i really had high hopes. i thought the RF approach would have been the saving grace over bluetooth. but after 2 cooks, i still have connectivity problems(between probe and base) that had plagued me with a different brand(which uses only bluetooth).
the disconnects are frequent enough to frustrate. the upside is that it re-connects back rather quickly. much better than the other brand.
now here's the kicker. if i'm not doing an actual cook, ie, i just set the probe in an empty idle grill, then connectivity is solid. so it seems that heat might heavily affect the RF signal. has this been observed by others?
my workaround is to leave the base near the grill and use wifi to send info to phone. but i'd rather not use the phone. having the base display the info is awesome. i prefer to just use it by itself.
So far so good. I've used it 4 or 5 times now–including the smoker, grill, and the oven. Only one thing, which is not a big deal, but the ambient temp usually isn't reliable.