Need recommendation for refrigerator thermometer

[buckytom]

My old refrigerator died last week, so instead of pouring more money into it, we decided to get a new fridge.
I ended up getting a great deal on a 27.2 cu. ft. french door, bottom freezer Frigidaire Gallery unit.
It's just as nice looking and even a little bigger than our old Samsung (only 1 icemaker, though), but the biggest complaints on it are about how the temp readouts pn the control panel in the door are inaccurate.

So, I figured I could put a portable thermometer in it to be better able to gauge the settings.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a fridge thermometer? I'd prefer digital, unless you can swear by an analog one and the readout is clearly graduated. Accuracy is more important.

I've looked into several; some with memory, some with external probes, but all I need is a known, good, basic thermometer.

TIA.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Can you re-calibrate the thermometer in the refrigerator?

Check the owners manual, some have a reset button or an adjustment nut/screw that you turn to adjust/set the thermometer.

 

[buckytom]

Thanks, B. I thought of that, but the user manual is useless. I'll have to go online to look up schematics.

Still, I'll need a reference in order to set the displays.

 

[Andy M.]

Sorry BT. I just use an old bimetal coil type. It keeps me in the ballpark.

 

[buckytom]

Thanks, Andy.

I think I'll buy a cheap probe type, that way I can get a rough estimate of accuracy near the range of temp by dipping the probe in icewater.

 

[Andy M.]

Before you buy a probe type thermometer, check the temperature range. Many of them don't go down low enough to be of use in the refrigerator or freezer.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I used Himself's old photography thermometer when we were having fridge issues. If you have something like that, you might want to start there.

 

[tenspeed]

Thermoworks is having an inventory reduction sale through Jan. 4, and they have a few refrigerator thermometers on sale. I don't have any experience with their refrigerator thermometers, but their cooking thermometers are generally highly rated. I recently purchased one of their Thermopop cooking thermometers, and it's way faster than the Polder I've been using.

Their recording thermometer that stores max / min temperatures and times looks interesting.