Customer Reviews

Chaney Instrument Galileo Thermometer with Glass Globe Barometer

5 star:		(39)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I bought this just to have something cool on my desk, and I love it! It looks great on the corner of my desk, and reminds me of the little bubbling lites that used to be on my Christmas tree when I was a kid.
I only gave it four stars because it's obviously not 100% accurate, and the barometer is a little hard to fill. It comes with a syringe and tube to fill it, but the tube takes awhile to thread into the barometer. It also takes three syringes full to get the barometer to a good level.
Amazon doesn't give measurements, but the base is about 8" wide, the Galileo thermometer is about 8" high as well, and the glass water barometer is almost 7" high.

I bought this as a birthday present for my fiance and he LOVES it. It looks great on a bookshelf or desk, and is a great conversation starter. I didn't have any problems filling the barometer (instead of taking the tube out of the barometer to refill, simply take the syringe off the end of the tube). Overall it is a great product, and a very cool design!

I purchased this item, and the 17" stand alone thermometer model. I knew nothing about barometers. I knew nothing about Galileo thermometers. I use this model in my living room.

The weather glass does indeed respond to pressure changes, and does a nice job of predicting foul weather. The thermometer is accurate, easy to read (and interpolate). It only works in a range of 64 thru 80 degrees F, but anything above or below those readings is likely to require I do something with the heating and cooling around my house, so it tells me what I need to know.

I think this is a great gift for kids interested in science. I have other weather glasses too, but this one comes in combination with a neat, accurate thermometer. I'm not a kid anymore, but I find it fun, as well as useful, myself.

Very cool to have on your desk! I would of given it extra stars, but setting up the barometer can be tricky if you do not follow the directions exactly, and you do NEED to have sterile/distilled water along with food coloring (any color but I like blue as shown).

Also, if you put too much water or not enough water into the barometer, you have to use the syringe and little hose to take the water out. HOLD onto the syringe and hose, DO NOT throw away as you never know when it'll come into handy again.

As for the Galilio thermometer, that's pretty accurate and cool!

For those real weather geeks out there I say to get the biggest Galilio Thermometer (it's TWO FEET TALL) and can be purchased through Amazon 3rd party sellers. That one gives you 2 deg temps and is a nice thing to have in an office or desk.

I was excited about this piece when I ordered it for my office, however, although it looks nice, it is not as big as I expected. The temperature is showing 4 degree Fahrenheit increments (64,68,72,76,80) which is not as precise as I'd like. The main problem however surfaced two weeks after receiving this. Weather glass initially couldn't fit in its hole in the wooden stand, but since the misfit was minimal, I mistakenly decided to sand the hole and make it fit instead of returning the whole set and waiting for the replacement. Since there was no wood polish left, this later resulted in a cracked glass - over the weekend when it got sunny in the office, some water overflew and wet the stand, the wood contracted and cracked the base of the bottle, and all water leaked to the desk. So if you receive this and it doesn't fit, you better quit (return it). Otherwise, I really like the thermometer because it confirms my belief in analog scales - one glimpse and you know where you're at, and here's the analogy with my moods:

- red, blue and orange up: it's too cool for most people, but kewl for me
- both blue and red up: good work environment for me,
- only red up: I'm hot,
- red down: I'm miserable and ready to leave the office because I can't work in such heat.

Summary: Nice looking toy for grownups.

Just to give you and idea who I am, I've been a Meterologist in the USAF for 21 years. I bought this as a gift for someone else. It was delivered in only a couple of days, nothing was broken and it works great. I did put black velcro disks from Wal Mart on the bottom of each piece to help avoid tipping and small velvet feet on the bottom to avoid scratching desks. It looks great on the desk or shelf, but you have to be very carefull when moving it, unless you use the velcro. The box it came in was perfect for shipping. I'm going to buy more for my friends and family. Once the liquid stabilized the temp could be read within a degree. The barometer may not tell you what the actural pressure is, but it works and looks cool. The land masses on the globe are not perfect, but you get what you pay for.

When I received my order, the thermometer was broken in half. The package was soaked with the fluid and leaking. I requested an RMA from Amazon and returned the package the next day - postage free. I had my replacement unit within 5 days. It works great and is very entertaining - for the adult that it was purchased and also for our grandchildren. Amazon's customer service was above reproach....quick, efficient and with no additional charges to me. I wish that every buying experience could end that satisfactorily. Thanks!

Beware! This item arrived broken, since it is fragile. Geroy's and Amazon refused to send a replacement, but did give me a refund. I now can't buy it again at the same price, in fact it is about twice the price. This store should know better than to ship glass items and not offer replacements for breakage. Beware of return policies for this particular store.

The Chaney Instrument Galileo Thermometer w/ Glass Ball Barometer is a great buy because it is so fun to watch and so functional at the same time. I get a joy each morning reading where the spheres are and how high the water level is in the barometer.

I bought this as a gift for my mother. it arrived at my house broken. I called customer service and the rep i talked to said she would send me a new one free of charge. she didn't I called the next day and the price went up 10.00! the rep i spoke to next wouldn't send me a new one and told me to keep the broken one. PERFECT. I was very disappointing that it came broken, and there was lack of customer service.