Fireboard Pulse

[Richard Chrz]

I figure a few people in here besides me may want to follow this.

Meet FireBoard Pulse | Dual-Band Wireless Temperature Probe - FireBoard Labs

[GolfGeezer]

Definitely! I’ve been bugging them for a wireless probe solution for months. Hopefully this will fill my expectations!

[GolfGeezer]

Bogy STEbbq My primary "beef" with CI, and I had a back and forth with Chris Young about it, is that they consciously chose to avoid WiFi because many folks struggle with WiFi, even though the ability to monitor regardless of distance from the monitoring of temps is WiFi's greatest strength. I just don't buy his arguments. And I have bugged FB about it since they have a great, reliable WiFi platform with the FB, FB2 and FB Drive, so why not have wireless probes that talk to that platform.

[GolfGeezer]

(cont) and now, with the Pulse, it looks like they have it! And it fits into their existing, and to me, superior cloud-based, App rich ecosystem. BT vs S1G is a rather minor thing to me, as my expectation is having the Pulse connect to the FB, which I then use in WiFi mode and can monitor and do whatever through their App regardless of where I am in the house or away from it for whatever reason.

[Bogy]

Thanks for the answers. I figured I was missing something, so the backstory filled it in. It looks good, I've been putting off buying some of the alternatives, now I have to decide if I'm going to buy one right away or let others test it for me. I loved my Smoke with the wi-fi bridge until Thermoworks broke it by updating the app so it was unusable.

[jlazar]

Thanks

[Uncle Bob]

Clever that they made the probe look like the symbols in their logo.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

but also looks a tad more difficult to clean

[RonB]

I just received their email about this and came here to post. Someone beat me to it.

[Richard Chrz]

Ron I saw the 15 minute charge for 24 hour use….

[au4stree]

Oh boy, this is gonna be on my birthday list. Love my FireBoard tools.

[Sdell]

Great news. I hope the reviews are good.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

the stacking chargers is a great looking feature, just iffy on the open circle and long term cleanability. I'll register for the test phase I guess

[HawkerXP]

Looks good!

[painter]

Yeowzer--has my attention!

[WayneT]

I’ll definitely be looking forward to the launch. I’ve got one Combustion Inc probe and have always thought 6 temp zones is overkill. I hope it is SV ready.

[Richard Chrz]

data is always nice, or so I think.... now 6 wires, that can be a pain.

[Jim White]

Wouldn’t you know? I just took delivery of a Meater 2 Plus. I agonized between it and Combustion, Inc, but went with the 1000 degree capability for ambient. Wonder what top ambient will be for this? I do LOVE my FireBoard.

[Richard Chrz]

I was close on the combustion, but not hearing best on battery life put me back on the sidelines watching the wireless battle unfold. I love my fireboards, so I am so happy they are releasing, i've spent a bit of money lately on my cooking tools, etc.., I think I will have this early on and hope I'm not a sucker.

[Bogy]

I had a funeral today and I'm trying to make my way through 80 backlogged emails. Finally made it down to this one. I knew by now there would have to be a thread started. I like that it will connect to the Fireboard 2 or to the app on my phone. I won't have to deal with another device or app. And I can still use the wired probes and add in the wireless at the same time.

[BFlynn]

I bet these are solid.

I pre-ordered the Fireboard V2 drive before it rolled out. Worked like it was supposed to. No issues.

[realdocBBQ]

15-minute charge and 24-hour run time? We'll see... I'm skeptical, but, hope to see this actually turn out to be true.

The problem with colored probes is they all end up the same color in the end - black! No matter how much you clean them. How durable are they for scrubbing?? Hopefully a LOT, and the color or paint or whatever they use will last through scrubbing over time.

Also, how many probes will the app support? Or one FB2 support? I've been wanting to upgrade my old FB to the FB2 - now it looks like this will be more push to do so - and then slowly add on wireless thermometer upgrades one at a time. Sadly, I've never known FB to offer many sales or discounts.

I'm interested - though skeptical. This will definitely keep me from buying the Typhur for a little while, though.

[Bogy]

The FB2 has six ports, and six "windows" for the readouts, so I'm guessing that would be the limit for the unit. The app could be different. I'd probably start out with one. I can't see myself buying six at one time at $150 a pop. FB does sometimes run deals on the probes, which is when I stock up. I don't suppose they will consider these "probes".