@myst4au wrote:
Absolutely true. You need to do a 2-point calibration at a minimum. Also, you should technically be using distilled water and you need to be a sea level. For instance, in Denver, water boils at 202 F.
@2stepps wrote:
No reimbursement. And Calibration should be done at 32F and 212F. A pot of water at a rolling boil and a glass of ice water with mostly ice in it. That is the way that we calibrated thermometers 50 years ago.
@SoCalMama wrote:
Do they reimburse you for the thermometer? I see that the better one is $30.
Calibrating it at 32F is a joke. That's not the operating temperature. Anyone who knows anything about science knows this. Complete waste of time to do that.
Really, you could calibrate it against a certified thermometer at the operating temperature, but that's well over $200 I believe?
Yet, you have to do between 7-20 of these for free before you recoup the cost of the thermometer.
So, as P.T. Barnum said ....