claudiusx":2cia2gpj said:
You are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
-Brandon
Isn't the purpose of these forums to give out, share, and help each other discover "truth" and weed out myths and the rumors such as "this guy said blah blah blah" and he works for this pet store so it
has to be right?
My point is that the OP original statement that "
some guy" said that
ALL infared guns have to be used 2" away for it to be accurate. I don't know about you, but "ALL" would seem to include the infared temperature gun that I purchased on Amazon, would you disagree with that?
Now the manufacturer of my gun has it written on the side of the gun that it can be used 18" away from the laser point. Why would the gun's own manufacturer put "B.S." about how to use the gun on their own product?
Now you say that it doesn't matter, that I am making a mountain out of a molehill. - Really? I'm sure that some people might like the fact that they
may not have to get the gun 2" from the spot they are trying to measure the temperature of, at least with some infrared guns. Imagine someone short who might have to get a chair just to get up high enough to where they can get the gun down inside their reptiles cage just so they can get the gun a mere 2" from the laser point. You think that convenience of not needing to get a chair and stick their hand inside the cage is irrelevant?
It's more then that though. It's the simple fact that it was said "EVERY INFRARED GUN, NO MATTER BRAND OR MAKE HAS TO BE 2" WAY FOR ACCURACY". That is obviously
not correct! Now I could understand if it had been worded
"for the best chance of accuracy, the shorter the distance, the better it is because as the gun gets further away, the size of area for the temperature read widens" but that isn't what was said. What was said was
inaccurate. The fact is that the infrared gun
DOES NOT need to only be 2" away for an accurate reading with
every gun,
every time.
If I posted a new thread stating that
such and such guy told me that "every beardie should eat a minimum of 15 marbles crushed to a fine powder for good health" and that is
HAS to be correct because "he said so"... would someone who disputed that after 10 people said "oh okay thanks!" also be making a
mountain of a molehill?
I think you see my point. Maybe it's meaningless to you, but I am sure that someone out there might be happy to know there is at least
one infrared gun out there that doesn't require them to get their hand down inside their cage and be only two inches away to get an accurate temperature reading.