ECOWITT Wittboy Weather Stations With Outdoor Sensor Wireless, 7 In 1 Weather...

Ridiculously easy to install, I plugged in hub and paired with app, then put batteries in everything and it was just "there" done, then just consisted of tightening it on the end of the pole. (bought separately) It's only been setup a few hours but sensors are quite in-depth and I purchased a separate wireless thermometer (WH31) to put in my shed, updates frequently and signal has no issues. I've paired it with my Home Assistant, to aid in temperature regulation and irrigation of lawn/plans, setup was one of the easier HA tasks as between the ecowitt app & integration all the detail required was quite clearly provided and accurate, sensors available in HA 'out the box' are as in my screenshot. also worth keeping in mind the central bit of the sensor on top appeared lop lifted/lopsided as if it may have been damaged but after checking photos of others it appears to be normal.

First - this Weather Station MUST have a Wifi and Internet connection throughout your home. You must also have a Smart Phone (with latest Android or IOS O/S) and a PC to be able to collect and view the data. The initial set up routine is a bit tricky and the supplied leaflet can be a bit confusing! I suggest you install the Ecowitt APP on your mobile phone and create an account (free) before you start. Then ensure your mobile phone is connected to your 2.4GH Wi-Fi router (NOT 5GH) Then via the APP on your mobile phone install the HUB carefully following the guide instructions shown on your mobile. It took three attempts before I got it set up, but all successful in time. Then instal the AA batteries in the Station itself. That should then soon register with the HUB and thus data visible on your Mobile phone as active. If you also send data to Wunderground (or other web site) the APP on your mobile phone has a page in MENU under OTHERS and DIY Servers to register your device. Then install the station itself in the position you prefer outside. The data then sent to your mobile phone and (and PC web page) is remarkably detailed and the graphs fully customisable for display DAY, 24 Hours, Week, Month etc and viewable in Landscape or Portrait. Landscape is more detailed and easier to view. As far as I can tell the data is accurate in comparison to conventional thermometers and barometers, and rainfall seems accurate in comparison to a previous now failed weather station. Humidity and sunlight/UV also seem accurate as far as I can tell. Wind speed and direction I have no way of comparing, but seem good. Each measuring data point can be adjusted to compensate for local conditions in settings (ie height above sea level etc) Alarms can be set for certain conditions as warnings etc. All in all I am very pleased with the unit and the data it supplies and the way it can be displayed. My only criticism would be that the INDOOR temperature and humidity sensor is NOT remote and is connected by wire 1 meter long to the Hub itself, so it can be tricky to place the sensor in a suitable place - as you are limited to mains power supply socket location etc. POWER SUPPY NOT provided but any 5v DC supply with suitable plug to the hub is fine. However the socket in the hub is NOT same as those in mobile phones. This is the third weather station I have owned over 15 years and is by far the best and comprehensive, though was also the most costly! From the Ecowitt web page of your weather station on your PC, it is possible to export data, into Excel format Am very impressed so far, though I cannot vouch for reliability or longevity but it seems well made and robust. The pole socket is for 1inch pipe/tube and has locking collar to tighten it in place.

First - be careful about the reviews below; some are NOT for the Wittboy, Amazon seem to have mixed up another device's reviews. Check that on each review. The WittBoy is certainly a good looking design. Easy to mount and get going. My experience with data quality is that it looks OK, but I don't have the equipment to make a qualified review. My main issue is that I purchased it to have a measure of solar energy each day to relate to my home solar panel performance. In particular, I wanted to have a reference so that when I adjust my solar panel positioning and angles, I would have a benchmark to adjust my panel readings. But whilst the WittBoy has daily cumulative readings for rainfall etc, it doe not for solar energy (Watts per square metre). I cant see how to get that other than sampling say every 5 minutes with an API. I am not well versed in APIs so I'm stumped on getting that daily figure easily. I think EcoWitt should fix the device to provide cumulative solar, on a daily and monthly basis. Also they should have a API YouTube tutorial. On the quality of dat, there is a lot of anecdotal material of the web about the rainfall accuracy. Some reports about huge errors. It seems the tipping bucket method is still the best.

This has been the best weather station I’ve had. It has no moving parts, like an anemometer or rain gauge. It uses lots of new tech that I really don’t understand. This has certainly been the longest lasting one. I’ve had to change batteries in the unit a couple of times but it’s no hassle and the unit connects back straight away. We bought a unit for the kitchen that connects to it and shows all the info. I have found that there’s a robin who isn’t bothered about the bird spikes. I suppose it deters bigger birds. Overall, I’d say this is very good.

