Stovetop thermometer is crap....any suggestions on an IR gun?

[Swedishchef]

Hey guys

Following a fellow Hearth.com member's advice, I placed my stove top thermometer in my oven to see if it is calibrated properly. I have a very precise digital thermometer in my oven and my oven has an accusensor for the temp readings.

I tried 200-300-400-500 degrees respectively. At 200, the reading was 50 degrees off. At 300, it was 75 degrees off, at 400, it was 100 degrees off. The readings are too high (IE when it's 400 it indicates 500).

Therefore it is safe to say that when it has been indicated 850 (the odd time), it is in fact roughly 700. FEWF!

Here's my question: I want to buy a decent IR gun (I guess this is a reason to go buy one...anything to justify a toy!). I live in Canada; any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Andrew

 

[begreen]

I have an ATD 701. It works very well:

http://www.stockwiseauto.com/product_info.php/cPath/239_728/products_id/147828

 

[Pallet Pete]

My wife pointed this one out at Home Depot the other day it has very good reviews.
http://www.homedepot.com/buy/electrical/electrical-tools-accessories/ryobi/ir-thermometer-95087.html

I have also discovered that they are often off however I purchased a condor flu insert model and a rather nice vermont castings stove top and they seem to be very accurate.

Good luck
Pete

 

[Swedishchef]

Thanks for the head's up on the move of the topic: forgot to put it in the gear forum!

I will look at both suggestions for sure...decisions decisions...

Andrew

 

[MasterMech]

Double check the specs on any IR thermometer you buy. Most of the cheap ones stop reading at 600 °F . 12:1 spot ratio is more desireable than 8:1 as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Mastercool-MSC52224A-Non-Contact-Infrared-Thermometer/dp/B000TM7HXC

Tooltopia.com has it for $38 + shipping right now but their site is wacky tonight.

 

[Huntindog1]

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/88376/