Customer Reviews

La Crosse Technology WS-7078 Wireless Forecast Station

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4 star:		(2)
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2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

After following the directions meticulously, the outside Temperature remained 20 degrees hot, and the outside humidity was 20% off.

I live 1/4 of a mile from a government managed FAA weather station that local media monitor.

I gave it three days,& reset it countless times.

The worst part is there is NO support from LaCross. You listen to an endless recording, and when you eventually select this item, you get a recording that says they will call you back. NOT! Try it: 1-507-895-7095. If only for this reason, I will not invest my money in any LaCross products.

Save your money or invest in a better system.

I'm looking a Oregon Scientific.

Please review the items you buy here, so others can share in your experiance.

I've returned this unit to Amazon.

I've owned two Lacrosse weather stations with the "round" sensor for a year and really like them. We have the sensor installed outside under a deck seat, and two units that feed off this (that's a handy feature, you can have multiple devices in the house that tie to one unit). This unit is not junk, but on the other hand it's not a Davis professional weather station either. It's just is a good, reliable product for its price. The other reviewer may be right that it may be a degree off, but it's designed for the more general user who wants to know the accurate time, what the temp is outside (and doesn't really care if 81F is actually 82F). It's not for someone who is into tracking and reporting weather figures.

I'm not sure what the person was talking about re: the company's responsiveness. They have a web site that has email and phone support, and I've emailed them twice in the past year (the last time just recently). Both times I've received a quality response within a day.

Note that there is a more expensive unit that uses the same sensor and reports sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset times. Astronomers will find that handy.

We have had this for 9 months and it has only worked well for about 6 weeks. We have reset it, changed batteries and moved the outside transmitter to no avail. It just wont pick up the temperature any longer.

I have been using this unit for over a year now and am disappointed by the ability of the units to communicate. Orininally I put the sending unit in the shade on the North side of the house about 30 feet and 1 wall from my kitchen, the outside temperature displayed only infrequently. So I went through the trouble of moving the sending unit closer (15 ft) from the kitchen right outside my front door (still only one outside wall). Most of the time the outside temperature does not display and does only when I move the receiving unit in the foyer near the front door about 8 feet from the sending unit. Not much of a step up from just having a 10 foot wire connecting them. All the other features on the unit work great, but without consistent outside temperature, so what?

We have owned this weather station for over a year now. We also use it in our motorhome when we go camping. No problems with the inside or outside temps. Always finds the correct time and date automatically. We have even dropped the remote station a couple of times. All we had to do was put the batteries back in and it worked. At home the remote is in the back yard and the base is in our office room. Has to go through 3 walls. We highly recommend it.

I have enjoyed this product for the last few years. I never had any issues.

This unit is doing exactly what I wanted it to do; temperature and humidity indoors and out. The outside sensor registers best with a clear line of sight to the main unit and less than 80 feet between the two units. I live in Chicago, so it will get a work out. If you want more features or sophistication, spend more bucks. This is a half step up from something you can buy from the mega mart.

The inside and outside temp sensors disagree by a little over a degree. If you're an accuracy maniac, and digital displays lead to that, you'll be a little put off.

We've had this unit for less than a year and it has stopped working. We've replaced the batteries in both the main unit as well as the temp/humidity transmitter multiple times, but to no avail. We tried contacting the manufacturer (La Crosse Technology) but never received a response. We do NOT recommend this product and will not be purchasing any of La Crosse Technology's other products in the future.

I was given the La Crosse Technology WS-7078 in 2003 as a gift. It has worked well for many years and through a couple of moves. The temps read within 1-2 degrees of reports, and that is close enough for me. I just ordered a 2nd remote sensor to use with this unit.