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Get the onsite weather conditions from all angles with this feature-packed weather station from Oregon Scientific. Graphic weather icons indicate what it’s like outside before the day begins: rainy, sunny, window, cloudy… so you know how to dress for the day. The weather station monitors indoor and outdoor temperature from up to 3 remote locations (additional sensors sold separately) for monitoring conditions in the garden, the wine cellar, or the baby's room. The unit provides weather forecasts and weather warning messages for extreme heat, high winds, storms, fog and frost. A self-setting atomic clock displays in either 12- or 24- hour format with time zone offset feature and month/day calendar. All this displayed on a large LCD with a white backlight for nighttime viewing.
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The BAR208HGA give you everything you need to know to start your day off right. Displaying the weather forecast in graphical icons, you'll never wonder if you need an umbrella again. This weather station monitors indoor and outdoor temperature from up to 3 remote locations. You can put a sensor outside in your garden, in your wine cellar and your baby's room and read all that information from the comfort of your bedroom.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
I've only had this weather station for a week, but I already love it. Very easy to use. Had it setup in a couple of minutes. Sensor reception is excellent. I mounted the sensor on the back wall of our house next to a window. The station is located on the lowest level of our house (partially underground) with several walls between it and the sensor and they work perfect. The unit has an excellent back light that is orange in color like a midsummer sunset and illuminates the entire screen well.
The only slight disappointment for me is the poor reception for the Atomic clock signal. I am located on the east coast in eastern PA and with the unit in the lower level of the house on the east side, it just doesn't receive the signal. Not a huge deal, I just set the clock manually. I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for a well rounded unit that provides a nice amount of data for a great price.
The only slight disappointment for me is the poor reception for the Atomic clock signal. I am located on the east coast in eastern PA and with the unit in the lower level of the house on the east side, it just doesn't receive the signal. Not a huge deal, I just set the clock manually. I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for a well rounded unit that provides a nice amount of data for a great price.
51 of 62 people found the following review helpful
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The good news:
1. Accurate outdoor sensor.
Put it next to base unit and both show almost the same temperature and humidity. The humidity reading fluctuates more on the sensor, but it's only been 3-4 points off at maximum, often much less, only a point or two. The temperature reading is just about spot on--almost identical or less than a degree difference. As another reviewer noted, your outdoor sensor may or may not be as good as ours (although we now have a N of 2). Note also: this is just testing inside with the sensor sitting next to the base.
2. Large numbers for outdoor temperature and humidity.
3. Solidly built.
4. Amber backlight is great; vivid, clear.
5. Temp-humidity screen on outdoor sensor.
6. Generally good layout of information on the screen.
7. Reset of the min/max every 24 hours (according to the specs). This spares the owner from having to manually reset it to monitor min/max. (But this has a downside, too--see below.)
Now the bad news:
1. The display is hard to read!
The screen is highly reflective, the background is dark, and the contrast low. So, one has to deal with spurious reflections--any light from windows or lights that are on shows up--and those interfere with reading the display. The lack of contrast makes it harder to read the numbers, especially the indoor ones that are smaller. Contrary to the picture here and on the Oregon Scientific web site, the screen is not a pale white-gray or white-blue against which the numbers stand out, but a dull green-gray color that overwhelms them. (We're checking with OS to see if there's a problem with our unit or if it's just designed this way and the photos are mis-presenting reality.)
Right now, it's sitting next to an old GE weather station of ours that is far, far more readable (but whose humidity readings are off by as much 20 points!). Its LCD screen seems a different type, with much greater contrast, with very black numbers on a light olive green background. In fact, the LCD screen on Oregon Scientific's outdoor sensor is of a similar type to that and much easier on the eyes.
Part of the problem is the angle of display. We're trying propping this one up on a bookshelf at a different angle (no tilt adjustment built in, we're just angling against the wall). That seems to help, but will it be enough to stave off a return? Don't know...
2. The installation guide was a generic one for several models and NOT applicable to this one!
3. It has a nuisance screw-on battery compartment on the outdoor sensor, which requires a very small screw driver of a particular size (we had one fortunately). It's too bad, especially as the installation guide shows a slide off battery compartment! That would be much more convenient as one can end up changing batteries often (cold weather, rechargeables, etc.)
4. Terrible packaging-- hard plastic, finger unfriendly, and environmentally bad. We received a flash drive the other day from Amazon in its friendly packaging and that was much better.
5. The outdoor sensor display should be bigger to be more readable.
6. One weakness in the base unit display--the indoor temp and humidity should be larger. (I'd also prefer being able to turn off the clock display entirely; don't care to know what time it is in the middle of the night; but hey, we'll just cover that up.)
7. The atomic clock was picked up almost immediately, but as another reviewer noted, was Pacific Standard Time, not Eastern, and could not be reset! (Of course, this is moot for us as we'll tape over the time any way, but others may care.) See helpful comment to my review where directions on how to reset the time zone are provided (not by Oregon Scientific, but a savvy user!).
8. Reset of the min/max every 24 hours! Unless one writes then down each day, one can't let it go to determine what the min/max were over several days.
We'll follow up down the road to see if these are just first pangs of adjustment or real problems (especially the display's background color)--and whether we decide to return it. (I'm assuming we can then adjust our rating up or down, or leave it the same, as befits our conclusion.)
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We ended up returning it. The poor display issue was just too much to deal with. Features don't matter if you can't read the screen easily!
