Overall rating: 3.7227724 / 5 from 202 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
The BlueDOT® Alarm Thermometer offers Bluetooth wireless technology for real-time temperature monitoring. It features a high-temperature probe with ±1.8°F accuracy, a large display, and a loud alarm. Customers appreciate its ease of use and performance, though some have noted issues with Bluetooth connectivity and the app design.
Summary topics
- Unit Usability: 8%
- Overall BlueDOT Experience: 10%
- App Experience: 8%
- Alarm Functionality: 6%
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Review highlights
- "Really that simple, just download app and setup Bluetooth and youÃâre good to go." —
- "The phone app seems to work well, the construction is good, and the overall interface is simple and elegant." —
- "The Blue Dot is a very handy product." —
Reviews
Weak Bluetooth Connection
"I bought this product several years ago and the Bluetooth connection has always been limited to a distance of 8-10 feet. If you can adjust your temperature tracking to this limitation it is fine. Bluetooth radios are incorporated in products like this as a complete module from a third party. Thermoworks picked a poor module supplier and apparently doesn't want to spend the money to redesign the product with a different Bluetooth module to improve the connection even thought this is the single biggest complaint against the product."
Bluetooth functionality is worthless
"As far as the probe tracking temperature it is great. However, the Bluetooth connection is worthless. You must stand almost next to the Bluedot for it to pick up the signal. Save your money and just by the version without Bluetooth. If this were just the Dot I would give it 5 stars"
Blue Dot
"Works great! Temperature was spot on !"
Great for Beer!
"I bought this thermometer along with a waterproof probe for homebrewing so I can monitor mash and fermentation temperature. So far it works extremely well and is 100% consistent with an analog submersible thermometer that I had been using before. Unlike the analog thermometer, this is easy to use, does not interfere with the mash process, and is safer than trying to fish a bobbing thermometer out of a hot (155 to 180 degree) grain bed. The alarm feature is wonderful at letting me know when the mash has reached temperature for the sparge, and having the app on my phone lets me monitor fermentation temperature without disturbing the wort."
Just as good as I hoped
"Works like a charm. Very accurate. The graphs are nice to see the progress of the temperatures. I'd happily give my recommendations to invest in one."
Straightforward data logging
"I got a blue dot because I read it can do data logging with the app, and sure enough it does an admirable job of it. . . As long as your phone doesn't get too far away. Reception started to get spotty though a screen door 5 yards away or with me between my phone and the dot. Only reason I took a star off, but I can understand on a technical level such a device just can't have the wattage for it. I'd love to see a blue-square-dot that is similar with two inputs so I can simultaneously log food and ambient temp but it seems that's the domain of higher end products."
Bluetooth and App work great.
"Works well to track temperature. I like the App. I had hoped the Bluetooth signal would be strong enough to work in my office from the break room kitchen to my desk. To many walls for it to work. This would work for back yard grilling if the cook stays out doors. I will have to try one with WiFi. It worked as described not as I had hoped. This is on me."
Oh well
"Range is so embarrassing I'm ashamed I bought these. I can go inside (the grill is on the deck) 20 feet away and these lose contact. I have to walk outside and stand next to the grill for up to three minutes to ""refresh"" them so that my phone reflects the data on the screens of the blue dots. Usually they refuse to connect to Bluetooth at all, so now I just do like a used to do years ago and walk outside every few minutes and eyeball them. I could have stuck with my $14 set that stuck onto the grill with a magnet. That's what these do, they just cost five times as much. Lesson learned."
I use it to monitor
"I use it to monitor my oven temperature. Unfortunately the power button is on the back which makes it difficult to mount to the wall. I need to pull it off the wall every time I need to turn it on or off."
Simple and straightforward.
"A good small thermometer to take on picnics. I can monitor the cook from my phone while hanging out with the gang."