Simple compact thermometer
Simple compact thermometer
Can anyone recommend one?
I intend to test myself and my kit this winter, tent and bivi and want to check what I have slept through.
Please note that i do not use a smartphone. Am looking for actual temp measurements, not a forecast.
I intend to test myself and my kit this winter, tent and bivi and want to check what I have slept through.
Please note that i do not use a smartphone. Am looking for actual temp measurements, not a forecast.
Sweep
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well my Lidl speedo/mileometer has one built in, about as small as you can get? - maybe yours has also. I find it useful to keep an eye on how cold it is when riding and been shocked how cold it has been here even in London
rather you than me. I know what the "test" would tell me about me. I will be thinking of you ( on Xmas and boxing day) while I am stuffing my gobhole.
I did bivvy out in March I think it was this year over along the Lea & Stort I think it was about 6C. Thing to watch out for is the cold bivvy bag sucking heat from your legs and cold feet. Cold feet I think the main issue: The rest of me was warm
rather you than me. I know what the "test" would tell me about me. I will be thinking of you ( on Xmas and boxing day) while I am stuffing my gobhole.
I did bivvy out in March I think it was this year over along the Lea & Stort I think it was about 6C. Thing to watch out for is the cold bivvy bag sucking heat from your legs and cold feet. Cold feet I think the main issue: The rest of me was warm
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Buy a small green house max/min thermometer.
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softlips wrote:Buy a small green house max/min thermometer.
aren't they a bit big? Am looking for something I can ram in a pannier. And with nothing to break post ramming.
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mercalia wrote:well my Lidl speedo/mileometer has one built in, about as small as you can get? - maybe yours has also. I find it useful to keep an eye on how cold it is when riding and been shocked how cold it has been here even in London
rather you than me. I know what the "test" would tell me about me. I will be thinking of you ( on Xmas and boxing day) while I am stuffing my gobhole.
I did bivvy out in March I think it was this year over along the Lea & Stort I think it was about 6C. Thing to watch out for is the cold bivvy bag sucking heat from your legs and cold feet. Cold feet I think the main issue: The rest of me was warm
I don't use a speedo of any sort any more mercalia. Seem to remember being on a ride few years ago with someone whi had a Lidl thermometer speedo and not being too convinced by its readings.
Have no fear, Christmas Day and Boxing Day I'll be doing the same as you.
Planning to bivi at the end of February though. Feet will be be well protected. And head.
Sweep
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Sweep wrote:softlips wrote:Buy a small green house max/min thermometer.
aren't they a bit big? Am looking for something I can ram in a pannier. And with nothing to break post ramming.
Little led circular jobbies on eBay from China are a couple of quid or so.
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have seen a few.
Do you have a link?
are they reliable?
accuracy to a degree will be fine.
Need it to be tough.
And obviousky to be able to survive a sub zero temperature or it's all a bit pointless
Do you have a link?
are they reliable?
accuracy to a degree will be fine.
Need it to be tough.
And obviousky to be able to survive a sub zero temperature or it's all a bit pointless
Sweep
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Sweep wrote:Seem to remember being on a ride few years ago with someone whi had a Lidl thermometer speedo and not being too convinced by its readings.
Such things tell the temperature of the speedo, not the air temperature, and it doesn't take all that much sun to give false readings.
Should be OK for overnight tent temperature though.
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have you looked on ebay or maplins. maybe one of those indoor /outdoor ones the size of a pack of cards with an external probe on a wire - then you can monitor the temp inside the bivvy bag and outside.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Talking-Indoor-Outdoor-Thermometer/253268523337?hash=item3af7faf949:g:Oy0AAOSwutpZlZ~t
or no probe
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-Thermometer-Digital-Temperature-Meter-Large-LCD-Display-Screen-LY/282705004466?hash=item41d28807b2:m:msJNcEu3afd5h4EsCePRbWw
or an aquarium thermometer?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-Aquarium-Terrarium-Thermometer-2-99-dispatch-from-UK-24HRS/112461053885?hash=item1a2f337fbd:g:AkIAAOSw0hlZKsS5
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Talking-Indoor-Outdoor-Thermometer/253268523337?hash=item3af7faf949:g:Oy0AAOSwutpZlZ~t
or no probe
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-Thermometer-Digital-Temperature-Meter-Large-LCD-Display-Screen-LY/282705004466?hash=item41d28807b2:m:msJNcEu3afd5h4EsCePRbWw
or an aquarium thermometer?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-Aquarium-Terrarium-Thermometer-2-99-dispatch-from-UK-24HRS/112461053885?hash=item1a2f337fbd:g:AkIAAOSw0hlZKsS5
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I too am a big fan of a max/min thermometer, more to record higher temperatures so I know what I've been sweating through but also good for calibrating yourself against sleeping bag manufacturer's claims. You just have to pick one off ebay that you like the look of - it won't last forever but they're not expensive.
For what it's worth this has been my favourite style for compactness - the sucker comes off:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solar-Power- ... SwpRtZecmF
For what it's worth this has been my favourite style for compactness - the sucker comes off:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solar-Power- ... SwpRtZecmF
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Try any outdoor shop. Usually the size of a large stamp with wind chill converter on the back. Mine date from the mid 80's.
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Just to point out that a lot of the suggestions aren't min/max thermometers, which the OP would need to record what he/she slept through...
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Does a simple compact max-min exist?
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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.