Oregon Coast Weather Station
Oregon Scientific BAR208HGA Advanced Weather Station with Atomic Time
I've had this unit since mid-2007, so about 3-4 years. The original
sensor that came with the unit was left at an old apartment, I bought a
replacement which I again left at an apartment... recently I bought 2
new sensors which led me to leave a review.
I have the main unit
in my bedroom on the nightstand (2nd floor of house), one outdoor sensor
mounted to the rail of our deck outside, and one outdoor sensor in the
basement. The basement sensor is about as far from the main unit as
possible, opposite end and corner of the house and down 2 floors...
there is apparently no problem with receiving the signal, I use it to
keep an eye on the temp (but mostly humidity) in our basement as I'm
running a dehumidifier and trying to keep the humidity low to discourage
creepy crawlies from maintaining residence.
Good--
- Seems to work well enough
- Good sized display
- Easy on the eyes when you hit the "LIGHT" button at night to see the time or temps (i.e. not too bright!)
- Can read up to 3 remote sensors
- Dead simple setup of the unit and the remote sensors
Bad--
-
Ice Alert is ridiculously bright, I opened the unit and broke the bulb,
seriously, ice is below 32*, done, I don't need a lighthouse beacon
shining in my eyes
- It is a bit hard to read w/o the backlight on, this gets compounded as the batteries weaken
Misc--
-
Someone said that their outdoor sensors failed when wet? My solution
was to put electrical tape all around the seam of the outdoor sensor, it
lasted for 2 years directly in the elements
- It needs (3) AA batteries for the main unit and (2) AAA batteries for the remote sensors
If you want something to show you the temp/humidity, this is perfect, buy it and don't give it a second thought.
Oregon Coast Weather Station
