Infared temp gun on sale at radio shack

[stkkts]

Just thought I would make everyone aware (although I dont know if its valid in Canada.

http://www.radioshack.com/images/ProductCatalog/ProductImage/22/22-325.jpg

Its normaly $50 (US) on sale for $29.99 (US) I just picked mine up yesterday. It reads withing 1/2 second, and they claim its good up to 400 degrees F. Although last night I found out that isnt true.

As soon as I got home I checked the temps of all my geckos and snakes tanks.

And then I used it to check the over, so I knew when to put my Tombstone Pizza in. It reads up to at least 417 degrees :D


http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=FLYER&category%5Fname=FLYER%5F011%5F008%5F003%5F000&product%5Fid=22%2D325

thats the link to the radio shack listing.

[drewlowe]

I went to radio shack on my lunch break to find out more info on these temp guns. I decided not to buy one cause they don't take air reading the take surface readings. Plus i had the guy pull one out and we tested it. They wern't very accurate.

[Linds]

To measure the ambient temp in tanks, just measure the unheated surface on the cool side of the enclosure ;) I wouldn't trade my temp gun for the world. I got mine at Crappy Tire in the auto department. Has a much further range then the radio shack one that comes in handy... it measures more than 20 feet away. My cat loves the laser too.....lol :p Such an invaluable tool for herpers. That's a great price too!

[stkkts]

seems pretty accurate to me. it claims it can be like +/- 5 degrees. but I have found that it is always within a degree of the thermometers reading.

but for 30 bucks, I figured I couldnt go wrong.

[drewlowe]

Maybe then the one he showed me was off cause we did 3 test readings on 4 different surfaces and every temp was different.

Linds what kind is yours and how much did it run you?

[Edwin]

http://images.canadiantire.ca/media/images/Automotive/TestTune/GeneralTools/0251018_160_CC_2062b

I think this is the one Linds is talking about. It costs C$160. I was looking for the Radio Shack model a while back, but unfortunately it is not sold in Canada.