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I just bought a new IBT-6XS and an extra meat probe. Does Inkbird have a case to hold this model? Searching on Amazon it looks like there's a case for pretty much every other model, but not that one.
Search for small project or tool bags at big box stores for <$20 with lots of inside/outside pockets and elastic loops. I got mine from Menards described as a project bag. My therms have a magnetic back so they are stuck to the side of my microwave for quick access at the sliding glass door to my deck. Once unrapped the probes hang straight or draped over something. Once I get the kinks out I don't mess with them unrapping/rerapping. I have a small Thermowand (Javelin) instant read therm that stays in my project bag all the time. I don't haul around my smoker therms/probes. All my probes for my smoker and PID controller stay mounted in the smoker and are just unplugged when I bring in the electronics. Rarely do I clean them. The brown patina from smoke doesn't affect the speed or accuracy of the probe. It's grease or paticulates that do so I check for that and they stay outside till they need to be cleaned, several weeks. The plugs are under a waterproof smoker cover.