I picked up an economy thermometer off of eBay the other day and wanted to give it a go around. I used my ThermoWorks RT600C for comparison.
Delivery speed: I ordered this from eBay seller tang-art on October 16th. It shipped directly from China. I received it on October 24th. I would say 8 days is pretty speedy delivery.
Accuracy: As you can see from the picture above, this ran pretty close to the RT600C. As you can imagine, a glass of ice water is not at an even temperature throughout. At times, the two thermometers did vary. This was usually around .2 (2/10ths) to .5 (5/10ths) of a degree. I'm very happy with the accuracy of this thermometer. I did find that you really need to submerge most of the thermometer probe to get an accurate reading. With the RT600C, you only need to submerge 1/4" of the tip.
Response Time: I used the highly scientific "one-one thousand " measuring system. I found the RT600C to hit just about dead on the stated specs.. around 5 seconds. The $4 thermometer seemed to take around 15 seconds to settle in.
Build Quality: The ThermoWorks RT600C feels well built. This thing is rated to run through a dishwasher. I can't say the same for the $4 thermometer. It feels okay, but I wouldn't suggest submerging this puppy, in fact, I would suggest keeping the body of this thermometer dry.
Bottom Line: For $4 or so shipped from China, this thing is a steal. I'm happy to have it as a backup unit. If you're on a tight budget, I'd go for it. Also, if you're looking for a spare, it makes a lot of sense. If you don't fit into those two categories, I'd pickup something like the RT600C.
More Pictures..
The eBay thermometer comes in a nice little storage case
The eBay thermometer just sitting there, staring back
Warm water test, bam.. right on the money
Getting goofy... I threw my Taylor 9842 in for crazy fun. It's reading from the other side of the glass, so I'm not super concerned about the 1 degree difference the Taylor is showing.
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I bought the same from another China seller on Ebay for $2.85 delivered. Came in 1 week. Measures spot on. It is slow and cheaply made, do not get wet but $2.85 what the hech.
ReplyDeleteGood review. More stuff like this please. taylor thermometer = higher priced made in china anyway.
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