Ratmole,
Would I be right in thinking that you bought at least three of the Reveal units from the same seller as me ? I see that three of them are for sale on eBay from a seller (you?) in Greece so it appears they were repairable. It would be great to hear about your experiences repairing them if you are willing to share. Some looked simpler than others. The totally dead units were the big unknown as symptoms were understandably limited !
The one that the seller opened to check it was complete sounded weird as the comment that the buttons were very hard sounded like they were significantly different to the other units that the seller was testing before sale.
I saw that the blue Reveal with missing USB cover came up again for sale again. I wonder what happened there ? I did bid a small amount on it, but once it went over my financial risk threshold I lost interest.
Did you buy the other PRO unit ? It looked like it could be a viable repair, possibly a ribbon cable issue ? but the temperature reading of 32F was a bit weird.
I am pleased with the unit I bought and I hope you were pleased with your purchases as well. If you get a chance to buy a Reveal Pro, it is an impressive little unit and significantly better than the standard Reveal model in all respects. I might have bought the other Pro unit offered by the seller had its price not gone above my ‘bail out’ threshold
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Best Wishes
Fraser