La Crosse Technology 308-1412S Color LCD Wireless Weather Station with USB Charging Port and Customizable Temperature Alerts

CUSTOMER REVIEW



I read the reviews on this and was skeptical on purchasing it but I did anyway. I love the lit background as well as the animation features. It just looks nicer to me. Well I'm not disappointed at all. The unit looks very clean and professional but very easy to read. I immediately plugged in the batteries and began placement of bot sides of the device. The weather station looks great on my counter top and the remote unit, I placed in my kitchen window, outside but somewhat protected from the elements. It instantly began reading the accurate indoor temperature but the outdoor temp was about 4 degrees higher than what the news was saying (as well as my weather phone app). I read the manual that came with the unit and it states, place the remote unit vertically. I had it horizontally in the window. It stated have the unit facing north, mine was facing west. It recommended placing the unit underneath an overhang such as a deck. So... I followed all the recommendations and it soon read the same temperature the news and my app read. At night however, it read 10 degrees higher than reality. I soon realized that it was too close to the dryer vent on the outside of my house... my wife had started drying a load of laundry. The next day, I moved the remote unit to where it recommended and it's perfect. I have the base plugged into AC and the remote unit has 2 new AA batteries in it. I can't tell you how long they last yet because it's only a few days old but I can tell you, my in-laws saw it last night and asked us if we can buy one for their anniversary tomorrow... It's really nice and it works great.