My Maverick probe took it's yearly dump so I decided to get the Smoke. I have been really happy with my Thermopen and Dot. Man the Smoke is nice. If I had one complaint it's the lanyard, just not my thing. The curved base does not allow it to be standing either. So I took the little metal wire bracket off my Maveric before I threw it away and glued it to the battery cover, works awesome now.