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    Thermopen read time.

    There have been at least four different Thermopens that have called a drawer in our kitchen home. I still have one MK 4 and one older unit. None of them have ever read more than a few degrees difference in two to three seconds. As I was checking ambient air temps over a chimney last night, it was taking 20 - 30 sec to come up to temp, (I did not actually time it). Air temp was 84* and chimney temp was rising as high as 400* + at the end.

    So how fast do your Thermopens get to final temp?
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    I consistently get readings in 2 to 3 sec.
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    I never get readings in 2 to 3 sec.
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    I occasionally get readings in 2 to 3 sec.
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    #2
    I have an old red one that is till awesome. I don't recall what the max temp is on those but it may have been to hot over your chimney.

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      #3
      Mine (MK4) is maybe 5 seconds which is good enough for me.

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      • RonB
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        I'd be happy with 5 sec.

      #4
      Closer to 5 for me as well. Still good. I only have the older units, not the MK.

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        #5
        Taking ambient at temp isn't really a fair way to judge the speed of a thermometer as the air is going to take a lot longer to transmit it's energy to the probe than meat or water. Just like food cooks faster in 200* water than in a 200* oven

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        • RonB
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          This may be true, but mine doesn't jump from ~ 75* to ~ 150* in 2 or 3 sec either.

        #6
        Thanx all for responding. I checked the temp of a baked potato tonight. The Thermopen rose from room temp to ~ 208* in 4 to 5 sec, so I guess that it may just be that ambient temps are slower to register.

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          #7
          Used my MK 4 today, it went from an ambient temperature of 97 to 175 in about 4 sec with my boneless beef chuck short ribs.

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            #8
            Those probes are NOT designed for air temps.

            These are. https://www.thermoworks.com/Air-Thermapen

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              #9
              I have the classic and the MK4 they both perform as advertised although I have never actually timed the response and have only used it to measure internal food temps. Don't think it's ever been more than 4 or 5 seconds that I have left the probe in and felt satisfied in the reading.

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              • smullery
                smullery commented
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                Thermopen are contact only, and just the tip section. That’s what they do. Ambient probes are non contact and really, really don’t "like" contact with hot surfaces.

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