Weather Stations, Weather Stations with Outdoor Sensor
Weather Stations, Weather Stations with Outdoor Sensor Wireless UK, Digital Weather Station, Large LCD Screen Weather Forecast, Temperature Humidity Alarm Clock Weather Stations for Home Office
| Weight: | 470 g |
| Size: | Large Screen |
| Dimensions: | 16 x 11.5 x 3.3 cm; 470 Grams |
| Model: | EM3383C |
| Part: | EM3383C |
| Colour: | Weather station with black sensor |
| Batteries Required: | Yes |
| Batteries Included: | Alkaline |
| Manufacture: | GRCFBQ |
| Dimensions: | 16 x 11.5 x 3.3 cm; 470 Grams |
| Size: | Large Screen |
I’ve had one weather station recently that failed after less than 8 months, and the battery life of the outside sensor was pretty bad (2 weeks). I decided to give this one a go and I liked the possibility to plug the inside unit to the main.
I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of this new device. The display is good and bright, the build quality appears high, and the battery life of the outside sensor is amazing (is still going after 3 very cold months. Setting the radio-controlled clock was little awkward at the beginning but I am now happy, and it ensures accuracy.
Setting up the device (bar the clock) was very easy indeed.
I suggest using the power brick unless you don’t have a wall plug nearby
This weather station is easy to set up and use. Good clear screen giving all relevant information from the sensor. Highly recommended for price and quality of the item.
superb item excellent picture quality and digital presentation very accurate
This product was a quality item that aswell as looking very good quality it display was superb, giving very accurate readings that you can depend on.
Well recommended device.
Great little weather station. I’ve wanted something like this for a while and am glad I chose this one as it has all the features that I was looking for. It works perfectly and is easy to set up and use. The display is clear and bright. It was well-packaged and arrived quickly.
Bought as a present Easy to set up bright attractive display appears to be accurate providing useful information re temperature and weathe
It’s nice and bright makes viewing easy from a distance. First thing in the morning I look check outside temperature to see what clothing to put on. Wooly hat or peak cap gloves or not. It’s an ideal weather statio
Purchased as a Christmas gift. Was very easy to set up and surprisingly very accurate. Looks good on the side board with large easy to read digital numbers. Only really used for the basics of temperature so far but has many more features to explore. My mum and dad love it.
Excellent weather station easy to set up a with clear screen would recommend
Good design ,very accurate , very easy to set up nice bright large display
Bought it for my Mum for Christmas, she is really pleased with the product and would highly recommend
Great product shows clearly the inside and outside temperature, always take a look before heading out with the dogs so I can dress accordingly! Also displays the time. Great product we wouldn’t be without it and fast and efficient delivery
Inside and outside temperature is very useful and accurate, weather forecasts not always reliable.
Found this to be very accurate and the large read out makes a whole lot better to see. 5 stars from me .
Bought this for my mum for Christmas and she loves it. It’s bright and colorful and easy to read. It replaced an old one she had that broke
I bought this for my disabled father. It has a very clear display, was very easy to set up, including the remote external sensor. Very pleased with i
The weather station has a colour screen and large, clear numerals so it is easy to read from across the room. Very easy to set up and gives accurate information.
I would give a definite thumbs up for this item.
Bought this weather station for my Mums Xmas present. Good big displays that she can read easily, she looks at it at the beginning of the day to help plan her day whether to go out in the garden or head to the shops. Simple to set up and use.
A weather station is a quite mundane purchase. This station is not mundane: it makes a passable attempt at predicting the weather, not too easy in the UK and monitors pressure, humidity in addition to temperature. It appears very reliable, although I am not sure how weather proof the mobile sensor might be, so in my case the outdoor sensor lives in a facsimile of a Stevenson’s screen. There are a number of useful features such as max and min readings, estimates of mold likelihood, and a very cheerful display of its forecast. The ability to use either batteries or mains is useful and the power savings mode particularly so in these days of high energy prices. I would recommend this weather station highly, particularly at its very reasonable price.
Greta item nice clear and bright display came well packaged easy to setup
Does what it says on the box, not sure about accuracy as i have nothing to measure it against.
