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02-17-2014, 09:20 AM | #46 |
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Join Date: 07-09-12
Location: Milford, NJ
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I'm of the mind set that you can screw me once...and I'll never buy another product from ya.
Given the issue is the power button not working I am fairly certain I can rig together an external battery pack with a cutoff switch but this will obviously void my warranty, so I don't want to pursue it unless I have too.
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02-17-2014, 09:21 AM | #47 | |
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Even if the final construction is done here the electronics will still come from overseas.
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02-18-2014, 09:01 AM | #48 |
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Well I was just given the party line of "please send in the unit to us and we'll take a look at it".
Looks like it's time to juryrig something up...I believe I can wire up a new battery pack with a kill switch cheaper than it would cost to ship it to them. And it looks like I'm done with Maverick. I'll stick to Thermoworks products now on, even with the premium they charge.
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02-18-2014, 09:03 AM | #49 | ||
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-09-13
Location: Round Rock, TX
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02-18-2014, 09:47 AM | #50 |
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I reached out to them...we'll see what they say.
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03-03-2014, 05:22 PM | #51 |
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Join Date: 07-09-12
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Ok, so I finally was able to get to Maverick's office and they ended up replacing the unit.
Checked it out once I got home and it seems to be all good. Have to give them a big thumbs up on the customer service. I don't think they expect guests all that often although I did ask the customer service contact if I could stop by and they said it was OK.
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03-05-2014, 11:50 AM | #52 |
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Join Date: 01-04-14
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I got a Mav 732 as a Christmas present. I've used it about fifteen or twenty times since then. The only problem I've had is I killed one of the probes by trying to use it in a steak over a very hot fire. Totally my fault. I've since gotten a Thermopop for that kind of use. The 732 works great and I'm still on the el cheapo batteries.
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03-24-2014, 10:26 PM | #53 |
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Join Date: 04-07-11
Location: Ellwood City, PA
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chiming in here: my 733 base unit does seem to eat batteries. Second cook, second set of batteries. When I first got the thing, I pulled it out and played with it, then shut it off with the original batteries in it. Less than two months later, they were dead.
I figured it was just the cheapo batteries they ship with. My replacement batteries made it through a single 9-hour cook - I put the thing away for a week, came back, and the base unit batteries were dead again. Kind of annoying. The thing works great, otherwise - I don't know how I did without it. |
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03-24-2014, 10:34 PM | #54 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 08-09-13
Location: Round Rock, TX
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I left my 732 on for a week in my BBQ bucket a couple weeks ago and both units were still going strong for my cook last weekend. Don't think I have ever replaced the batteries in either unit for ~2 years or however long I have had it.
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03-25-2014, 05:37 PM | #55 | |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 09-02-13
Location: Spanish Fort, AL
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That said, if you don't mind dropping the extra coin, the BluTherm Duo is in another league. The probes are standard thermocouples you can get just about anywhere and you can get more than 20 different probes for it. Pretty cool too that it will send a graph of your entire cook to your smart phone so you can see what the temps in the cooker and the meat are doing in real time. BUT, they are expensive. |
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