- Electronic barometric-pressure sensor forecasts local weather for 12-24 hours
- Automatically sets and updates time/day/date with US Atomic Clock
- Clock updates to any North American time zone, shows chosen zone
- Remote sensor radios indoor or outdoor temperature from 90 feet away
- Monitor and remote sensor stand on flat surfaces or can be mounted on walls
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Amazon.com Review
This versatile system forecasts local weather, automatically sets and updates the time, day, and date, and joins with a remote wireless sensor to keep track of the indoor or outdoor temperature. For forecasting weather within 12 to 24 hours, the 7-1/4-by-5-1/4-inch monitor employs a built-in electronic barometric pressure sensor, and then displays the upcoming weather with an icon (sunny, partly sunny, cloudy, rain/snow) on its LCD screen. For keeping track of time, the monitor is equipped with a radio receiver tuned to the U.S. Atomic Clock; this enables the monitor to display split-second accuracy by automatically adjusting, if necessary, to the Atomic Clock's signals six times every 24 hours. From those signals, the monitor also displays the date, the day, and the time zone for which the user has set the clock. (Adjustment for daylight-saving time and leap year is automatic.)
The wireless sensor displays the indoor or outdoor temperature where it's located--garden, greenhouse, wine cellar, baby's room. You can place it up to 90 feet away, and it will radio the temperature to the monitor for display. (The monitor can handle data from two additional remote temperature sensors, which must be ordered separately.) You can set up both the 7-1/4-by-5-1/4-inch monitor and the 4-1/8-by-2-3/4-inch sensor on flat surfaces or on wall mounts, and you can set them to show temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit. The monitor operates on four AA batteries, and the sensor requires two AA batteries. (All batteries included.) --Fred Brack
Product Description
Prepare them for Mother Nature's surprises with this high-tech weather device. Using a remote outdoor unit, it transmits temperatures, forecasts, and more into the home.
Have Your Own Weather Forecast.
Weather Forecaster Multi-Channel Thermometer with Cable Free™ Sensor and ExactSet™ Clock.
- Highly accurate radio controlled clock
- Monitors temperature in up to 3 different locations
Model BAR888A
Basic set: 1 Main unit, 1 Remote sensor unit
Features of the Main Unit:
- Wireless temperature data reception from 3 different remote sensor units
- Wireless transmission frequency: 433 MHz
- Weather forecast with indicators of Sunny, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy or Rainy
- Barometric pressure trend display
- Temperature measuring range: -5°C to +50°C (+23°F to +122°F)
- User selectable °C or °F
- Temperature memory for Max / Min readings
- Automatic synchronization with the Atomic Clock near Boulder
- Display Time, Date of week (English/French/Spanish), Alarm time or Zone time
- Dual Crescendo Alarm with 2 minutes duration that increase in volume
- Low battery indicator
- Uses 4 pieces UM-3 or "AA" size 1.5V battery (included)
- Table or wall mount feature
Features of the Remote Sensor Unit:
- Splash proof case design with LCD and LED indicator
- Temperature measuring range: -20°C to +60°C (-4°F to +140°F)
- User selectable °C or °F
- Maximum transmission range: 30 meters (100 feet)
- Low battery indicator
- Uses 2 pieces UM-4 or "AAA" size 1.5V battery (included)
- Table or wall mount feature
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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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By Concerned Reader (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oregon Scientific Multi-Channel Weather Forecast Radio Controlled Clock BAR888 - 1 ea (Kitchen)
This is way cool. (Why is it under housewares? Why am I looking under housewares? Oh well...)This device receives radio signals from 2 sources: The remote temperature sensor which you mount outside out of direct sunlight. And, the short-wave radio broadcast from the National Institute of Standards Atomic Clock in Boulder Colorado. It has an indoor temperature sensor. It has a built in solid state barometer which displays the forecast for the next 12-24 hours using weather "icons". Set up is simple. Put in the batteries. Mount (or set) the outdoor temperature sensor (up to 100 feet from the indoor receiver). Set your time zone pushing a button that cycles through a map of the U.S. (sorry, this is biased towards Americans, but should work equally well in Canada/Mexico. Forget about Europe though, they have their own time signal which isn't compatible with this unit). And wait a few hours. During summer months when the reception of short-wave is worse, expect to have to wait overnight for the time signal to be received. During winter it may receive it immediately. It comes with normal alkaline AA cells, but if you live in climates where the temperature drops below freezing much, you'll want to substitute lithium AA's for the outdoor unit. Alkaline cells stop working around 20F. During normal operation it synchronizes its clock several times a day with the atomic clock in Boulder. In between it relies on its quartz "movement" to keep current time. It has high/low temperature memory, 24/12 hour time mode, alarm clock function (though this is a little difficult to use). Displays day/date/month/seconds. Both the indoor and outdoor units are well made. The outdoor unit is weatherproof (o-ring seal) but should be mounted out of direct sunlight, rain, snow. The indoor unit is wall mountable or has its own stand for counter/desktop use. Before discovering Oregon Scientific, I purchased a radio remote thermometer from some other manufacturer. Paid almost as much as that one, and threw it out after 2 months. This one I've had for 6 months and it works perfectly. My wife even lets it stay on the kitchen counter.
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
OS Best Product So Far...,
By Matthew McBride (Spring House, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oregon Scientific Multi-Channel Weather Forecast Radio Controlled Clock BAR888 - 1 ea (Kitchen)
I have owned several Oregon Scientific products in the past, including 2 'wired' weather monitors. The unit provides fairly good forecasting, but I use it more for a 'heads-up' idea of the conditions. When in doubt I use the Weather Channel or the local paper. But it certainly helps to know before I open the front door in the morning if it is too cold to get the paper without shoes. Good buy when it is on sale, and the atomic clock updating is a real plus.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tight Budget???,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Oregon Scientific Multi-Channel Weather Forecast Radio Controlled Clock BAR888 - 1 ea (Kitchen)
My father got this for Christmas last year. Let me start out by saying that it's an extremely sturdy piece of equipment. The digits are large, so you can see the temperature and the time from a good distance away. Also, it's amazingly accurate! However, all it does is give you the current temperature, the min/max temperature, and a (usually WRONG) forecast icon. It doesn't show you barometric pressure trends or the humidity. Barometric pressure is only important if your trying to predict the weather, but humidity is very useful. Conclusion: it's great for what it does, but a []cheaper model could do everything it does, except for recieving the signal from Atomic Clock in CO! Personally, I'm going with a []model from La Crosse Technology that gives you barometric pressure trends, storm warnings, snow alerts, humidity readings, memory for all of it, and a more accurate forecast. If you're interested, it's model WS-9018U.
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