La Crosse Technology WD-3307U Weather Direct 4-Day Multi-Line Wireless Forecaster Review

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(More customer reviews)Here's how wretched La Crosse Technology's technical support is.
My WD-3307 arrived on 9 December, and was quickly registered through the Weather Direct website. The unit performed flawlessly, and I was quite impressed--until Christmas Day, when display updates simply stopped. I discovered that the unit's gateway module wasn't transmitting to the display, even when the two components were only a couple of feet apart. After a few minutes, I performed the factory reset of the gateway module as described in the owner's manual. That proved to be an enormous mistake, because you can't reregister the gateway module at the Weather Direct website unless a Weather Direct person does something at their end. And guess what? They can't even be bothered to answer their telephone, let alone do something.
I started calling the WD technical support line, on Friday, 26 December. IT WAS NEVER ANSWERED! (I let it ring for up to two minutes.) I tried again on Monday. Once again, it rang interminably each time I called until late in the day, when an automated system finally picked up and I was able to leave voicemail with my name and 'phone number. No one called that night or the following day, so I left another voicemail message Tuesday. That was the last time I could even leave voicemail at the WD number, since it went back to ringing forever when I called after that.
During this period, I was also trying the La Crosse Technology technical support 'phone number, with similar results. At least LCT's voicemail was always available--not that my call was ever returned.
Almost twelve hours ago, I once again left voicemail at the LCT technical support number, threatening to let Amazon customers know about LCT's post-sale support. The fact that you're reading this means that last call wasn't returned, either. That's TEN DAYS without a peep from them. Way to go, Weather Direct and LCT. Two weeks ago, I was telling people how good the Weather Direct stuff is. Now? Save your money, people. You don't need the aggravation.

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With its advanced technology and range of readouts, the Weather Direct multi-line weather station keeps the forecast and other vital facts at the ready without requiring you to turn on the TV or check the computer. Created by La Crosse Technology, the unit communicates wirelessly with a dedicated website to deliver continuously updated 24-hour forecasts for 60,000 North American locations. Along the way, it tracks time, date, remote-sensor temperature, daily highs and lows, and the anticipated time of both sunrise and sunset.
A high-speed Internet connection and a wireless router are needed to run the Weather Direct, but no software is required and no subscription is necessary. Forecasts are available for morning, afternoon, evening, and night for up to four days out, allowing for more accurate preparations and simplified planning. A series of icons communicates the numerous readings, which include chance of precipitation, rainfall in inches, hours of sunshine, barometric pressure, and wind gust/speed/direction. The bottom LCD line scrolls the current outdoor temperature, selected location, sunrise and sunset times, and forecast. An alarm with snooze is also included.
La Crosse Technology packages this version of the Weather Direct with one remote sensor and a LAN cable to connect to a network router. The wireless range is 330 feet, and use of a PC is necessary during setup or to customize features. A membership to theweatherclub.com is also part of the package, which lets you monitor your backyard conditions from anywhere in the world. Expanding the system to additional remote sensors is also possible, with their separate purchase, and adding forecast alerts through the National Weather Service is another option.
The base device display measures 7-1/2 by 1-1/4 by 7-5/8 inches, and the outdoor sensor is 1-1/2 by 1/2 by 8 inches. The system takes two AA batteries and two C batteries, not included, and La Crosse Technology backs it with a one-year warranty.

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Pro Weather Station with 5 Sen Review

