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I just brought this and have tested it in boiling water with a 1 degree difference in the two probes!!! Its a double probe so seemed perfect and it costs just under £15!

Probe A read 212.6F and Probe B read 213.4F when tested.

Here is a link....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heston-Blumenth ... 015&sr=1-1

The probes appear to have plastic on them?

aris wrote:The probes appear to have plastic on them?

They are rubber hook type things

To what temperature can they withstand?

140C / 284F

I use this one too and have found it to be good so far.

Have to wonder what they were thinking. Built in obsolescence? Those temps would not be terribly useful in an oven.

Quite agree, I had had Salter probes before and they were all metal and my oven only goes to 250c and it read that okay. I can't see the point of having insertion probes that can't stand really high temps.

aris wrote:To what temperature can they withstand?

According to the listing "Temp range from 16°F to 302°F or -9°C to 150°C".

aris wrote:Have to wonder what they were thinking. Built in obsolescence? Those temps would not be terribly useful in an oven.

They aren't perfect but for £15 they are ok. I only need them to monitor temp at both ends of offset and check temp of meat so will be fine. They won't be used for the oven

keith157 wrote:Quite agree, I had had Salter probes before and they were all metal and my oven only goes to 250c and it read that okay. I can't see the point of having insertion probes that can't stand really high temps.

I won't need them to with stand massively high temps so hopefully should be ok. I got them as money is tight and they should do the job I need.