Mantis Compost Thermometer #201101

The dial includes both Fahrenheit and Celcius scales.


Overpriced, but the only one I know of for this purpose   February 6, 2007
Peggy (Norfolk, VA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

It's just a long thermometer that should be priced at $10-15. So far it seems reliable. I bought the Mantis composter and really feel it was over priced too, but I wanted twin bins that spin and were off the ground.


good composting tool   October 2, 2007
Patrick Sweeney (Buzzards Bay)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

simple thermometer that gives you feedback on piles activity.
I mix a 4' x 4' pile of shredded leaves, layered with fresh green grass clippings. Pre-mix temperature 80 degrees; after 24 hrs 100 degrees; after 48 hrs 125 degrees; at three days pile maxes out at 135 to 145 degrees, then gradually decreases over time as bacteria settle down. This thermometer lets you know how well things are working a lot more accurately than the "stick your hand in the pile method". You do not need a thermometer to make good compost....nor do you need a compost bin, or controlled mixing of green and brown material....but it may make it more precise and interesting.


Works great   November 25, 2007
organ momma (ny)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Pretty basic. Works as expected. I was pleasantly surprised to find it can measure the soil temperature as well as the compost temperature so I only need one thermometer :)


Doesn't work!   April 6, 2008
dmwc5f (Columbia, MO)
Don't waste your money! Doesn't work at all! Gave it to my father for a birthday present and don't have the return stuff, so I am stuck with a nonworking thermometer.