Oregon Scientific BAR332ES Solar Charging Weather Station

by Oregon Scientific

Product Features

• Solar-powered weather station for gauging and predicting conditions
• Detachable panel converts solar energy to power the rechargeable battery
• Includes weather forecast with graphic icons and atomic clock/calendar
• Also displays temperature and humidity for up to 3 different remote locations
• Additional features include alarm, snooze setting, and LED backlighting

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002RAR9A0
• Item model number: BAR332ES
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,690 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)

Product Description

This Weather Station is powered by a detachable solar panel that converts sunlight energy into electrical energy for the on-board rechargeable battery, making this the first weather station that can be exclusively powered by the sun. You will receive all the necessary information you need to plan your day: Weather Forecasting, Indoor/Outdoor temperature and humidity. Atomic time is always precise and never needs adjusting for Daylight Saving Time. Alarm with snooze and calendar display round out the many features of this indispensable clock.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Does NOT measure humidity, July 19, 2010

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C. Day (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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I love this system. Easy to set-up and easy to charge. The first day I had it sitting on the window ledge to catch some fresh sun rays, but after the initial charge it uses ambient light (from even my room lamp) to get its charge. Getting it to synch up with the World Time Clock took it over night to do it. I know plenty of impatent people will complain about it not synching up right away, but a few of my clocks took it over night.

There are three distinct time / date / day displays that you can choose to be displayed at the bottom row, but it will not allow you to see both the time and date at the same time. I have it set to display HH:MM Dd. The display is large enough for me to read from about 5 feet away. So when I wake up in the morning, I can read the temp / time. Logically, I would assume that you would want to see the indoor temp first and using the largest font, but this is set up to display the outdoor temp first, indoor temp second.

It has a back light function is set on the top, but on the back half of the clock. Its completely flush, so I have a hard time actually activating the back light to view it in the dark. Normally the back light / snooze is set slightly higher to activate it, but this button sits at an awkward position.

Its pretty accurate as I measured it against a stand along a Honeywell (TM005). It off by about 0.5 degrees from the Honeywell in both indoor / outdoor temp, so its good enough for just a regular Joe to get an understanding of the temp. The weather predictor (image display) is pretty useful and somewhat accurate. I would have rather opted out that display for a humidity indicator instead. What...no HUMIDITY?? From the product description, it says that it provides the following: Weather Forecasting, Indoor/Outdoor temperature and humidity. Well, unfortunately it doesn't provide humidity.

I still kept it...but if you know how to get it to read humidity, please let me know.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eddie Behnam, January 11, 2010

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Eddie L. Behnam "CiGar King" (TN) - See all my reviews
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Oregon Scientific BAR332ES Solar Charging Weather Station:
Very well constructed, real clear visible display, very easy to use, 3 sensors synced with a one touch
Fast reading we use this unite in our cigar shop inside walk in humidor and inside cigar lockers about 90 feet away
We love it and I am buying another unite just like it for our second location, relative humidity and temperature are very critical in our business.