This is a great thermometer! It's heavy duty and hasn't melted or fallen apart, like every other candy thermometer I have owned. I also purchased the holder that fits in a pot, so the thermometer sits on the side of the pan. Highly recommend!

You need to know your temperatures by Celsius or Centigrade but this Candy thermometer is the most practical I've seen in the market to date. Because the thermometer is enclosed in a stainless steel cage with a flat open bottom, I can set it in the middle of the pan and stir without fear of knocking it off a hook like other thermometers that have to be hung against the side of the pot.The steel cage is easy to clean and offers additional protection from breaking the glass thermometer and keeps the bulb suspended from the bottom without having to fiddle with a hook to lower or raise the bulb from the bottom of the pan.I would love to give 5 stars if I could only get a replacement thermometer fo it that has Fahrenheit units.

I owned one of these previously and it was excellent. Eventually it broke and I decided to replace it with the same given how awesome the original was. Two things transpired, it was in celsius versus farenheight. Apparenlty I missed that andd was dissapointed, the other was thhe mercury replacement didn't work. It's annoying to ship back so I tossed it. I wish I could find the same as previous.

gift to a novice candy maker, perfect for precise candy making.

As a pastry chef, this is the absolute best, and most accurate thermometer I have used. Other brands like Taylor "pop" too quickly and easily. That means that the mercury separates from the mass in small bits leaving the thermometer unable to give an accurate reading. This thermometer is with the extra cost and will give you a nice long life, and accurate measurements.