La Crosse Technology Combo11-IT Wireless Weather Station Combo Pack
La Crosse Technology Combo11-IT Wireless Weather Station Combo Pack
Item Description
Combo11-IT Climate Combo Pack capabilities Atomic time and date that updates automatically for Daylight savings time. Inside Outside temperature and humdity, Records MIN/MAX Temperature Humdity, barometic pressure graph with tendency arrow. WS-9037U-IT measures- six.9" tall by four.75" wide by 1.25" deep WS-9080U-IT - five.35" tall by 3.75" wide by .75" deep
Product Functions
- Wireless weather station combo from La Crosse Technologies contains 1 temperature station, 1 forecast station, and 1 wireless remote sensor
- Wall-mount or stand-alone base unit LCD displays relate indoor and outdoor temperatures, date, and atomic clock time
- Further characteristics on forecast unit: barometric pressure, humidity, moon phase, indoor comfort level, and forecast icons
- Single sensor transmits to each bases at 915 MHz from up to 330 feet unobstructed needs separate obtain of five AA and 2 AAA batteries
- Wireless method accommodates up to 3 remote sensors restricted 1-year warranty
Consumer Critiques
I've had this weather station up and operating for more than a week, and it is undertaking nicely. My prior one was a sophisticated (and much additional costly) Oregon Scientific that died, with no opportunity of resurrection, a tiny more than a year along. This evidently produced me wary of the brand, so I decided to go for the La Crosse this time around, and preserve it easier.
The Combo11-IT is in fact two climate stations -- one total and one basic -- in one particular package, plus an external temperature and humidity sensor. The a lot more full station is the WS-9037U-IT and the fundamental a single is the WS-9080UR-JT. There is no way you can apprehend this from reading the skimpy information in the product page, and I only discovered out when I received it. This two-in-one particular scheme is really handy given that, for instance, you can have a single station in the living room and the other 1 in the bedroom, and each are fed the very same information from the external transmitter.
The even more full panel is very related to other La Crosse models, and gives you:
Time, in 12 or 24 hrs, and date (set by atomic clock if you live in the US, or manually if you don't)
Moon phase
Indoor temperature and humidity (celsius or fahrenheit and %, respectively), plus a comfort indicator icon that states the apparent
Forecast, which is dependent on barometric pressure modifications. Another set of icons, composed of an arrow and an image. Arrow can point upwards or downwards, and the icon can indicate "sunny", "cloudy with sunny intervals" or "rainy"
Barometric pressure, in Hg or hPa
Barometric pressure 24-hour history
Outdoor temperature and humidity (C /F and %), plus the comfort indicator
You can also set the station to alarm clock mode with or devoid of snooze, and customize quite a few parameters, such as measuring units, forecast icon sensitivity, back-light intensity, etc., and see the maximum and minimum indoor and outdoor temps and humidity for the last 24 hours.
The standard panel gives you only time (12/24 hrs), indoor and outdoor temperatures (C or F) and minimum and maximum temperatures in the final 24 hours. It comes with its own tiny manual. You can set the time by the atomic clock or manually, and adjust the LCD display's contrast.
The climate-resistant outdoor transmitter only displays the current temperature reading in fahrenheit, which I located extremely odd. My stations are set to celsius (I am metric) and there is no way to set the transmitter to it. I emailed La Crosse about this -- the package consists of valuable information about contacting them for assistance, like an e mail address -- but much more than a week has passed and nonetheless no reply. I no longer count on one particular...
I advise you to read the manual, as there is a procedure to set up the principal units and the transmitter, and all the configuring is performed with 5 buttons on the correct side. Then again, I identified it painless and fast and got it correct the initially time about in a handful of minutes.
The readings from each units appear to be accurate sufficient. I put them in various rooms, in places with no direct sunlight, and the temperature variation in between them is just .three celsius (roughly .6F). The external transmitter reaches both units equally nicely.
Both units have a nice, discreet style and seem well built. The complete 1 has a pretty firm detachable stand or can be wall-mounted. The basic unit has a fold-in stand and can also be wall-hung.
The one particular thing that definitely daunted me was receiving all the elements out of their horrendous packaging. It was a single of those impossible-to-cut-open plastic and cardboard setups that nearly created me send the whole issue back. But as soon as I overcame this initial hurdle (with a brand-new cut on my finger), the rest was uncomplicated.
I like the Combo11-IT pack and think that it is really good worth for the revenue. I just hope it lasts for a long time.
The item comes wrapped in a heavy molded-plastic insert with a cardboard overlay that contains information and facts about the product. La Crosse has taken wonderful care in creating certain that the product inside the wrapper will arrive safely as it is practically hermetically sealed. That being said, THIS Product IS CONTAINED IN THE ABSOLUTE WORST PACKAGING I'VE EVER ATTEMPTED TO OPEN! Knives scissors don't work...seriously.
Just after receiving a tiny cut on my thumb, breaking three fingernails, and then getting sliced across the hand by the tough plastic insert, I finally resorted to TIN SNIPS to get the packaging open. Even with tin snips, it was a actual workout in patience to extract every single piece. Had the tin snips not worked, I would have sent the mangled semi-opened item appropriate back to Amazon. I'm not confident what LaCrosse is attempting to keep out, but I am fairly specific it's the client. Zero () stars for the packaging.
When the bleeding stopped, and the urge to hurt the insidious individual that devised the wrapper had passed, I was ready to carry out the setup. I laid the parts out, face down, and opened the battery situations on the 2 indoor receivers and the single outdoor sensor included in the kit. Getting read other evaluations, I inserted the two AA Lithium batteries I bought in the outdoor sensor 1st. I followed this with the insertion of frequent AA AAA batteries into the two indoor receivers within the three minute time period advised in the manual. (The sensor is security coded, therefore the require for speed on setting up the batteries in the sensor, then both receivers.) If you fail to do this properly, the sensor facts will not be captured by the indoor receiver units. Then you have to take away the batteries from all three devices and begin over once more.
Setting up the display was a breeze, no manual necessary. The display intensity is adjustable and the bigger unit can also be backlit for viewing in a darkened space. As other individuals have mentioned, the blinking pressure reading is a bit annoying, but otherwise functions well and appears to be fairly correct. Four (4) stars for the item.
General I'd advocate the item, but wrestling with the packaging tends to make for a miserable expertise!
1/three/2010 UPDATE:
I've had this climate station set up for about 3 weeks now and I've noticed a couple of issues:
1. The outdoor sensor falls out of the clip holster when it is slightly windy. We purposely placed it on the leeward side of the fence post to prevent this issue, without having achievement.
2. The forecast photos are rather limited. Only 3 icons are available and they are "sunny", "sunny.cloudy" and "cloudy with rain", though this was not mentioned in their item description.
three. The picture in the forecast region Generally shows "cloudy with rain" any time the barometric pressure falls...regardless of whether or not it is actually raining.
I was hoping this method would be smart adequate to take into consideration the humidity and temperature as nicely as the barometric pressure to make this forecast picture significantly a lot more precise...like "snow" when the temperature is 32 degrees fahrenheit or beneath, or "cloudy without having rain" when the humidity is around 60%.
For far more item specific details, you can view the COMBO11 owners manual by clicking the Item Manual button on the Help page at:[...]
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