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For ME it would be a hard pass on the combo...
First off, it’s only rated IP54 vs the IP66/67 of the Mk4...so it’s only splash resistant. Most thermometers are probably killed when being cleaned.
Second, its upper limit is only 661.8° (349.9° C). So one wouldn’t know if their pizza stone had crept up to 800+ or what temp their sear station was at.
The "cheap" IR-GUN-S will read up to 1022° (550° C) so it would cover any temp one is likely to encounter when cooking.
The "High Temp" gun reads all the way up to 1400° (760° C).
Finally, there’s the range.
The combo is 5:1, meaning that at 5†it reads a 1†target area. Not great.
The IR-GUN-S is 12:1, so at 12†it’s reading a 1†target.
The High Temp gun though reads at 30:1.
I have the IR-GUN-S because getting within a foot of my target isn’t generally a problem, and I’m really looking for a rough temp range rather than it needing to be deadly accurate. In the range I use it for it can be off by 4° or +/- 2%. (Which ever is greater.) Close enough for a pizza stone or griddle. It’s also significantly less than the High Temp gun. Though if doing it again, I would probably opt for the IRK-2 with its circular laser or splurge and get the High Temp.
For ME it would be a hard pass on the combo...
First off, it’s only rated IP54 vs the IP66/67 of the Mk4...so it’s only splash resistant. Most thermometers are probably killed when being cleaned.
Second, its upper limit is only 661.8° (349.9° C). So one wouldn’t know if their pizza stone had crept up to 800+ or what temp their sear station was at.
The "cheap" IR-GUN-S will read up to 1022° (550° C) so it would cover any temp one is likely to encounter when cooking.
The "High Temp" gun reads all the way up to 1400° (760° C).
Finally, there’s the range.
The combo is 5:1, meaning that at 5†it reads a 1†target area. Not great.
The IR-GUN-S is 12:1, so at 12†it’s reading a 1†target.
The High Temp gun though reads at 30:1.
I have the IR-GUN-S because getting within a foot of my target isn’t generally a problem, and I’m really looking for a rough temp range rather than it needing to be deadly accurate. In the range I use it for it can be off by 4° or +/- 2%. (Which ever is greater.) Close enough for a pizza stone or griddle. It’s also significantly less than the High Temp gun. Though if doing it again, I would probably opt for the IRK-2 with its circular laser or splurge and get the High Temp.
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