Taylor Outdoor Stick Thermometer

Too bad this device does not show temperature in degrees Celsius.

This outdoor thermometer is a good buy - easy to install, inexpensive, and surprisingly durable. It has held up for years sticking to the outside of a window, and has endured repeated cycles of Wisconsin hot and cold weather. (Follow the simple installation directions for window location and cleaning the window before pressing the thermometer to the glass.) I also learned something that is not written on the packaging. You can adjust the thermometer manually if it appears to be off with regard to the temperature. You can simply use a needle nose pliers, or tweezers, to rotate the central metal hexagonal post (on the back, opposite the suction cup) until the pointer lines up with the correct temperature reading. This can be good to know if you think you have a defective thermometer, or if the thermometer is dropped from a height and the temperature reading is no longer accurate. I've had occasions when I thought I broke the thermometer by dropping it from a height, only to find out that the jarring action when it hit the ground simply caused the pointer to become misaligned. Once I reset it manually, I discovered that it was fine. No need to buy another thermometer.

Unfortunately, this thermometer seems to have arrived broken, and/or does an exceedingly poor job of tracking real temps. Suction cup is not easy to maneuver and place (to be fair, we have child bars on window, but even so), and so it's been resting propped up on outer sill, perhaps part of problem. Expected a much better-quality product--former thermometer, for at least as cheap, functioned for many years....

I purchased this in response to the failure of my expensive, battery gobbling wireless indoor/outdoor weather station. Yes, the weather apps on my tablet are great, but in the morning heading out the door to my exercise walk, I just want to glance up, see the temperature, layer accordingly and out I go. Mine arrived in one day with Prime membership. Thanks Amazon! Awesome. Others have commented that their item required calibrating using the brass nut on the back. Mine arrived, and both the indoor temperature, then the outdoor temp, confirmed with a digital thermometer was right on the money. I cleaned the window area with window cleaner and dried it carefully with paper towel, where I eventually mounted it. Once satisfied that I was going to keep the product, I then removed the "made in China" sticker from the back of the device so I wouldn't be seeing that every time I used it. Finally, I placed the thermometer suction cup down in a small bowl of the hottest tap water I could draw, being careful to only cover the suction cup and introduce no water into the thermometer mechanism. After waiting a few minutes to allow the suction cup to become pliable in the hot water, I removed it from the water, touched a finger to the top of my dish washing soap dispenser and rubbed my finger over the suction cup. A TINY amount of dish soap is what you want. Just enough to make the cup slippery. Then I placed the thermometer on the cleaned part of the window. This has successfully worked for me with any other similar device suction cupped to a window. I can see this puppy across the room easily. NO more batteries! I love it when the plan comes together.....

It's a lot smaller than I had thought it would be. I had bought this thinking it would be easier to read, and it is, but it's half the size I had hoped it would be. It works, in any case. I stuck it to my window, and I can see the numbers really clearly. It was easy to stick to the window. I wet the sucker and stuck it outside my window. It took about 5 minutes to get to the correct temp. I like this better than the narrow type with the glass tube full of mercury. I went to see the temperature one morning, and the whole glass tube was gone. I hope this lasts as many years.