Color Weather Station with Temperature and Humidity Monitor, Weather Forecaster

Funcional

Let's face it. When you buy an electronic device, you'll occasionally get a dud. You can't mass-manufacture electronics and not make a mistake every once in a while. How the company deals with these mistakes is what makes their product, and the company itself, one that I'll happily use again. When I got my AcuRite 02027 I was pleasantly surprised. It has a highly-visible display that's nicely arranged and color coded to distinguish interior from exterior readings. All the sensors seemed very accurate once I got the little outdoor sensor in the right place. Even the forecast was correct most of the time. A neat little trick is that the display is at its brightest when viewed from slightly above, so it's perfectly at home on a desktop or table. About two months into ownership, though, the outside sensor stopped transmitting. I put new batteries in it, but it didn't come back to life. I changed the transmitting channel, and it immediately started registering on the display again. But something was wrong. The sensor was sitting next to the base station, which was showing an inside temp of 73 degrees. But the sensor was transmitting a temp of 91! And it was climbing rapidly. I watched it until it showed 113 degrees, then picked it up. The sensor itself was hot. I pulled the batteries and put in different ones, but it did the same thing. Something inside the sensor was overheating badly, making it useless. I contacted AcuRite using the web address in the owner's manual. A couple of days later, a rep named Charlotte sent me a reply. She said that they stand behind their product, and she was sorry I was having issues. All she asked was whether I was using rechargeable batteries, which they don't recommend. I assured her I was not. She then asked me to email her my receipt of purchase from Amazon. A couple of days after that, I received an email saying that my replacement sensor was on its way. She again apologized for my inconvenience, and hoped I would contact her again if there were any further issues. There was no charge for shipping, processing or handling. This is customer service as it should be. No lengthy process, no ridiculous hoops to jump through, no stupid charges that make using the warranty useless. Just a confirmation of the problem and a quick replacement. Thank you, Charlotte. AcuRite will be my weather station from now on.

This device is as good as a barometer alone can be. Meteorological predictions are based on many parameters, and the barometric pressure is only one of several parameters to monitor. A barometer will always miss the other parameters, therefore being a limited weather prediction tool. Still, 13 or so different eye-catching icons provide a whealth of possible weather predictions for the next 3 to 9 hours (not 24 at all). The viewing angle could be considered as somewhat narrow by some users, but that's the nature of LCD technology, not a design flaw. It's perfect when viewed slightly from below eye level. The vivid colours and the 3-level background lighting are wonderful. Be aware that in order to use the background lighting on a long-term basis, the use of the provided power supply is mandatory. Full daylight will dime the visibility of the screen content, just get closer to it. As an awesome added feature, this model (along several other ones) allows the measurements to be calibrated, which adds even more precision to the readings. For me, the only thing missing is the name of the days, like Mon, Tue, Wed, etc. I would buy another one and I recommend it. 6+ months review Still loving it! : )

Muy buen producto, buena presentación y funcionamiento

Just received the AcuRite 02027 WX station today and it was easy to set up. Took about 15 min total to get it up and running, and that included mounting the remote sensor underneath my back deck. I mounted it on a flooring support cross beam, approx. 5.5 ft above ground and 9 ft out from the house. In this location, the sensor gets adequate protection from the elements, is completely shaded all day and gets good air flow. No problems with data transmission as well thus far. I have 5 bars of signal strength indicated on the WX station screen and the sensor transmits at exactly every 16 seconds (red light on the remote sensor flashes when it transmits). The station itself is very easy to program. Instructions are easy to read and follow. After starting the unit up, I spent about an hour online pinpointing a dozen nearby professional-grade Personal Weather Stations - "PWS's" (see wunderground.com, search by zip code) so I could get a geographical baseline on air temp, RH and barometric pressure readings for my neighborhood. After manually adjusting the readings on the WX station to match the local PWS's, I sat back, watched and waited. I checked it against the local PWS' obs every 30 minutes or so for almost 9 hours. So far, the WX station readings are right in step with several PWS's in my vicinity (1/4 - 3 miles distance from me). As far as indoor temp and RH readings, the unit is pretty accurate IMO...as I bench-marked the indoor temp and RH with an older WX station I have, as well as against a couple of reliable mercury thermometers I have hanging here in the basement. All in all, this unit is very well worth the price as far as I can tell so far. I'll provide a follow-up to this review in a couple of weeks once the self-calibration ("Learning mode") for the barometer is complete. 09/29/2015 Follow-up; Still very pleased with the performance of this WX station. The "Learning Mode" calibration period ended at 2 weeks and my barometric pressure readings have been spot on compared to several nearby online PWS's. Outdoor Temp and RH are very accurate and again match very closely with nearby airport METARS and PWS's. I have been so pleased with the accuracy of this station, that I bought a second unit for my living room upstairs. I am running that unit off the same remote sensor I am using for the original unit (just had to make sure the new unit was set to the same channel as the sensor is set to). So now I have 2 of these stations in my house...and both are displaying the exact same outdoor temp, RH and pressure. Obviously the indoor temp and RH readings are slightly different between the two as one is in my basement office and the other is upstairs in the living room. Moon phase feature has been accurate and the clock is surprisingly precise so far...+/- 2 or 3 seconds when checked against shortwave radio time stations, WWV (US-10.000 mHz) or CHU (Canada-14.670 mHz). I am thinking of getting a 3rd station...for my night stand....but will have get approval from my wife before doing that!! Update 11/18/2015: 2+ months after purchase and this weather station is still spot-on with it readings; indoor and outdoor. Regarding the outdoor readings; temp, RH, barometric pressure and tendency are still almost exactly in step with the two nearby airport AWOS reports I benchmark against. The clock has been very consistent as well (still holding at +/- 3 seconds accuracy versus the NIST shortwave radio time clock). I did end up moving moving the outdoor remote sensor to another part of the cross beam underneath my back deck. The original spot turned out to be on drip line for water...so the sensor was getting wet in heavy rains. The new location, only 2 feet to the left, has proven to be a much drier spot and free of heavy drips.