Using a Human (Children's) Temporal Thermometer on Eggs?

[casportpony]

 

[Knighstar679]

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Yes that’s the one! Thanks for finding this. Hopefully it will help OP

 

[casportpony]

Yes that’s the one! Thanks for finding this. Hopefully it will help OP

I found it to be a very good way to see how accurate your other thermometers are.

 

[Livingskies]

Is is absolutely PERFECT!!!!!! Thank you So SO much!!!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Argh there was someone here who said the fish tank ones were the best! The digital was brand new with brand new batteries, I honestly had no idea that thermometers could be that far off, from each other, and from true temp (which I have no idea which is correct - only the garage one goes down to 0 to test against ice water).

I think I will go with my medical one and see if I can find a correction to apply to a couple others. I like having them in different spots so I can see how consistent the temp is, but it does seem within 0.5-1 with the circulated air. Good point about the vent. I had one near the vent and thus it was probably measuring cooler from that.

Great idea about the water baggie. I will try that tonight when I get home from work!

Like you, I've used many different thermometers over the years. None of which agreed with each other so I didn't trust any. The aquarium thermometers were no better than the others. The thing is, thermometers are only supposed to be within 2 F accuracy, some are much farther off than that and 2F off isn't close enough for incubation.
I've found 2 thermometers that don't cost an arm and a leg but are very accurate.
I highly recommend them and here they are.

https://www.thermoworks.com/RT301WA Guaranteed accurate to within 0.9F.

http://www.brinsea.com/p-394-spot-check-digital-incubator-thermometer.aspx Mine agrees exactly with the pocket thermoworks one.

Until your temperature is right, nothing else matters.

 

[Livingskies]

ChickenCanoe... I'm realizing that!!!! Thank you for the thermometer suggestions.