Does anyone make a reliable mechanical refrigeration thermostat?

[Jeremy Martin]

...because we're about fed up with White-Rodgers 1609-101 stats. We've used them for years, but QC seems bad lately. I had one dead out of the box last Thursday, and another one this week that failed in less than a year, to cite two recent examples.

I've seen Ranco thermostats that look like a pressure switch. Are they any good? How about the Johnson A19?

[chemi-cool]

Ranco, Danfoss, saginomiya. all are good thermostats.
just make sure that you dont over load them.

[saribulent]

and you can use atea

[MikeHolm]

Problem is that most of this stuff noted above is not industry standard in the USA like WR and some Honeywell is. I use a lot of the A419 and they are often a better price than the mechanical ones.

[PRESS]

Traditional brands mentioned above are always reliable for me. I have depended on them for the past 20 years without problems

[Hamza Alg]

Danfoss thermostat (looks like lp switch) best one i have used