Couldn’t wait to get this out of the box and have it plugged in, easy to set up and pretty simple to read, my mum was a big fan of it and I’ve clocked her on many occasions glancing at it, it’s bright enough that she hasn’t complained about not seeing it properly and overall very happy with i
Nice looking design
Solid plastic
Battery operated or cable
Excellent weather station
Good size
Amazing weather station. This arrived quick and was well packed.
The weather station comes with an AC power adapter and 1 sensor, equipped with sensors that can receive real-time data outdoors to generate accurate weather forecasts for your location. The remote sensors offer a transmission range of up to 100m, which means you can place them in your patio, garden, office, balcony, and more.
The built-in MSF receiver automatically calibrates the time every day, no need for you to manually correct the time.
The wireless weathers station can be powered by 100-240v AC adapter or 3 AAA alkaline batteries….the batteries are not included.
This weather station can be used as a wall-mounted desktop stand and has 6 levels of weather forecasts at the same time: sunny, sunny and cloudy, cloudy, rainy, stormy and snowy. Wireless Weather Station by monitoring weather conditions such as indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, 6 simple and vivid icons can predict weather fluctuations in the next 12 hours.
The weather station is equipped with a 21.2 2.9 13.9 cm large colour LCD screen, with a wider and clearer viewing angle, which can simultaneously display indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity (highest/lowest), moon phase, Real-time weather information such as weather status, air pressure, etc., as well as functions such as custom alarm, alarm clock (snooze function), time (12 hours/24 hours), calendar and temperature selection (F/C).
When running on battery power, the screen will automatically turn off after about 8 seconds to save power, and you can also use the voice control function to remotely control the weather station with your voice.
It an absolutely amazing device to have around the house…inside or outside. It really is a plus to have this and all the information’s that it provides. It’s very sturdy and well made. Big enough to be read from afar. I am wholeheartedly recommending this to anyone. Absolutely amazing quality for a fair price. No one would regret buying this. Definitely worth every single penny.
Nice colourful display and works better with the mains adapted otherwise the display turns off and is only displayed when you touch the screen , unit seems to work on humidity and atmospheric pressure so displays a weather forecast for the next day rather than what it is at the moment ie today was sunny and the display said it was raining , the next day it did rai
I like to have a weather station for inside and outside temperatures and relative humidities. My previous ones have not lasted long before producing obviously wrong information, so I’m hoping this one will provide reliable information. My previous weather stations have been in the same price range, so I am not optimistic, but so far, so good. Apart from temperature and humidity, the other information displayed is of limited value to me, but it is a colourful display panel.
It was the usual fiddle to set up the system and the poorly written instruction manual did not help. Batteries were needed for the outside sensor, but I’ve used the adaptor/transformer for the inside sensor/display to keep it permanently on, as using batteries for this results in the display going off after a short period of time and then needing to be reawakened to view. Since there is a day/time output, it is helpful that this is kept accurate automatically by radio signals.
I can’t rate the accuracy because I’m depending on the sensors being reasonably accurate without any independent way of measuring their accuracy. Overall, I’m happy with the system so far and it is providing me with the information I am interested in receiving.
Weather station with large colour LCD display and outside sensor.
Main LCD screen can be powered by included charger or batteries. Outside sensor needs 2 batteries to work (not included). Main weather station is fairly easy to set up and got attractive look. It took few attempts to connect outside sensor with main screen. Temperature and humidity readings are quite adequate. Weather forecast not as such. Only annoying thing with this weather station is fact that display is switching off after 10 or 20 seconds and I need to manually wake it up to check time or temperature. Display suppose to stay on with chosen settings but it is not.
The weather station is a nifty device that allows me to see the humidity/ temperature inside and outside my home. In addition, it also forecasts the weather.
Although the display is large, clear plus colorful, it can be viewed only at a certain angle.
The device is battery-operated.
Also, it’s quite accurate. Comes with voice control and dimmable brightness too.
However, I found the setup somewhat difficult. The instruction manual was very vague and I could not comprehend it easily
At first I thought the receiving monitor was touch screen, it certainly looks like it but it isn’t. The controls are buttons on the top.
