Portable Weather Station

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It's been just what I expected. I've had it for two months now and have no complaints.

The item arrived very shortly! It's a great clock. Contemporary look, great functionality. I bought them for my home office and they suits to this purpose very well. Time, thermometers and moon phase are very accurate. I love this clock! For this price you can't get anything better. Highly recommended!

I bought this as a gift for my parent's lake home. They absolutely love it. The information is always accurate, and the outdoor transponder has worked great. There have been no problems with this product. The moon phase is a little counter-intuitive, but once you get used to it, the unit is easy to interpret.

We love this atomic clock. I bought it for my husband for his birthday in January. It was easy to hook up, etc. and seems to be very accurate. Very handy to have in the kitchen.

Gave as a gift and was recently told it wont pick up the exterior temperature. I have tried new batteries and resetting it, but nothing. Nice look, but not working.

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This is a newer version of a weather station that served me well for a dozen years. In fact, that older weather station still works, but the outdoor sender died. So, I thought I would order this model, and its sender would feed data to both the old indoor unit and this new indoor unit. Great theory, as the picture on Amazon has 433mhz clearly stamped on the front of the indoor unit. But that is incorrect. This unit comes with the 915mhz sender, as the text describing the unit clearly states. But rather than send it back, I kept it because it works so well and looks so good and is priced so low, as these things go. The old unit went into a drawer as I hate to throw away anything that still works.

This item was too narrow in viewing for our choice. We really had to view closely to read and not be distracted by the frame. Of course, us old folks like to see the "big picture" on everything!

This was my first product from LaCrosse Technology, and am completely satisfied. I'm a weather bug and have been for 50 years, and I watch what type of products I purchase and from whom.

This item looks like the picture. However, my husband did not like it because he thought that the numbers were too small to read. (without glasses)

This is a great little thermometer, barometer, clock, calendar, forecast machine. My only complaint is that it takes too long to update. Example: there are black clouds above my house and the icon still shows "sunny and clear", with the barometer arrow up, after about an hour, it will show the barometer dropping and clouds. Still love it though.

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The La Cross Technology Weather Channel WS-9077twc Wireless Forcase Station is wonderful. Not only does it tell us the indoor and outdoor temperatures, but also shows if it is going to rain or be sunny. We are truly enjoying it, plus is it is so very useful in a Sun Belt State.

This little unit is modestly priced, but packs a lot of features useful to those interested in the weather. Both the base unit and the included outdoor sending unit are well-constructed. The range for the outdoor sending unit is excellent, much better than the weather station I had before. The unit picked up and, so far, has retained a strong connection to the atomic clock, something my old unit could not do though placed in exactly the same location uin the kitchen. Set up is easy if you follow the instructions. I have only two quibbles. Both the unit and display are smaller than I would like; but this might be a positive for you if you plan to have the unit sitting on a smaller desk or table. Second, so far the "forecaster" may not be as accurate as the one in my last unit. I am thinking that my old unit had an altitude "offset" feature. I don't think this one does. Price and shipping speed are excellent.

I ordered this weather station. I got it up and running with it's remote sensor. Not a big deal. The temps on the base station and the receiver that came with the unit were very close...and it was easy to PROGRAM. Here's the RUB...the Amazon Site has an ERROR. If you want a REMOTE SENSOR TO WORK WITH THIS ONE...do NOT TRUST AMAZON. You need to TX29U-IT Sensor. LaCrosse says that this is the NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT with this unit...that Amazon has them LINKED. I am trying to get Amazon to return the incorrect sensor and replace it with the correct one. I doubt that will be a problem. However, for folks in the future to AVOID THIS HASSLE...you need to do some homework. Go to the LaCrosse Technology Website and do a SEARCH for the base or weather station that you want. When you find it, you will find in the SPECS the correct Remote Sensor. Hope this helps someoneelse avoid my issues and the hassle.

This is the second unit I've had. Each one has lasted about 15 months and then the outdoor temp is no longer read. Replaced batteries, reset as instructed and still no out door reading. Same thing both times. Done with this product.

