Many people deal with frozen pipes in the winter, which can guide to many issues if you have a blockage. A way around this is to leave your sinks running just a little, but instead of driving up your water bill, you can opt to pick up a thermometer. The Pittsburgh Non-Contact Thermometer allows you to simply point at a pipe you might suspect is frozen and find out if that’s the case. This is nice to have if you can’t easily access the pipe in question, and if you see it has a much lower than usual temperature, something is wrong. You can pick this thermometer up from Harbor Freight for $5.97, but it’s another option that will be in-store only.
User scores for this thermometer are 4.2 out of five, and the main critique is the fact that you have to get closer to your target than you might expect. With this being a non-contact thermometer, having to get close to the pipe does somewhat defeat the purpose, but you should never have to make actual contact. As long as you’re aware of the limitations, there shouldn’t be anything stopping you from spending a few dollars here.
