Inkbird wireless thermometer coming

[fxsales1959]

As Y'all might rermeber it's been a love /dislike relationship with me and Inkbirdbbq
stll love my BBq4-t, even though I had to buy a new one when the last one melted.
Anyways,
Got an email on this today: https://inkbird.com/pages/int-11pb

Couldn't find a price, but I'm slow. Email said coupons available 11/1/2023
Let's see

 

[JIMSMOKES]

Hope it's better than my experience with meater

 

[jcoleman66]

Range is same as Meater. I have used Meater but never liked its signal range. Got a ThermPro TempSpike with a 500 ft range and really like it. They also have one with 600 ft.

 

[schlotz]

Issue I see is that it's only Bluetooth AND it's 5.1 which is supported by only the latest phones ex) iphone 14 & 15. If you have an earlier version phone with only BT 5.0 the effective range will be significantly reduced. For some reason Inkbird and others are forgoing wifi regardless that it's range is far greater than bluetooth. BTW: the TempSpike (I have it) is also only BT 5.1, no wifi, and with my iphone 13, it's range too is very poor.

 

[fxsales1959]

Issue I see is that it's only Bluetooth AND it's 5.1 which is supported by only the latest phones ex) iphone 14 & 15. If you have an earlier version phone with only BT 5.0 the effective range will be significantly reduced. For some reason Inkbird and others are forgoing wifi regardless that it's range is far greater than bluetooth. BTW: the TempSpike (I have it) is also only BT 5.1, no wifi, and with my iphone 13, it's range too is very poor.

good information. I've only evaluated bluetooth to date for Sonic qualities, never considered range to be a factor with headsets and boat stereos.

 

[schlotz]

One more thing to think about. With only bluetooth connectivity you won't be able to go run an errand and still check on what's being smoked while you are out. For that capability a wifi connection is required.

 

[fxsales1959]

One more thing to think about. With only bluetooth connectivity you won't be able to go run an errand and still check on what's being smoked while you are out. For that capability a wifi connection is required.

for me that's a biggie. I don/won't own bluetooth thermometers with bluetooth unless they can tether wifi. My only real need for wireless is for rotisseries cooking. A local buddy bought the meater 4 pack for about $300 and i about shat myself. (he's not on here). For the twice or thrice yearly I spin a rib roast on my gasser with infrared, I can guess and stick it with an instant read. Heat loss is not a big deal with a rear infrared burner. If a wireless B/T thermometer is more than about $50 I can do it the way I always have.

 

[schlotz]

for me that's a biggie. I don/won't own bluetooth thermometers with bluetooth unless they can tether wifi. My only real need for wireless is for rotisseries cooking. A local buddy bought the meater 4 pack for about $300 and i about shat myself. (he's not on here). For the twice or thrice yearly I spin a rib roast on my gasser with infrared, I can guess and stick it with an instant read. Heat loss is not a big deal with a rear infrared burner. If a wireless B/T thermometer is more than about $50 I can do it the way I always have.

Totally agree with you, the only time I really use one of these is for rotisserie cooking, which isn't that much. The rest of the time, ie 95%, I use my signals from Thermoworks, which is wifi.