AcuRite Home Weather Station with Vertical Full-Color Display, Wireless Outdoor Thermometer for Indoor/Outdoor Temperature and Humidity (01201M)

Original Review:I spend a lot of time in our backyard and having a solid thermometer and hygrometer helps a lot. We have a few indoor thermometers and hygrometers from the same brand and their accuracy is very nice. So we wanted to try this device. Overall it has almost everything you need from this kind of products.First of all it looks very professional. When you hold it in hands its very light and you might feel like a little cheap material but it definitely is not. Works either with battery or power. I keep the battery inside and plugged it. Just in case we loose power, it will keep the settings. Backlight is at low set if battery only operated. You can activate brightness for 10 seconds. If power operated you have high (%100), mid (%50) and low (%15) options or an Auto dim option. The outdoor sensor is battery operated and straight forward to use. You just have to match the A, B or C setting on the sensor and main unit.You have indoor and outdoor temperatures, humidity, date, time, moon phase, barometric pressure. It also shows 12-24 hour weather cast based on a self calibrating forecasting which uses a special algorithm to analyze changes in pressure over time. Not sure about it’s accuracy but will see in time.Using the settings is very easy and well explained in the handbook that comes with the unit. Also has trouble shooting which worked very well for me.I tested/compared the product with 3 different thermometer/hygrometer and with +\- 1-1.5 for temperature and +/- 4-5% humidity difference it is completely within the acceptable limits for me. Today we have little rain and the humidity shows nicely %80 which is very nice.The outdoor sensor is water resistant (haven’t tried it under rain) but not sure it will be safe to leave it outside to an open area. The battery case might catch rain and will be harmful for the batteries It’s recommended to protect from direct weather elements. I just put it under a bird house on a tree to protect from direct sun and rain.Overall I am happy with my purchase. Will see how long it will keep working without issues

Gave this to my brother at Christmas and he loves it. Easy to set up and easy to read. Pretty accurate too. Great buy. Would definitely recommend

This does everything I expected. Very satisfied. I just would prefer that when it is turned on and off that the brightness would default to dim instead of bright. Otherwise, all is well.

I jave a weather station in my bedroom and didn't want to move it but wanted a quick glance at what the condition was outside. With all the options available vs price I decided on this one. It seems pretty accurate and it has some nice features.It gives you the actual temperature but also the "what it feels like" using temperature, humidity, etc.It's supposed to auto dim depending on available light but mine does not seem to do that so I keep it on dim.It does what I need so I'm happy

This thing works great. All i could have wanted in a home weather station. Easy to read, very colorful and attractive.I have another non color Accurite weather station, and it still works fine, but this is a nice upgrade.

Well, this may be late with posting but this unit (I have 3 total) is truly "accurate" with detecting the temperature, humidity, and forecasting the current weather at my location. Including predicting impending weather changes. I also purchased the Accurite Sheild to protect the transmitter unit (located outside) during all weather conditions. Both items are easy to install, and setup is fast! But most importantly it assists me with planning and executing my days outdoor work projects which need to be completed. I live at the edge of a lake in a rural mountainous area, so temps are regularly 5-10 degrees colder or warmer depending upon the season. I also operate a dog "no kill" rescue/sanctuary and it is a 24/7-365 project; so accurate forecasting is a must caring for the fur-babies here. The price is perfect and amazing that it can do so much to help me (and the rescues at the sanctuary). I highly recommend anyone who lives on acreage in rural areas to purchase this unit...especially farmers and ranchers. You will not be disappointed!

We have relied on this weather station and it served us faithfully-until it didn’t. Although it is past the warranty period, one would expect this unit to work a long time, much longer than what it did. Sadly, after 2 years, the outside reading jumped all over the place, as high as 135 degrees whereas we are in Northern NY and temps are WAY lower. I have rebooted, replaced batteries, recalibrated, but nothing corrects the incorrect reading. The outdoor sensor unit has been in a protected, dry location. Disappointed in this product, it should not have gone bad.

O.K., this weather station has a lot of information to display. In fact, they are trying to display too much information on a small screen. I would prefer the INDOOR information be given less importance, a smaller font and area, than the OUTDOOR information. The two, equal sized, color coded, displays are just confusing. I want to just glance and see what is going on outside without having to stop and interpret the display. And, the display back-light is too bright. It needs at least one more step on the dimmer function.