I have found this weather station easy to set up and to read. Setting it up is a simple process of inserting two AA batteries into the transmitter / outdoor sensor, preferably rechargeable batteries to avoid much unnecessary avoidable additions to the toxic landfill sites. Once the batteries are inside the sensor simply plug in the receiver / monitor or insert two more AA batteries inside the monitor. Once again, if batteries are being used it is advisable to use rechargeables as not only are they envorinmentally friendly they can also save 100s over their lifespan.
Once the monitor is powered up it shows the outside temperature, the indoor temperature the chance of rainfall, the chance of getting mold, the humidity, the forecast and the clock. The clock is set in two possible ways of which the first is by waiting for a hour until the weather station connects to the MSF time signal. The other way to set the clock is manually if one doesn’t want to wait a further hour. Setting the clock manually is quick and simple.
Once one has set the clock the weather station can be set to perform many task from setting weather alarms, change the temperature format, change the clock between 12 / 24 hr, setting high / low temperture alerts etc. etc.
The weather centre can be used for general household information, as a guidance for campers, even gardeners can find this a very helpful product as it can aid advance warning of severe heat or cold temperatures which can be damaging to vegetation. Even fishermen can find this usefull as species of fish will go closer to shore with different sea temperatures. So, if it is very colds ome fish will come closer to shore where the sea temperature will be a little higher and some fish go further away and deeper when the temperature around the coastline is high so they can cool down. This can also be useful for those with small private aircraft as they can monitor the current weather risks and if necessary delay flying until bad weather passes.
I am recommending this product as it does work and it works well; it’s simple to set up and use, it is good quality and for it’s numerous potential uses it is good value.
I gave this to my other half to set up because he is better at these things than me, and I get annoyed if I cant just plug and go. But even his annoyance with it was plain to see. Its always a bad sign when you come online to read the Amazon eviews to see if you can get any handy tips. Its a pretty big item, and feels a bit cheap.
However, when we did eventually get it working and reading the temperatures correctly, it was amazing how much I now look at it. I can seat clearly on my desk a few feet away and im getting a bit obsessed with temperatures these days and the variations between inside and outside, depending on the weather conditions. So I added an extra star on to my initial thoughts that this was only deserving of 3 as im quite fond of it now!
Great colourful bright weather station and a neat size too not too big or small just a decent size for the bedside table or on a unit without taking up too much room and the viewing angle isn’t too bad looking side on but looking at it head on is best like most backlit LCD panels,
I found the unit quite simple to set up with no issues and found the readings to be very accurate including the forecast but only time will tell if it keeps that up at different levels of weather in the weeks to come but so far so good, There is also a radio controlled clock function which is handy and had no issues locking onto the signal with good strength and the outdoor wireless unit was also spot on with good signal between that and the main unit,
A very handy gadget but a bit pricey could be a bit cheaper in my opinion.
This was really accurate. You can use your phone with it. I suggest reading the instructions first, so you know what you are doing and how to set it up. It was easy to use and adjust once you knew what you were doing.
Looks better than it feels. The digital display is clear and easy to read, easy to set up but it feels really light and made a weird rattling sound when we took it out of the box, at first we thought it may have been damaged in transit, as it sounds like something is moving around inside it, but it doesn’t affect its function at all. Does what it’s meant to, reads the temperature, humidity., alarm clock and calender. Radio controlled clock so adjusts the time automatically when the clocks change. Takes 5 xAAA batteries, not included. Good functioning item but not the best quality.
This is an amazing weather station! It can be powered by batteries or electricity. The display is colourful and easy to read. It shows the time, temperature and percentage inside and outside, as well as the forecast. Great for anyone who likes to see the temperature indoors and outdoors!
Review Update: I have had this weather station for a couple of months now and I wanted to update my review which was critical of the product in some areas. The outdoor module has survived a variety of weather including torrential downpours! I honestly didnt think it would last but i was wrong! Therefore I have awarded this product a further star taking it to 4 stars.
Original review below:
This weather station is colourful, functional and detailed. There are two parts to the product the first is the display which is a very decent size and can either be powered via AA batteries or the included power adapter.
Set up of the device is fiddly to say the least – the instructions are poorly written and did not make a lot of sense to me. There are several buttons on the top of the device which you must press in a certain order or for a different length of time to get the station to do certain things – i found it overly complicated to be honest!
