large outdoor analog Thermometer recommendations please

[newbury]

Looking for a 12" plus outdoor thermometer like the Taylor precision 497j..

I've had 2 of the ones from TSC and both just failed after a few months. Reading on Amazon quite a few brand/models are that way. They can be had for $10 or less but are not dependable.

Any recommendations?

 

[RalphVa]

I don't recall where we got it, but we have about a 4 incher just outside the sliding door in the family room that has been there for years. Think I got it at Walmart of Lowes. It just mounts with a U-shaped mount that clips to indents on the sides of the plastic sheath around the dial.

Ralph

 

[oosik]

No idea what brand, but I got a 12 incher from Ace Hardware. Had it now for nine years - hangs on the outboard rafter on my workshed porch. The original I bought in '83 would probably still be good but the wind blew it off and it broke. It was from Ace Hardware also.

 

[Peter 315]

Try these guys katom wholesale restaurant supplies taylor 6714 for $5.87

 

[ArlyA]

We got this one a few years ago and its been fine while outdoors so far. Its out but not in direct sunlight or rain.

Amazon.com: CONANT T1BP Dial Thermometer, Large, Bronze Patina: Home & Kitchen

 

[/pine]

They have them in places like Wal-Mart and the big box stores...unfortunately most of them display different temps while sitting along side each other on the shelves...

 

[4get gto]

They have them in places like Wal-Mart and the big box stores...unfortunately most of them display different temps while sitting along side each other on the shelves...

Reminds me when I went in a pool supply store and looked at the pool thermometer and all reading different temps. Ask a young sales kid which one he would pick. He told me to take the one that read higher that way the water would be warmer. I laughed so hard I think snot came out my nose!:licking:

 

[Industrial Toys]

We have a "Canada Cement LaFarge) sp?, thermometer out back of the house that's been there since the house was built in 73. That used to be a thing, advertising on thermometers. Never used it much, and the evening sun shines on it.

I might bet that's it's still more accurate than something bought now.

For years and years (since the 80s, I had a Heathkit Indoor/outdoor thermometer in the living room. It would flash indoor and outdoor temps on it's Nixitube display. It started to do funny things and when I went to repair it, I found out that the one temperature had an effect on the other reading by design, so I lost confidence in it, but miss it a lot. I may revisit the project because people keep asking about it.

 

[KubotainNH]

Are you only open to a big thermometer? We have one of the units below, it's a year old now. I have one reader out back, one on my front porch, one upstairs and the base unit downstairs. Great to see the temp and humidity for 4 locations all on one screen.

Amazon.com: Ambient Weather WS-1 Wireless Indoor/Outdoor 8-Channel Thermo-Hygrometer with Three Remote Sensors: Home & Kitchen

 

[Industrial Toys]

Amazon is VERY slow to load. How big is the display? Any idea on range and going through concrete? I would love one for my fruit cellar. Battery life?