Ok I've had this polder for quite a while. I run through polder/therms like they're kleenex. I ruined a knockoff one last week by burning the crap out of it on a grill.
Back to the polder. This is a real branded Polder, 362-90 you see here:
http://www.amazon.com/Polder-Original-Cooking-Timer-The...id=1208938375&sr=8-1
When I first got it a while ago, inserted into boiling water it would only go to 206 or so. Close enough, I dealt with it, always knowing it was about 6 degrees off (I know it may be more or less accurate at other temperatures). But again, I ruined the probe. I looked online, and found that replacement probes were sold, so I bought two. Polder 364, for replacement of my very device.
Well I get them in today, two of them, and they both read 199F in boiling water. 199 is way off, and I'm afraid to use them. Is there a way to adjust or calibrate these things? Or are the a lost cause. I am not cheap, and will definitely go buy something else, but I just spent $20 on these two freakin probes, and would like to not waste if possible.
Are polders generally pretty good? If so, I can buy another Polder, and at least have two spare probes for when I inevitably ruin them.
EDIT: I just went and put them in ice water, it goes below 32F into "Low"
Back to the polder. This is a real branded Polder, 362-90 you see here:
http://www.amazon.com/Polder-Original-Cooking-Timer-The...id=1208938375&sr=8-1
When I first got it a while ago, inserted into boiling water it would only go to 206 or so. Close enough, I dealt with it, always knowing it was about 6 degrees off (I know it may be more or less accurate at other temperatures). But again, I ruined the probe. I looked online, and found that replacement probes were sold, so I bought two. Polder 364, for replacement of my very device.
Well I get them in today, two of them, and they both read 199F in boiling water. 199 is way off, and I'm afraid to use them. Is there a way to adjust or calibrate these things? Or are the a lost cause. I am not cheap, and will definitely go buy something else, but I just spent $20 on these two freakin probes, and would like to not waste if possible.
Are polders generally pretty good? If so, I can buy another Polder, and at least have two spare probes for when I inevitably ruin them.
EDIT: I just went and put them in ice water, it goes below 32F into "Low"