How far can this unit sense temperature? I am not interested in the precise measurement; rather weather the target is cold or warm or hot.
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The farthest I have tried so far is about 20 feet and it works fine at the distance. Of course, the farther the targeted area the wider the spot size being measured increases.
824125
My sensor is in my house so it's never exposed to "very cold weather." But our outside winter temps get into the 20's and teens at night and this has never set it off. But I keep the temps inside around 68 degrees.
1343037
I don't know but I can tell you that my outdoor sensor has never worked. I have tried everything but I have yet to see a near accurate outdoor temperature appear on the alarm clock.
1981629
Yes. I've had my sensor outside year round, from 90+ to -25. In extreme cold I've noticed a problem that it changes from degrees F to degrees C but other than that the sensor works great.
1091059
No Tom. It takes almost instant readings of thermal temps, not measurements. I do have an instrument that reads dustances & it dies chirp. This does not.
232959
I am using mine at a range of about 40' and goin through at least two walls. Don't be tricked by the temp not changing right away. I was at first. It only updates like once a minute so give it some time and make sure the temp is changing in the test area. I like this. It works perfect for me to keep an eye on my deep freezers out in my utility room.
363482
Yes it measures temp. But it did not last as long as the blue pen. You must keep the sensors clean
1109071
I looked it over. I use it in the winter on a small heater in my generator house. It plugs in an outlet and the thing sticking it the air on the photo tells the unit the temp.. There is no other sensor. I do like it for what I use it for.
278319
Yes, the unit works off of passive infrared, which means the unit needs to see a change in temperature in motion to detect. So anything with a heat signature and moving within the detection area will be picked up.
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Hi Stony - I am with BAFX Products Support. How far away you can use the thermometer from the object you are temping is really completely dependent on what object you are temping, how big the object is, ambient temp compared to the object being measured and how accurate you are trying to be. Obviously the closer you can be to the object the more accurate it will be in most cases. What I can say for certain is that unless you are measuring a very large object with a high temperature it likely is not going to give very good readings at 20', not many IR thermometers will. To better assist you in your decision making process it may be helpful to know that the D:S ratio on this thermometer is 12:1. This means that at a distance of 12 inches from the object you are temping the thermometer will be taking a reading from the area of about a 1 inch circle. At 36" you will be reading the area of a 24" circle etc etc etc. The further you move away from the object the less accurate it will become. At the 20' you mentioned you would be temping an area of about 20" or almost 2 feet big, plus in this case you will likely then run into the issue of IR heat from other objects you do not intend to measure interfering with the reading as well. I hope this information helps some. If we can be of further assistance please contact us directly through the Amazon messaging system for a faster response as we are not always able to see responses that are posted in this Q&A area in a timely manner. Sincerely, BAFX Products Support
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It's mounted 7'-10' high to be detected maximum distance up to 60'-70' (@75F or less). if just detects 10'-20' away that have to adjust sensitivity knob via clockwise to increase its sensing range.
2114095
I'm not sure. Item was installed for a customer. The dial doesn't indicate degrees of temperature. It does work well though.
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60F. But the attached probe (short wire, tucked behind the unit, which could be extended away from the unit 2 inches at most) reports temperatures that are higher than ambient room temperature, even if I measure it a few inches away from the probe (maybe due to the internal heat of the unit influencing it a bit). So, I typically set the temperature to a little higher than "the temperature I want according to my body-temperature measuring infrared thermometer".
877232
No. It only measures surface temps.On a side note, my unit broke within an hour of delivery. I would not recommend this product.
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Anything over 3 meters and the measurement will be really inaccurate. I have measured temps within 2 meters with a 3 or 4 c variance.
1378016
No, but mine reads about 5-10 degree high over 150. Also the program features are a joke! Forget the alarm unless you're holding it to your ear. AS a thermometer, it works if you get to know yours. I wouldn't buy another one.
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temp probe is very accurate to a tenth degree. don't if it's unique to the unit but then You don't need another one.