Thermoworks Smoke performance ?

bettysnephew

Now that a few have had the TW Smoke for a while, how is it compared to the Maverick regarding range? My house is somewhat of a problem child regarding the Mav to be able to reside in my bedroom and give me an alert on an overnight cook. 

Big_Green_Craig

I've used mine several times. I can tell you that the Pro-Series probes are light years better than the Maverick's. I've had good connectivity and good readings throughout the use so far. 

HeavyG

On various forums I've read accounts where folks are pleased with the range and other accounts where people are very disappointed with the range.

I'm not sure why some folks were expecting some sort of miraculous increase in real world distance since the Smoke uses the same 2.4ghz frequency band as most all of the other such devices.

I'm pleased with mine but I was more interested in the better quality probes more than anything else.

HofstraJet

Just wait for the wifi module. That will solve any distance problems. Using wifi on my FB and CyberQ is great.

blasting

The probes may be better than others, but they are nowhere near the quality of the K probes.  The unit is terrific though, and I'm just really careful with the probes.  

As to range, it works well for me - my house is brick.

bettysnephew

I was not expecting a drastic increase in range (I operate a ham radio station so am realistic regarding that) but was hoping that TW had done a better job at tweaking the tuning of the units to get better reception. I will likely watch to see if they have any Black Friday/Cyber Monday specials though it is likely too new to expect that and later pick up the wifi module.

SaintJohnsEgger

bettysnephew said:

I was not expecting a drastic increase in range (I operate a ham radio station so am realistic regarding that) but was hoping that TW had done a better job at tweaking the tuning of the units to get better reception. I will likely watch to see if they have any Black Friday/Cyber Monday specials though it is likely too new to expect that and later pick up the wifi module.

I am a Ham (W4MKH) also. I need to remember to renew my General license next year.

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Bepier

Not range related and can't compare to other products, but I'll chime in anyway.  

I find the lowest alarm volume too loud!  Now - I need to dial in my temp control, but good grief!  I also wish you could turn off the handset alarm AND the base alarm through use of the handset.  The handset only turns off the handset, so you have to walk out and turn off the base.  

For most probably a non-issue, maybe I just need to turn the alarms off in that event and manage it differently when I hit my dome temp upper/lower limits.  

NCSmoky

Tried to use mine for the first time yesterday and the remote would not connect to the base. Tried all usual fixes and finally called thermoworks and they are sending a replacement remote unit. They were pretty quick about issuing a new remote without asking too many questions, makes me wonder if this might be common. Other than that I found the base unit nicer than my Maverick or iGrill2 (miss the 4 probe ports though)

bigbadben

If I remember correctly the YouTuber baby back maniac tested the range compared to his maverick. They were similar.  Check out his video for the details.  

abpgwolf

I just picked one up last week. They look and feel very solid (much more solid than my 1st gen iGrill). Very simple to use. But the range is no better than my old bluetooth iGrill. Not a huge issue for my home. 

I'll likely buy the WiFi unit when it comes out.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Photo Egg

Bepier said:

Not range related and can't compare to other products, but I'll chime in anyway.  

I find the lowest alarm volume too loud!  Now - I need to dial in my temp control, but good grief!  I also wish you could turn off the handset alarm AND the base alarm through use of the handset.  The handset only turns off the handset, so you have to walk out and turn off the base.  

For most probably a non-issue, maybe I just need to turn the alarms off in that event and manage it differently when I hit my dome temp upper/lower limits.  

I have one of their timers and I had to put a piece of tape over the rear speaker vent to tune down the volume. As you said, even the lowest setting is too loud.
But solid products...

blasting

Solid products for sure.  Last order I added one of their aprons, and even that was well made.

It just occurred to me that here we are discussing 3rd party controllers.  Yet Blake's third party table thread gets nuked.

I don't see how one is less egg related than the other.