Taylor5924 Large Dial Kitchen Refrigerator and Freezer Kitchen Analog Thermometer, 3 Inch Dial,Silver, 1 Count (Pack of 1)

This is the product EVERYONE should have. It always surprises me how many people do NOT have a thermometer in their fridge, and how many people rely on digital circuitry that is built-in to the unit alone without having any means of verifying the exact temp.As the price of this shows, it's a very small expense. And while this seems like an items of minimal importance, it can save a lot of money and a lot of grief.I like to think of myself as middle of the road when it comes to the level of strict with food handling/safety. I clean my kitchen using accelerated hydrogen peroxide, carefully clean the areas I prepare raw meats that make contact with it, don't prepare foods to be eaten raw with raw meat on the same surfaces or with the same tools, refrigerate food promptly if there are leftovers, etc. But I don't worry about illness from food to a point where it consumes me. I use generally sensible practice, and rely on that practice to ensure my health and the health of those I cook for are never compromised. Thus far it's worked well at least for me.As much as we hear talk about illness from incorrectly handled or cooked foods, we don't hear nearly as much about incorrectly STORED foods, which is equally or even more important. Foods left between 41 degrees F to 140 degrees, are in what is commonly referred to as "the danger zone". This is where bacteria multiplies at the fastest rate (sometimes many fold more than out of the danger zone, and it is not linear--> in some cases, food that is not refrigerated at the correct temperature can have more bacteria in it in under 3 hours than the same food stored correctly for 5+ days). So that is why we have fridges to begin with (i.e., slow bacterial growth). So you want your fridge to stay at 40 or below (preferably slightly below) and your freezer at 0 (preferably -10 if you put larger quantities of hot foods [ex: soup] directly in the freezer because it increases the temp more).If the temp goes above this for an extended period, there are various strains of bacteria that can multiply and can make even healthy people sick. As you generally use a fridge to extend the time food is safe to eat, a prolonged period of days of storage, even if just a few degrees above 40, can result in an explosion of bacteria which can cause illness ranging from gas and stomach cramps to a trip to the ICU. Likewise, if you store meat in a freezer for 10 months and it is not stored at the correct temperature, that can end pretty badly.Luckily, this is simple to avoid: keep your fridge/freezer at the right temp, verify it, and don't worry about it further. As the stakes are pretty high if one fails to keep the temp correct, is reliance on a built-in thermostat alone sufficient? NO! We cannot 'feel' 43 degrees versus 39, and built-in thermostats lack a way to verify and sometimes do not work properly. [Over]Reliance on them alone is a pretty big gamble and sets the stage for an outcome comparable to 'the GPS told me to drive off a cliff and I did because the electronic device can't ever be wrong, hence conscious action & judgment on my behalf was unnecessary.'So you get this thermometer to verify rather than assume. Ideally, you put one towards the front of a fridge (near the door area), and one towards the back close to where the cold air comes in...you will immediately notice the difference and how fridges do NOT maintain a completely constant temp. Some foods store better towards the colder areas, and others it does not matter. You only need one in the freezer.Another thing you will notice is that if you put large quantities of hot food in the fridge, most fridges will see a considerable rise in temp. While this is normally safe and the temp is quickly brought back down to safe levels, in cases of huge quantities of hot food (ex: a ton of soup), the rise in temp is above acceptable degree and time (so for large quantities of soup, a cooling paddle is advised).One more note that comes to mind is that most fridges take 12-24 hours for an adjustment of a thermostat to take full effect. On heavily stocked units with large quantities of liquid, this can take even longer.So the bottom line is that this allows you to take charge of your food for the price of under 20 bucks total. You don't have to passively rely on a thermostat that you would otherwise have no means of verifying was correct, and you don't have to worry that your fridge might be too warm but have no way to verify. If the power goes out, now you know if you have to throw all of the food out, or if this is an unnecessary waste of hundreds/thousands of dollars of good (and safe) food. Now you can verify the temps are correct, and you can also be 100% sure that when you adjust the fridge or freezer settings that the adjustment is what you wanted it to be.So my personal opinion is that this is a necessary kitchen tool, rather than a luxury, and that the benefits of this small investment are tremendous.

Good quality item, quite big, easy to read dial (with practical color-code to see temperature at a glance – note: colors are like on the second picture, not the other ones = better); with Fahrenheit and Celsius scale; fair price; can be used standing or hanging. Light weight. Idea: buy 2 if you have separated freezer and refrigerator compartments. Would recommend and buy again.

