Thermapen Classic

It's difficult to tell from photos when comparing this to the multitude of cheaper options, but it's great quality.Bought mainly for my wife who had started making more jam, but I nick it to check meat this also. We've had an analogue meat one for a while, but it didn't get much use.Ease of use is the key here and other reviewers are spot on. This thermometer is very simple and fast too use which matters when you have a hot oven open or a lot of things on the go.It's quick to read with no buttons to press. It has a simple, reassuringly sturdy build. Would have been nice to have a simple slip pouch too protect it from getting scratched up in a kitchen drawer.It works very well for jam even though it's not specific to that. I suppose a jam thermometer would allow you to just leave it in the pan and watch it whereas with this you just stick it in a few times to check.Works very well with meat and makes a real difference to be able to cook safely without overcooking.

Brilliant buy works as it should. Using in on bbq food and daily as my wife if pregnant so making sure things are cooked through.

This is just an excellent thermometer, it comes with a calibration certificate and is filled out by hand after ETI have tested it. Far too msny of the cheap ones available online have a plus or minus tolerance of up to two degrees, which for my purposes just isn't accurate enough.According to the calibration certificate with my thermopen, it should be accurate to within 0.4 degrees, which is great. I'm using it to monitor temperatures in my Koi Pond as I also heat it and need an accurate check so as not to waste energy and of course provide the optimum environment for the fish.My temperature controller on the heating system is currently set to 22 degrees and the thermopen is showing the pond water to be at 22.6 degrees, which would be about right.The unit itself feels sturdy and the metal rod measures the temperature from the tip only - 0.5mm, so all I have to do is dip it in just a bit and it gives me a reading within two seconds. Compared to others that I've bought, it's super fast.I love the fold out and it comes on immediately and close to power down, just makes it easier to use.Overall a quality piece of kit and highly recommended for any temperature measuring purpose.

Why did you choose this product over others?:We were given one of these products as a gift a few years back and find it an absolutely essential for use in the kitchen or when we bbq. Our original was not working properly, so we had no hesitation to reorder a replacement.

It’s the iPhone of thermometers,fast,accurate and expensive.I got it to measure the temperature in my fish tanks and would do it again.

Great product works extremely well

Despite very gentle use, the product has stopped working 4 months after purchase. Around 3 months in the probe stopped reliably turning on when opened, leaving me to have to open and shut it several times before it turned on. Now it will not turn on at all, and it is not a battery issue. For such an expensive product I’m really unimpressed. Additionally, the quick temperature reading never worked, it always took several seconds to show an accurate temp.

Easy to use Easy to cleanAccurate