Camp Thermometer?

[FlashPan]

Hello all,

Just occurred to me that I never really know what the temp is outside. I wake, check my phone and it tells me.

Am thinking it would be good to have a old school (and small) thermometer. Am looking at the type with red dye stuff that creeps up and down a tube vertically.

Problem is I do not see these much nowadays.

Still about , something better?

Yes, yes I know I an look in ebay and amazon but still think this a good question to ask and see what others use.

Cheers

 

[shindig]

Got one of these for Xmas. Not used it yet though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coghlans-Z...518642326&sr=8-3&keywords=keyring+thermometer


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[oldtimer]

I have one of these clipped to my day sack. Don't know how long it will stay there. My body usually tells me if it's hot or cold but sometimes it's good to brag what I've been out in.

I was a bit suspicious about these when I went to buy one because they were all giving a different reading despite all being in the same place.

 

[Toddy]

I liked the look of this one
https://www.cuffsncollars.co.uk/products.asp?id=3151-climate-nav-iii

 

[BigMonster]

This one:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-...014495&hash=item2123344775:g:1w4AAOSwmgJY1XME

Waterproof and when you remove the suction cup you get a nice hanging eye for a small carabiner. Had it for years on my pack and hammock to check the temp in the morning.

 

[baggins]

bought a little Silva one a couple of years ago when i was last in Sweden. Keep it hung up in the Tipi, so much fun to watch it go from 30c in the evening when the stove is roaring, to -5 in the morning before i struggle out of my sleeping bag.

 

[Janne]

My body tells me the temp.
tells me three temperatures.
Cold - get more clothes on
Perfect
Warm - take some clothes off.

I only wear my boxers at home and evening time in the garden. After dark - those come off too.

 

[oldtimer]

Oh, life in the subtropics. When we lived in Bahamas we longed for some real weather such as snow and ice or a pea soup fog. Could have done without the tropical storms though.

 

[Janne]

Here it is something called Maritime Tropical.
My bod is made by the Gods for cold weather. I hate the heat here.
In 4 weeks we are off to Lofoten to do some serious fishing (weather permitting) and enjoying the cold!

 

[Old Bones]

Am thinking it would be good to have a old school (and small) thermometer. Am looking at the type with red dye stuff that creeps up and down a tube vertically.

Problem is I do not see these much nowadays.

Still about , something better?

The little Silva ones (or similar) with a clip are fine, but digital thermometers are not only less breakable, they will also tell you more. You can get ones for less than a fiver, which are used for greenhouses, etc.

 

[Robson Valley]

The local hardware store in my village stocks lots of the plain ones with the red alcohol in the tube.
Maybe a garden center, for green houses?

Digital is fine in this day and time. They rot quickly with the dissimilar metals in the humidity of a greenhouse.
I've got a digital indoor/outdoor unit, always wrong by 2C and not adjustable.

I bought half a dozen plastic and glass analog ones when I first set up the wood pellet stove for home heating.
Had to figure out the curtain system and the fan air circulation issue. My cat has not broken any of them in the past 10+ years.
If you work at it, you can move the tube up or down to get all the thermometers reading the same. Right or wrong.

My ideal temp keeps creeping upward with my age. 22C or 23C is really cozy nice now.