Temperature Flux...please save my sanity.

[chanceosunshine]

I am planning on setting my eggs today in my Farm Innovators 2450. I wish I had done my research on here before requesting it for Christmas because I would have chosen otherwise...But here I am.
I have two back up thermometers. One is a dial thermometer that we calibrated in a glass of ice water, the other is a reptile thermometer that I read is very accurate, but I can't get it to read true in a glass of ice water. Last night it read .4 degrees high. When I put it in the incubator it was reading high but would be in range. This morning, it was reading LOW, so I put it in the ice water again and it read 1.1 high. It takes forever to change as well and seems to be all over the place. Should I just disregard it altogether?
I had to bump the incubator up to 100 to get the calibrated dial thermometer to read what looks like 99.5...tiny little lines.
I can go to the kitchen store and get a digital thermometer than can be calibrated or should I trust the dial thermometer?

 

[1muttsfan]

Dump the inconsistent thermometer - don't waste your time on something that doesn't work. If you pick up another inexpensive thermometer, make sure to check how accurate it is - I would recommend in both ice and boiling water.

You might consider getting a Brinsea spot check thermometer, they are very reliable and well worth the $.
https://www.brinsea.com/p-394-spot-check-digital-incubator-thermometer.aspx

 

[chanceosunshine]

Dump the inconsistent thermometer - don't waste your time on something that doesn't work. If you pick up another inexpensive thermometer, make sure to check how accurate it is - I would recommend in both ice and boiling water.

You might consider getting a Brinsea spot check thermometer, they are very reliable and well worth the $.
https://www.brinsea.com/p-394-spot-check-digital-incubator-thermometer.aspx

Thank you for replying. I did get another thermometer and recalibrated two of them. I still wasn't confident in what was going on and decided, after reading the pros and cons of running high or low, to adjust the incubator up by .5 degree. I set the eggs and said a prayer. God willing I'll have peeps in 20 days now.
I ordered the Brinsea thermometer. Thank you for the recommendation.

 

[1muttsfan]

Hope it goes great! Drop a post as it goes along

 

[1muttsfan]

Just curious about how your hatch went

 

[chanceosunshine]

16 of 23 eggs hatched. This gave me 12 bantam Cochins and 4 backyard mixes. The backyard mixes all pipped in the wrong spot. One was able to get out and the other three I had to help. Another backyard mix also pipped in the wrong spot but it was on the underside of the egg and I don’t know it so it didn’t make it.
All in all I think it was pretty successful. Thanks for asking.