This product is easy to use. I love being able to know the exact temp inside and out!

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Loved the concept of having an emergency power source, weather and FM radio, and flashlight/room light easily accessible in the event of an emergency. I especially loved the idea of a hand crank in the event of an extended outage. However, I must add myself to the disappointed group. The instructions said it would come uncharged and needed to be charged for a day. It seemed to fully charge within a very short time (couple hours) and the detachable flashlight did not light at all. I kept it plugged in the full 24 hours hoping the flashlight would then light up but it did not. Not even a dim stream of light. Absolutely no light shone from this flashlight. This would not be very helpful in an emergency. Given that an emergency power station needs to be reliable, I had to one star this as this product appears not to be so.

My Dad had mentioned to me that he would like to have an emergency radio so I began searching for one for his birthday. I found two different models of Black and Deckers and started comparing them both. After reading lots of reviews and comparing I decided on the SS50B and I could not have made a better choice! My Dad just loves this radio. When I mentioned maybe getting one for him for his birthday he said all that mattered was that it had a crank and that he did not need all the extras. After I gave him this one he said he was glad that I had gotten him one with all the "extras" on it. The LED light is bright enough to comfortably read with, the flashlight is very bright and works well, the AC plug (yes, we have been experimenting just in case we need it for real) will charge our cell phone and actually run the coffe pot! It picks up the weather and radio stations nicely and has the emergeny channels plus AM and FM bands. We tested it to see how long it would hold a charge and it held a very powerful charge for a week. Our whole family now feels a little safer when a storm comes through and my Dad is very satisfied with his birthday present and he especially loves all the little "extras" !

I'm on my second one that has not worked properly out of the box. The first came and was not in new packaging, but the flashlight was super dim and it charged in just 30 minutes. It should of taken alot longer than that. The second was packaged nicely, but the USB caused loud buzzing through the speakers and the weather alert function did not work. I've returned them all and will avoid this model.

Disappointed. Looks great, but did not work AT ALL. This was a gift for someone, so it was sad that after charging for days, it still not turn on and nothing would happen. Defective product I suppose. Now, after the holidays I had to return it and get a different product.

My husband bought this after reading many reviews for other similiar products. It was the best price for the size and functions. All the functions work, flashlight (good rechargeable flashlight), weather radio (I had no problems getting the NOAA signals), AM/FM radio (decent speaker and sound quality), all the outlet plugs, led bar light (very bright). Once the Stormstation was fully charged, I was able to charge my cell phone with no problem using the USB output plug. The main output plug is only 50 watts and may not run a lot of things. I did try to use my laptop with it, but the power requirements were different and did not work. This is something to consider if you have a laptop or other item. I haven't had to use the hand crank for a charge yet so I'm not sure how it will do. I rate the powerstation 4 stars because the instructions could be much better, it would be nice to have a case for storing the unit and AC adaptor together and one of the led bulbs on the light bar went out shortly after I got it and there doesn't seem to be any way to replace it. I keep the unit plugged in to maintain the charge when the power is on that way the Stormstation is always ready, although not required. Also so I don't misplace the AC power adapter. I would reccomend this to anyone looking for an all-in-one emergency item.

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The numbers in the display didn't all work correctly, so the item was returned for a full refund. I purchased Weathertech model FX5000, which has more features and a larger display. It works great.

Just received and really enjoy the larger display. Nice to see at a glance what it says. Easy to set up and started working right away. Only drawback is the Min/Max function button is on the back of the unit. That is okay if you set it on a table or desk, but I have mine hanging on the wall, so that makes it not so handy. I would still recommend it!

This will be a really short review as the unit stopped working only after 2 days. I liked it for that little while but wish it would last a bit more. It does have a nice uncluttered screen and a modern stainless steel look. This is going back to Amazon.

