- Measures and displays rainfall data using remote rain gauge
- Records rainfall for periods of 1 hour, 24 hours, or programmed periods
- Lets you monitor historical or recent data, such as weekly or monthly rainfall
- Includes rain alarm and self-emptying rain gauge
- Display measures 3-1/2 by 4-1/4 by 3/4 inches (W x H x D)
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Gardeners who depend on accurate rain measurements when crafting their watering calendars will delight in the La Crosse Technology WS-7038UF wireless rain gauge, as will amateur meteorologists. The unit employs a TX5U remote gauge that captures rainfall and then remotely transfers the data to the display. Users can view accumulated rainfall for the past hour, 24 hours, or for a programmed period, in addition to monitoring a graph of both historical rainfall, and for a duration of seven days, weeks, or months. Simply scroll through the digitized graph to analyze the rainfall data. If you work inside but need to know the precise moment it starts raining, use the included alarm function, which activates when the first drop of rain falls. The gauge will measure rainfall until you trip the manual reset, though it's programmed to empty all by itself. The unit reads within 1/100th of an inch, and includes a clock that reads in either 12- or 24-hour mode. Hang the display unit on a wall for easy reading, or place it freestanding on a bookshelf or table. The display unit measures 3-1/2 by 4-1/4 by 3/4 inches (W x H x D). --Rivers Janssen
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The Wireless Rain Center is your first choice for tracking rain to ensure your garden will grow, no matter how many raindrops are falling on your head. This smart Wireless Rain Center empties itself via tilting cups, so that once you set it up, you're good to go until the rain is gone. The easy-to-read huge, LCD display shows a rainfall history graph, and rainfall for the past hour or day or period in inches. A handy alarm lets you know when it is raining, and the Wireless Rain Center will always happily give you the time of day as well as the date - it's better than friends. The LCD can be hung on the wall or set free standing on a convenient desk or countertop. You can have the sensor up to 80 feet from the display, and be confident of your measurements within plus or minus three percent. Don't let your eyes start turning red - measure those raindrops that are falling on your head!
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works well - with a few flaws,
By MacLabDoug (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: La Crosse Technology WS-7038UF Wireless Rain Monitor (Kitchen)
For the price, this rain gauge is a good deal. It does what it says it will: measure rainfall and transmit the measurement to the display panel. You never have to empty the collector since it is actually a flow meter rather than a collector. Inside is an ingenious 'teeter-totter' mechanism that rocks back and forth when water falls onto it from the cone shaped collector.
Mounting the collector outside away from the neighborhood kids took some creativity. I ended up getting an adjustable flag pole holder, screwed it to an outside wall, and stuck a piece of pipe in the holder to create a horizontal place to mount the rain collector beyond the eaves of the house. The instruction booklet gives you no ideas on how to mount it other than 'tabletop mounting'. Pfffttt! The collector has two screw holes for mounting. It takes two AA batteries to operate the transimitter. The display panel works well. It gives you a digital readout in easy to read numbers and also a bar graph. Press the "rain" button to give you a digital readout of the rainfall amount for the last 24 hours, the last hour, and the most recent storm activity. The bar graph, on the other hand, only displays in the following increments: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, but then it skips all the way to 1.0, then 2.0, 3.0, etc. Which I guess is good enough if your concern is your lawn. The only drawback of the display are the numbers beside the bar graph. They're really tiny which makes them hard to read, especially since the numbers are way on the left side of the display, and the bar chart for the rain amount currently being displayed is way on the right side of the display. Why they put them on the wrong side is beyond me. This unit requires two AAA batteries. Despites its little negatives, it's still a good unit and I'm glad we have it. We've had ours up for a few days now and are happy with it. The first day it was up, it measured over an inch of rain. **UPDATE**: Our unit died a few months ago for some unknown reason. Since then I've tried on several occassions to revive it. Only when the transmitter and receiver are within inches of each other does it work. New batteries and system resets did nothing to restore the range it once had. As it is now, the receiver and transmitter are only about 8 ft. apart and it still doesn't work. We're looking for a replacement. Pretty bad after less than a year. Now only 1 star. :-(
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: La Crosse Technology WS-7038UF Wireless Rain Monitor (Kitchen)
It is possible that the unit I received was defective, but the advertised range of 80 feet was not achievable. It could get a signal between the rain collector and the monitor within 10 feet, but at that distance you are standing outside and you can SEE it is raining. When you lose the signal the display reads "---" and the only way of re-setting it is by taking out the batteries and going through the set up again. I called the non-toll free "help" line and was on hold for 5 minutes after which the call was transferred to a mailbox that was full and could take no more messages so I returned it.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Defective after 6 months of use.,
By Crikee (GA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La Crosse Technology WS-7038UF Wireless Rain Monitor (Kitchen)
I like the 6 day or 6 week graph. I just hope it could be better constructed. Mine is about 6 months old. Not been dropped. All of a sudden it just stopped working.
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