Infrared Thermometer Temperature Gun - 58 ℉~1022 ℉ (- 50 ℃~550 ℃) Non-Contact Digital Laser Infrared Ir Thermometer for Cooking, Barbecue, Food, Repair (Blue)

I really enjoy this when making candles you don't have to worry about getting burned and it tells you the right temperature. I really enjoy it and it's extremely easy to use the battery lasts pretty good as well

Quality product. Accurate

Does it's job for my snake's care, but I've found a mess of uses for it. Great product

Works as advertised, easy to use, appears to b very accurate

It's very touchy

In a way, knowing the surface temperature of anything cooking, is a waste of time. But the other day, I had a friend tell me that their stove wasn't working. In seconds, I was able to show them that, while an electric ceramic topped stove wasn't as fast as a gas stove...; it was also a reliable and consistent provider of controlled heat for cooking.

I've been kind of wanting an infrared thermometer for a good bit. Oven, grill, pizza oven, wok, skillet, boredom... I've wanted to know the relative temperatures of stuff. But at the same time when you're just slopping stuff together for yourself; Who cares? Plus I got a digital needle thermometer for the actual foodstuffs. Needless to say I never got around to spending twenty, thirty, or more on one of these infrared thermometers. But then I happened upon a listing for one under ten (not this one) and I grew curious. After reading a novel's worth of reviews across a handful of ultra cheap listings I decided this was the one. It's fairly well made and solid for cheap plastic. It's the most feature rich at this price point. It has an "EMS" (emissivity) setting to change for different material surfaces. It remembers what you set things at (some cheap ones require you to switch to Fahrenheit every time). And most importantly seems to be accurate more often than not according to reviews. In my tests, oil in my wok started smoking at roughly the expected temperature. The readings in my fridge and freezer matched the thermometers in them. And finally I set the EMS setting for "water" according to the provided chart and started boiling some. At a rolling boil I was reading steadily between 208f~213f for quite a few minutes until I got bored of pointing a laser at a pot of water (water boils at ~212f depending on your elevation and stays that while boiling. Some science mumbo jumbo about water phases and vapor or something). That's accurate enough for me! Only tested Fahrenheit since that's all I'll be using. Still don't know if I really need it. Or how long it will last. But for under ten bucks, I'll gladly enjoy another toy.

Inconsistent readings compared against two other infrared laser gun thermometers that I own. Readings can be dead on with the others and then off by three (3) degrees immediately after. If you don’t have means to compare readings, how would you know the item’s accuracy? The laser shoots low on my unit and the laser beam is very faint making it sometimes difficult to see. Locating the beam easily is important to me. Overall, it’s adequate, but I found a replacement for the same price that fulfills all my needs.