I bought this thermometer because it had a large display and modern styling. Both of these are what I got. My complaint is that the accuracy of this thermometer around freezing is not very good. My kids have a couple weather stations I got them for last christmas and when they say 32 it is freezing out. Mine will say almost 35 even though it has clearly dipped below freezing. So if you just want a general idea of temperature with a nice large display, this is the one for you. Otherwise I would seek something more accurate.

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I purchased this weather station for my husband as a Christmas gift. He absolutely loves it! It so far has proven to be accurate and all features are performing well. It is well constructed for the price. It was initially a little tricky to sync the unit with the sensors, you really have to read the directions. Only one downside noted, the unit does not have a backlight for viewing in low light.Overall, a good value for the money.

I bought this station to replace an Oracle weather station that finally stopped working. The package arrived intact, and I spent about 2 hours locating the anenometer & the rain gauge. The base unit has a battery backup, and must be plugged in to work. Setting the time was easy - the atomic feature was nice. However, despite the photo, the was no 'illuminated display' that I was able to use. The display will only show average wind & current rainfall; to see accumulated rain or max gust you must manually 'ask' it to show you this, then it will go back to default. The screws used for assembly are TINY. It took a long time to finally put the anenometer together. When I mounted it on my house, (about 100 feet from the base unit), it never synced up. I called Oregon Scientific about the problem, who instructed me to 'reset' it 3 different ways - no luck. So they ordered me a replacement to ship to me. Meanwhile, while waiting the 1 to 6 WEEKS to get my replacement anenometer on a 1 week old purchase, the rain gauge stopped working too. No luck getting that to work either. Luckily, the replacement anenometer came after 1 week. I was excited until I opened the box - and it was the WRONG ONE! This unit on AMAZON has a combination anenometer, hydrogmeter, barometer, and thermometer in one unit. (note: the temp outside/barometer worked, but not the wind function). What Oregon Scientific sent me was a simple anenometer ONLY - which left me without a barometer/thermometer/hydrogmeter. I called to find out what happened, and their 'files' show they sent me the right one. There is no record of what came in the box as being part of the product, and are unable to send me another. Feeling glad that I kept all packaging, I promptly boxed the thing up & mailed it back to the vendor for a full refund. It was a very frustrating, low grade experience.

From day 1 this Oregon Scientific weatherstation was malfunctioning. Next, a nightmare started after contacting the Customer Service of Oregon Scientific. Many e-mails have been send and only a few replies. Eventually Oregon Scientific admitted the sensor needed replacement. They promised to send a new one. Oregon Scientific never did. The money spend on this Oregon Scientific weather station was lost. A complain is filed now with the Better Bussiness Bureau.

Oregon Scientifics Advanced Weather Station with Wirless Sensor Set, Model: WMR90A It's a cool little device for providing weather information for your immediate area. My unit came with the Base Station, Wind Sensor and Rain Collector. The base station was quite easy to set up just insert the batteries and it communicates by radio with the atomic clock in Fort Collins, Colorado which has a range of 2,000 miles and the date and time synchronizes magically! The instruction manual was easy to follow however because of its uniqueness as an electronic device it requires more attention and focus going through the manual. Installation of the Wind Sensor requires a trip on your roof to look for a good spot and the package comes with everything you need to install it onto a 1-1/2" pvc pipe. The controls takes some getting use to. Not that it is dificult or confusing but to familiarize yourself with its interface and how the engineers had designed this particular weather stations use. Once you've installed the Wind Sensor and the Rain Collector the fun begins with reading inside and outside temperatures and humidity. Wind Speed and Barometric pressures. And if your lucky enough to have it rain you can read the rainfall by the hour. After playing around with it you begin to realize that you can hook up to 10 sensors. With the Wind Sensor and the Rain Collector occupying 2 of the 10 sensor possibilities I began to realize that I can install another wireless sensor in the garage, another sensor upstairs and the other in our green house and monitor the temperature that our plants are having to endure. Upon searching for extra sensors to accomplish this I ran into another sensor that can be placed in a pool or a Koi Pond so that you could monitor the temperature of the water for these two completely different applications. Wish List: After playing with it, I would have loved for the base station to have bluetooth capabilities to bluetooth with my computer and have the ability to make comparisons with say the Almanac data and read the temperature for all of the sensors simultaneously. The Cons: The installation of the batteries on the Rain Collector was difficult only because you must deal with very tiny #0 screw sizes. And there are 8 tiny screws that you have to deal with. There is a reset button that is below the surface of the body that requires something pointy like a pen to depress. The reset button does not give you any indication that you've depressed it properly. Also, the lcd screen could use a backlight because the symbols (icons) are difficult to see. I would recommend this Weather Station. It was a well thought out device and has expansion capabilities that can grow with my needs. Along with your iphone, laptop, digital camera, full size truck, riding lawn mower, power tools, lcd tv in the garage and taylormade golf clubs this little device fortifies anybodys want for more cool stuff.

