BTMETER BT-1800 Non Contact Pyrometer High Temperature Infrared Thermometer Gun -58°F ~3272°F (-50~1800℃) DS 50:1 for Metal Melting Furnace Forge Kiln Tempe Tester (Not Accurate for Human Temp)

I have an independent geology lab (ie gold prospecting) and continually melt ore samples to determine any degree of value in precious metals. The tasks must be as expedient an accurate as possible. You can't melt quartz and feldspar without knowing how hot the samples are getting. This device will measure up to 3,000F, which is sufficient when looking for gold and silver. If you are looking for platinum groups, you will need a device that measures temperatures above 3,000F.When using it, always make sure you extrapolate "distance" from the source and add about 50 degrees for every inch or so to what you are reading.There are other devices that are more expensive but, this device, for the price, this is the best value.

Menu like on most of these instruments is not intuitive. But enough playing around finally got all the setting right. Seems to be accurate in the forging range

Bought it for use with my homemade forge to get the melting temps I needed without excess wear on the crucible. Works great on finding hot spots in fire pits as well.Con: in the daytime, even shaded screen is hard to read

Absolute Garbage. It chewed through batteries. Do not leave 9v in the tool, it will be dead next time you use it. First attemp to read temps over 1000F degrees and it lost it's mind and thought everything was 600F degrees. Second attempt, it gave up the ghost and never worked again. Tried to recover the 9v at death, and the poles had welded themselves to the connectors. Absolute garbage.

I bought the meter for my pizza oven. So far works great. I love the 50:1 spot ratio and the emissivity calibration. The 9 point laser makes it easy to see the spot being measured. I am very happy with the product. The only con I can remark on is the LCD is pretty dim when viewed in direct sunlight.

The directions are not complete, there is no instructions telling the user that after 999 degrees Fahrenheit the display indicates only 3 digits, not four. In other words a reading of 112 is actually 1120 degrees. It took us several hours to figure that out and a useless, expensive call to China.Also, in the review questions you ask about accuracy, like everyone has a way to confirm accuracy.The user manual is poorly written. I do think the instrument could be a good buy if it is truly accurate and a fourth digit would be added to the read out.Updated Review November 25, 2019BTMeter has been working diligently to make corrections regarding the issues mentioned in my original review. Once I learned how the meter reads, I too have found it a very useful tool. It is being used to measure the internal temperature of gas forges in the range of 1000 to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit. Switching from Fahrenheit to centigrade is as easy as punching a button.Though I still have no way to report accuracy the numbers generated are useful.At this time I would revise my review to a four star and once the manual is updated and the screen readout gives a direct four digit reading, I would then rate the instrument with a five star.

We purchased this to measure industrial equipment temperature. Have not used it yet, but the pyrometer appears to be as advertised. Only issue was that the battery was dead when it arrived. Once we replaced that, it fired right up.

My box was not Evan with. Tape.. my product had been open with finger prince all over it the inside box was torn like my product was everyone open to look at what I bought , this was a big ( I felt 100% disrespected