Honestly, those cheap thermal cameras are game changers. They show you stuff you'd never catch by touch alone. That forty bucks just saved you a major headache.

Ugh, ALWAYS check the simple stuff first!

My old apartment had the loudest oven timer in the world. I used to ignore it thinking I could just watch the food, but that always failed. Now I set it and actually listen, because that beep is the only thing between me and burnt pizza.

But honestly @theas94, how big of a deal is it really? I've had a phone with a slightly puffy battery for months and it still works fine. It's not like every swollen battery is about to catch fire the second you notice it.

Heard a buddy went through the exact same thing. Switched from a cheap offset to a nicer one and kept drowning the fire with huge wood. Took him a couple ruined briskets to figure it out.