I ordered this for my husband and he loved it. I seems sturdy and well constructed. We put the central part, with the wind vane up on our old TV antenna pole so that it gets unobstructed wind direction and temperature. We haven't put he rain meter out yet. Looking for a good spot that is easy to get to, but safe and not under any overhang, probably on a fence post with a platform. The directions were a bit difficult to get through, although not too hard to assemble. And I would have liked more explanation of what the different bits of information mean on the display and how they are used by weather forecasters. It took quite a while for it to sync up the dynamic clock, so be patient.

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This product is very easy to use, it links up with the connection instantly. It does not have a great deal of contrast to it is difficult to see in some lighting situations. I think it should have more cities as well to choose from. Overall a good product

Excellent product. I use it every day and love it. It is clear and accurate. Highly recommend it to anyone who likes to prepare for tomorrow.

I gave this to my parents for Christmas, and they love it! They can check the weather at any time!

Our 3 day Weather FX works really well with a few caveats that are minor to us. I had checked out our city (Tampa), to make sure it was on the coverage list before purchasing. It was super easy to set up and I particularly liked that it didn't have to be linked to our computer in any way. It is great to not have to get the computer up and running to check the forecast for the next day. We have had two issues I consider small. One day for a few hours the tempuratures were registering at -9 degrees, when it was in the 50's. We checked other cities and they all were off. My guess would be the Weather center had emitted improper data with a computer glitch or something, but it was soon corrected on its own. The other issue, is that it gives current temperature and there are times that it is off from our outdoor gage. This could be attributed to variations in temperature around the city of Tampa, and the average temperature of Tampa being reported by our Weather FX. Still we have it on our refrigerator and find it to be super convenient and accurate. The magnet is very strong so it is not sliding down. It also has a clock that is completely accurate and set itself. If you live in one of the 150 cities covered by this device (I think the Bushnell website had the link to check), then this device is great. We are considering getting one for my husband's dad in Boston.

I purchased one of these for my bedroom after having good luck with a 7-day unit that I keep in the main room of my house. This one didn't work right out of the box. It might get the time on the display, and part of the forecast - then it would reset, lose all data, and start over. It's going to cost 1/4 of the price to send it back. I'm still debating... Update: I did send it back, and received another unit doing the same thing. Ambient tech support suggested that some 3-day units in the supply chains were "problematic." That one goes back as well.

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I cannot say enough good things about the clock. I can see it just fine in the dark. It syncs up to the Atomic clock broadcast and is exactly in sync with another atomic clock that I have. The temperature display is right on the mark. I let my battery go bad after about 3 years, and the battery leaked in the unit. I carefully cleaned the clock and it worked perfect again when I replace the battery.

It works well as an alarm clock. Also, the indiglo does not light unless you press a button. However, you can only see the time if you hold the clock and tilt it at various angles. I don't know if this is a battery problem, or a design defect. The snooze delay is adjustable. There has to be something better.

This clock would not stay on the entered time zone. I repeatedly followed the directions and every two weeks the time would again be 2 hours off.

