Saflager US-05 ideal temp

[aprichman]

Well, actually , I used my laser (infrared) thermometer to check the actual wort temp against the strip before. I found the strips to be within .3 to .6 of actual internal temp. So they're fairly accurate.

My insulated STC-1000 probe and stick on thermometer are almost always at the same temps too. Of course, that's with glass carboys. I imagine if you had a temperature strip on the outside of a plastic bucket it wouldn't be nearly as accurate.

 

[unionrdr]

Both fermenters are plastic. One's a Better Bottle, ones a Cooper's Micro Brew Fv & a shorty midwest bucket. The Cooper's & bucket provided the temp measurements over the course of a few brews. And they were covered with tee shirts. It must also be remembered that the stuff in those temp strips came from mood rings originally.

 

[FatDragon]

My STC-1000 probe, which is stuck onto the outside of the bucket and insulated against the ambient temperature, is often 2-3 degrees Celsius off of the strip thermometer - also on the outside of the bucket - but I guess YMMV.

 

[unionrdr]

I guess the infrared laser is more direct that reading through the part stuck onto the bucket...maybe?...

 

[madz1980]

I guess the infrared laser is more direct that reading through the part stuck onto the bucket...maybe?...

I think, personnaly, that nothing can beat, a submersible thermometer, straight in the middle of the wort... 4$ on ebay, usually used for aquarium.