Chaney Instrument Wireless Weather Station w/ Remote

by Chaney Instruments

Product Features

• Wireless weather station with remote sensor and atomic clock
• Base unit receives sensor data from up to 100 feet away
• Both units display outdoor temperature and humidity
• Main unit measures 5-1/4 by 3.-1/2 by 1 inch
• Displays calendar with moon phases

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000A3IN9C
• Item model number: 00787
• Batteries: 4 AA batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,616 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Offering more weather display features than any device in its class, this handy desktop weather station monitors indoor and outdoor temperature, outdoor temperature trends, and features minimum and maximum temperature memory functions. It displays in your choice of Fahrenheit or Celsius. The clock receives official broadcasts of Atomic Time updates via radio and sets itself accordingly for optimal precision. The clock is equipped with an alarm, snooze button, and backlight feature. The weather station also features indoor and outdoor humidity displays, weather forecasting, and a calendar with moon phase monitoring. The unit includes one remote sensor and can receive data from up to 3 remote sensors (purchased separately).

Product Description

This compact wireless weather station offers the most features of any desktop model you'll find! Unit displays indoor and outdoor temperature, features an outdoor temperature trend display, minimum and maximum temperature memory function, is Fahrenheit and Celsius selectable, displays the time via radio controlled clock technology, has an alarm with snooze and backlight feature, reports both indoor and outdoor humidity, has weather forecasting capablity with calendar and moon phase and will read up to 3 remote temperature sensors. Unit comes with one sensor.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product, good price, October 20, 2006

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Adam (Suburban Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chaney Instrument Wireless Weather Station w/ Remote (Kitchen)

I bought the Chaney Wireless Weather Station back in late August. I'll admit, I am very critical about my products, so this one was intensely reviewed. Overall, I think it was well worth the purchase (and the price was reasonable too!). This product tracks temperature and humidity from a remote sensor and the base station, as well as provides arrows that indicate the general trend (temp rising, falling, stabilizing). The clock is readable from a distance and the weather forecaster has been accurate about 90% of the time.

I would give this product 5 stars if not for a few things I have not liked about it. First, it is difficult to read the "Day of Week". Sure, I didn't buy a weather station to find out what day it was, but that feature would be nicer if it was readable from more than 5 feet away. Second, the moon phase icon likes to scroll around through the entire cycle. It remains on the actual phase for about 5 seconds, but it gets really annoying when your glancing at it and it's moving around, leaving you to wait for it to come to a halt again. Lastly, the weather forecaster seems a bit sensitive to barometric pressure changes. I don't know if this is uniform for all weather stations. Like I said earlier, it is right 90% of the time. However, sometimes it will jump from sunny to partly cloudy and then rainy when the Weather Channel says it will be rainy within the next 12 hours for sure. Also, my unit has trouble connecting to the Colorado station -- however, this is my problem, as I am in an apartment where even cell signals struggle getting in.

Overall, this unit was well worth the purchase. I would gladly recommend it to anybody buying a weather station. It is affordable, reliable, and has never given me any grief.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Failed., September 2, 2007

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Leymus (Stockton CA) - See all my reviews

A few weeks ago I bought another Acu-Rite wireless temperature sensor at Walmart. I returned it without even installing it because it wouldn't work even in my living room: at 20 feet, line of sight, it would lose contact and have to be reset through a pin hole in the back.

Yesterday I bought 2 Acu-Rite thermometers with wired sensors at Lowes. One has failed already - no wonder Lowes has them on clearance. Lowes, Walmart and Amazon need to keep track of the quality of what they sell.

Lowes has Oregon Scientific wireless thermometers on sale - I can guess why.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I have the old model., July 29, 2007

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A. Clear "college student" (Missouri) - See all my reviews
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I have the old model that I'm guessing this one took over. The only thing I like about it is the indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity display. The outdoor sensor's signal sometimes gets lost in space though as the indoor's display for the outdoor temp and humidity goes blank. The outdoor sensor's display still displays the temp and humidity though. The Atomic Clock must have been hit by a virus as the month, day, year, and clock are never right anymore once the signal is recieved. This was only right for about six months. The forecast is cloudy... always. Please read other reviews about other Acu-Rite weather stations before purchasing as I've seen similar problems from other owners.