I should have paid more attention to the other reviews before buying this clock. Please don't make the same mistake I did. First, there is NO manual clock setting on this clock. Yes, you can adjust the time yourself, but the atomic clock will override your setting in the middle of the night. There is nothing you can do to shut the atomic setting off. Second, an accurate atomic setting would be fine if it actually kept time and was accurate, but it is not. After my clock set itself to Eastern time one night, the next night it jumped ahead 8 full hours. It made no sense to me because it was still set for Eastern time. I tried resetting it multiple times, but the same thing kept happening. Third (like you really need a third for a clock that doesn't work), it only has the Continental United States time zones. So even if the clock kept accurate time in the States, you wouldn't be able to use it elsewhere. I moved to the Canadian border of Maine where the time zone is Atlantic and that made the clock go even more haywire. Please save your money. I hate that I wasted mine.

I have had several atomic clocks and this is the cheapest and best. Plus: - always syncs really fast, no matter where in the US I was - good readability - shows the time the alarm is set to without having to press a button - that is a big PLUS for me - has + and - keys, so you can easily set the times - good to read - battery lasts forever - shows temperature as an added plus - folds up and is very protected Minus: - not so easy to operate

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My kids enjoyed pretending they were meteorologist, but when it came to accurate readings it was a disappointment. The anemometer did not correctly tell the wind speed. The rain gage kept falling off the side of the station and the little wind direction arrow didn't work at all. The company did refund my money so I might buy from them again just not this product.

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I bought this book for a bargain price from one of the sellers on amazon. It has good information about how one wire sensors work. Also if someone is interested in Java this will break you into getting a sense of how that works. But there are some corrections that were made after the book was published, especially concerning how to list the onewire usb adapter. I had some problems getting it to work until I looked up the authors website and read some of the comments. All in all, I probably would not buy a one wire weather station again because there are other weather stations that give you a lot more features for the price. But I would get the very inexpensive one wire temp sensors to play with as an introduction to such devices. I did learn quite a bit from the book and am glad I understand what it takes to do java programming even though I barely scratched the surface.

This book is an excellent primer to help you understand 1 wire devices and weather devices. I found that it helped motivate me in other directions such as bee hive monitoring in conjunction with the weather. The programs are good but it would be nice if they were available in alternate programming langauges such as C, C++, Visual Basic and a few others. I am not well versed in Java at this time so the alternate programming language would help greatly especially since I am in the process of doing remote wireless using the Rabbit microprocessor with ZigBee for the weather devices and the alternate languages would help the process. If you have a need to know about 1 wire and weather devices this book is highly recommended...

The introduction to the Java programming environment is well worth the price of admission. This is for folks who want to build a real proefessional grade weather station and not just a toy demon.

I am not fond of Java. The book would have been of more use to me had the code examples been in VB or C#. The other problem I found with the software is that it was hard to locate. I had to dig around on the web to find a good link to the software files. I also had problems getting all the bits and pieces installed to get even one of the examples to run. That all aside there is a lot of good information available in the book if you are building your own weather station. I found the formulas that the auther used invaluable.

A great book - very informative. Tim Bitson takes you step-by-step in both the software and hardware projects so that even the beginner can complete them.

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The item is not the problem as we have given four of these as gifts. The last one we ordered was distributed by Ace Digital Photo. They are charging a restocking fee of 10% with a 14 day return policy. The problem with the tower in the Savannah area could not be 'fixed'. Bushnell thought the problem could be corrected but could not. On Friday they asked that the product be returned. Bushnell was great ~ the product is great ~ the distributor is not. It is disappointing that this product cannot be used in the Savannah area.

