There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I own one, very accurate and fast reading.
I really like the hold button, I'm not sure if that's on other comparable models. Amazon had a sale on this model last year so I didn't do a ton of extra research.
After spending twice this on cheap crap thermometers that broke after a few batches I would highly recommend it.
According to their respective websites, the Thermapen has a couple of operative advantages, but nothing major: (1) the accuracy is 0.4 degrees C for Thermapen, 0.5 for the Javelin, and (2) the Thermapen needs to be insterted 3 mm, while the Javelin needs 5 mm. These small things may or may not even be real, given the plus-or-minus or doing these kinds of tests.
The latter is the bigger issue, since I cook a lot of thin pork and chicken, but I'm already in the habit of poking the sensor of my Thermapen in at a 45 degree or more angle.
The Javelin seems a little too clever (minimum and maximum temperatures, seriously? simpler is better), but the price is almost a third of the Thermapen, so it seems like something I want to get.
Both work well.