Review on Taylor Precision Products Guide Thermometer by Natalie Villa

I got a thermometer and immediately put it in my old Wedgwood oven and turned the oven on to 350. I checked it out after 20 minutes and it looked fine so I turned off the oven. I was happy. The next day I went to bake something and preheated the oven. I noticed that the temperature on this new thermometer was much higher than on the old oven thermometer (with a needle, not liquid). The new one read 450 and the old one read 350. I took the new Taylor thermometer out of the oven and put it on the kitchen counter for a couple of hours and it still read 300. Then I noticed that the reading was way off because there were some voids in the liquid. I have tried various methods to recombine the liquid including shaking the thermometer in a downward motion, chilling the thermometer (in ice water and then a second try in the freezer) by gently tapping the thermometer on a soft surface. Nothing helped and the bubbles stayed in the tube. Because the item was so cheap, I didn't send it back or complain, just threw it in the trash. I suspect the liquid separated along the way and I didn't notice. when it arrived and tested it in the oven first. I should have taken a closer look when unpacking it; I think I would have noticed voids in the liquid if I had been more careful. Its my fault.