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How's your Thermapen?
ccfoo242:
After only 2 brews I broke my thermapen-wanna-be. Pulled the sensor out by accident.
Sooo, I took advantage of the open-box thermapen sale and finally got one. It arrived today and I did a quick ice-bath test...32.0F....nice...
euge:
--- Quote from: ccfoo242 on July 26, 2012, 04:46:50 pm ---After only 2 brews I broke my thermapen-wanna-be. Pulled the sensor out by accident.
Sooo, I took advantage of the open-box thermapen sale and finally got one. It arrived today and I did a quick ice-bath test...32.0F....nice...
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Wow. How in the hell did you manage to pull the sensor out?
ccfoo242:
--- Quote from: euge on July 26, 2012, 05:32:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: ccfoo242 on July 26, 2012, 04:46:50 pm ---After only 2 brews I broke my thermapen-wanna-be. Pulled the sensor out by accident.
Sooo, I took advantage of the open-box thermapen sale and finally got one. It arrived today and I did a quick ice-bath test...32.0F....nice...
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Wow. How in the hell did you manage to pull the sensor out?
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I was cleaning up after brewing and had heavy rubber gloves on to protect my dainty hands from pbw water. Picked up the thermometer and casually wiped off some smutz and it pulled out.
Sent from the future...
dcbc:
--- Quote from: majorvices on June 09, 2012, 08:35:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: kramerog on June 09, 2012, 03:12:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: majorvices on June 09, 2012, 12:50:14 pm ---0.1 degrees? I'm happy if I get within one or two degrees of my strike temp. Hell, I doubt if even bud is that anal. ;)
The thing sounds like a great thermometer. But it is way overpriced, as is obvious by their offering higher priced "limited" designs.
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I didn't say I was within 0.1 degrees of the desired strike temperature. If I get within 2 F, I've hit the target as far as I'm concerned.
What I said was that I felt that I had sufficiently stirred the mash or properly mixed the water and the grains once the temperature variations within the mash got to 0.1 degrees F.
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I'd like to see you over a ten bbl mash with your thermapen waiting for the temp to stabilize. :P ;) seriously, I think it's a great toy. Totally unecessay. Totally overpriced. But then again, I ride motorcycles as a "hobby" so stones must be set aside. I recon. ;)
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That's kind of what I'm thinking. I'm sure the Thermapen is fast and accurate, but I can't wrap my head around $70. For that, I'll buy a PID controller and automate things. I have had the little yellow Taylor thermometer for more than three years. A little slow to settle in, but I check calibration regularly and it is rock solid. A buddy of mine that owns a 15 bbl brew system uses the same cheap Taylor pictured above. Makes great beer and sells the snot out of it. Thought mine had petered out during the last brew session and had to rely on the kettle thermometer. Fortunately, the battery was just dead. Half the price of the thermometer later, I have a new battery and it works perfectly.
YMMV
gmac:
Just got mine yesterday. Haven't brewed with it yet. It's orange. Does that impact efficiency?
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