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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2024I bought this as my old weather station finally packed up after about 15 years of loyal service. That brand didn't seem to exist anymore so I looked on ÍøÆغÚÁÏ for a new one. I am not a massive weather enthusiast, but I like to track outside and inside temp as it helps me decide if I need my big coat or if its too cold to go for a run! I dont need very high accuracy but the first station I bought was off by about 3oC and despite contacting the support email three times, I never got a response. And the accuracy never improved, so I returned that unit and bought this one instead. One thing that struck me was that the base units and remote sensors look almost identical between this and the one one I returned. I suspect they are all made in the same factory and just re-branded as necessary. Although there was a slight difference in the display (clock size). They were also very very similar.
Setting up: was actually pretty straight forward as I had set up the previous one and I have to say the instructions for that were much more comprehensive and easy to read. This one the instructions are minimal and in a font so tiny I could only just read in bright light with my reading glass on. in fact I resorted to using a magnifying glass! On the whole it kinds of sets itself up - unless you want to change to 24h clock or have day shown before date or vice versa.
The clock updates itself via radio signal which is a very nice feature, although be patient as it can take several minutes before it updates itself.
The remote sensor I just popped a couple of batteries in and it connected itself to the base unit. I currently have mine close to the base unit so cant comment on range.
As the remote detects humidity it is not waterproof so needs to be located somewhere sheltered. I have bought a housing for it off ebay so hopefully it comes soon and fits! Humidity readings were very close to other devices I have
Accuracy: When I first set this up I was surprised at how far off the temp was compared to a temp sensor and the old base unit for my old station. It was 4-5 degrees out! I contacted support who responded quite quickly (on a sunday no less!) with some suggestions.
HOWEVER I left it alone for a few hours and the temp display seems to have come into line with those other devices. I think it is just quite slow when big temp drop happens (mine was cold as had just been delivered and set it up indoors so there was a big temp change to adjust to). Now that mine has been set up for 24h it seems very close to other temp devices I have checked it against. I have no way of knowing exactly which is correct but they are all within ~1oC of each other and for my purposes I'm fine with that.
Display: Display is nice and bright and perhaps a little busy, but at least the temp displays and time displays are amongst the largest on the screen so that suits me. The one I returned, the time was very small. The brightness can be adjusted but I am running it from mains (supplied thankfully!! not just a cable!) I keep the display on bright all the time for ease of viewing. The pressure display is confusing and very small so if that is important be aware!
Forecast: So far (its only been a day!) I have found the forecast to be inaccurate, but for a budget device like this I dont think you can expect too much.
In short I think this is a good budget device, but be patient when setting it up and let it "settle in" for a few hours!!