The display has a radio controlled clock but i could not get it to pick up any signal from my lounge, i moved it around the house but still it would not auto set the time and date. Eventually i put it outside on the window sill and a few hours later it had auto set the time/date.
The display is large and colourful with plenty of weather detail and nice animations. It’s basic but it does actually work well and looks good. One major flaw is that you pretty much have to be stood in front of the display to see the info, from the side or above it becomes almost impossible to read the screen. It shows the temperature of the indoor/outdoor modules, humidity levels, a graph to show mould levels and temperature warnings which i gave up trying to set! There is also a pretty cool cloud/sun/rain animation.
The outdoor module took a long time to connect but eventually it did get there – however it did take over 24hrs to get an accurate temperature from my garden – initially it just displayed 22.7c for hours despite being in the garden in the dead of night! The following morning all was functioning well. There is a small LCD display on the module showing the current temp and humidity. My main concern with the outdoor sensor is that there appears to be no waterproofing at all – you can see in my review pictures that the battery compartment has no waterproof seals. I am not confident this will last very long being outside open to the elements – as a result i have place the module under a small canopy to shelter it as best as i can.
Overall i do quite like the device, it’s just a shame the build quality is a little ‘discounted’. Time will tell if the outside sensor lasts – i will update this review if it does fail.
Would i recommend this product to others? That’s a tough question as i need to see how it fairs. I do not dislike this product, it does the job well and is very informative. But it is a tad complicated and the display is difficult to read unless direct on. If you are looking for a budget weather station then i would say yes give it a try…
I hope that you found my review helpful.
I’ve had a number of ‘weather stations’ before. This has a larger screen with a COLOUR DISPLAY which is backlit. The duration of the time for which the display is backlit depends on the power supply being used. When using battery power the display cannot be read when it is not backlit even though it is LCD. Disappointing. The viewing angle is somewhat restricted with the intensity that’s seen dropping at quite small angles of deviation from the normal. It’s still a quite nice display though. The bezel around the screen is larger than I would like as it means the device simply occupies more room.
Placing the outside sensor as close to the inside sensor as possible and leaving the devices to ‘soak’ for a couple of hours I gained some insight into the accuracy of the sensors. The temperature sensors consistently differ from each other by about 0.8 degrees C. Not a huge discrepancy but irritating. Hardly seems reasonable giving a reading to 0.1 degrees C if the sensor isn’t accurate enough, IMHO.
This summer I found that the weather was so very hot that the dwelling had to be kept shut down to keep the hot air and heat out. Doors had to be kept shut, curtains drawn that kind of thing. At night, as soon as it was cold enough, every window was being thrown open and the doors opened to let the cool air in. I jest not that this weather station makes it easier to judge when to open up and when to close down. That’s in addition to any other alarms you might be using to detect frost and such like. In this sense this is much more than a toy or made obsolete by online resources.
Price at time of review 29.99
a great little unit with an easy to read display, battery backup aswell as mains is a nice touch.
it is very slow to update the outside temp, and the instructions are not clear at all. i still havent been able to set the right time on my unit. as for accuracy, well after 2 hours the external sensor finally read the same as an analog thermometer as for the prodictions, we shall see as its been mostly cloudy here the last few days and the unit just flickers the clouds on and off.
This was quote difficult for me to get set up but once I had it all done I was impressed by how informative it is and it’s found it’s place in my living room.
It tells the time, gives you the temperature of both indoors and outdoors, humidity levels and weather forecast among other information.
You’re going to need batteries for this (5 x AAA) but it does come with an adapter for wall plug-in.
There’s a little box that comes with it, you’re supposed to keep it outdoors and it sends informative back to the weather station but it’s really flimsy and I don’t have faith in it being waterproof.
Anyway. So far, so good.
Seems to be decent quality, with handy outdoor weather sensor.
3D style colour graphics display is very easy to read, and looks impressive.
Seems to work well …. very impressed !
This weather station works well and has a range of features.
Unfortunately the user manual reads as though it was written by someone for whom English wasn’t their first language, so the instructions aren’t very clear. The information is also sketchy in some respects, e.g. what the buttons on the display unit actually do. With some trial and error I managed to set it up, but still don’t really understand some things, e.g. what RCC is and whether I should put it on or off. I settled for on, but have no real idea if this is correct or not.
