Reading help

I've just purchased a brand new white Python digital thermometer.. And that is reading the temp to be about 91f but my temp gun I've had for about 2 years new battery is telling me 97f so which do I trust?

(My snake is not in the enclosure)

Thanks


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Originally Posted by SRMD94

I've just purchased a brand new white Python digital thermometer.. And that is reading the temp to be about 91f but my temp gun I've had for about 2 years new battery is telling me 97f so which do I trust?

(My snake is not in the enclosure)

Thanks


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The accuracy of that thermometer looks to be +/- 2C (+/- 3.6F), meaning that it could be as high as 94.6F and still be considered correct. Do you know the accuracy of your temp gun? If it has a similar accuracy to the new thermometer, you're probably around 94F in there.

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The accuracy of that thermometer looks to be +/- 2C (+/- 3.6F), meaning that it could be as high as 94.6F and still be considered correct. Do you know the accuracy of your temp gun? If it has a similar accuracy to the new thermometer, you're probably around 94F in there.

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That's the accuracy of my temp gun.. I think


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That's the accuracy of my temp gun.. I think

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So yeah - likely right around 94F. The overlapping range is 94.3 to 94.6.

Neither are exactly accurate, but it's possible for both to be "right" according to their specifications.

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So yeah - likely right around 94F. Neither are exactly accurate, but both are likely "right" according to their specifications.

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I wish everything would just be accurate lol, do you recommend any good accurate thermometers?


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I wish everything would just be accurate lol, do you recommend any good accurate thermometers?

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You don't really need them to be much more accurate than that. Just turn down your heat a couple degrees until you get a reading that's low enough for the high end of the accuracy range to still be safe.

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You don't really need them to be much more accurate than that. Just turn down your heat a couple degrees until you get a reading that's low enough for the high end of the accuracy range to still be safe.

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Ok so I'm going to aim for the thermometer to be around 89F hopefully the temp gun will also lower.. Thank you for the help!


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Ok so I'm going to aim for the thermometer to be around 89F hopefully the temp gun will also lower.. Thank you for the help!

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Perfect. That's one of the reasons that I shoot for ~90F in my enclosures. Glad I could assist!

This may seem strange but put the probe in your mouth. You know the human body runs at a perfect 98.6 so its a good baseline. Once you see how it reads then you can adjust accordingly.