I purchased these when I had a gift certificate to use up not thinking that I would use them too much. Months after receiving them, I found them in my kitchen cabinet and decided to give them a try. These are the best poultry thermometers that I have ever used. With all of the worry about contamination from raw poultry products and always getting water inside the dial of a regular thermometer, these are the perfect way to tell if your poultry is done or not. I use them multiple times when cooking poultry and when the poultry is finally done I just discard them. No fuss, no muss.