1. Accurate outdoor sensor.
Put it next to base unit and both show almost the same temperature and humidity. The humidity reading fluctuates more on the sensor, but it's only been 3-4 points off at maximum, often much less, only a point or two. The temperature reading is just about spot on--almost identical or less than a degree difference. As another reviewer noted, your outdoor sensor may or may not be as good as ours (although we now have a N of 2). Note also: this is just testing inside with the sensor sitting next to the base.
2. Large numbers for outdoor temperature and humidity.
3. Solidly built.
4. Amber backlight is great; vivid, clear.
5. Temp-humidity screen on outdoor sensor.
6. Generally good layout of information on the screen.
7. Reset of the min/max every 24 hours (according to the specs). This spares the owner from having to manually reset it to monitor min/max. (But this has a downside, too--see below.)
Now the bad news:
1. The display is hard to read!
The screen is highly reflective, the background is dark, and the contrast low. So, one has to deal with spurious reflections--any light from windows or lights that are on shows up--and those interfere with reading the display. The lack of contrast makes it harder to read the numbers, especially the indoor ones that are smaller. Contrary to the picture here and on the Oregon Scientific web site, the screen is not a pale white-gray or white-blue against which the numbers stand out, but a dull green-gray color that overwhelms them. (We're checking with OS to see if there's a problem with our unit or if it's just designed this way and the photos are mis-presenting reality.)
Right now, it's sitting next to an old GE weather station of ours that is far, far more readable (but whose humidity readings are off by as much 20 points!). Its LCD screen seems a different type, with much greater contrast, with very black numbers on a light olive green background. In fact, the LCD screen on Oregon Scientific's outdoor sensor is of a similar type to that and much easier on the eyes.
Part of the problem is the angle of display. We're trying propping this one up on a bookshelf at a different angle (no tilt adjustment built in, we're just angling against the wall). That seems to help, but will it be enough to stave off a return? Don't know...
2. The installation guide was a generic one for several models and NOT applicable to this one!
3. It has a nuisance screw-on battery compartment on the outdoor sensor, which requires a very small screw driver of a particular size (we had one fortunately). It's too bad, especially as the installation guide shows a slide off battery compartment! That would be much more convenient as one can end up changing batteries often (cold weather, rechargeables, etc.)
4. Terrible packaging-- hard plastic, finger unfriendly, and environmentally bad. We received a flash drive the other day from Amazon in its friendly packaging and that was much better.
5. The outdoor sensor display should be bigger to be more readable.
6. One weakness in the base unit display--the indoor temp and humidity should be larger. (I'd also prefer being able to turn off the clock display entirely; don't care to know what time it is in the middle of the night; but hey, we'll just cover that up.)
7. The atomic clock was picked up almost immediately, but as another reviewer noted, was Pacific Standard Time, not Eastern, and could not be reset! (Of course, this is moot for us as we'll tape over the time any way, but others may care.) See helpful comment to my review where directions on how to reset the time zone are provided (not by Oregon Scientific, but a savvy user!).
8. Reset of the min/max every 24 hours! Unless one writes then down each day, one can't let it go to determine what the min/max were over several days.
We'll follow up down the road to see if these are just first pangs of adjustment or real problems (especially the display's background color)--and whether we decide to return it. (I'm assuming we can then adjust our rating up or down, or leave it the same, as befits our conclusion.)
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We ended up returning it. The poor display issue was just too much to deal with. Features don't matter if you can't read the screen easily!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Bought this a couple months ago to replace an older model that had stopped working. Was very pleased that it picked up my additional 2 transmitters and started reading all 3 almost immediately, Very pleased so far,
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Appears to work well once set up.
Could only get the outside unit to link via channel 3, but once linked is rock solid and temperatures and humidity agree with my ipad weather app.
Published 11 days ago by ajando
Bigger than I expected, not wall mounted
The main unit is bigger than I expected and it cannot be mounted on a wall. It works great though, and seems to be fairly accurate. Read more
Published 29 days ago by tiff_tiff_tiff
Love it!
So nice to have an easy weather station at my bedside. Use it many times a day, works great, reliable, accurate and impressed with its weather forecast. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ANTHONY P
The best no-frills weather station in the price range
This weather station is exactly that: a weather station. It lacks a lot of the shiny and often useless features that accompany some other stations and simply gives you the data... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bill
Oregon weather station is great for the 3rd grade classroom
We bought these for the 2 3rd grade classes at our Elementary School. They are great for the kids and the teacher to use for studies. Read more
Published 1 month ago by peanuta
Oregonscientific
I had a RadioShack weather station for 8 years no problem. This is a piece of garbage and they don't make it easy to get service. I will never buy this brand again .
Published 2 months ago by Larry & Tova Friedman
weather station works right out of the box. atomic clock, not so much.
The weather station worked flawlessly, very easy to set up. Base model found the remote immediately, no problem there. Where there is a bit of difficulty is setting up the clock. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Frederick A. Bartelt
Plenty of Information
I got this for Christmas last year, and it works well. I am a little suspect about the temperature accuracy, but from what I have researched + or - 2 degrees C is common. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stork
Oregon Scientific cuts off transmission
I have a WMS801 that stopped receiving signals and Oregon Scientific told me that the service was discontinued. So now I have an expensive paper weight. Read more
Published 2 months ago by L. Van V. Dauler Jr.
good enough
As these products go, this model is nice looking and good enough. It's history is only with the last 24-hours so don't expect to track the yearly high/low. Read more
Published 2 months ago by scopes
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