Thank you, DirtSailor!
I will look into it. The price sure is sweeter. Giving up a little time to stabilize a reading is a small price to pay. I always test my thermos with the boiling water ice bath protocol anyway.
Thanks again!
Thermopen is the way to go.
I bought my wife a ThermoPop directly from Thermapen. It was a great price and they shipped very quickly. Check the site out because they're frequently running closeout sales on Thermapens of unpopular colors, ThermoPops, or other therms of theirs.
You have to go direct to thermapen. You may also want to look at Thermawand Lava Tools. There's a thread here that I started. $25 and works just as good as far as I'm concerned.
I have taken the advice to subscribe to the Thermopen Works web site to receive email notifications of specials.
Being the cheapskate retiree that I am, however, I ordered the Thermowand by Lava Tool recommended by dirtsailor. I might well buy a Thermopen at some future date, but for now I'm going to give the Thermowand a try.
I have and like the Maverick ET-73 and ET-733 but there are times when I want to check internal temp of smaller pieces or multiple pieces of meat instead of monitoring smoker and meat temperature as I do with the Mavericks. The Thermowand is intended for that situation.
Thank you all for your advice.