- Rain collector with remote indoor LCD-screen monitor; lets gardeners and hobbyists track daily and cumulative rainfall
- Wireless; self-emptying; 108-yard transmission range; memory function for previous 9 days
- Monitor can display in inches or millimeters; also shows time, date, and temperature of room (in Celsius or Fahrenheit)
- Alarm sounds when rainfall exceeds selected amount; also has standard alarm clock
- Monitor is 5-2/3 by 3-2/3 inches; collector is 5-3/4 inches high with 5-2/3-inch diameter
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Communicating to an LCD-screen monitor by radio waves, this wireless, self-emptying rain collector can be placed up to 108 yards away, allowing a gardener or hobbyist to keep track of daily and cumulative precipitation from the comfort of home or office. A memory function recalls daily-precipitation data from the previous nine days. The monitor also shows the indoor temperature of the room in which it's kept, the time, and the date. There are two alarms: One sounds when rainfall exceeds an amount selected, and the second is a clock alarm for wakeup or reminder. Programmable to display rainfall in inches or millimeters and temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit, this system operates on two sets of AA batteries. One set powers the monitor, the other powers the collector. (Batteries not included.) The monitor measures 5-2/3 by 3-2/3 inches, and the collector is 5-2/3 inches in diameter and 5-3/4 inches high. --Fred Brack
Product Description
Remote control self dumping rain gauge. Check daily or total rainfall, or recall daily data from previous nine days. Electronically measure rainfall within 1/10th of an inch. Empty the container via remote. LCD includes indoor temperature. U.S.A.
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118 of 119 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Product, Horrible Manual,
By Catman (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge (Kitchen)
Follow-up to the review below with an added caution: I mounted the collector with the 4 supplied screws to a solid oak block, sealed & painted. About a month into the rainy season it became increasingly inaccurate and finally quit completley. Turns out the wood had swelled and warped, distorting the collector and binding the tipping bucket. In addition to leveling the unit the instructions should caution you to mount it on a flat, dimensionally stable, non warping surface and use extra care while screwing it down to avoid distorting the base.
....................... Just received the rain gauge from Amazon. The instruction manual is at least as bad as everyone says. It makes no mention of the reset switch in the outdoor unit along with numerous other omissions. On the other hand, looking the unit over, it appears to be very well made. The level of workmanship and quality of the circuit board and wiring in the outdoor unit is much higher than you would expect from a consumer electronic device in this price range. The indoor unit has a nice heft and its switches have a quality feel. In setting up the outdoor unit, the two screws that hold the collector/funnel assembly are easily lost and probably metric. Be careful! The screws for the battery box cover, on my unit, were "captive". Loosen until you feel them 'bump' on the thread insert and they will stay with the cover. Remove the plastic insulating strip from the battery box, reinstall the batteries and press the "RESET" switch with a straightened paper clip. As larryaol mentioned, it's a good idea to leave the cover open until everything is working. The indoor unit also has a plastic insulating strip in the battery box that must be removed. That done and the batteries installed, press its "RESET" switch with the paper clip. The upper display should stop flashing once the two units establish contact. Although the manual makes no mention, clearly the radio link isn't continuous. It seems to need up to 30 seconds for the display to update. With the rain collector still open, you can carefully remove the tape that holds the tipping bucket mechanism and manually tip it a couple of times to check operation. Its resolution is 0.04" per tip. Wait about 30 seconds for the rainfall reading to update. Another serious manual omission is in clearing the rainfall reading. The manual instructs you to "Press and hold the RAIN RESET/SINCE button for 2 seconds" but this doesn't work. Oregon Scientific's call center was helpful. What you need to do is press & release then immediately press & hold. This also loads the current "SINCE" date in the lower display. Hopefully, someone at Oregon Scientific will do something about the instruction manual. RCT
74 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Instructions = 0 Stars,
By LarryAOL (Naperville, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge (Kitchen)
As others have mentioned, the instruction booklet is almost worthless. I went to the manufacturer's website: www.oregonscientific.com, it wasn't any better.TIPS: 1. You need a very small jewelers screwdriver, pref. a phillips head. 2. There are 10 tiny screws (2 sizes) you must remove from the outdoor unit! Have containers ready to hold them. 3. After opening the outdoor unit's battery cover, remove the batteries, take out the clear plastic spacer, reinsert the batteries, and MOST IMPORTANT-- press the reset button next to the batteries with an unbent paper clip. 4. BEFORE closing-up the outdoor unit, do the following on the indoor unit-- 5. Remove battery cover, remove the batteries, take out the clear plastic spacer, reinsert the batteries, and press the indoor unit's reset button above the batteries with an unbent paper clip. 6. Wait a minute or two for the indoor unit to lock in on the outdoor unit's signal. The top two lines of the display will flash until it finds the signal. 7. If the display keeps flashing, press the OUTDOOR unit's reset button again. 8. Then press the indoor reset, again. Once the display stops flashing, then close-up the outdoor unit. Don't jiggle the outdoor unit or it will record that as "rainfall." 9. I could not get the rainfall total to reset with the "rain reset" button. I had to do the full reset on the indoor unit. 10. If all else fails.... Reset, reset, reset! Outdoor unit first!
41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Oregon Sci Wireless Rain Gauge,
By John E. Hoeksema (Bartlett, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge (Kitchen)
This is a dandy little device for those of us who like to keep track of Rainfall for some reason or another. Being a bit of a cynic the first few times it rained, I kept my manual graduated stick in the ground rain gauge out as well, and the measurement of each was so close I can only assume I misread the manual type by .o1 inches. The automatic emptying is a great feature and it appears to measue in .01 inch increments, which is close enough for anyone.The only drawback is a somewhat stuborn 'reset switch' which is described incorrectly in the manual. Telephone suppport was timely and helpful when I called about this, and have had no problems since. I would recommend highly for those of us with this penchant or any one who has a need for an accurate reading of rain fall. J E Hoeksema
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