Which thermometer? [Archive]

cheese1566

01-13-2009, 12:51 AM

Which brand thermometer to buy? RCBS or Lyman?

There is only about a $10 difference.

Any experiences on quality, accuracy, reliability, or warranties?

Jason

cajun shooter

01-13-2009, 08:00 AM

Try Tru- Temp in NY. They will make you one out of stainless for $35. Your choice of lengths

Bret4207

01-13-2009, 09:18 AM

The cheapest one you can find. It's just a reference tool.

Russel Nash

01-13-2009, 06:22 PM

I have had the Lyman for all of three days now and have used it.

I like it a lot... which leads me possibly to start my own thread.

I'll go do a search first.

DanOH

01-13-2009, 08:12 PM

I had a Lyman. Sent it back. It went up to 700 while I was ladle casting and
never moved after that. Stayed at 700 even after pot cooled.
Now I just pay attention to mold/bullets and adjust off of them.

Mike W1

01-17-2009, 10:28 PM

FWIW I bought one from Brownell's years ago. It finally went bad and I inquired about where to send it for repair. They sent me a new one at no charge!

Not expected for sure but I definitely prefer to do business with a place like them.

Leadforbrains

01-17-2009, 10:49 PM

I got an RCBS and I have been happy with it.

Shiloh

01-17-2009, 10:56 PM

Based on the experience from seasoned casters, I went with the RCBS. This has since been verified on some of the casting forum threads. More often than not, the Lyman version is prone to trouble, with lousy customer service resolve.

I have never had problems with the RCBS thermometer. Whenever I have had problems with other RCBS products, the customer service is exceptional.

Shiloh

DaveInFloweryBranchGA

01-17-2009, 11:01 PM

The antimonyman.com has an excellent thermometer on it for sale. I've used it several years now and am extremely happy.

Regards,

Dave

copdills

01-18-2009, 04:35 AM

I have the RCBS and all I can say is that it works Great

94Doug

01-18-2009, 12:19 PM

I bought a cheap one off ebay.... the little that I do use it, the thing works fine.

mtgrs737

01-18-2009, 01:06 PM

I like my RCBS, but would try one sold by "The Antimony Man" Bill Furguson. I have heard that the Lyman units fail often, but maybe they just had a bad batch.

Big Tom

01-19-2009, 09:18 PM

I am using a PID controller which was initially intended for controlling temperature in a smoker. Works perfect and the best is that it does not only shows the temperature but actually controls it within a few degrees. The thermocouple is good for up to 2000 Fahrenheit which I will for sure not reach.... Here the instructions how to build it and where to get the parts: http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=315 . Its is slightly more expensive but works great for me.

Tom