I've tried a couple different $30-$50 digital thermometers that do not last. Any suggestions for a quality long stem digital thermometer for a decent price?
Thanks, Braden
I've tried a couple different $30-$50 digital thermometers that do not last. Any suggestions for a quality long stem digital thermometer for a decent price?
Thanks, Braden
2000 taps, 3x10 Oil Fired, 3 post H2O RO, WesFab filter press
What are you using it for? I got mine from Lapierre Dealer works great and has lasted 2 seasons I use it for my tank washer on my RO and sometimes to check syrup. I know some can't handle the constant moisture of say steam coming off evaporator.
Jared
Check out these. They work great.
http://www.thermoworks.com/
2'x4' Smoky Lake Hybrid Pan
Copper parallel flow preheater & hood
17'x12' Sugar Shack
130 taps
Two chocolate labs to help collect sap
Brookfield, Nova Scotia
Have pretty good luck with these.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Maverick-CT-03...209?nav=SEARCH
I have seen them at Maple dealers for $35
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
The Maverick thermometer looks a lot like the one I got from Leader. I got it because I could get a more instant and exact reading for syrup temp than with the thermometer that came with my turkey fryer that was a dial thermometer. The temps on the dial thermometer look more realistic though and I don't really trust the digital one. They certainly don't agree. I just checked it and there is no name on it as to who made it, only that it was...made in China.
RC Maple
14X14 sugarhouse - new for 2012
RO Bucket - RB10 - New for 2019
2x3 barrel evaporator with continuous flow pan
55 taps - most on buckets
This is next year!
I used the Maverick, worked perfectly for 2 years.....until I dropped it in the boiling finisher. I got it out in a couple of seconds, but it no longer worked. I now bought 2, so I have a spare. My 1st one was $35 at a Leader dealer. My new ones were $19.99 online + $4.99 ship.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
I 2nd Pibster's suggestion. The Thermoworks ultra-fast thermapen is the gold standard in my opinion. Worth the investment.
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I use this Taylor thermometer:
http://www.target.com/p/taylor-gourm...or+thermometer
I like that it has a long, wire probe that I can put anywhere and leave the unit itself on the counter or beside the evaporator. What I like most though, is I can set my own target temperature and set an alarm for it. For me, that is worth its weight in gold. More than once it has caught me chatting with someone or outside the sugarhouse doing something. I use it from the evaporator right through to bottling in the off season.
The downsides are real, though. I've experienced the same things the people in the reviews have. When they go (and they do go), they give inaccurate temp readings - an obvious deal breaker, right? My way around that is to always have another ready to go. At $17, it's worth it. The shortest time I've had one fail is less than a year, but my current one is about to finish year two.
I would love to have this same functionality from a reliable unit.
Sean
Last edited by SeanD; 10-24-2015 at 07:56 AM.
Woodville Maples
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Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
Deer Run 250 RO
Ford F350
6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.
Having gone through a few of these thermometers, I realized that the weak point is the connection between the stainless probe and the flexible mesh connection. Submerging this connection into the syrup shorts out the wiring.
I haven't had any issues since I keep the flex part above the hot syrup.
2 1/2 X 8 Leader revolution pans on an inferno arch with steamaway. 1500 taps, 600 gph Springtech RO, 3 vacuum systems (3/4 hp. Airablo, 2 hp. Tuthill oilring pump and a 2 hp. Busch claw pump)
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I have tried several of the digital Thermometers with not much luck. Tried the Taylor wire braid probe from "Wal-Mart" -failed- Took it back got a new one -failed- Thought I would upgrade and bought a UET DT 15A at a lot higher price. First batch worked great, second -failed-. This year I just got a ThermoWorks "ThermaQ" with a HD wire probe K 39 has a Teflon Tip for steam boiling water. Talked to a rep. at office, she recommended this for my needs. As with all we shall see. They were very nice to deal with and talked to a person first ring! I am in Wisconsin and tap about first week in March.