La Crosse Technology WS-1612AL-IT Professional Weather Station, White

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Product Description

The La Crosse Technology WS-1612AL-IT Professional Weather Station monitors a wide range of weather information and is very easy to use. It transmits via a 915 MHz transmission with a wireless range up to 330 feet. Mounting hardware for the sensors is included. The weather station displays outdoor temperature and humidity, wind, rainfall, and weather alarms with storm warnings. It also features forecast icon, barometric pressure graph, and 12-hour history graph. Also, storage of 200 sets of history weather data recorded in 3-hour intervals. This is truly a wonderful, professional weather station.

Product Details

Professional-grade wireless weather station with remote sensors
Monitors, displays and records temperature, humidity, wind-chill direction and speed
Weather alarms for high wind and storm warnings keep you prepared
Minimum and maximum temperature and humidity storage for accurate forecasts
Manual set time and date display for easy viewing

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Excellent. Works Well.

Review Date: August 15, 2009

Reviewer: Mike,

I had an aging Oregon Scientific weather station that I purchased from Radio Shack probably 8 years ago for $250. The transmitters eventually stopped working and this unit cost less than replacing two broken transmitters on the Oregon Scientific unit. I like how there is only one transmitter that uses 2 AA batteries on the WS-1612. No more dirty solar panels and separate transmitters/sensors all around the outside of the house and no more aging ni-cad batteries to fool with or multiple transmitters for which you have to unscrew 8 screws each to replace the AA batteries! The new Lacrosse is just 2 AA batteries in a single transmitter with a simple sliding door to replace the batteries... which last longer than the old units that needed a solar panel. Setup was nice, much simpler than the old technology that I was replacing, and the unit is working perfectly.

In operation, the Lacrosse has much better transmission range than the old Oregon Scientific model! So far, all the readings seem to be accurate and I like the features. I've only had the unit up for a day so if it stands the test of time and lasts for years, it's certainly a good buy. At this point I obviously cannot comment on longevity. :-) My only complaint is that the Oregon Scientific model that I replaced had a touch screen so you could just touch the parameter you wanted (like outdoor temp) and then touch "Memory" to see the high/low readings. On this Lacrosse unit, it only has a few buttons on the bottom and the LCD isn't touch screen so it's a little more work/time to scroll through the parameters until you get to the one you want. Then you can look at history or high/low readings once you scroll to the proper parameter. So a little less convenient maybe, but that's no big deal especially at this price point. Plus the Lacrosse has some features that my Oregon Scientific didn't have like the 9 day history which will come in handy.

Great product!

Review Date: June 13, 2009

Reviewer: A. Jordan, Georgia

I've had this installed for over 6 months now and it's still working great with no problems. It was easy to set up and gives an accurate reading. It's great to look at it in the bathroom as I'm getting dressed for the day and know exactly what to wear.

Great affordable weather station

Review Date: December 23, 2009

Reviewer: Edward J. Yozwiak, Dallas, Pa USA

I've had the weather station for almost 2 months now. I was very happy with the ease of set up. Once I found a suitable location for everything outside, I was using the station within 10 minutes. The data being reported appears to be consistently accurate with the exception of the wind speed. As indicated in other reviews, the wind speed appears to be under reported. Other than that however, I think this is a great weather station for the price.

so handy

Review Date: January 5, 2010

Reviewer: K. Stickney, the keys

we have mounted our la crosse weather station on our 41' sailboat, and use it every morning and every evening to monitor weather patterns and see how to dress for the day! it is so much fun and very convenient-- no satellite or phone connection required!

Weather Station Market Analysis

Review Date: December 29, 2008

Reviewer: 21st Century Hermit, Colorado

Pros:
Fewer batteries, 5 - AA's
Battery only, no wall wart required
Long Battery Life, ~2 Years
Detailed, illustrated manual
Altitude adjustment for the barometer

Cons:
Mixed reviews
No radio receiver for WWV's Atomic Clock
Temp sensor not weather proof, duh
No inside temp reading
No PC Connection

This is less a review and more of a market analysis. I did a lot of reading prior to ordering the functionally identical 1611 in Dec. 2008. Read its review in early Jan. 2009.

In researching the triple sensor (temp, wind, rain) market I considered Oregon Scientific, better reviews, more features, but it needed 10 batteries and a wall wart. Also Zephyr and Davis, the first had no reviews or downloadable manual and the latter was out of my price range. I read many positive and negative reviews for the 1611/1612 and I downloaded several manuals. In the end, I decided on the "devil I knew", my $20 La Cross wireless thermometer, 9013, had been reliable for many years. I'll keep it around for its atomic clock.

Like all La Crosse weather instruments, the top line of the display is the time and date, on a weather station? The single most important reading, the outdoor temp, is buried in the fourth group, duh. Since you can get an atomic clock on $15 units, one has to wonder why its not included on the 1611? Having all that in mind, I was price driven, so the 1611 is it.

A clever feature of the 1611/1612 is one pair of AA's inside the temp sensor powers it and both the rain and wind sensors, all wired together. Now it gets strange, if all these sensors are outside and wirelessly connected to the base station, why is the temp sensor not weather proof? It has to be protected from rain and sun, Duh?

Hope this helps someone.