Really impressed with this so far. Very easy to set up, I had a bit of a query about the set up and I got an answer to my question very quickly so that was good. Loving the fact that it has no moving parts - I never really believed my previous weather stations when it came to the wind detection because the dreaded pole wobble seemed to cancel out the speed and the rotating windspeed detector would inevitable seize up in the end. Where this set up really excels is the wealth of info you can draw from it and the accessibility of that info. You have all the data set out very clearly in all sorts of graphs and charts and they are just there on your phone / laptop / tablet where ever you are in the world and then see data from every connected weather station in the world all set out in detail so if you are a weather obsessed individual you really can not ask for more. Plus there is no additional charge (not yet anyway!). By far the best weather station I have had, and I have had a few.

Failrly easy to set up. Base station lost wifi once and took me several minutes to figure it out. (Unplugged and replugged station/display and it reconnected).It also reconnected by itself fine after recent brief power outage. App is well designed.

Llevo años de experiencia en el ámbito de la meteorología y he pasado por 2 o 3 marcas conocidas de equipos. Necesitaba un reemplazo de una de ellas, y lo que me llamó la atención del Ecowitt Wittboy fue la ausencia de piezas móviles y las razonablemente buenas reseñas en webs especializadas. La entrega fue dentro de plazo, y sin sorpresas. El producto, bien protegido en la caja y sensación de robustez y buena finalización en todos los sentidos al sacarlo del envoltorio. El montaje fue sencillo siguiendo la guía breve. Hay opciones más avenzadas sobre calibración y otras opciones que se encuentran buscando un poco en la web. Tras varias semanas de instalación, debo decir que estoy gratamante soprendido por las prestaciones ofrecidas por ésta estación. Me preocupaba mucho el sensor háptico de lluvia, que rompe con los tradicionales pluviómetros de "balancín". En éste sentido, tras alguna mínima calibración, los resultados son más que correctos. En cuanto a viento, lo mismo pero sin necesidad de calibrar nada. Sólo asegurarte de encarar la muesca del Norte, al Norte XD. La temperatura, tema estelar en éstos aparatos.... Los primeros días, a pleno sol de mediodía (está en una azotea muy expuesta) daba máximas un par de grados más de lo real. Lo cual no está mal del todo en equipos de éste rango de precio. Pero al poco tiempo descubrí la opción de "compensación de temperatura" mediante el cual se corrige en función de la radiación solar detectada y otros factores como el viento. El resultado es un soprendente calco a los valores de estaciones profesionales en la zona. Los datos se vuelcan cada 8.8 segundos, lo que permite un seguimiento al instante. La humedad, quizás tiende a leer un pelín por debajo en horas centrales del día expuestas a insolación. Los sensores de UV y radiación solar aún están en fase de evaluación pero pintan bien. Todo ello se puede calibrar en los ajustes. La interfaz de la app es sencilla, sin grandes lujos pero no falta de nada. Compatibilidad total con plataformas como Wunderground o Weathercloud. Por todo ello, recomiendo abosultamente éste producto a aficionados y no sólo aficionados!

