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This candy thermometer is perfect for its intended purpose. I have read the many complaints about the clip, but don't quite understand why that is enough of an issue to downgrade this fine thermometer. I have always made a lot of candy and prepared various sugar solutions for French pastry and candy cooking. I never, ever used the clip on any of those thermometers. If you leave the thermometer clipped to the edge of the pan, you will never get a really accurate reading for delicate sugar preparations. The temperature on the side of the pan is usually cooler than in the center and the clip prevents you from throughly stirring and scraping the bottom and side of the pan. Just stir the pan really well, submerge the tip of the thermometer in the mixture, making very sure to NOT touch the bottom of the pan(this will cause a false reading, as the bottom of the pan next to the burner will be much hotter than the mixture as a whole), and Voila!, you will have a very precise temp. reading, every time. The thermometer is easy to use and is long enough that your fingers will not be burned by the hot steam while you are submerging the therm. in the hot mixture for a reading. I highly recommend this thermometer to anyone, it measures very accurately and allows for perfect candy and sugar solutions during each use. The only thing that would cause this Therm. to malfunction would be human error (see above review). And no, I do not work for or have any connections to the manufacturer. I just really like this piece of equipment.