Customer Reviews

Chaney Instrument Wireless Weather Station w/ Remote

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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.

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.

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.

I found the functions easy to use but I placed the remote station 15' from the weather station and it doesn't work. Unfortunately it's useless to me now.

I did some research and this seemed like the devise for me in my office - a nice clock & weather station. The atomic clock doesn't recieve a signal and the outdoor wireless sensor doesn't connect to the device. I have the unit sitting on my window ledge approximately 20 feet (unobstructed view) to the wireless sensor. Besides the window and screen, there is nothing in the way. There is no electronic interference in the area and the device is calibrated (i.e., it will connect when the wireless sensor is in the same room). 100 feet - forget it - not even 20 feet. What's the point of a weather station that can't tell me the weather? Lousy.