is this temp gun good enough?

[syntheticreality]

I bought this from radio shack today...

it says it is accurate to within 2.5%

http://www.radioshack.com/product/i...ermometer&kw=ir+thermometer&parentPage=search

will this be good enough for checking incubator temps?

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I would be lost without my temp gun!

 

[syntheticreality]

my question was: is that particular temp gun sufficient?

but yeah... I can see how much more useful it is than a thermometer

 

[ssscales]

It will get the job done, but if you wanted to upgrade or a heavier duty one Raytek MT6 or MT4 is the way to go.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/Raytek-MiniTemp-MT4-p-16216.html

Shop around, I've seen MT4's for $30-$35.
I got my MT6 for $50.00 I think it was.

 

[david13]

http://tempgun.com/

that is a good site. I got the 25 dollar temp gun

 

[Nigel4less]

The PE-1 from TempGun.com is my life line!

 

[syntheticreality]

is the one I already bought good enough? I mean is accuracy to within 2.5% precise enough?

 

[syntheticreality]

i just reread it... the accuracy says +/- 4 degrees F or +/- 2.5% (whichever is great)
that's only 2.5 degrees C



the pe-1 is +/- 2 degrees, but it doesn't say F or C they might mean C and not specify so that their product seems better

mine should still be good enough, right?

 

[Firewind]

I used to sell those ones from Radio Shack, and play with them. lol They're not too bad really. The one we played with was usually 2ºF+, however that was the only one we played with. We never tried the rest.

We had a hard time selling them, originally price being 50 dollars had something to do with that but another reason we heard was, most people who want a temp gun want very accurate temperatures, with a range of +/- 1º. (Not sure why... but I was told that by about 3 different customers. lol)

So, do you need a gun that has less of a difference then 2.5%, or can you live with the possibility of there being a 4 degree difference? I guess it depends on how accurate you want or need it to be.

 

[syntheticreality]

well it's for incubating... but I suppose I will just keep the measured temps closer to the extremes for temp sexing and I should be safe.