I'm thinking of getting an infrared thermometer

loco_engr

What is the kind you have & like?
Thank You

JohnInCarolina

I have a DeWalt one that I use for measuring the temperature of the floor of my pizza oven.   Works great.

pgprescott

Thermoworks makes an IR /IR combo. Instant read mk4 with Infared beam shooting out the back side. It’s pricier than most regular Infrareds but you get a thermapen too. 

loco_engr

JohnInCarolina said:

I have a DeWalt one that I use for measuring the temperature of the floor of my pizza oven.   Works great.

Care to share the model #
TY

loco_engr

https://www.thermoworks.com/shop/products/Infrareds

too many different models to chose from for my pea brain 

JohnInCarolina

loco_engr said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I have a DeWalt one that I use for measuring the temperature of the floor of my pizza oven.   Works great.

Care to share the model #
TY

Not sure but it wasn’t terribly expensive.  I think I bought the cheapest one.

dbCooper

I have and like this Thermoworks...

kl8ton

dbCooper said:

I have and like this Thermoworks...

I have that one too.   Works just fine.  Great company. 

Corv

I have a no-name one, cheap from Amazon. Works fine. One of the things I do is use it to tell me when my cast iron skillets are hot enough and evenly heated enough to put some food on. I check the center and three or four places around near the rim.

RRP

Mine is an older one from Thermoworks and at that time it even came with a plug in probe which made it even dual purpose! I still use the simple infrared aspect for more than just cooking! You can look for drafty window and door leaks for instance.I even use mine in my workshop to tell me when my brass branding iron is the proper temperature to brand my wood project without ruining it! 

(If you are a wood worker who owns a branding iron then you know what I mean!)

xfire_ATX

I bought this one at HD at the start of the pandemic, selling the wife on the idea we could use it to check peoples temp... 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-Tools-Infrared-Thermometer-with-GFCI-Receptacle-Tester-IR1KIT/312651142?MERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-313516785-_-312651142-_-N&

Works great on the egg, grill and other non mammal things.  Fails completely on humans, dogs etc.

lousubcap

@xfire_ATX - well played approach right there!

RRP

xfire_ATX said:

  Fails completely on humans, dogs etc.

Except cats are a hoot chasing that red dot - just don't shine it on your curtains!

dmourati

I have a fluke. I used it for pizza temps. Works okay but you need to think about it a bit to make sure you're getting the right data.

Langner91

I went on Amazon and bought the "Amazon Choice".  It was cheap, and works well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0878WB6HQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

loco_engr

Thanks all for the input.
I went with this:

Ozzie_Isaac

xfire_ATX said:

I bought this one at HD at the start of the pandemic, selling the wife on the idea we could use it to check peoples temp... 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-Tools-Infrared-Thermometer-with-GFCI-Receptacle-Tester-IR1KIT/312651142?MERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-313516785-_-312651142-_-N&

Works great on the egg, grill and other non mammal things.  Fails completely on humans, dogs etc.

If you set the emissivity to 0.78 it will approximate the temperature you would get when taken orally.

Emissivity of skin is 0.95-0.99, but your forehead temp runs lower than oral/rectal temp, so you set the emissivity to 0.78 as an off-set for the temperature delta.

If you are interested, here is some more detail:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://static-int.testo.com/media/d3/7c/e3b1d1795cee/IR-Guide-Body-Surface-Temperature-US.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi6ntek2tbzAhXIGTQIHfi6D6IQFnoECAQQBg&usg=AOvVaw2Lv2t0Ck3K5lZh6QJdV8fr

I suspect a large portion of the IR guns people used during the pandemic were set incorrectly and the users didn't understand the peculiarities of non-contact IR readings.

xfire_ATX

Ozzie_Isaac said:

xfire_ATX said:

I bought this one at HD at the start of the pandemic, selling the wife on the idea we could use it to check peoples temp... 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-Tools-Infrared-Thermometer-with-GFCI-Receptacle-Tester-IR1KIT/312651142?MERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-313516785-_-312651142-_-N&

Works great on the egg, grill and other non mammal things.  Fails completely on humans, dogs etc.

If you set the emissivity to 0.78 it will approximate the temperature you would get when taken orally.

Emissivity of skin is 0.95-0.99, but your forehead temp runs lower than oral/rectal temp, so you set the emissivity to 0.78 as an off-set for the temperature delta.

If you are interested, here is some more detail:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://static-int.testo.com/media/d3/7c/e3b1d1795cee/IR-Guide-Body-Surface-Temperature-US.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi6ntek2tbzAhXIGTQIHfi6D6IQFnoECAQQBg&usg=AOvVaw2Lv2t0Ck3K5lZh6QJdV8fr

I suspect a large portion of the IR guns people used during the pandemic were set incorrectly and the users didn't understand the peculiarities of non-contact IR readings.

Nice to know- I just bought one for use with people.  That way SWMBO isnt "borrowing" my stuff only for me to never find it.

Canugghead

dbCooper said:

I have and like this Thermoworks...

+1

Canugghead

Excuse the thread jacking…
https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1224779/ot-recalibrating-ir-gun-for-covid-19-temperature-screening

Legume

RRP said:

xfire_ATX said:

  Fails completely on humans, dogs etc.

Except cats are a hoot chasing that red dot - just don't shine it on your curtains!

Don’t do this with dogs. Seriously.   It F’s up their brains.  Something about not being able to let go once out of sight, they get neurotic trying to find it.  I’ve read this before, but worth a check with @DuckDogDr

alaskanassasin

My dogs looked at the dot, then looked at my hand and then looked at me and went back to sleep.

Ozzie_Isaac

Maybe look at the FLIR One for cellphones.  Pretty amazing piece of kit.  I think @nolaegghead has one.

RRP

Legume said:

RRP said:

xfire_ATX said:

  Fails completely on humans, dogs etc.

Except cats are a hoot chasing that red dot - just don't shine it on your curtains!

Don’t do this with dogs. Seriously.   It F’s up their brains.  Something about not being able to let go once out of sight, they get neurotic trying to find it.  I’ve read this before, but worth a check with @DuckDogDr

Not sure if a breed makes any difference, but after being the PROUD parents of now 5 White West Highland Terriors aka Westies not a one of my boys gave a r*ts *ss about that red dot, dancing or not!

fishlessman

if i pick up a gun my britt looks for the target, dot or no dot. seems to be bred into him, i dont hunt. brothers austalian shepard just hides in the tub if i say BANG