The remote sensor requires two AA batteries and two more are needed for the main display. These are not supplied so you will need to buy them separately. The display unit also works on mains power using the plug and adaptor provided. If you want the display to be visible all the time, you will need to use this.
The display unit looks smart and colourful and makes a good talking point in my living room. The most useful information is the indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity level. The icon-based forecasts look snazzy but I don’t find them particularly accurate. Other indicators like comfort level and risk of mould are of limited value, in my opinion.
Overall, this is a neat little weather station and I enjoy checking it any time I am passing. It seems well made and the display is bright and clear. It’s a shame about the manual, though. I give this product four stars overall.
Easy to read screen with 4 levels of brightness inc dim (blackout) so you can have it in a room you sleep in if needed. Wireless sensor has good range and easy to pair to mains unit. This main unit can be battery or mains powered tho given the brightness it can go up to id say keeping it mains powered would be smart.
It’s accurate when compared with my mercury outdoor thermometer so happy with the unit.
Recommended
This Weather station offers you a lot of features for your money, but there are some caveats to an entirely positive recommendation. The screen features some attractive and colourful graphics which offers a wide variety of data including temperature and humidity from both the indoor and outdoor sensors plus such things as an alarm and the time as well as a weather forecast although this suffers from the same issues as the ones which pop up on your computer screen and should be taken as an indication rather than totally accurate.
The build quality of the device is fair but not the most sturdy whilst the instruction manual is of the usual standard these days i.e poorly written and less than clear-it is easier to work it out for yourself to some degree. In this regard, the biggest challenge is setting up the outside sensor which requires 2 AA batteries (not supplied). My advice is choose your positioning carefully avoiding walls with excess run off of water or in full sun/shade. I had to move my around before it settled to a temperature remotely near accurate. The device can be used off mains or batteries but none are supplied so you need 2 x 2 AA if you want to be able to move the device round at will inside-I have chosen one place and used the mains socket.
In conclusion this is an easy to read device with useful data not least the warnings of imminent changes of weather. The price is just a little high, but it remains an useful and informative way of keeping a handle on the climate perhaps more useful than ever now with the cost of energy rising so high.
Super weather station. Works great.
Showing temperature very accurate and humidity to.
Very helpfull,thing to have at home. Its a second weather station I got. The first one I purchase last year and its still works super.
Its works via batteries which need to be change once in 2 month.
Very hapy with the product and its price.
And surely can recommend it to all.
This weather station is pretty useful and allows you to see the temperature and humidity outside and inside your home. There’s also a forecast, which told us it would rain before my phone knew it would which was handy. There’s lots of other information too, and the display is bright and easy to read
It was a little bit difficult to set up. The translation in the instructions isn’t the greatest and I found it was easy just to press buttons to find out what they do rather than try to make sense of the manual
I couldn’t get the outdoor sensor to connect properly, it was giving a completely different reading than the one shown on the display. My brother later managed to get it connected, and so far it’s doing a good job! I am a little bit concerned about the durability of the outdoor sensor as it’s really lightweight and doesn’t look like it has any waterproofing
Overall, once set up it works well but it’s a little bit pricey and could do with much clearer instructions
The weather station is reasonably easy to setup. Signal from the wireless transmitter doesn’t seem to work if the batteries are not inserted into the main unit. So, do follow the instructions, unlike me, and put the batteries into the main screen unit as well as the wireless outdoor transmitter, as the outdoor data will not display until you do so.
There are also a couple of errors in the manual. In the initial operation section refers to power socket as being B10, whereas the power socket is B9. But this is just nit picking, as the weather station is good. The screen is very clear at a certain viewing angle and unreadable at some angles, but that is not unusual with a lot of LCD screens. The unit itself is not premium in build I don’t think. It’s made of plastic and the casing is not sealed very well around the screen, because in the dark you can see light shine out of the back sides of the unit.
But its not all doom and gloom, there are more good points, than bad, about this weather station. At most positions the screen is crystal clear and sharp. There is plenty of useful information displayed on the screen like indoor and outdoor temperatures, risk of mould, humidity, date and time (radio controlled), comfort meter, temperature alarm and weather forecast. Using the wireless sensor is easy, just put the batteries into the back of the unit and as long as there are batteries in the main unit, you’ll see the outside temperature displayed on the main unit. The outdoor temperature was pretty accurate as far as I could see, compared to other temperature gauges I have access to. Even though I said the unit isn’t premium, it is in no way poorly made. It is made of plastic, but is fairly sturdy generally.
