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Great Buy
Ive Had this for over two years now. The outdoor piece stop working... I called the company and they sent me a new one free of charge. Its an awesome piece, only I thought it would be bigger when I bought it. But now appreciate the fact that its small. As I take it with me when I go away for vacation...
Simple and inexpensive
I bought this station about 6 months ago. It was very easy to set up, and has been working perfectly ever since. Having one reliable atomic clock in the house is useful, as all appliances drift somewhat, and so do mechanical watches. The wireless remote temperature sensor has also been working reliably. I just placed in under a bench on the deck, and it has survived so far (in the wet Seattle climate).Also, the station has a memory for highest/lowest temperatures (one for the station, one for the remote sensor), which is nice when you want to know exactly how hot/cold it got last night.I haven't been using the weather forecast much, so I won't comment on it.I still haven't had to change the batteries (almost 6 months of use by now).Altogether, I'm very happy with the purchase (less than $35), and would recommend this unit to anyone looking for an inexpensive atomic clock/temperature sensor combo.
good product-bad information
The weather station and remote sensor work very well, however, when you order the basic weather station, Amazon suggests ordering the wireless remote with the basic unit. When the product arrives you find the wireless remote is included with the base unit. If you're a dope like me, you'll assume that one remote is for indoors, and the other's for outdoors. This is not the case. The base unit reads indoor data and the wireless remote that comes with it goes outside. Guess I'll put the extra sensor on the other side of the house as the unit will gather info from two outside sources.
Purchasing this weather station was a mistake
I read (and unfortunately ignored) the reviews of others describing their poor experience with this product. I purchased the product because it appeared to have the features I needed. The first product that shipped worked for about 30 days and failed (the failure mode seems to be that the outside transmitter just stops working, followed closely by the base unit display failure). After replacing batteries and resynchronizing the units, it still did not work. I contacted La Crosse and shipped the product back to the company. After about 3 weeks, I received a new (rather than refurbished) replacement that also only worked for about 30 days. It too failed again and I just tossed it out.
Great when it works
After ordering this product I read reviews that the exterior transmitter worked only for a short period of time and that a replacement cost as much as the entire unit. Should have paid attention to the reviews and canceled the order. Mine lasted about 80 days. A piece of junk and waste of money.
A waste of money
The first one I bought didn't even work, I sent it back and they told me it was a bad unit so they sent me another one. That unit worked fine for 2 months and now, looses the outdoor temperature reading every 4-5 days. When I call them to report this ongoing problem they tell me to remove the batteries and wait 15 minutes and put them back in. Works fine for another few days.There's not much that is accurate about this product. I wasted my money and I'm very disappointed in it.Looking for a better more reliable weather station......