TaylorLarge Tube Analog Refrigerator and Freezer Kitchen Thermometer with Suction Cups, Temperature Monitor for Fridge or Freezer, Easy to Read

well built and fulfills it's purpose perfectly. it is easy to read and has idiot-proof markings of proper cold and frozen food storage temperatures. having worked in food service within the military, i can't overstate how important a thermometer is in your cold storage areas. how else do you know you're food is being stored correctly? you don't...unless you have thermometers. i found that the temp in my freezer was not where it should be...it was too warm by almost 10 degrees! after turning the setting up a notch, everything was A-OK. without a thermometer, i would never have known and would have had to rely on the recommended manufacturer settings for the freezer (which is a bad idea). even if your freezer has a built-in digital thermometer, you should still have a thermometer that lives in the freezer, as all electronic devices eventually fail or give false readings.these alcohol based units are also far more accurate and reliable than the dial-type ones, which invariably fail within a short amount of time. this one is built to be pretty tough, as thermometers get dropped all the time in the industry, and perhaps even at home, depending upon where and how you decide to mount it. this is a quality NSF approved thermometer and well worth the money.

I initially encountered the same problem many reviewers reported, the suction cups wouldn't stick well enough to support the weight of the thermometer. Since I purchased the thermometer to use in my freezer, I thought I'd try to get them to freeze into place.With the suction cups still attached to the thermometer, I wet the underside of each suction cup, pressed them into place, then detached the thermometer. There's a tiny hole in the center of the suction cup that lets the air out when you press it into place. Successful suction requires a vacuum, so in a circular motion I pressed around the circumference of the suction cups, careful not to press over the tiny hole in the center of each cup. Without the weight of the thermometer, the wet suction cups froze firmly into place. A few hours later I reattached the thermometer. When the suction cups were still solidly holding the thermometer in place a few days later, I decided to test it by hanging a key ring that contained 8 keys and a small Swiss army knife, from the thermometer. The suction cups were adhered firmly enough to support the weight of the thermometer and the heavy set of keys.As you can see from my images, I placed the thermometer on the roof of my freezer. In order to be able to read it I bent the clips outward to a 45 degree angle. This placed the thermometer in a readable position when I attached it to the roof of my freezer.

After a recent power outage, we bought two--one for the fridge, one for the freezer. After many attempts, still cannot get the one in the freezer to stick to anything. And the one in the fridge frequently comes un-stuck.

This was a total waste of money. They are almost impossible to read as it is. You have to tilt them just right to see the "mercury". But once they are in the fridge they fog up and I have to take them out to read them. On top of that modern fridges have glass shelves so there is no place to hang these. I know that's on me, I should have realized that. I'm using the suction cups that came with this product but they often pop off. Plus this means you have to mount the thermometers on the side of the fridge which means you can't read it. I wish I had kept the package. I would have returned these.

Been using two, one in the frig and one in the freezer. They are performing well. They stay where I put them. One with the built-in clips for the freezer bin and one with suction cups on the inside side of the frig. Checked them with other thermometers. They are pretty good. Frankly as good as the digital in my lab. Good idea to cross check temperatures in your refrigerator in the summer. New refrigerators have good seals and insulation so they are designed to maintain a consistent envelope to keep things at a certain temperature. Good to know that the big Kitchenaid and small GE are doing exactly what they are supposed to do.

It’s hard to read the temperature unless you’re looking at it from a lower position in the thermometer kind of defeats the purpose. If you’re putting it in a fridge, the suction cups keep coming off the thermometer it does not stick well. I guess it reads the temp which you needed to do, but other than that, I really don’t like them