🌟 Elevate Your Temperature Game!
The Inkbird ITC-308 Digital Temperature Controller is a versatile thermostat designed for both heating and cooling applications, featuring a user-friendly plug-and-play design, dual relay outputs, and a maximum load of 1100W. It supports both Celsius and Fahrenheit readings and includes a dual display for real-time temperature monitoring.
C**C
Meets Expectations and More!
I am very pleased with the performance of this Digital Temperature Controller. In fact I bought two of them. I have used it to control the temperature of Kombucha, Spirulina, and several other items. It can control 1200 watts at 110 Volts. That means you can plug a standard chest freezer or refrigerator into the device and control its temperature to be something other than normal appliance operating temps. I have also used this to sound an alarm when cooking temperatures get to a specific number. Works great when trying to optimize Sulforaphane in broccoli!After you get used to setting the unit, it becomes easy to do. Just hold the set button for 3 seconds to get into the programming mode. Then scroll through the options. When done, hold the set button for another 3 seconds to lock in the program. No need to scroll through all the options. The main function you might use would be the TS which is Temperature set value. HD and CD which is how many degrees difference you want to allow between the set value and the actual value. (Usually only a degree or two)You will also want to set AH and AL which will activate an alarm if your temperature gets too high or low. There is a helpful indicator light that will show you if the unit is in heating or cooling mode. When in heating mode the unit will apply current to the 120 V “heat connector”. When in cooling mode the “Cooling” connector will be energized. The connectors are standard 120 V receptacles.My experience is, this unit is very reliable and keeps the temperature of your project very close to the temperature you set. I would not hesitate to buy it again or recommend it to a friend. In fact, I did recommend it to a friend. He wanted an alarm to sound when his deep freezer fails to keep his frozen items at the desired temperature! Works great for him, he loves it too!I have no conflict of interest in writing this review. I am just a happy customer and I am happy to report that I was able to resolve a minor issue with the seller and found them to be very supportive and professional.
W**N
Works flawlessly and the price is right!
I just received my Inkbird Itc-308 Digital Temperature Controller Outlet Thermostat and am already delighted!After my Vonshef water oven and my Gourmia immersion circulator pod started getting flaky, I bought the Inkbird ITC-308 and paired it with the Hamilton Beach 33155 5-Quart Portable Slow Cooker I had in the pantry as the sous vide rig.In my initial setup and test I find that the Inkbird works properly. I read enough of the PDF instructions to familiarize myself with the configuration operation and find this unit really easy to setup, referring to the straight-forward parameter chart with each step. I pressed the 'set' key for 3 seconds to enter the config menu, pressing the 'set' button to step through the parameters, adjusting each as needed using the 'up' & 'down' arrow keys. To save settings when I was satisfied I again pressed the 'set' key for 3 seconds, until the current and set temperatures were displayed. Done!I began with a setting of 140 degrees F (my most common sous vide cooking temp) on the Inkbird, and the crock set to high heat. I plugged in the crock pot to the 'Heat' receptacle of the Inkbird PID. The temp probe fit nicely through the vent hole in the lid of the crock (see photo). As soon as the crock pot reached 140, the heat light turned off and power to the crock was removed. The crock overshot by a degree and the cool indicator illuminated, so I turned down the crock to its Keep Warm setting and continued to monitor. I found that the crock now stays between 139 and 141 (see photo).This $38 Inkbird PID seems to do exactly what the $99 Dorkfood controller was intended to do, for a fraction of the price, and so far does so adequately and reliably for my purposes.
V**.
Excellent Devices! Very Satisfied!
After having done some careful research, I bought two of these devices here on Amazon for use in controlling the heaters in a smallish insulated outdoor building (an Amish barn style shed used as a workshop). They both work great in the intended application, and, best of all, setup is easy, straightforward and quick; you only need to spend about two minutes reading the instruction manual before becoming a pro in configuring the various settings that you might wish to tinker with.And now, a few notes about the device, some of which are in response to comments made here by other reviewers:Setup of the device is easy once you have spent two minutes reading the instructions. However, as is true of the vast majority of instruction/user manuals that accompany devices such as this that are made in China, the printed instruction/user manual provided with the device is nearly useless, due to the fact that it is so small in size and consequently the print font is very tiny and difficult to read. So, I did not even bother to try deciphering the nearly-impossible to read user manual that came with the device, and rather, I went online and found the InkBird website, at http://ink-bird.com, and then quickly located the downloadable manual for this device in PDF file format, at http://ink-bird.com/asset/file/ITC-308%20V2.1%20EN.pdf , downloaded it, and printed the three most important pages to me out of the six pages in the manual.The cord on the remote temperature sensor is a bit over 6 feet long; I provide this information because others have asked about the length of the cord on the temperature probe.Although one or two other reviewers have stated that they feel that the temperature display of this device reads about 1 degree C too high (compared to reliable & accurate thermometers), this has not been my experience. I have found the temperature calibration of this device to be very accurate; it is totally in agreement with my other digital thermometers.Please be aware that while the ambient temperature display shows temperature in 0.1 degree (F or C) increments, as does the Set/Target Temperature display, the Set (i.e., target) temperature can only be set in one degree integer increments. So, you can select a Set temperature of 90.0 degrees, or 91.0 degrees, but you cannot select a Set temperature of 90.4 degrees.These units work great, the displays and thermostatic function are very accurate, and the units are very reliable. I would buy more for other applications in a second if any such need arose.
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