Wal-mart thermometers=junk!!

[vkp23]

Man I've been spending all this time freaking out over my wal-mart thermometer/hydrometer reading high temps. Well I read on a thread here that there was a woman who found that her wal-mart therma/hydro was about 8 degrees off. So I decided to test mine. Guess what? Yup it's betwee 7-8 degrees off too! AHHHHH!!! All this time I thought I was cooking my eggs and they have been fine. Now I'm going by the digital AND the old fashoned one combined. Since I can't keep the old fashoned one right under the light I judge the two together for how hot it is in the bator. Don't trust cheapo wal-mart therma/hydro!!!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Mine work perfectly, I have 4 of the Springfields and 4 Accurites. I've never had to replace any but have had to buy new ones as I keep adding bators!!!

Mine are the digital thermometer/hygrometers.

 

[peakpoultry]

Mine are working just fine.

 

[milleryardchx]

i had issues with mine too i use a mercury thermometer with mine and use it mostlly to read humidity. mine kept reading 102 and 104 a few times my last hatch i was freaking out i added an old style after one hatched on day 22 waiting for the last two eggs it read my temp was at 98 to 97! no wonder my chicks were late!

 

[vkp23]

IDK maybe I happened to get a lemon. Leave it to me to get one. But my old fashoned thermometer when directly under the light was reading about 97-98 where the digital one was reading 106 at the same time right next to the old fashoned one. so both under the light were reading dif. temps. I trust the old one better. It is one of the ones with the red dye. Oh well you gotta start somewhere and learn.