- Calculates sun/moon rise/set, moon phase for 250 North American cities
- Measures indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity
- Barometric pressure readout with forecast icon
- Displays precise time and date via atomic clock
- Storm warning indicator; includes one remote sensor
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A great gadget for a boating or camping trip, this battery-powered wireless weather station displays all the pertinent information you’ll need and is about the size of a remote control. The station reports the temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius and humidity for indoor locations and outdoor locations using a remote sensor. For more accurate outdoor readings, the base unit can receive information from up to three different sensors, which can each be placed up to 80 feet away. The device also calculates the setting and rising times of the sun and the moon for 250 different North American cities and shows the current moon phase. The display shows the current barometric air pressure and access to a 30-hour history is available as well. A forecast icon on the LCD displays weather predictions based on changing air pressure and is about 75% accurate for any 12- to 20-hour time period. The wireless station even has a storm warning indicator to give you ample time to prepare for foul weather. For added convenience, the sun/moon weather station has a clock with a 12- or 24-hour time mode. For precise time- and date-keeping, the gadget has a built-in antenna system that receives signals from the WWVB radio transmitter in Fort Collins, Colorado, which is in turn is regulated by the atomic clock. The sun/moon wireless weather station requires three AA batteries for the receiver and another two for the remote and mounts on a wall or rests on a table for readouts. This unit is covered by a one-year warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is one super item ... Love it,
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This review is from: La Crosse Technology WS-8025AL Sun/Moon Wireless Weather Station (Kitchen)
OK so when I had to buy some corporate Christmas presents I decided to buythis unit for myself as well. I had another Chinese unit that has the same features but was only one third of the cost .... You get what you pay for .... This La Crosse unit is super and functions as advertised. It was super easy to set up and the company has a tech support department that was easy to reach and helpfull to me in trying to understand one of the functions. The LCD is great and easy to read and, everyone that comes in the house and sses the unit is immediately drawn to it and the info on the display. I bought 2 ectar sensors at abt 20 bucks each .. one for getting a non shaded temp reading which is much more importantr than the sahded reading here in Florida and one remote unit to tell me the temperature of the pool water! WOW I can now decide if I want to dive in before changing into my bathing trunks and getting that all important glass of Wild Turkey .... Finally the sun and moon phases and rising info is just what the practicing witches and goblin in your house need ... I mean you don't want to show up too early at sunrise with your eye of newt and whatever ... right .... Is modern technology great .. or what
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Buggy firmware,
By Scientist "eugene_p" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: La Crosse Technology WS-8025AL Sun/Moon Wireless Weather Station (Kitchen)
I like the unit despite several bugs that I found to exist in the unit's firmware.It's got large LCD and lots of information. Atomic clock syncs with Colorado station just fine. Bugs: 1. When the inside temp if exactly 75.7F, the unit may show 73.0F instead (then 75.7, then 73.0 again). So, if I see 73.0 I know that the temp inside is actually 75.7F. 2. The arrow showing the pressure tendency should be based on the tendency within the last 6 hours according to the manual. Not true! Pressure is stable for 18 hours and it still shows arrow down and clouds with rain. So, I have to rely on the pressure graph itself rather than the arrow. Other cons: 1. The pressure graph shows up/disappears every 5 seconds or so. According to the manual, this is to combat LCD screen burnout. C'mon! This is not plasma! This is LCD screen! No burnouts possible! However, it does save some battery. 2. As mentioned in other review, the moon phase is displayed counterintuitively: black simulates the lighted part of the moon, while empty part of the moon depicts the shaded region of the moon. Should be vice versa. 3. Humidity shows -- when it's below 20%. During winter months the inside humidity was low, but I had no way of finding out how low except that it was below 20%. 4. If the outside temperature is below -22F, it will show --. So, on those cold Minnesota nights you don't know how low it is. Other than that, the unit is good. The temperature and pressure readings are quite accurate.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good item but with some quirks.,
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This review is from: La Crosse Technology WS-8025AL Sun/Moon Wireless Weather Station (Kitchen)
The screen needs to have more room for so that the seconds, date, day, alarm, and max and min indoor temp and humidity can be seen all at once. An extra inch or two of screen would fix that, or reducing the size of the large weather expectation display.The barometer history is also constantly flashing/scrolling every couple seconds, which, according to the manual is to avoid lcd burn in. Funny how other parts of the screen can be lit up for up to several months at a time without suffering burn in.
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