I am more interested in accuracy vs speed, they can be fast as it wants but i want an accurate temp. Never owned a thermapen but i own a lava tools javelin pro and it has been great

I agree that Thermoworks products are very expensive but I'm on year 11 with mine and it has worked well. I use it every day. It's extremely accurate and fast, although not one second fast.

I've gone through four cheap instant read pen style thermometers. Even if they start out accurate they can't maintain it over time. Now for Christmas I have a Thermalpen One, and a Thermoworks Dot I'm using the Dot on a 10 lb standing rib roast and the sense of relief that I feel knowing I have an accurate internal read on that $90 roast is amazing

Well. I kind of like the thermopen because of the speed. I don’t want to have my smoker lid open any longer then it needs to be, also, when temping your meat, and smoke rolling, it burns the eyes! So a quick read thermometer would help in that case. I think I’m gonna pull the trigger. Thermopen one is on sale at the moment for 78 USD

A few seconds is not a big deal for me. I like my Inkbird. Not spending $100 on an instant thermometer. But I like the comparisons you do Tom! Thanks for sharing!

I’ll go with the expensive one. Water resistance and accuracy isn’t a question.

I have an older version thermapen 85 bucks I think still going strong 3 years later .........Did thermapen diss you some how ?

Thermapen One all the dang way! Also that little dot on the thermapen is a light/darkness sensor. The backlight will stay on when using it in dark areas.

I've owned the expert grill pocket thermometer for about a year I guess. I've never had issues with it. It's been accurate, yes it takes a few seconds to get the temp but I'm good with that. Thanks for the reviews.

I’ve dropped two of the Walmart ones in the sink and broke the plastic sleeve that holds the probe on two more so I’ve spent roughly $50 on them in the last year and a half so I bought a thermapen. It’s waterproof and has a 5 year warrantee I think I’ll be money ahead in the long run

I was thinking of sticking my finger in the ice with my Iwatch and see how long it takes to register. I know when you stick your finger on something hot it registers quicker than the thermo pin, that’s with or without the Iwatch.

OFC It's worth $105. If it was $205 i would go as far to say it would be worth that. They last forever, they're fast and they're accurate. I have bought those cheap ones in the past before, but they never last. Although, everyone is different. Spend more money upfront for a product that will take accurate temp readings within a second and stay within 1°F accuracy for like a decade or replace a cheap $10 Thermometer every year or even sooner? story time, When i still used those cheap instant reads, i've had displays burn up just from the heat of the oven / stove and grill when cooking, and break from water getting into the probe from leaving it out while cooking during a small rain fall. It was at one point and time, a new instant read Thermometer like every 4 or 5 months.

I have the thermopen and totally recommend it. It's vey fast and very accurate. The $10.00 one was painfully slow and it wasn't accurate. Look at the air temp readings when both are sitting on your table.

I'm a "buy once cry once" type, so I went with the Thermapen One. Everyone who has them says they last for many years, I like having the peace of mind with the waterproofing, really like the simplicity (I don't need extra timers and such), it has a 5 year warranty, and while it might not be 1 second fast, it's still incredibly fast!

Gotta agree with some of the comments. I’ve had my thermapen for many years and its works great. My experience is that the cheapie won’t last near as long nor remain accurate.

Thanks TOOOOM! I think I would research a middle of the road one. I've found the ten dollar types do take longer, as your demonstration shows. But also, the cheaper ones break much quicker. Still, 105 bucks? I'm not sold on that quite yet. Thanks for the demonstration.

I’ve got many Thermapen products and love them all .. high price .. yes- but as the saying goes “you get what you pay for” my Thermapen products although expensive are very fast, accurate etc., and since lasting quality is high up on the list for me it’s my go to choice .. I’m not interested in going through a new product if I don’t need to so often just to learn how it works again and again .. I’ll be able to pass these down to our kids.. just so happens I’m using my new Thermapen Smoke X right now for the first time … on a beef brisket on my Primo XL Komodo .. I can see there’s a learning curve using it but I’m sure I’ll get used to it quick enough .. but hey it’s good to know there’s a range of other products out there for folks to use to give them choices ..!! Thanks for the reviews ..!! Most of my thermapen products are in that lime green color too ..👍🏻

after owning the Walmart one for over a year now, I have never turned it off. I use it daily. It is still using the same cheap battery it came with like the true champ for 10$! Its a great thermometer that will not die!

I've used my Expert Grill thermometer for 3 years now and it still works perfectly well. 95 bucks will buy a lot of pork butt.

10+ seconds with your arm over a hot fire can certainly justify the pric3 of a Thermopen!

I did the boiling water test on it vs another snd yes the expert is fine,the other is way overpriced

I have a Thermo-pop instant read and I really like it! I am intrigued by this Expert Grill Ultra-Fast. I think for $10. How can I go wrong! Thanks for the video, Tom!!!

