Hygiplas thermometers

[gingerchris]

Does anyone have any experience with these? I've just seen them in Nisbets and they're really cheap which makes me dubious, but I was wondering if they might be a decent stopgap until I can afford a Thermapen / Maverick?

[jackson]

For a cheap, probe thermometer they're absolutely fine.

As it happens, I was using a Hygiplas F338 Multistem Thermometer today! They're not exactly instant read (they take about 20 seconds or so to hit the actual temp) but they're reasonably accurate, just calibrated the one I was using in boiling water and it was 0.2c off... which is no skin off anybody's nose.

So yeah, for £14.99 you can't really complain, though the time it takes to read the temp will likely get on your nerves after a while but at least this will give you time to save up for a thermapen!