Introduction:
I purchased this weather station in anticipation of the upcoming severe weather season. The price versus the options fit the budget just right.The unit has the outdoor temp, humidity and wind speed sensor. You can buy an optional rain gauge. I liked that as an add on option, because I do not want a rain sensor... having one included would increase the price of the system, I am sure.


Installation:

Installation and setup was easy. The hardest part was getting the wind sensor in a place with good access to wind. I think I have it now. Initial programming wasn't bad. Set time and date and a few more options, such as a reference barometric pressure for first calibration.

Operation:

Operation is easy. The only thing that got me was the calendar. It goes DAY/MONTH/YEAR, rather than MONTH/DAY/YEAR like most of us are used to. When readjusted, I discovered the unit wasn't broken. I had the unit set for 24 hour time. IF you use 12 hour time, the date will display m/d/y. This is a design function for use in military/european applications.The unit will track barometric pressure changes and display trends on a graph. Weather trends are displayed as an icon.The box says it has an advanced storm warning indicator. There is no mention of this in the manual. There are settings for this, although the manual say there is no storm alarm. Still, no Icon. I guess we will see during severe weather season.It stores minimum and maxumum measurements, and also has history, broken down into 3 hour intervals.Accuracy... well, it now shows improving conditions; but an ice storm is moving in :( It kind of has it backwards.Actually, it has a 75% accuracy rationg, and I actually think it is closer to 80% accurate at weather prediction. There are settings that allow the unit to use different sensitivity levels in its prediction. Over time and experience, a user could tweak it for their area to make it more accurate.

You have four push buttons that allow you access to all the functions easily and quickly.

The clock is a manual set clock, not an atomic clock.. The only drawback.  Again, this would probably add to price.


Final Thoughts:

All in all a nice unit. I'm glad I got it. It is as accurate as anything you will get at the consumer level.  Barometric pressure readings syay right on with the "reference pressure" I set up with and it has a very good response time to indicate pressure changes, and recalculate the forecast.  I love it.

Recommended: Yes