Most accurate digital thermometers?

I am using a couple of digital thermometers and realized a wide range of temp readings (4 probes in one spot and 4 different temps). Anyone know of any digital thermometers that are considered to be the most accurate?

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

I am using a couple of digital thermometers and realized a wide range of temp readings (4 probes in one spot and 4 different temps). Anyone know of any digital thermometers that are considered to be the most accurate?

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Vaughn brought me one that is AWESOME! ... Accurate to like .001 I think?? maybe more?? ... Big $$$ I'm sure ... but Vaughn knows his poop when it comes to temps ... I'm at home right now and not at the shop or I'd get you all the info on it ... Vaughn, you sleeping already? :P

-adam

Definitely interested in that info when you get it.!!! I almost feel like I'm guessing. LOL!!! ;)

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

Definitely interested in that info when you get it.!!! I almost feel like I'm guessing. LOL!!! ;)

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Vaughns the one that really opened my eyes to how bad the digital and infrared thermometers that I was using really are ... If he doesn't pop on here before I get back to the shop, I'll post the info for sure.

-adam

wild bill, it is a copper atkins #sh66a one of the best thermometers for the buck. accurate to .3 tenths of one deg. lab certified!



http://www.microtherm.com/atkins/id_catalog.pdf#search='cooper%20atkins%20sh66a'

fluke makes one model 51 that is nice too

http://ca.fluke.com/caen/products/Fl...(FlukeProducts) you could not go wrong with either of these for high accuracy.

vaughn

That is if you really need THAT much accuracy in your temps :)

Thanks!! ;)

that's correct jamie, i think these are overkill for regular cage/tub use. for someone who is extremely conscious about temps and wants to know what temp every eggbox in the bator, on each shelf and wall is! this fits right in... not needed unless you are very "monkish" about exact temps! lol



vaughn

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Originally Posted by jglass38

That is if you really need THAT much accuracy in your temps :)

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Well after seeing the wide variety of temps by my thermometers I want something to tell me exactly what the temps are at any given time. Or even something to tell me how far off the thermoeters in the incubator are. The main thing I am looking for is the incubator, I don't want to be guessing if the temps I am seeing are accurate or not. With those 4 different devices I had readings from 87 degrees up to 91, thats just too much of a variation for me. ;)

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Originally Posted by kavmon

that's correct jamie, i think these are overkill for regular cage/tub use. for someone who is extremely conscious about temps and wants to know what temp every eggbox in the bator, on each shelf and wall is! this fits right in... not needed unless you are very "monkish" about exact temps! lol



vaughn

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Monkish...Good word!! I was a temp freak up until I went to Adam's shop and was cured of my temperature OCD. Quality tstat + plus indicators (eating, shedding, breeding) = perfect temps!

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Originally Posted by kavmon

that's correct jamie, i think these are overkill for regular cage/tub use. for someone who is extremely conscious about temps and wants to know what temp every eggbox in the bator, on each shelf and wall is! this fits right in... not needed unless you are very "monkish" about exact temps! lol



vaughn

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:sweeet::sweeet:

For my incubator, I am using an Acurite indoor-outdoor wireless therm. I have the sensor (roughly the size and shape of an egg) in the r-maid container with the egg. The reader I keep outside the Inc and it is easy to see the temp inside the container with the egg. It cost roughly $10 USD.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

For my incubator, I am using an Acurite indoor-outdoor wireless therm. I have the sensor (roughly the size and shape of an egg) in the r-maid container with the egg. The reader I keep outside the Inc and it is easy to see the temp inside the container with the egg. It cost roughly $10 USD.

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Acurites aren't very accurate or consistant. I've done more tests (I own about 10 or 15 of them) and in the same exact location Ive seen variances of 5 degrees between them....

It just seems wrong when you think your cool spot is 82 and it could be 77?

After that I realized I should just trust my t-stats controlling the room and flexwatt temps rather than the $10 acuwrongs :(

Edit: PS these are the wired ones, I havnt tried the wireless yet

All the Accurites are + or - 2 degrees even for the wireless ones. Thats a 4 degree variation, thats just nuts!!! With todays technology you would think you could find something a little more accurate without spending $200. :mad:

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

All the Accurites are + or - 2 degrees even for the wireless ones. Thats a 4 degree variation, thats just nuts!!! With todays technology you would think you could find something a little more accurate without spending $200. :mad:

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tell me about it. After how much the Accurites were mentioned on these forums, I was surprised when I tested and saw the variance. That being said I still use them as general guidelines, lets face it, for $10 I dont expect them to be within .1 of a degree, but i was VERY misled by the fact that they display tenths.... why the HECK would a thermometer say it is 75.1 degrees when it really meant, it is somewhere between 73 and 77?

It is like a scale saying my pastel weighs 298 grams when it really means it weighs 270-310 grams

the display in tenths is just, display resolution only. nothing to do with accuracy. personally i think it is just a marketing tool. most of the thermometers out there are accurate to 2-3 deg. that is good enough for most of our needs, imo. for incubation some might want a little more accuracy to double check the temps and stats.



vaughn