Bonefishblues wrote:Does a simple compact max-min exist?
Greenhouse thermometer. Alcohol, so not perfect, but cheap and should suffice the needs of the OP. Size of a pack of chewing gum.
Bonefishblues wrote:Does a simple compact max-min exist?
Heltor Chasca wrote:Bonefishblues wrote:Does a simple compact max-min exist?
Greenhouse thermometer. Alcohol, so not perfect, but cheap and should suffice the needs of the OP. Size of a pack of chewing gum.
nick12 wrote:Just tested my speedo temperature gauge. Currently on tour in Indonesia. On nias island. In the shade the temperature reads correct at 31* C. After just 5 minutes in the sun the unit read 44* C.
mercalia wrote:nick12 wrote:Just tested my speedo temperature gauge. Currently on tour in Indonesia. On nias island. In the shade the temperature reads correct at 31* C. After just 5 minutes in the sun the unit read 44* C.
that would be true for ANY thermometer exposed to the sun?
NUKe wrote:https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/solar-powered-thermometer-n60nt
£1.50
PH wrote:If you forget the word thermometer and instead look for a temperature logger, you'll find loads of options. The smallest are USB types where you'll need to connect to a PC to download the data. I have no experience of any of these, just came across them while searching for a GPX logger, at the time I thought it might be interesting to tour with one, but haven't got round to it.
This one has no display so it looks robust, it logs at 30 min intervals, I've seen others where you can program that.
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/data-loggers/5363283/
mercalia wrote:lidl have some for about £3.50 at the moment record max/min and alsao come with a 3m sensor cable so can test temp else where eg out side
Sweep wrote:mercalia wrote:lidl have some for about £3.50 at the moment record max/min and alsao come with a 3m sensor cable so can test temp else where eg out side
Thanks for this mercalia.
Was out of the country at the time but managed to pick one up at Lidl Surrey Quays (often good for remaindered specials from past weeks) at £2.99.
Though cheap it looks like a pretty decent device and ideal for my purposes. It's pretty compact - any smaller and it would be hard to do the settings/read it easily.
Not used it camping yet but have had it inside/outside a bedroom window and its readings seem quite credible.
The max/minimum temp (recorded and stored for both inside and outside I think) can be manually reset or left on auto-reset, which means that it wipes its min/max memory automatically at midnight. Have left it on that since fair to assume that the coldest temperatures will be sometime between midnight and 8am.
For anyone looking for one it is listed as a car thermometer - the idea is that the external sensor would be put behind your car bumper.