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| Feed, Caging, Supplies & Services Discussions concerning the feeding requirements of any of our critters, the cages they need to live in while in our care, and all of the supplies and services needed to do this right. |
06-25-2006, 06:21 PM
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Most accurate digital thermometer?
I was testing some of my digital thermometers and put 4 probes in the same spot and got 4 completely different temperatures. What kind of digital thermometers do you use and is there any brand which is considered to be more accurate? Right now I feel like guessing would be a better option!!!! 
Just FYI, the ones I am using are ESU, Accurite (2 different models) and a unmarked one.
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06-25-2006, 06:29 PM
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4th one is a Taylor digital thermometer.
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06-25-2006, 11:03 PM
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i've noticed the same thing,super accurate ones are cost prohibitive for me,i use my raytek gun to be absoluelty sure and use the others as a starting point.have fun! TWH
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06-26-2006, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by twh49801
i've noticed the same thing,super accurate ones are cost prohibitive for me,i use my raytek gun to be absoluelty sure and use the others as a starting point.have fun! TWH
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The problem is even most of the temp guns are still only accurate + or - 2 degress, which in cage temps is fine. But when you are trying to get your incubator setup with accurate temps that is quite a variance.
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06-26-2006, 01:26 AM
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according to the raytek manual accuracy is plus minus 2% of reading.i use a herpstat II on my incubator and (according to it's internal temp reading) it seldom varies more than a 1/10 of a degree,BTW i'm totally sold on the herpstat product and the bean farm rocks.
do you think you might be splitting hairs on the temp variance? some breeders are using night drop in there incubators to mimic natural condition,i'm not sure i follow this train of thought but they are getting good results. TWH
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06-26-2006, 06:45 AM
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Over the years, I've tried many brands and none of them give what I would call good results. The unit that I use the most is the Acurite with the internal and remote probe with the Hygrometer. It seems to be the most consistent.
However, I will point out that you can take four of them sitting side by side and get different results on each one.
My solution was to take a median reading and mark the individual units as plus 1 or minus 1 as needed.
The suitable incubation ranges on most species will easily allow for the slight variances.
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