0.5 Seconds Instant Read Digital Meat Thermometer, ±0.5°F Accuracy, 180°Rotating Display, IP67 Waterproof Non-Slip Handle, Lift to Wake and Auto Off, Food Thermometer for Precise Cooking

Edit to add: after using this for a few weeks, I’ll say it’s the best thermometer I’ve ever had. Very fast, and the magnets let me leave it stuck on the side of my refrigerator which is very convenient. I got it on sale for $27 which is a great value.Initial review:Much larger than I expected… my other thermometers are comparatively tiny. In the first photo, next to a ruler and a US Quarter for scale, in the second, in my hand, and as I’m 6’5” my hands are pretty big.Despite the overall size the stainless steel probe is a bit shorter than it could be, but not a dealbreaker.SPEEDI bought this as my other thermometers were too slow (4-5 seconds). This one reads very fast, however this Amazon page claims 0.5 seconds, and the instructions with the thermometer actually say 1 second.In practice it seems that the read speed is “less than 1½ seconds”.Measuring room temp (ambient) to hot tap water (110 degrees) time is about 1.1 seconds. From ice water to hot tap water about 1.3 seconds.However, it is within a degree in less than a second, and that’s blazing fast for all practical purposes in the kitchen.I’ll add additional timings in the future, but in practice this is plenty fast for kitchen purposes, which is what I’m using this for—when cooking 4 to 6 chicken breasts I want to get their internal temps as quickly as possible. My old thermometers were worthless in this regard.BUILD QUALITYCame in a quality box with alkaline battery and a small screwdriver which is needed for the battery cover.Overall build quality is good with a lot of rubberized parts. It has a hole for hanging or a lanyard, and magnets that let you store it on the side of a fridge.The readout is a bright red LED type, which is great unless you have the protanopia type of colorblindness, in which case you may have reduced brightness for these LEDs. I haven’t measured the wavelength, so can’t say how much a protanopia or achromatopsia CVD vision may have issues here.I got this on sale/coupon for $27, which was an astounding good deal. The features and quality put this on par with the $100 Thermopen. [...]