|
Product Features
|
Product Details
Would you like to give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
Amazon.com Review
From The Weather Channel, this versatile weather station shines the outdoor temperature and time on the ceiling or a wall from its side-ported projector. The radio-controlled clock regularly resets, adapting to changes in time zone and daylight savings time. With moon, tide, and barometric pressure gauges, the weather station also comes with forecasting capabilities.
On a LCD screen, the weather station displays time in 12- or 24- hour format. An alarm alerts sleeping users, while the snooze function enables extra shut-eye. A radio tower icon flashes onscreen when receiving time updates. The station monitors indoor temperatures ranging from 14.2 to 139.8 degrees F and humidity levels from 1 to 99 percent. Celsius readings are also available. Icons for twelve different moon phases follow changes in the night sky, while tide levels are described as low, medium, or high. Using the barometric air pressure data, the system depicts its forecasts with graphics for the next 12 to 20 hours. A perpetual calendar recalls annual important dates. For outdoor conditions, an included TX4U sensor communicates at a 433.92MHz frequency from up to 80 feet. The sensor registers temperatures ranging from -22 to +157.8 degrees F and humidity levels from 1 to 99 percent. The unit also recalls minimum and maximum readings for indoor and outdoor humidity percentages and temperatures. Place the freestanding weather station up to further than six feet from the projection surface. Users adjust the brightness and focus for the most legible presentation. Constant projection is possible with the use of the AC adapter. Five enclosed AA batteries power this system. The station is covered by a limited one-year warranty. The monitor measures 7-1/4 by 4-1/4 by 2-1/4 inches. This item weighs 1-4/5 pounds upon shipping. --Jessica Reuling
Product Description
This Projection Weather Station combines the popular features of a wireless weather station with the features of a projection alarm clock. Using an outdoor temperature/humidity sensor, this weather station monitors outdoor temperature/humidity along with indoor temperature/humidity. It also displays a forecast icon with moon phase. And it projects onto the ceiling the time and outdoor temperature (alternating).
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pros and Cons,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-9031TWC Projection Weather Station (Kitchen)
This is definitely a novelty item, but overall it's a good one with some inscrutable flaws.
Pros: * Atomic clock, once you get it working. * Outdoor temp/rel. humidity, and indoor temp/rel. humidity (I didn't realize how dry my bedroom is). * Projected time/temp works very well, very legible without my glasses on a ceiling that is well higher than the recommended range. Very pleased with this. * Two alarms, configurable snoozes etc. * Battery backup. * Most of the features you'd expect out of a $25 alarm clock, basically. Cons: * Frustrating interface for setup/changes (to set the sensitivity of the forecast feature, for example, you have to scroll through all of the other features, many of which only give you a number to choose, with no indication of what feature it applies to; you have to refer to the poorly written manual--which tells you to set it to 1, 2, or 3, with little explanation of what that does.) * Flimsy construction. * "Forecast" is based on real time data of the remote sensor, which is good, but kind of misleading. It can be raining cats and dogs, and the forecast will indicate it's cloudy. You'd think a real time device would be able to tell what I'm seeing outside my window. (I know, it's all technicalities, but I'm addressing the basic real user expectations.) * Atomic clock ONLY works once you set the time manually to something close to the actual time. Why? Because (I'm making a best guess here) the device only polls the atomic clock frequency between midnight and 6am, when conditions are better for it (according to the manual). I made the mistake of just leaving it at 12:00 to start when it was actually 7pm or so. So when it tried to poll the atomic clock service, it was not within that midnight-6am window. Once I set it close to the real time, the "connected to the atomic clock service" icon showed the next morning. * The manual. Uses acronyms like WWVB without ever defining them. Has no table of contents, so figuring out something as simple as setting the alarm requires a lot of page flipping. * No "backlight for the LCD always on" option I've been able to find, and when the backlight is on briefly after hitting display, it buzzes.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Can read without my glasses,
By
This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-9031TWC Projection Weather Station (Kitchen)
The biggest reason I like this Weather Station is that I can read the time and outdoor temp. without my glasses. So when I wake up in the middle of the night I just look at the ceiling. With other digital clocks I must put my glasses on. Because the time is transmitted to my clock and it has a batter backup I am never without the correct time and never have to worry about missing my morning alarm due to a power outage.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Projection feature is super but it took a little time to set up,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-9031TWC Projection Weather Station (Kitchen)
I like this product, particularly the projection of the correct time and outside temperature on the ceiling. I found the Barometric Pressure Tendency Arrow Forecast not to be very accurate (predictive) many times. At $45 it is worth it but not at list price. The radio-controlled clock is accurate and a very useful feature, as are the indoor and outdoor humidity and temperature readings. There are many functions that, at present, I don't make use of such as the dual zone and snooze alarm functions. Also, I don't pay much attention to the moon phases and tide displays but others may find this useful and/or novel. I'll be very interested in the useful life of the 5 batteries necessary for operation but not included. It also took me 3 attempts to get it working correctly although I feel that I used the correct method each time. Presently the outdoor sensor is mounted at about 40 feet from the base unit and I've had no transmission problems. Overall, I am very satisfied with the purchase at the sale price.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
