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Temp gun recommendation, please

Cegninedorf

Cegninedorf

Twang'em into trees!
I have thermostats with probes, and those have been working great -- however, for those times when I need to do a quick reading because the probe got moved without my knowledge would be great...however, I don't need much in the way of a temp gun, so something simple & economical would also be great. Any recommendations?

In googling around, I found this little gun: Pro Exotics PE Mini Temp Gun Would it be worth it? Thanks!
 
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I have one and really like it. I also saw one at pro-products.com Theirs is about the size of a pencil and is about $20 as I recall. My experience however is with proexotics and I have had theirs for several years with no problems. Very good quality and extremely handy to have-highly recommended.
 
The Pro Exotics should work fine, although to get an accurate reading you need to get the temp gun within an inch or so of the surface you are measuring. As the distance gets greater the area measured gets larger. More expensive models have a tighter radius, like 6:1 or 8:1 instead of 1:1 for the less expensive models.

I have a PE2 which has a laser sight and a 6:1 distance to spot ratio

a tight infrared "cone" distance to spot ratio (D:S) of 6:1. That means at a distance of 6 inches, you are reading an area just 1 inch in diameter. At a distance of 2 feet, an area of just 4 inches, as compared to our wider D:S ratio of 1:1 on the PE-1 unit.
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