PolderGrill Surface Thermometer, Stainless Steel

I paid enough for this, and expected better quality. It's another piece of Chinese junk. Used it four times, by the forth time, in the oven, not even on high heat, its seal started coming undone and popped itself right onto the face of the temperature gauge.Don't waste your hard earned money!**Update**I've uploaded a video to try and show you what my thermometer turned into. UNFORTUNATELY, my camera is seeing that gauge a lot clearer than it actually is. It is sooty inside because of the popped seal, and almost impossible to read (on the grill, with the light being lesser than any other place in the backyard, it IS now impossible to read without picking it up.Please save your money and buy from a company that actually cares about the products it sells to it's customers. The very fact that NO ONE has reached out from said company to see if they could make it right with the unsatisfied customers tells me everything I need to know about them.They are a company that doesn't give a rats @$$ about anything but taking your hard earned money and delivering to you a product that may or may not function for as long as it should. Once they have your money, you can forget about ever seeing it again if your product goes the way of the angels.I don't abuse my things, and this is a total pile of...!

Product had zero specs except a claim of grill temps from 150F to 700F. I tested it on an indoor range glass burner on high setting. At about 600F the unit started to smoke badly, and smelled like toxic solder fumes (I am an electrical engineer very familiar with solder). When I reduced the temperature the display was quite foggy, albeit still useable.Even the red paint from the temp needle appears to have vaporized and left a red stain on the centre of the gauge. Despite running the fume hood the fumes left a toxic odor in the kitchen. I would be hesitant to use this thermometer on a grill near my food, especially if the lid was closed on the BBQ.

After several years of use, the seal broke and smoke from my charcoal grill got into the device. It still works, just hard to see when there is smoke and grilling heat hitting me in the eyes and forehead! To be honest, the seal probably broke because a few times the grill was beyond 850F (oops) and the device is over 5 years ago.

First one filled with greasy dirty water when I washed it, that wouldn’t come out, so I requested a replacement. Second one got so blackened in the bbq after a few uses that I couldn’t even read the temp. Sent that one back too and will be looking for a different model.

nice to know the heat at the grill rather than try to rely on the temp from the lid gage, have only used once but very happy with it.