KestrelDROP D3 FW Fire Weather Monitor

Built for heavy duty use near wildfires, I use it to monitor climate outside my home. Accurately measures temp, heat index, rel hum, dew point, pressure, wet bulb. Connects by blue tooth to its phone app. Distance limited by blue tooth but at least 30-40 ft through wall to outside. Will record data. Professional quality. I esp. like knowing Heat Index (apparent temp, “feels like”).

I have been searching for a data logger I could use in my model rocket launch activities. The Kestrel Data drop units are my answer to record Temperature, Humidity and Station pressure. Using the D3FW I get those and other values. The data drops communicates over Bluetooth to the Kestrel App on my smartphone. With that I can view and download days of data as a .CSV file by email. I now realize my previous assumptions about field conditions were not accurate or precise at all. Even in my backyard I can see differences, An amazing system!

I've only had this for a few weeks and it will lock up randomly and stop logging. Sadly, it did this on it's first outing so we were only able to collect about an hour of data out of our 8 hour outing. Contacted support and they are sending me a new unit. Plus 2 stars for awesome customer service (Something that's hard to find these days).

The iOS app is pretty much unusable on the iPhone XsMax, making this an expensive paperweight.

App is a little slow on android but otherwise works great. Fun to see live conditions instead of relying on a "nearby" weather station miles away on weather apps.