This a a great freezer thermometer. Its accurate and since its analog, you dont have to worry about the battery failing in the extreme cold. I had a couple digital thermometers, but the batteries couldnt handle the cold and they would go bad and stop working. This doesnt care about the cold, so it can actually tell you the temperature! The dial is big and easy to read.

Purchase this thermometer for a new freezer. Appears to work properly and agrees with a second thermometer I used to calibrate the freezer. Good price delivered on time and good condition.

Nicely packed and delivered quickly. Nice size dial that old folks can read with just a glance at the back of the fridge! One for the freezer section and the other for the main upper section. No issues at all.

I compared this thermometer with two mercury thermometers that I previously determined to be accurate based on the fact that they both indicate the exact same temperature at degrees ranging from minus 20 deg F to 90 deg F. This thermometer was consistently 3 degrees below my two mercury thermometers at a range of temperatures between minus 10 deg to 78 deg F. For a 5 dollar refrigerator thermometer that's accurate enough. Besides, I expected my mercury thermometers to be more accurate as mercury has a high coefficient of thermal expansion, properties that make for very sensitive and reproducible temperature measurement. (The coefficient of thermal expansion represents a material's degree of expansion divided by the change in temperature. Simply put, the fractional change in a material's size per degree change in temperature at a constant pressure)However, there is one limitation with this type of thermometer that doesn't have a temperature sensor that uses fluid in a glass tube. This thermometer is probably like most analog dial thermometers that use a bimetallic coiled strip that responds to temperature changes by coiling and uncoiling. Regardless of whether this thermometer uses a bimetallic strip, it's temperature sensor is not in direct contact with the air. Unlike mercury or alcohol thermometers where the glass filled column of liquid is in direct contact with the air, which makes them immediately responsive to changes in temperature, the temperature sensor in this dial thermometer is enclosed within the thermometer's sealed outer metal housing. That makes this style thermometer much slower to respond to temperature changes.For example: In order to determine this thermometer's accuracy I compared it to my two mercury thermometers. After two hours in my refrigerator I took all three out (the two mercury thermometers registered 38 deg, this dial thermometer said 35 deg) Once out of the fridge both mercury thermometers plateaued out at 75 deg in less than 3 minutes. It took 35 minutes for this dial thermometer to plateau at 72 deg. This extremely slow response time can be attributed to two things: 1. When I touched the thermometer 15 minutes after I removed if from the fridge the metal housing was still cold, so apparently it takes time for the metal to warm up. 2. The temperature sensor takes an extremely long time to warm up because it's insulated within the sealed outer metal housing, a metal housing that still felt quite cold 15 minutes after I took it out of the fridge..Here's another example related to the refrigerator: I opened the fridge door to determine how long it took for the three thermometers to rise in temp. Within 15 seconds the two mercury thermometers began to rise from their baseline 38 deg temperature. After 60 seconds with the fridge door open, this dial thermometer still hadn't budged from it's 35 degree baseline temp.Does it matter that this refrigerator thermometer is very slow to respond to changes in temperature? Not if you just want to determine the baseline temp of your freezer or fridge. However, I wanted to determine the range of temperature variations within my refrigerator. In other words, the temperature within the fridge when the compressor goes off (the lowest temp) and the temperature that triggers the compressor to turn on (the highest temp). I was unable to do that because of this thermometer's extremely slow response time. I ultimately determined these values using my mercury thermometers.But there is one advantage to this thermometer's slow response time. The small numerical scale on my mercury thermometer means I have to lift it up in order to read it, and once my hand touches it the temperature starts to rise. This thermometer's big dial and slow response to temperature changes means you have ample time to read it before the temperature starts to rise.The other obvious advantage to this thermometer is the fact that it does not contain mercury. Although I used a mercury thermometer to determine this product's accuracy, I would never keep a thermometer with toxic mercury in my fridge on a permanent basis. If the thermometer broke in the refrigerator and released mercury vapors I'd be racing out to buy a new fridge.Even with its limitations, for 5 bucks I'm quite happy with this refrigerator thermometer.

We love this thermometer as you could always tell the temperature in our freezer for the first time easy to read high-quality great product

Big and easy to read. works well in a mini frig / freezer to make sure everything is safe to eat