Bluetooth-- whats bluethooth. Have had mine about 4 years, never used bluethooth. Ya gotta understand I take my cell phone out of the house about once a week. Gotta learn a lot more so I can bore you folks with a lot of pictures!
The Mes front controllers are surrounded by the metal cooking chamber box but I think the gen 2 RF remotes are ok range wise, having their own 3v AA batteries compared to the bluetooth low voltage system. The bluetooth Gen 2.5 needs an antennae on the smoker. It seems if the Gen 1 top rear controller was bluetooth maybe that would have better range being less obsructed. The Soraken Bluetooth Therm thread I started has been holding true on performance and I have not lost reception because the base is also magnetic so it can be sticking to the side of the smoker facing your home or where ever you are.I downloaded Audio from Amazon Kindle yesterday so I could have a series of books read to me. (Think: Books on Tape)
My Kindle library is in my Android phone, and I have a set of wireless headphones that Bluetooth to my phone.
So, while listening, I wondered around our house to see if it would drop out or not. It didn't.
So, I figure it's the Bluetooth used in a device as to whether or not it can reach 2 feet, or many through walls.
Apparently, the Chinese are using a rather weak Bluetooth device in the MES. Maybe Anova is, too?
Bluetooth, probes, and other Gotchas, were not selling points for me after I researched them a bit. They are more sources of disappointments.
The Mes front controllers are surrounded by the metal cooking chamber box but I think the gen 2 RF remotes are ok range wise, having their own 3v AA batteries compared to the bluetooth low voltage system. The bluetooth Gen 2.5 needs an antennae on the smoker. It seems if the Gen 1 top rear controller was bluetooth maybe that would have better range being less obsructed. The Soraken Bluetooth Therm thread I started has been holding true on performance and I have not lost reception because the base is also magnetic so it can be sticking to the side of the smoker facing your home or where ever you are.