In summary, I cannot give it 5 stars because of the price point, but it certainly deserves 4, because it works well and has a reasonable LCD, but would be even better if they could give it an LCD that could be viewed at most angles. Some viewing angles aren’t good and the price is hefty, in general quality and data produced is good. So, I would recommend this weather station.
This is a review of the FOCHEA EM3383C-MSF Weather Station.
I have had, and still have several weather stations over the years, but unfortunately one of the last two expensive ones I have has now got a sensor failure and they are no longer in business, so no replacements are available, not even second hand… not good.
Now the first thing I noticed when I opened the box is how good the quality of this actually is.
I have said it is a ‘basic station’ because there is no barometric pressure reading, no facility to add extra sensors for wind speed or rain. although you could add 2 more Temperature/Humidity sensors but like 99% of these type of weather stations, no indication of where to buy them, so you basically stuck with just one by the looks of it.
In the box is the main weather station itself, a mains adaptor to power it, an outside sensor, and a ‘User Manual’ in five languages but there are no page numbers, so I can’t refer to any exact pages in my review I’m afraid.
The main unit has a 6″ (diagonal measurement) screen and the display is quite good, but, if like me you don’t want to use the power adaptor, it isn’t that easy to see unless you press the ‘large middle’ button on the top to light up the screen, but there is a good reason for that though, as this is a colour screen, and if it was powered by batteries all the time in its ‘bright’ mode, the battery life would be very poor, so it has to be a compromise.
The main unit has two ‘kick stands’ so you can stand it on a table etc but there is no hole on the back if you want to hang it up, but as I always stand mine on a table/window ledge it doesn’t bother me at all.
You can either power the unit with the supplied mains, AC adaptor, or like me power it with 2 x AA batteries, which I prefer as I have run out of sockets that are anywhere near where I want to put the main unit, plus I hate trailing wires anyway, but at least you have a choice of powering the device, rather than ‘mains only’, which is a non-starter for me.
The screen is divided into six sections the far left is the ‘Indoor Sensor’ and the far right is the ‘Outdoor Sensor’.
The top row on both indicates the temperature within one decimal place and on the bottom row is the Humidity as a percentage, along with a ‘Dry/Good/Humid’ Comfort Indicator, a settable temperature alert and a ‘mold’ (UK spelling = mould) risk indicator.
In-between these two columns is firstly, on the top, the weather ‘Forecast’ displayed with icons, and finally below that is the Time/Day/Date.
On to the remote sensor, which requires 2 x AA batteries which are NOT supplied, and I would strongly advise buying good quality Lithium batteries, because although they cost more, they will actually work in the cold, and will also last longer.
The sensor I received was already set in position ‘1’ on the switch so I just left it on that.
You have the choice of either just standing the sensor on something but this time there is a hole for hanging the sensor up if you so wish.
If you decide to put the sensor out ‘in the open’ you really need to protect it somehow as it is NOT sealed and has no waterproofing or IP rating, so it will become very quickly become water damaged – I put mine in my metal shed, alongside two other similar sensors from other makes. and you would think, that in a metal shed it would shield the wireless signal but it doesn’t and it is about 25 feet from the main unit and is no problem at all with signal strength.
I was pleased to see it is not a ‘blind sensor’ as it has a small temperature and humidity LCD display on the front.
Now for a little problem I encountered, although I changed the display on the sensor to F (press the little button inside) I could not find how to change the unit to F on the main unit, the reason being it is under “Manual Time Setting” in the User Manual (my wife spotted it, this morning, not me) for some reason but I put a request for help on the Amazon page and the next morning the seller replied along with a little video too – so a BIG “Thank You” to the seller !
The User Manual is very comprehensive, but it is a bit hard going though, having said that everything is there and that is what is most important.
Another I very important feature, for me anyway, is that the weather station uses a MSF radio controlled time function, so that it will keep excellent time, even when BST is on or off, it will adjust the automatically, I now won’t buy any clock or watch that doesn’t have this feature.
