging tab works great if you have the room to hang it, not an option for me since I often use the bottom rack. If polder beefed up the bottom stand or added some counter weight, this would be a good little thermometer. Until then, keep your long handled tongs handy to pick it up off of the element.

We have a fairly new oven so we weren't too concerned about the temperature being off. However, I needed some filler to get free shipping from Amazon so I picked up one of these. It works as expected and it is nice to know that our oven is actually pretty close to the temp that it says it is. I like the fact that it hangs or sits on the rack so you can move it out of the way but still have it visible.

Like most ovens, mine has a built in thermometer that alerts you when it's preheated. I thought that preheated meant that the oven was up to the temperature I set it to. Wrong. The Polder thermometer showed that what my oven thought was "preheated" was actually 100 degrees lower than the temp that I set it for. This is a great product.

I didn't think my oven temperature adjustment was working so I bought this to test it. It proved my oven only had one setting "burn". I can't comment on how accurate the thermometer is but it did everything I was expecting it to.

Having your oven tempreature calibrated is essential in cooking, this item is very good at doing just that.

Stop wondering why your cakes burn or take too long to bake. Buy an inexpensive Polder oven thermometer. It will last for years, and will take the guesswork out of baking.