seeking ridgeline time & temp

**MacEntyre** · 01-14-2009, 07:31

I don't wear a watch. It's not a problem until I wake up in the night and wonder if it's too early to get up. When I do get up, I always want to know how cold it got during the night.

I've been trying to find a little device to hang on the ridgeline that gives me the time and the temperature, small enough to stay in the snakeskins.

Anybody know where I can get such an instrument?

**GrizzlyAdams** · 01-14-2009, 07:41

Originally Posted by MacEntyre

I don't wear a watch. It's not a problem until I wake up in the night and wonder if it's too early to get up. When I do get up, I always want to know how cold it got during the night.

I've been trying to find a little device to hang on the ridgeline that gives me the time and the temperature, small enough to stay in the snakeskins.

Anybody know where I can get such an instrument?

I have one of these, that I like. May be more than what you need as it has pressure trends). When I was in the market for this I found that the tricky bit is finding a device that has temperature memory. I got mine for about $40, which is a bit pricey for clock and temperature only (but I don't recall seeing anything much less that included temperature max/min).

Grizz

**rock_rat** · 01-14-2009, 08:01

I've got one of the These. There cheap, they give you the current time/temp, and while they don't have a temperature log they do give you the low and the high for the past 24 hours. For 9.99 this does me well. It also has a built in alarm.

**TeeDee** · 01-14-2009, 20:04

Originally Posted by GrizzlyAdams

I have one of these, that I like. May be more than what you need as it has pressure trends). When I was in the market for this I found that the tricky bit is finding a device that has temperature memory. I got mine for about $40, which is a bit pricey for clock and temperature only (but I don't recall seeing anything much less that included temperature max/min).

Grizz

Grizz - do you have any notion of the battery life??

Originally Posted by rock_rat

I've got one of the These. There cheap, they give you the current time/temp, and while they don't have a temperature log they do give you the low and the high for the past 24 hours. For 9.99 this does me well. It also has a built in alarm.

rock_rat - do you have any notion of the battery life??

Electronic sensors are useless for me in the field unless the device has a minimum 6 month battery life, constant on. I would like a min/max memory reading, but haven't found anything with the battery life yet.

Until then, I rely on the tried and true mechanical bi-metal instrument available in any store that sells cooking supplies. I know the current temperature, but not the history. I'll probably stick with the bi-metal even f I find an electronic sensor with adequate battery life - I need to know the water temperature sometimes when boiling the water.

**GrizzlyAdams** · 01-14-2009, 21:15

Originally Posted by TeeDee

Grizz - do you have any notion of the battery life??

I've had this for maybe 3-4 months. 2 watch batteries drive it. Always on. Still running. I'll keep an eye on it and if I'm sure I've exceeded 6 months I'll let you know.

Grizz

**Grounded** · 01-14-2009, 21:40

First time poster.

I also use http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___82086 same as Rock_Rat. I can't comment on the battery life because I always take the battery out when not in use. But I have had it over a year on and off. It uses a cr2032 battery w/ and O-ring seal.

**warbonnetguy** · 01-14-2009, 22:05

Originally Posted by Grounded

First time poster.

I also use http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___82086 same as Rock_Rat. I can't comment on the battery life because I always take the battery out when not in use. But I have had it over a year on and off. It uses a cr2032 battery w/ and O-ring seal.

i've got one of those, been on constantly. pretty sure it's been on for about a year. it doesn't have a light which i don't like, and it seems the temp sensor is deep inside, so it takes a while to adjust to changeing temps.

**JayS** · 01-14-2009, 22:48

I use the same as rock_rat and some of the others. Battery lasts over a year, may be two. No light is a little bit of a PITA but doable. I've tracked the low against wunderground and it appears to be fairly accurate as far as I can tell. It only has two buttons so I'm constantly doing something I didn't intend to do. Guess I should dig out the instructions again.

**I Splice** · 01-15-2009, 00:07

Originally Posted by MacEntyre

I don't wear a watch. It's not a problem until I wake up in the night and wonder if it's too early to get up. When I do get up, I always want to know how cold it got during the night.

I've been trying to find a little device to hang on the ridgeline that gives me the time and the temperature, small enough to stay in the snakeskins.

Anybody know where I can get such an instrument?

I use something like this. http://www.wasserstrom.com/restauran...Product_113225 It's NSF (National Sterilization Foundation) approved, so it must meet some accuracy standard.

There are several other models with different temperature ranges http://www.millerthermometer.com/Pockets.htm

For time, I wear a wrist watch (and GPS). For getting up, I use the sun. But if you want a clock, something like this might work http://shop-express.amazonwebstore.c...source=froogle

**rock_rat** · 01-15-2009, 07:09

Originally Posted by TeeDee

rock_rat - do you have any notion of the battery life??

I've had mine for a little over 10 months now and it's still going. Most of that was summer use with only two trips dipping into the mid thirties so I can't comment on how winter camping would affect it but I have to believe that it would last well past six months. It really shouldn't be using much more power than a digital watch so battery times should be equivalent.