I have purchased my second remote meat thermometer and it has died on me. The first one was a Nu-Temp 701 and I went back for 'seconds' and purchased another one of the same gender. In the last eight months I have two thermometers that has gone by the wayside. I babyed these two units with no abuse.Of course they were both out of warranty when they died! Now! I need to know of one that will work and stay working. Please advise.

Best Regards,
Smoky
Spring, Texas

What went out on them? The probe? The display? How did you determine they had "gone out"? I have had probes "die" on me only to try them again in a week and they would work. Excess moisture got in the end of them. But I have been using the same Polder for the last 14 months and havent even had to change the batteries.

Bob

There are several threads on this issue. I suggest you do a search.

Some say boiling the probe in oil disburses water (humidity) that has wandered into where the wire meets the actual probe, the most likely place where the problem is - unless it's the guts of the unit.

I've only owned two brands; Polder and Taylor. Polder lasted about 6 months; Taylor has been faithful for over two years.

They would hold 90 to 92 degrees no matter if it was in the smoker or the freezer. I even interchanged the probes out to no avail. They just weren't working. I checked out Polder but I see they have no remote thermometer.

I did some research and made a call to Taylor Thermometer at 1-800-225-4834 and asked them if the digital remote thermometers were guaranteed for life like their commercial products. Customer service rep resentative advised that the remote thermometers have a life time guarantee. Just wanted to "blow some smoke" and let my fellow smokers know this about Taylor's warranty. Heck, they are better than Wally World! I will know now where to purchase my next thermometer. Thanks!

Smoky, I have 2 taylors. they are my stand by work horses. I have a Maverick remote as well. The mav. is NOT as dependable. it comes and goes. I have replaced a probe in a short amount of time. I trust my Taylor. I did not realize taylor had a remote. next time I will try the taylor. just my opinion! I know others swear by their Maverick.
David

I always post that you should buy what is on sale.

I have always said that,after about 6-8 yrs,mine have always come back.

Now I use mine in all kinds of cookers,up to commercial models that run 600�+.

My first probe died on me a couple weeks ago.[Cooks error?]

Darn,that only works out to about $0.05 a cook.

Taylors were mentioned above,and most cook teams have several around.

Box stores carry them for around $15 .

I have a Polder & a Pyrex. A few months back, I was getting a bad read on one of them. I first put them in ice water, than in boiling water. After a few minutes they both displayed the identical current room temperature. Since then both have worked just fine.

Just a word to the unwise (like me).It gets a little confusing when you have 3 or 4 thermometers and 3 or 4 probes laying around. I've had problems when I mistakenly used a probe from one brand on another brand thermometer. Some probes seem to be interchangable while others are not.