I tried a couple of other weather stations. They both required some type of outdoor sensor in addition to Internet connection. This Bushnell only requires connection to the Internet via your existing PC. Good points: Nice big easy to read screen with backlight. Can run on batteries or included AC adapter. Good range. I have it 60 feet from PC on totally opposite sides of the house. Gives wind direction and "real feel" Bad points: Must have PC on to get current temp. (But all else displays with PC off)

I am unhappy with this product. Setup was a breeze but does not update often. This product gets it's information from Accuweather, but fails to match what the web site is displaying. Currently it is showing partly sunny and it is 9pm. Also the wind speed has been at 7 mph for three days. Bushnell 7 Day Weather Fxi Station

Pro: many, many American locations and international cities, weather is frequently updated, very good-looking display, worked much better than other similar products Con: Installation Software didn't come up automatically (but very easily remedied; rest of installation was very easy, and the software worked great after that) ------------- The Weather Fxi comes in shrink wrap packaging. You cut it out of the box. There's a receiver with the screen that you see in Amazon's listing, a transmitter that plugs into a USB port on your computer, and a CD. There are instructions, but you barely need to read them. You put the CD in your computer's drive. This was the only weakness of the whole package -- my CD drive did not automatically load the program. I had to go to explorer and click on the startup program manually. It was very obvious, and it took me under 15 seconds, but some people might be a bit stalled by this. If you were expecting the program to just pop up on the screen (or if you didn't know how to start a program by using Window's explorer --that would be right click on the start button, and then scroll till you find your CD drive, and then double click on the startup program that you'll find on that drive), then I suppose you might not be able to get this to work. I do not consider this the least bit difficult; it takes 15 seconds, tops, and most everyone I know is familiar with finding programs on their disk drive, and double clicking on them. Anyway, you then plug in the transmitter to a USB port on the computer. Finally, you pick five locales to monitor. There are a LOT of cities -- my Boston suburb is on there, with a population of 30,000, as was my mother's suburb of NYC, also about the same size. My mother in law and daughter, who live in their respective cities were also there; there wasn't a way (that I saw, anyway) to further define their location, but I think that should be suficient anyway. Finally, for my son, I selected Munich, Germany. The selection process takes about 3 or 4 minutes. You have to wait for 30 seconds or so after each selection for the software to think before you can move on to the next city. That's it. We've had it for several days now, and it constantly updates, all by itself. The display screen is really good looking and detailed. There are at least 15 or 20 different symbols for the weather (clouds, rain, snow, sun, partial sun, etc.), a written statement (like "becoming cloudy and cold", the temperature, high and low, wind, precipitation, humidity, what temperature it "really" feels like, as well as the predictions or the next several days. You can press a button on one side and instead of three days forecasts, it will give you morning noon and night for today, or days four through six. You press a button on the other side, and it scrolls through complete data for the other 4 cities. If you plug it in, it stays back-lit (it runs on batteries, too, but we haven't tried that). It's extrememly easy to read. One last thing -- the screen changes colors depending on what band of 10 degrees the temperature is -- my wife loves that. So, the bottom line is that it took less than 10 minutes to set up, it takes no maintenance whatsoever, it displays international locations (very few do), and it is very sharp looking. VERY highly recommended.

I love this weather station. I no longer have to go to my computer to see the day's forecast. The colored back lighting is corny, but effective (and you can turn it off). Bought it 2 weeks ago. Perfect so far.

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I bought this because i like all sorts of Cool gizmos. Works great very sensitive wind gauge very nice hand held weather Gizmo well made glad i bought you will be too keeps my mind busy love my Gizmos

This device is small enough to carry in your pocket and is very fast and accurate. Very useful since it can measure water and air temperature. Waterproof and it also floats. I have owned this for about 2 months and I am very happy with it has not let me down.

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This replaced an old-fashioned altimeter, which worked every time with no fuss. My husband has yet to get the altimeter part of this to work.

Tech 4 O HH2 Handheld Digital Weather Station with Altimeter and Barometer This was exactly as described - quick delivery - great communication - good follow up during the transaction and after. Easy to use. Has all the nice little items I was looking for at a price I was willing to pay. This one was a winner for me.

I gave the Tech 4 0 HH2 to an Eagle Scout and he has carried it with him ever since. Very usable for cruising the halls of high school, or for a weekend hike in the "hills" of Illinois.

I carry this product everywhere I go now. It's great for camping and hiking trips. It was an excellent buy for me.

Great product for its price. Features are very useful even for an amatuer hiker. The compass and altimeter are nice and the barameter is handy when you're far from shelter.