flintronic Meat Thermometer, Instant Read Cooking
flintronic Meat Thermometer, Instant Read Cooking Thermometer, Cooking Thermometer with Foldable Long Probe and Backlight Screen, Perfect for Kitchen Cooking, BBQ, Water,Meat, Milk (White)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color | White/Grey | White | Stainless steel probe | Black/White/Blue | |
| Hook/magnet | Hook | Hook | Magnet | Hook+Magnet | |
| Temperature lock function | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weight: | 50 g |
| Size: | Type B White |
| Dimensions: | 15.2 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm; 50 Grams |
| Model: | F4-3416964 |
| Part: | F4NEW-3416964 |
| Colour: | White-2 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | flintronic®-uk |
| Dimensions: | 15.2 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm; 50 Grams |
| Size: | Type B White |
This is about as easy to use as you would imagine. Requires one battery, is small, lightweight, magnet is very useful feature.
It’s quick working and accurate (not had any issues with undercooked meat etc. so far after dozens of uses).
Easy to clean just needs a wipe. Great little bit of kit for the kitchen.
I discovered on Christmas Day that my meat thermometer which was bought a few months ago but never used was broken. A family member who works in a national supermarket chain told me that this model of machine was used in the hot food section to check on health and safety regulations. He said it was superb. I agree, simple to use, easy to clean.
An excellent product at a good price.
My only complaint is that it did not come with a triple A battery, luckily I found one in a drawer. They cost pennies to a manufacturer, it would be an act of kindness to a customer to supply the machine with one installed.
It reminded me of buying an electric kettle and having to buy the wall plug decades ago.
So cheap I wondered how good it would be, it’s been absolutely ideal and helps me cook my meat especially chicken to perfection and gives me piece of mind to know it’s cooked thoroughly, was pleasantly surprised by this item and I am very happy with i
– I find the swing-out probe easier to handle than the fixed [straight] thermometer I used to use.
– I really do not understand the review that claimed this was “very poor quality”. Its design & manufacture seem fine to me.
It needs an AAA battery [which is not included].
– I haven’t yet managed to find a low battery to test the “LOB” indicator that the instructions mention.
It seems to agree with my old [mercury] kitchen thermometer so I assume that means it’s correct.
– It’s default reading is in Celcius so there’s no messing about to do. [The instructions tell you how to swap it to Fahrenheit if you need to.]
– It is supposedly accurate to whole degrees. That’s more than good enough for me.
– It also displays points of a degree which is handy for helping you to see when the reading has settled down. [But don’t expect that final digit itself to be stable, the thermometer is not that accurate.]
– I haven’t bothered to run the calibration procedure. [I can only guess but perhaps the complaint in another review about it not calibrating correctly was caused by an incorrect expectation that it would calibrate to within 0.1C rather than the 1C that it is actually capable of.]
– The instructions contain a list of ‘correct’ temperatures for various foods but I haven’t bothered checking if the list is correct.
It takes 10 seconds to give a settled reading.
– It’s more or less there [within a degree] after 5 secs. So that’s going to be good enough for me in practice.
– It takes a minute to settle back down to show the room temperature after use [even if it is shaken or wiped clean]. So that will stop me fussing every few seconds re-checking things unnecessarily.
The auto-on/off works.
– It turns itself on when you unfold the probe than it turns itself off when you fold the probe back against the body.
– It can be a bit awkward using the off button. The auto-on does not work the next time until you manually turn it on once using the button then allow it to turn itself off again by folding the probe back against the body again.
— Hanging it up —
– The magnet is OK and holds the thing firmly enough to cope with a few accidental knocks.
– The hole to “Hang in a nail or hook” is also OK.
– The supposed hole “used for hanging rope” is poorly positioned and, in my opinion, unusable. Anything thicker than 2mm will foul the probe and anything lose will foul the probe as it is swung out.