Customer Reviews

WeatherHawk SM-18 SkyMate Hand-Held Wind Meter, Yellow

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is a good product, convenient and accurate. It is a bit expensive, but typical for similar products. The screen tends to get scratched by the swivel holder cover.

The big complaint that I have is that it is not waterproof. Their rep. said it will float, and is water-resistant, but is not water proof, cannot go under water. A dubious distinction, since their web page says: ""water resistant to 3' ". Many of their sales sites say "waterproof". but it is not. the repair person made a fuzzy claim that it would float, and withstand rain, but not submersion. i reminded him of the specification on their site, and he basically disclaimed it.

I put it in a breast pocket of a life jacket, and after one spill, it was flooded & ruined.

Anyway, be warned!!

We have a Skymate Hand-Held Wind Meter on every one of our work trucks. We are required by the law to know the wind speed and air temperature at every job where we make a chemical application. This little Wind Meter does the job nicely. We have re-purchased them when they have been lost or when we have added vehicles.

This is a decent wind meter for the money. I bought it to get rough estimates on air temperatures and velocities coming out of AC registers. It would be absolutely perfect for my usage if it measured humidity too. The case protects it nicely while in my tool bag. Mine did arrive with dead batteries, so that's why I rated it as a 4.

I purchased the hand-held skymate to measure wind speed to improve my sail selection before heading out for a windsurf. It is excellent. Simple to use and now takes that little bit of doubt out of my mind about average wind strength and gust strength. It looks robust enough to handle being thrown in my box of equipment.

Works just fine. The averaging functions are handy for getting readings on unsteady wind. Tripod mount has been useful as well.

The only thing that could be better is the resolution, but it is fine for most purposes - especially for the money.

I AM AN AVID KITEBOARDER ON LONG ISLAND. I PURCHASED THE WEATHERHAWK SM -18 HAND -HELD SKYMATE WIND METER A MONTH AGO ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A FRIEND WHO IS A WINDSURFER AND I LOVE IT! IT IS SMALL AND EASY TO USE. IT IS VERY ACCURATE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT.

well im over in afagastain and well i ordered the weatherhawk SM-18 so i could keep track out how hot and cold it gets around here. i have had one like this before and i realy like these they are very use full when in the field.

very accurate at low mph's easy to use lightweight.