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(More customer reviews)Oregon Scientifics Advanced Weather Station with Wirless Sensor Set, Model: WMR90A
It's a cool little device for providing weather information for your immediate area. My unit came with the Base Station, Wind Sensor and Rain Collector. The base station was quite easy to set up just insert the batteries and it communicates by radio with the atomic clock in Fort Collins, Colorado which has a range of 2,000 miles and the date and time synchronizes magically! The instruction manual was easy to follow however because of its uniqueness as an electronic device it requires more attention and focus going through the manual. Installation of the Wind Sensor requires a trip on your roof to look for a good spot and the package comes with everything you need to install it onto a 1-1/2" pvc pipe. The controls takes some getting use to. Not that it is dificult or confusing but to familiarize yourself with its interface and how the engineers had designed this particular weather stations use. Once you've installed the Wind Sensor and the Rain Collector the fun begins with reading inside and outside temperatures and humidity. Wind Speed and Barometric pressures. And if your lucky enough to have it rain you can read the rainfall by the hour. After playing around with it you begin to realize that you can hook up to 10 sensors. With the Wind Sensor and the Rain Collector occupying 2 of the 10 sensor possibilities I began to realize that I can install another wireless sensor in the garage, another sensor upstairs and the other in our green house and monitor the temperature that our plants are having to endure. Upon searching for extra sensors to accomplish this I ran into another sensor that can be placed in a pool or a Koi Pond so that you could monitor the temperature of the water for these two completely different applications.
Wish List: After playing with it, I would have loved for the base station to have bluetooth capabilities to bluetooth with my computer and have the ability to make comparisons with say the Almanac data and read the temperature for all of the sensors simultaneously.
The Cons: The installation of the batteries on the Rain Collector was difficult only because you must deal with very tiny #0 screw sizes. And there are 8 tiny screws that you have to deal with. There is a reset button that is below the surface of the body that requires something pointy like a pen to depress. The reset button does not give you any indication that you've depressed it properly. Also, the lcd screen could use a backlight because the symbols (icons) are difficult to see.
I would recommend this Weather Station. It was a well thought out device and has expansion capabilities that can grow with my needs. Along with your iphone, laptop, digital camera, full size truck, riding lawn mower, power tools, lcd tv in the garage and taylormade golf clubs this little device fortifies anybodys want for more cool stuff.

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La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-9077TWC Wireless Forecast Station Review

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(More customer reviews)This weather station is about as elementary as it gets. Its easy to set up, easy to read, and despite what the other reviewer here said about it being inaccurate, I have found it to be profoundly accurate when compared to two other more expensive stations I have. I believe accuracy in any of these stations depends mostly on the position of the sensor. Its harder than one thinks to find a fairly sheltered area that is out of the wind and direct sunlight. Try different places if yours seems consistently inaccurate. As far as this unit as it compares to others, most of these weather stations I have found are all about the price. Spend more money and you get more cool icons and numbers to look at. This unit has an atomic clock, (nice to have one clock in the house that is precisely accurate all the time), date, indoor and outdoor temperature, and a forecast icon which is really nothing more than a monitor of the barometric pressure. If it is heading up the icon will forecast fair weather. If its heading down it will display clouds. Despite this simple gaging technique, it is usually very accurate in most cases. And you also have the option of setting the sensitivity of the forecast icon. That is, to make it react more quickly to minor fluctuations in the barometric pressure, thus seeing the forecast icon change more often. (There was a time when all weather forecasting was pretty much done by just watching the barometer. I suggest keeping the sensitivity set to "medium", for setting it higher had mine changing far too often, and too soon). La Crosse units are one of the oldest and most reliable that there are going. My station has been running flawlessly since I installed it, and after 6 months the batteries in both the station and sensor still test out strong. One other thing, none of these units around this price could be considered overly generous in their screen display dimensions. Some, even ones that are more expensive can be down right cheap. They're so small you have to walk right up to them each time to read it. This units screen is a full 2" wide and 3 1/4 inches long. A decent enough size to see from several feet away. If you're interested in a simple easy to read accurate weather station/forecaster I would highly recommend this one...

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Monitor the forecast and track the temperature indoors and out with this Weather Channel wireless forecast station from La Crosse Technology. Simply place the remote sensor in a convenient location outdoors up to 330 feet away, and the base unit will display temperatures in either Celsius or Fahrenheit as well as monitor outdoor humidity levels using data transmitted from the sensor.
The station also forecasts changes in the weather based on alterations in air pressure with easy-to-read icons indicating cloudy, rainy, partly sunny, or sunny conditions. An air-pressure tendency arrow shows whether the barometer is rising or falling, and the station records daily high and low temps, which can display with the push of a button.
In addition to monitoring the weather, the device tells time with precision, thanks to its digital atomic clock, which receives a regular auto-tune signal and automatically updates for daylight savings time. Other nice features of the clock include a manual-set option, easy-to-read digits, a 12- or 24-hour setting, time zone indicator, and a DST override option.
La Crosse Technology ships this station with the base and one remote sensor, but it is capable of receiving data from up to three sensors, if others are purchased separately. (The compatible sensor is model TX29U-IT.)This is a handy way to add monitors as the need develops to gauge the temperature in the garage, greenhouse, wine cellar, or baby\'s room, all with a single console.
Designed to mount to a wall or set up freestanding, the Weather Channel base takes two AA batteries and measures 5-5/8 by 3-1/4 by 1-1/4 inches. The remote sensor takes two AA batteries and is 3-1/2 by 1-1/2 by 1/2 inches. Batteries are not included.

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