GDEALERMeat Thermometer Digital Instant Read Food Thermometer Waterproof Ultra-Fast for Grill Cooking Kitchen with Backlight & Calibration

None of these digital thermometers read the same so expect it to be off a few degrees. This one reads instantly and we use it all the time.

Great meat thermometer, my second one. Ordered the first one for a gift and they loved it. Very accurate

My daughter was cooking at my house so she ordered this thermometer since she has the exact one at her home. It works well. It is especially nice having the magnetic capability and being able to have it conveniently attached to the stove or nearby fridge.

I originally bought a different meat thermometer but returned it because it was inaccurate. This one is accurate, and the display is much better and easier to read. But the most important feature of this is that it senses and displays the temp quickly. This is important when you've got the oven door open, as the oven is cooling off. The other one took a considerably longer time to settle out. Overall, this one is much nicer to use, easier to read, has a few nicer features and in general works better. The other one was $10. I paid $16 for this, and in my view it's well worth 6 more bucks.This one does have a calibration function. It's a rudimentary single point calibration using an ice water bath, but it's a lot better than most of these inexpensive thermometers that have no calibration at all. The instruction sheet says it's calibrated out of the box, and so I tested it - indeed it was pretty good. Be aware that if you're a stickler, you should use distilled water and ice made from distilled water; impurities in the water depress the equilibrium temperature of an ice water bath. In my case, using tap water, it read the bath as 31.6 degrees F. I have no doubt that using pure water and ice, it would probably be much closer. I didn't adjust the calibration.Most of these, including this one, have a probe that necks down at the tip to make it easier to insert into the food. It helps, especially with a steak. On this one, there's a little plastic nibs on the red part so that when you fold it, it snaps into place. It's a little hard to un-snap the probe. However, the solution is, don't fold the probe until it snaps. The unit shuts off long before the probe is folded that much, so there's not much point to snapping it into place. You could also slice the little nibs off with a utility knife if you wanted. It would take about 5 seconds (be careful not to hurt yourself!!)There is a magnet intended to let you stick the thing onto your oven. My oven is stainless steel, and apparently it's 300 series stainless because the magnet is completely ineffective. The thermometer does stick to my coffee maker and Instant Pot, however, LOL. If your oven is enameled or painted, it will hang on to it just fine... if you want it to, that is.There's a chart on the backside with temperatures for beef, lamb, pork, chicken, turkey and fish. I don't use the chart... I use different temperatures, depending on what I'm doing. But it's there if you want or need it.I can't comment on the longevity until I've used it for at least a few months, but temperature reading involves very simple electronics. My only concern is the folding probe, I don't know how they designed this, but if it involves a moving wire, then that's probably going to be the failure point.I like it. If it lasts, it's well worth the $16.

Little more complicated than my last. If it works as long as that one (8 years), it would deserve another star.

Got nearly 7 years out of my first one. Extremely accurate. I use only this one for all my meats and it’s perfect every time. Now ordering a new one.

No more guessing on meats temperatures. In the oven, on the stove or for the barbeque. You will know the correct temperature to cook meats safely and to the best temperatures from rare to well done. We use this all the time.

This is my second thermometer. The only reason I needed to get a new one is because I scooped up all this stuff on the counter and put it in the sink with water. I didn’t realize my thermometer was in there. So I decided to just get the same one I had since I liked it. I’ve have the first one for quite a wile. Well I did at least. A reasonable price too. Suits me fine.