Buy once cry once. I’ve purchased so many different ones from Walmart including the one here and they always break.

lets do the math.... theres a 5 sec differance in the read out. That 5 sec cost you $ 95 more.... I'll take the Inkbird for $ 25.... Got to love compromise :-)

I've had a Maverick for years, and love it. But I'd never spend big dollars again. Have a cheapy like you've just shown, and apart from being slower, it still works just as good as the Maverick. You could go through ten cheapies for the same price as the Thermapen. Good review. Annoying that the backlight goes out.

The expert grill is pretty solid I've had mine for well over a year and still works great unlike a weber probe I had which broke in around 3 months

Seriously. You didnt also do the boiling water test??? Do you grill at 32F or closer to a temp of 212f? The combined results shows you if a thermometer can be expected to stay accurate across a range of temps

I split the difference years ago and bought the Thermopop from Thermoworks for around $25 - $30. Thermapen quality for less than 1/2 the Thermapen price

My daughter bought me the 9 dollar one 3 years ago works well slow yes but i have a few seconds to spare. What was your room temperature because when i turn it on in the house its the same temp as my thermostat 68.

ive had a ton of thermometers and always had problems with them being inaccurate. most of the time ive had better results by poking the meat with my finger rather than temping it and after pulling a beautiful tomahawk ribeye at 120 (before rest and sear) only to find it completely raw when cutting into it i bit the bullet on a thermapen one. havent tried it yet, but if it doesnt do me dirty like my last thermometer then its well worth the price to me.

I’ve gotten older version of expert grill I’ve had for years and still works like day I got it. Walmart also getting in the kamado grill area to

Expert Grill 👍 I bought one off amazon around 14.00 has celsius,Fahrenheit. Had it a couple years Im satisfied. Im saving for my smokey joe, be a long time before I could move up to thermo pin.

I bought that Walmart thermometer worked fairly decent but didn't last long with open it up it just broke right out of plastic

Great testing however your counting is off? how about you start a timer that we can see on the screen and stop it when it reaches 32 I would also dip both of them in the water simultaneously. These tips will help your video reach its point much clearer. Thanks and keep doing what you’re doing.

I don't care about speed really. Just as long as it's fast enough and it's accurate. That's fine by me. So $10 for the win for me!

The expert grill thermometer was 12 secs

I had one of the Walmart expert grill thermometer for a long time and it worked fine

I got one works great

The cheapest I've seen the thermapen one on their website was $75 during the week of Amazon prime. I got one after my cheap Amazon thermometer crapped out.

just bought one of these, been probing everything. My future wife is next!

You were about 5 seconds off bro. I counted about 10 seconds. I’ve gone through about 7!cheap thermometers and they always stop working at the wrong time. I’m done. Just purchased a Thermapen and hopefully it last me a long time.

How do you change from Celsius to Fahrenheit on the red one

I have the expert grill pen and wireless probe unit no problems.

You said the Walmart one was 5-6 seconds. You put it in the water at 3:52 and it hit 32 degrees at 4:05. So that would be more like 12-13 seconds. That’s a huge difference. Why do you think most people in BBQ competitions use the thermapen?

Even if I was deranged I would never pay $100 for any temperature probe.

Great job Tom 👍👍👍

Hey Tom, good review cheers.

That's the same one I use but I have one occasion had the metal needle pull out I'm about to just throw it back in crimp it

Great video Tom

Kind of like cars, economy versus luxury. With my budget I guess I'll be driving the Walmart!

I just bought a Thermopen one for $70.85 black Friday sale. Hope I get what I payed for it.

your seconds count is impaired my friend, according to your video clock it was about 14 sec (3:52 to 4:06) for the cheap walmart thermometer, not 6 secs, compared to under 2secs for the thermopen, when your hand is over a 500F burning grill try to keep it there for 14 sec, then tell me which one will you buy , I had the cheap therm (from amazon) for a while and now and I got all LLLLL on it so it's in trash, I ordered another cheapo from Amazon and it took forever to reach temp so I folded and order the thermapen, and the Amazon one is going back you get what you pay for.

Tom, how accurate are they at room temp? They seemed to be 7-9 degrees apart?

are you saying "themal" pen?

ive always used the cheap one from walmart and had good luck with it. great review

luv my ThermoPop, Dot, and MK4,,

Hello Tom great video. No I don’t think I could buy a thermometer for $100. I do have an older thermal pen but I don’t think it’s very accurate anyway. I would definitely have the Walmart one as a back up but I’m not sure if it’s accuracy for the long-haul.

13 seconds for the $10 unit to get to 32*, not 6 seconds.

wallmart

They are $5 at my Mart

Anyone who would buy the theme pen 1 has too much money, you are wasting resources, that Walmart brand is as accurate as the other brand and you save 90 bucks

$10 bucks cannot go wrong for an affordable thermo

walmart all day lol. i can wait 3 more seconds thanks for the review

Expert Grill works well enough. Keep that additional $95 in my pocket.

$10 all day

I can buy 10 for the price of the other. It’s a no brander.