Wireless Thermometers - reviewed Nu-Temp 701 Wireless Thermometer Very Good Unit **** Ultra Simple to use This is a far cry better than the model 600 (reviewed below) and this model is worth having around. It still has no way to turn it off, but the manufacturer assures me the battery life is very long - we'll see in time. This model is simple! Real simple! Put 5 AAAA batteries in the two units and they sync themselves and start sending temps from the tramsmitter. You can add a probe to get internal temps or use it for outdoor temps when not BBQ'ing. It has an alarm that can be set to go off if a the temp drops below the alarm setting or you can make it sound the alarm if the set temp is reached, but it can't do both!! This is ideal for long 20+ hr cooks through out the night - set the alarm to go off if the temp in the meat drops too low (ie: the fire goes out). Check Cosco's or local stores for deals Tim - June 2001 get one here -- http://www.wirelessalarm.com/     Remote Check Wireless Thermometer aka Maverick

Very Good Unit *****

Just picked this unit up for $40 on Amazon.com and I will be adding more info on it as I use it. I have played with it for a few hours today and I can easily see it's MUCH better than the Nu-Temp unit below!! Much better. The transmitter and receiver sync together easily - just turn them both on at the same time. Probe temps are reported to be much higher. The controls are very easy to figure out and set - much easier than the unit below! Amazon.Com has them on sale for $40 and this is a bargain at that price (they no longer have any as of 2-2001). It only lacks an alarm that goes off if the set temp is dropped "down" to rather than when it "goes up" to the set temp. One advantage is that it has two probes per transmitter so you can monitor the dome temp as well as the internal temp of the meat (ie: pork butt). One drawback is that the alarm only goes off when a temp is reached. It can't be set to alarm if the temp drops to a set temperature. Tim M 9-19-2000   After more use with the Remote Check, I find it looses connection just as easily as the Nu-Temp and that was a major drawback. The 433mhz radio link can be very spotty and a nail can block the signals reaching each other. The advantage of the Remote Check is that you will know in 30-40 min that the connection has been lost. The Nu-Temp took hours to tell you. The Remote Check transmitter transmits only when there is a 2+ deg temp change. Doing a Boston Butt might take a few hundred transmissions as the temps go up and down for 20 hrs. If you use a transmitter as a dome temp probe, be ready to replace the batteries often since the dome temp changes 5-20 deg every few minutes and the transmitter will transmit each of them. There might be a few thousand transmissions in 20 hrs. Accuracy seems to be something of a problem. Others on the BGE forum have noticed wide variations in accuracy. I have noticed a 5 deg +/- so take that into account. I find the Remote Check a handy tool at $40. I would not be all that happy if I had paid $80 which is retail. Tim M 1-2001

Nu-Temp Wireless Thermometer 600 NOT Recommended!!

Here are the three packages as they came to me. On the left is an extra probe (not compatible with a Polder probe) - in the center is the main display and 1 transmitter w/ probe - and on the right is an extra transmitter w/ probe. The display can handle up to 4 probes max. The display unit displays the room temp, time, date, and temps from the transmitters. The directions say that the display only will display upto 199 deg but the probes are safe well past that - maybe 350 deg. Main display needs 2 AA batteries (1 year or more battery life) Transmitters use a single 9v battery (upto 1 year depending on use)

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I have opened it up and installed the batteries. Its a bit of a pain to get them talking to the main unit. Once you do - you leave them on - I see no way to turn them off. Leave one outside to give you indoor/outdoor temps 24 hr a day!! The Main display has a stand and looks like a Palm Pilot. It has lots of other features I have yet to discover or figure out. This thing is pretty packed with whistles and bells. Range: seems anywhere in the house is ok but has a 100' limit. Problems: Looses the connection easily, very hard to reconnect the transmitter with the receiver when it does. It displays the last temp received for one hour after it looses the signal - this can fool you for 1 hr!! Uses 9v battery very quickly in the transmitters. Very hard to read the display (too small). Too many confusing settings and "Bells and Whistles" Not recommended by me!!

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