What instant read thermometer are you using?

[Libohunden]

Gents,  I'm curious what instant read thermometer everyone is using?  Once I get everyone's model, I run a poll (never tried that before on here). 

Cheers!

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[Limey]

The Thermopen is vastly superior to anything else imo. Expensive but great. I have several and even keep one in the car for when I am at friends bbq's and get asked to man the grill.

[old sarge]

Thermapen.

[Grampy]

I use a ThermoPop by Thermoworks.http://www.thermoworks.com/products/low_cost/thermopop.html

[Libohunden]

How's that Thermopop working for you Grampy?

[Grampy]

How's that Thermopop working for you Grampy?

Libo, I love it! Its small, fast to read temp and accurate. I just couldn't bring myself to spend $100 on a thermapen but the thermopop is a nice alternative.

[Libohunden]

For under $30, I may have to give it a test drive!

[icebob]

Thermapen, no question here! I have 3...

[Kaz]

I recently purchased the alphagrillers thermometer from Amazon. Nothing special, if I were to guess, probably a 10 sec delay on temp readings when I think it claims 4 if I remember. I know we're talking a few seconds but it's annoying, will probably pony up for a thermopen shortly.

[RG]

I am late to respond (as usual). I have a Thermapen, Thermopop, and 2 Lavatools. For the money, you can't beat the Lavatools Javelin thermometers (they used to be call Thermowand but I see that they've dropped that name). It's 1/4th the cost of a Thermapen and works just as well. It reads a tad slower at 4seconds vs  the Thermapen at 3s but in reality I see no difference in side by side use. It also has a magnet on the back so it'll stick to the fridge, stove, hood vent, grill.....whatever. I like it! Getcha one

Javelin Thermowand

[DivotMaker]

It also has a magnet on the back so it'll stick to the fridge, stove, hood vent, grill.....whatever. I like it! Getcha one

Javelin Thermowand

Just ordered one!  It's on Prime, too!

[RG]

Good Deal Tony, you'll love it!

[DivotMaker]

Comes tomorrow - I'll let you know.  Looks great, and has good reviews.  Not sure why I never saw this one before!  I just couldn't justify the $$ for a Thermopen.

[Pork Belly]

I was pretty happy with a Thermopop, until I got distracted waiting for it to register a temp. It got briefly sealed in the smoker and failed to recover. I replaced it with the thermopen. if you have the opportunity to use the Pop then the Pen you would choose the Pen it is crazy fast.

[RG]

The pen is faster than the pop for sure but in all honesty, a few seconds longer ain't gonna hurt nobody, lol. I am not so pressed for time that I can't spare 3 seconds longer. The Lavatools is almost as fast as the Thermapen. Don't get me wrong, I think the Thermapen is nice but at the end of the day, it's not worth $100 to ME personally.