There are other features such as an alarm and temperature alerts, which you can set by using a combination of the seven buttons on the top of the main panel, but please refer to the manual for these.
Conclusion :
For what you pay (39.99 at time of my review, 29 September 202) this a great little weather station to get you started, and even if you don’t ‘upgrade’ it is still very useful and interesting, I actually started with a barometer from my great aunt when she died and I was 12, and I still use it every day.
There are a few features missing but the display is good and to be honest I can’t see anything negative to deduct any stars, and the seller was extremely helpful too about my query for… so a well-deserved 5 stars from me, and I thoroughly recommend it.
This weather station has a wide range of features and functions if you’re looking for something offering more than just the temperature.
There’s a large LCD colour screen which displays the weather, indoor/outdoor temperature, indoor/outdoor humidity, time and date, as well as an alarm and loads more.
There are two ways to power it, either from the mains or two AA batteries. When powering via the mains, the brightness can be adjusted and it will remain on. When powering via batteries, the screen will turn off automatically after 8 seconds to save power.
All in all, it’s a good, advanced weather station, albeit perhaps slightly expensive at 39.99, which was the price at time of writing.
I hope you found this review helpful.
This is a handy little weather station, it comes in two parts, an outdoor sensor and an indoor display panel.
Both parts are powered by two AA batteries, which aren’t supplied, or the display may optionally be powered by a mains adapted, which is provided.
Data from the outdoor sensor are transmitted to the display panel by a wireless link. The indoor unit picks up data from the environment and date and time information from the MSF radio signal.
Setup is reasonably easy, but the user guide is too small, and the diagrams are difficult to read.
The colourful LED display shows; temperature and humidity for both indoors and out. It also shows date and time and a graphic weather forecast.
There are a number of other functions which I’ve not yet tried.
When powered by batteries, the display is illuminated for about ten seconds by pressing a button. When mains power is used the display is constantly illuminated.
I have another small weather station and I was delighted to find that the information displayed was identical on each of them which gives me confidence that it is accurate.
Excellent value, I’m impressed.
I’ve had a number of weather stations up to this one, ranging from very expensive to low-priced versions. I have to say that on initial setup and checking, this is one of the better ones. It has some things missing, but for the price, this is a neat and functional station that looks and works well.
Starting with the setup:
The station comes with the main display and monitor unit and a small remote outside/inside temperature sensor. The remote sensor takes 2 AA batteries (not supplied) and can sit or be hung anywhere to send back temp and humidity data to the main unit. This will be displayed on the OUTSIDE sensor part of the display.
The sensor can be switched to show C, or F plus it has some dip switches so that you can use up to three of these to send data back to the home unit. Setting up is straightforward and takes a few moments once you press one of the connection buttons on the home unit.
The home unit/ base station has a built-in MSF receiver. The MSF radio signal is a dedicated standard-frequency and time broadcast from Anthorn, Cumbria that provides an accurate and reliable source of UK civil time. It is available 24 hours a day across the whole of the UK and beyond. Formally known as the Rugby Clock.
There is a dedicated button on the station that automatically senses and receives the time, day and date and will keep the display accurate by checking and updating regularly, including BST GMT changes. Setting this worked seamlessly, so no complicated time and date settings were required.
I really like the feature where this home station needs 2 AA batteries as well as a mains transformer. All the while there is mains power, the unit is supplied off the low voltage transformer, but in the event of a power cut, the backup batteries cut in to keep everything (except the backlight display) running normally.
Some things I would have liked
And that’s it … a neat, attractive and well-designed unit. There is only a provision for standing on a table, so it will not hang on a wall. Hanging is my preferred option. Also, the display fades out at certain viewing angles, so looking down is the best view of the data and colours.
Apart from those two small issues, this is a good option for a weather station. There is no wind speed or rain gauge of course, but for the price, this works well and looks really cool on a tabletop.
I have taken photos of the main home unit in dull light and bright light to show the screen on both.
With the prices of energy raising I think it is a good tool to monitor local external and internal temperatures to void use the heater when the temperature outside is before open the windows.
The colourful screen makes every day interesting. You can add some alerts for temperature change.
It contains 2 alarms, what works great for a bedside alarm.
The possibility to run on batteries is great. I prefer to move this around than keep it in one place.