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Lavatools Javelin Pro vs Thermapen

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    I've got both and my experience with them has shown no significant difference in speed.

    Also have a couple of the Lavatool Javelins and  find no significant difference between them and the Javelin Pro and Thermapen. Hard to beat the smaller Javelins for only $25.
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  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    This is good news for us that are on a budget. Do the lavatools hold up over time?
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    How about a durability and customer service test?  Thermoworks is hard to beat for service. 

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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    The Thermapen is a bit faster, a bit more accurate, has a slightly larger operating range, more waterproof. The Javelin Pro is a lot cheaper ($58 vs $99).  The Thermapen is made in England, the Javelin in China. If you need to contact Thermoworks, they have phones, emails, and a real address - Lavatools has an email.  Thermoworks has been around for a number of years and has a good customer service reputation - Lavatools seems to be pretty new so long term service is yet to be determined. 

    When I got my Thermapen eight years ago, I don't remember Lavatools being around.  My Thermapen gets daily use. It is still going strong - I sometimes wish it would break so I could get the new MK4 version.
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  • slovelad
    slovelad Posts: 1,742
    Just ordered the javelin pro on Amazon for 54.99 on Amazon. Will try to keep evryone updated on performance
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    edited January 2016
    jtcBoynton said:
    The Thermapen is a bit faster, a bit more accurate, has a slightly larger operating range, more waterproof. The Javelin Pro is a lot cheaper ($58 vs $99).  The Thermapen is made in England, the Javelin in China. If you need to contact Thermoworks, they have phones, emails, and a real address - Lavatools has an email.  Thermoworks has been around for a number of years and has a good customer service reputation - Lavatools seems to be pretty new so long term service is yet to be determined. 

    When I got my Thermapen eight years ago, I don't remember Lavatools being around.  My Thermapen gets daily use. It is still going strong - I sometimes wish it would break so I could get the new MK4 version.
    Just an FYI, the Classic Thermapen is now $79 regular non-sale pricing.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    jtcBoynton said:
    The Thermapen is a bit faster, a bit more accurate, has a slightly larger operating range, more waterproof. The Javelin Pro is a lot cheaper ($58 vs $99).  The Thermapen is made in England, the Javelin in China. If you need to contact Thermoworks, they have phones, emails, and a real address - Lavatools has an email.  Thermoworks has been around for a number of years and has a good customer service reputation - Lavatools seems to be pretty new so long term service is yet to be determined. 

    When I got my Thermapen eight years ago, I don't remember Lavatools being around.  My Thermapen gets daily use. It is still going strong - I sometimes wish it would break so I could get the new MK4 version.


    I was actually excited when I thought I had "lost" my Thermapen, because it meant I could buy the new mk4. Then I found it and was bummed. Then I bought the mk4 anyways :smiley:

    (I'm fat and lazy and was getting tired of trooping back inside when I forgot the Thermapen)


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    My Thermapen is slow as hell.  I sorta noticed it...then @DMW AKA Dwayne was using it at brisket camp and he said it was slow....  Maybe I need to replace the battery....still on the original.
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    nolaegghead said:
    My Thermapen is slow as hell.  I sorta noticed it...then @DMW AKA Dwayne was using it at brisket camp and he said it was slow....  Maybe I need to replace the battery....still on the original.
    My oldest Thermapen also started to seem sluggish a couple of years ago so I replaced that stupid little oddball 12v battery.

    It seemed like it might have been a bit snappier, hard to say, but it did fix a problem I also was having with it not always wanting to turn on when pivoting the probe out.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Once I get it warmed up, it isn't so bad....but that initial reading...3 seconds it is not even close.  More like 10.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    nolaegghead said:
    Once I get it warmed up, it isn't so bad....but that initial reading...3 seconds it is not even close.  More like 10.
    Thermopen = BGE Vibrator.
    Change the batteries.
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