- Measures indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity
- Weather tendency indicator forecasts weather 12 to 20 hours in advance
- Displays precise time and date via atomic clock and current moon phase
- Records minimum/maximum temperature and humidity readings for 24-hour period
- One outdoor sensor included; base unit requires two AA batteries
Product Features |
Product Details
Would you like to give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
Amazon.com Review
For avid outdoorspeople, boaters, or folks who just like to know what to expect, this wireless weather station provides all the stats for planning a day outside. The large 6-1/2-by-1-1/4-by 17-3/4-inch station is shaped like a thermometer and hangs on a wall for easy reading from a distance. The column-shaped LCD is divided into eight areas of information. At the very top of the screen the time is displayed in hours and minutes with the date and day of the week directly below it. A built-in antenna system receives signals from the WWVB radio transmitter in Fort Collins, Colorado, which is in turn is regulated by the atomic clock, to provide precise timekeeping. Once you install the battery, you can set the clock to one of 13 time zones, including all U.S. times zones and Greenwich Mean Time, and the device will automatically set to the accurate time. The clock even automatically adjusts for daylight savings time, so you never need to remember to move it backward or forward by an hour. Two independent alarm settings with snooze are included for convenience.
The middle of the weather station displays the current moon phase and uses forecast icons (three in total) to show weather predictions for any 12- to 20-hour time period based on changing air pressure. Additionally, the station reports indoor and outdoor relative humidity and temperature in either Fahrenheit or Celsius for an indoor location and an outdoor area using the included 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 weather station records and displays the minimum and maximum temperature readings within a 24-hour period so you can track the highs and lows. In addition, it has an indoor comfort level indicator, which uses happy or sad face icons to inform you if the temperature is at a comfortable level. The wireless weather station requires two AA batteries for the receiver and another two for the remote and a low-battery indicator on the receiver lets you know when they need replacing. This unit is covered by a one-year warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Basic Unit with some Interesting Features,
By Bookbakery (I'm here ... you're there) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-7390TWC Wall Hanging Wireless Weather Station (Kitchen)
Don't pay any attention to the $139.99 retail price. If you buy this unit, you will see that it clearly isn't worth even half of that price. I bought this as a gift for my husband for Christmas 2006. I am a weather buff, but my husband just wants to know the basics. I paid 20 and got the free DVD. I would have felt/been cheated if I had paid much more.
It is difficult for us to read from 4 feet away. We are in our late 40's with no difficulties with our eyesight. We wear glasses... but we would have much preferred the display numbers, icons, etc. to be larger. Expect very basic features. If you just want to know what the basics are (temperature and humidity.. inside and outside, and you will be standing fairly close to read it, then this is your unit. Keep in mind, that you have to hang the sensor outside in a covered area, away from direct sunlight and rain. Fog and mist won't hurt the outdoor sensor, according to the manual. Also, the manual strongly advises you put the outside sensor on the north side of your building. It only comes with one sensor. You can buy 2 more. Summary. I wouldn't pay more than 20 to 30 for this. It is basic, with some valuable low end features. I rated it only 3 stars. It is neat for detailed oriented people like me (the temp inside is 73.8, not just 73 or 74). It needs to have a bigger display. Some of the terms used in the manual will require a trip to the internet unless you know, for example, what hPa is. We've decided to give it to one of our grown kids... and buy something with more features and a BIGGER display. Also, the photograph shows white, but we received the black unit. I actually prefer the black unit, because based on the picture, the white unit looks cheap.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Picky, picky, everyone is a Critic..,
By
This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-7390TWC Wall Hanging Wireless Weather Station (Kitchen)
I am about to buy this unit because I have had one just like it, only with a wood finish, for 6 years. It will be a great house warming gift. It works perfectly though it has some foibles. The outdoor sensor has to be kept out of direct sunlight or you have to get up before the sun or read the outdoor temperature when it is shaded. Keep it on the north side of the house like they tell you! Complaints about the read-out size are exagerated. As far as being cheap -it's plastic, people, and it costs $36 - it IS CHEAP. Technology is changing and the price is coming down on these units. My kids did pay $100+ for the unit, but that was the price six years ago. Times change. I bet you can't find a better weather instrument with an atomic clock for any where near this price. Keep the directions where you can find them. Especially when changing the battery. (I change with daylight savings changes.) The atomic clock is great for setting all the other clocks in the house!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing special, nice feature set,
By GSONE (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-7390TWC Wall Hanging Wireless Weather Station (Kitchen)
In my opinion this "weather station" is worth no more than the $29.99 (with dvd) that I paid. Overall unit is generally very cheap feeling. Item was delived broken, not getting readings from remote sensor and missing display segments on some of the readings that were working. For what it's worth the LaCrosse customer service seemed very helpful and I'm sending the unit to them to get it fixed or replaced (7.20 of shipping later). **UPDATE** I got my "repaired" unit back from LaCrosse, LCD on main unit is fixed, remote unit is not transmitting, battery door on remote unit does not fit the remote sensor, not worth the shipping to send back a second time at this point. TOTAL JUNK, I really wanted this work. **Yet another update** I called Lacrosse to let them know I had received a defective unit back from warranty repair. The very nice woman I spoke with told me it was most likely a defective remote sensor and they would get another one out right away (no need to ship the broken one). I got replacement for the replacement a few days later and everything seems to be working fine. Readings seem to be accurate.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
