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Came back from a vacation last week to find that my chest freezer had died while I was gone. I had to throw out over 200 pounds of grass fed beef. It was pretty upsetting, to put it mildly.

I have wireless thermometers that go to a register that I keep in the main refrigerator, so that I can look at it whenever I open it. But that did me no good when I was over 1000 miles away.

I would like to get a different wireless set up that will allow for a Wi-Fi connection so that I can see it on my phone. Does anybody use a similar set up?

New freezer on the way from Costco…FML Roll Eyes




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Do you have a Ring or similar camera system? You could add an indoor camera that points at a remote temp gauge. The only problem is it will not alert you directly.

Do you have someone nearby that can handle your meat Cool if your away?


 
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Maybe this?



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I've been using the MOCREO system that I purchased from Amazon. It's monitoring 3 locations - a chest freezer and side-by-side freezer in the garage, and the kitchen freezer. Just place your wifi access point somewhere with good reception and place the remote probes in the freezer. I like the app - it lets you set alert temps for each individual probe and provides temp tracking back to day 1. I've only had them running for about a year but so far I'm pleased. I originally had the garage fridge/freezer alarm temp set too low (that one really spikes) and it did alert me on the app and a loud beeping inside from the base unit, so I know it works.
 
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I have been using these for years and they work great!

https://tempstick.com/?msclkid...content=Temp%20Stick
 
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Living in Alaska, I became a salmon snob and only eat line caught salmon from the Pacific Ocean. After moving to Houston, I bought a bunch of salmon and halibut from my favorite fish house in Anchorage, and filled up my freezer. Came back from a business trip to a tripped breaker and all of that amazing fish ruined.

I thought I had the wifi fridge thermometer figured out as I had bought one from the same company I use for wifi lightbulbs and wifi electrical outlets. It worked for about 6-months, and gave me piece of mind when traveling. However, the battery died and I can't get the MF'er to reconnect after a new battery. The company dropped it from the line-up and I went back to Amazon to find the rating plummeted on it.

Every time I looked for a replacement the price or ratings drive me away.



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Like cudameat, I'm liking the Mocreo gadget from Amazon.




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Posts: 14749 | Location: Virginia | Registered: July 15, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I have this: Yolink Thermometer .

It requires the Yolink smart hub, but I already had it for the water sensors, so it was a quick and easy solution to add the freezer temperature detector the the hub.


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Posts: 6665 | Location: Chicago, IL | Registered: December 17, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I’m using Thermoworks’ Node to monitor temps of a refrigerator, its freezer and the room from anywhere. Works well. I use batteries which last about a year, but it also comes with an AC adapter if you can’t access it that frequently. Can only use 2.4 Ghz wifi to connect to the internet.
 
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We use a lot of temp sticks as well.

The main thing is to watch overall trends. A warming trend/irregular temp swing trend will be seen, before actual failure.
 
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Originally posted by cudameat:
I've been using the MOCREO system that I purchased from Amazon. It's monitoring 3 locations - a chest freezer and side-by-side freezer in the garage, and the kitchen freezer. Just place your wifi access point somewhere with good reception and place the remote probes in the freezer. I like the app - it lets you set alert temps for each individual probe and provides temp tracking back to day 1. I've only had them running for about a year but so far I'm pleased. I originally had the garage fridge/freezer alarm temp set too low (that one really spikes) and it did alert me on the app and a loud beeping inside from the base unit, so I know it works.


I appreciate everybody’s feedback. I went with this one, should be here today. Freezer should be here Friday. Then I get to restock it. Ugh.




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I use the YoLink Smart Wireless Temperature/Humidity Sensor Wide Range for Freezer Fridge that I bought from Amazon. I have 3 freezers and have one in each. These read anywhere. A few weeks ago I received an alert on on of my garage freezers. I had apparently overloaded a circuit and popped a breaker.



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An electrical outlet / plug monitor would also be a good addition. It will tell you if power goes out to the outlet.
 
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An electrical outlet / plug monitor would also be a good addition. It will tell you if power goes out to the outlet.


Not to sidetrack the thread, but I’m curious about this. Got one in mind?




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YoLink user here as well.

It saved my bacon (literally) more than once when the kids failed to completely close the garage freezer door last summer.




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