This review evaluates the “Wittboy 7-In-1 Weather Station” made by ECOWITT. The product was well protected in its packaging and comes in a form fitted box. What’s in the box: One 7-in-1 Weather Station, One (1) Wi-Fi Hub, One (1) RJ-45 CAT5E network cable, One (1) AC power block, One (1) bird deterrent ring, and an owner’s manual. First impressions: Well made and easy to use. I have owned a few mechanical weather stations and they all crap out after 4-5 years; the bearings go, and things just break. This weather station has zero moving parts and everything is measured by high-tech sensors (temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, light and UV levels as well as rainfall data) and transmitted wirelessly via a 915 MHz frequency back to the networked hub. The hub is the wireless receiver of the 915 MHz signal as well as the transmitter (via your wireless or wired LAN network) of the data to your phone or to a PWS (Personal Weather Station) internet-based weather services, such as Ecowitt Weather, Weather Underground, Weather Cloud, or Weather Observation Website. The weather station can also be used with other (or more) sensors available at extra cost from Ecowitt such as lightning strikes, soil moisture, thermo-hygrometer, pool thermometer, water leak detector, etc. The weather station requires two (2) AA batteries (Lithium recommended, not included) to power the transmitter as a backup in inclement non-sunny weather when the onboard solar panel can’t power the system. I found the weather station easy to set up, no exaggeration literally one step shy of taking it out of the box and plugging in. ProTip: Configure and test everything on your tabletop before mounting outside somewhere high up to ensure everything works as it should. Insert two new lithium AA batteries into the Weather Station and close the watertight enclosure. Download the ECOWITT APP (free) and create an account (free). Plug in your Ecowitt Hub and connect it to your network (the easiest way is a wired CAT5E RJ-45 connection to configure it first). The blue LED light on the hub will link and then go solid when connected to the weather station. My weather station is located approximately 100 feet from my hub and it connected near immediately. The hub connected via DHCP to my LAN promptly and within less than a minute after plugging everything in I was receiving live data from my weather station. I already had an account on Wunderground which I updated to reflect my new equipment. I set up my Wunderground upload key into my Ecowitt App account and voila I was transmitting live weather data to the public worldwide. Once again this was the easiest set-up of a PWS I have ever done. My past systems were always an exercise in frustration with dropped connections, non-reporting, etc. The only thing this kit doesn’t have is a real-time display for the house; you must use your cellphone. Well to me this was an issue because my 76-year-old M-I-L likes to see the weather and doesn’t use modern gizmos… I looked on Ecowitt’s website and a display unit was nearly $200 plus shipping from the manufacturer – OOOOOUCH! That would be about 2/3 of the cost of the new weather station itself. So with some research, I was able to come up with a much cheaper solution: A unused Android tablet and a $14 CDN “WHATWEATHER” APP. Works flawlessly and fully integrated with my Ecowitt weather station via my Wunderground account. Now I have an attractive display of my onsite weather. Cost-effectiveness and value: I was very satisfied with the quality of this product; it is well made, easy to set up and install, easy to use, and accurate. The system is easily expandable to incorporate additional sensors. At a current price of $260.99 (plus a $20 off coupon), I feel that this is good value for the quality and functionality delivered. In summary: The “Wittboy 7-In-1 Weather Station” made by ECOWITT is a quality product that works well, easy to use, is easily expandable, and is fairly priced. I would recommend this product without reservation. Pros 👍: ✔ Rugged, well made, good fit and finish. ✔ No moving parts. ✔ Easy to set up right out of the box. ✔ Great wireless transmission range – up to 1,000 ft unrestricted, 500 ft restricted. ✔ Powered by an integrated solar panel and backup lithium AA batteries (not included). ✔ Reports temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, light and UV levels, and rainfall data ✔ Accurate, detailed reporting. ✔ Easy to use & understand APP ✔ Supports data reporting to internet-based PWS weather services. ✔ Fairly priced. Cons👎: ✘ None.

Wittboy WS90 und Gateway GW2000 Ich habe das Produkt nun den 2. Tag im Einsatz. Der Wittboy ist verhältnismäßig klein, scheint aber wertig verarbeitet zu sein. Das Gateway ist per USB-Kabel mit Strom zu beliefern. Ein Netzteil liegt nicht bei. Das Gateway selbst macht nicht so einen wertigen Eindruck wie der Wittboy, aber an unauffälliger Stelle platziert, dürfte das nicht stören. Die Inbetriebnahme war überraschenderweise wirklich kinderleicht. Gateway hat sich per LAN-Kabel und DHCP sofort ins Netz integrieren lassen Die Einbindung ins WLAN und der Rest der Konfiguration konnten dann einfach über die Webseite des Gateways erledigt werden. Der Wittboy-Sensor selbst hat sich von alleine mit dem Gateway verbunden. Auch die Anbindung an mein Smart-Home-System "Home Assistant" funktionierte anstandslos. Top. Alle Werte sofort verfügbar. Zur Genauigkeit kann ich noch nicht viel sagen, die Werte erscheinen zunächst plausibel. Im Zweifelsfall kann man die Sensoren aber "kalibrieren", also einen Offset angeben. Was ich schon mal gut finde. Ich habe mir jetzt direkt von Wittboy ein Poolthermometer und das passende Netzteil für den Wittboy (für die Winterbeheizung) bestellt. Bei der Bestellung ist mir nicht aufgefallen, dass bei der Lieferung auch ein "Anti-Vogel-Ring" (keine Ahnung wie das heißt, englisch: Bird Spikes) enthalten ist. Das dürfte bei mir recht hilfreich sein. ;-) So, das war mein erster Eindruck. Was die Stabilität und Genauigkeit angeht wird sich dann zeigen.

Great weather station with many weather info, additional sensors can be added. I have no issues with connection dropouts from sensors /wifi - all works fine. During sunny days, roof sensor is powered solely by solar panel, it uses AA batteries only after capacitor discharges during few days of darkness/clouds. (solar doesn't charge internal AA batteries but supercapacitor) To get accurate readings, some settings need to be done after 1st powerup (like altitude/pressure). Only small drawback i found so far is that lcd brightness in auto mode is controlled by exterior light hitting the outdoor sensor, there's no ambient light sensor on indoor lcd unit