Oregon Scientific BAR208HG Wireless Weather Station with Humidity and Weather Alert

Purchased to replace my ancient Oregon scientific MTR101 ( simply because the remote sensor was apparently dead after spending several weeks filled with water ...... after drying it out , it's now working again , a testament to how rugged & durable OS kit is ! )Easy to set up , although as others have found , getting a signal for the automatic clock is a bit hit-and-miss ( but no different from most other devices in that respect )The temperature gauges are pretty accurate ( about +0.2C different from my old MTR101 , which under-read by about 0.1C compared to a mercury thermometer )The wireless link between the remote & the base unit is also good , easily getting a signal from over 30' away through a solid concrete wall.Not too sure about how waterproof the remote is , though , as unlike my old one there's no 'O-ring' seal for the battery compartment lid.The only complaint I would have is that - again , as reported by others - the 'Ice Alert' light is extremely bright & there appears to be no way to turn it off ( a strip of 'black nasty' over the top of it does the job , though )

Nice clear screen and no problems with reception. The outside sensor is only about 3m from the house and works perfectly. The flashing ice alert LED (activated at +3 degrees and below) is a bit annoying but if I understand the instructions properly it's only activated by the external sensor on channel 1 so I assume if I change the sensor to use channel 2 (or 3) it will no longer flash. Give it a month or so and it'll no longer be an issue anyway!Updated after a few months: I'm still happy with this and it still works well, however, it has a hell of an appetite for batteries. Roughly once a month I have to replace the 3 AA's in the main unit and the single AA in the sender. I've only used Duracell Ultra Power which are good quality batteries. I've knocked 1 star from my review owing to the 40+ batteries it eats each year.

All in one clock, thermometer (inside and out), barometer which works well.My only problem is that I purchased this only to find that it is the North American version!This means that it looks for the clock signal and can't find one!So I don't have a radio controlled clock! Just manual.This was £10 cheaper than other offerings on Amazon at the time so I guess that is why!Still, does all the main bits well and would recommend the EU model to any one in the UK.

Our old weather station was the same model as this. It gave out recently (due to the heatwave?), so as we liked it so much we have bought an identical one.It has all the features we want, i.e:Large easy to read displayEasy to adjust mode – day/date/timeGood weather predictionButton inside to change from C to FIce alert and various symbols which warn of snow etcEasy to fit batteries/take off panel to do soIndicates humidity inside and out – useful for deciding whether to do/take in washingPhases of the moonEasy to cleanWe keep it on the windowsill in the kitchen, where it is visible but unobtrusive.My wife likes the gentle orange light - non-wakening if you happen to come downstairs in the middle of the night.It does, of course, come with an outside sensor.

I have owned several models of these before (all Oregon Scientific), so am used to them.All functions are present and work as expected.The biggest issue is the design of the internal module - it is rubbish. The designers have tried to be different for the sake of being different and come up with a rubbish product.First of all, you cannot hang this on the wall - previous models allowed you to do this.Even when it stands on its own, because of its leaning design, it is most unstable. A gust of wind or similar will knock it down. Additionally, you cannot operate any of the buttons (e.g. light) without holding the unit with one hand and pressing the button with the other.A good example of how to ruin a decent product.Updated:After having used this for a few months, I have lowered the rating even lower. This is because the external temperature keeps disappearing a few times a day. The external sensor is less than 5 metres away!I have 2 of these and they both exhibit the same behaviour.

I purchased this weather station and worked fine, all do the sensor seems to show 98%humidity all the time even when sunny, until one moment when sensor broke down. Tried to changed the battery on sensor, reset both sensor and station still sensor does not want to work.Now a new sensor is required not even one year after i have purchased the unit. Hope i will be able to find a new one as amazon seems to be out of stock, or they are aware of failures and trying to fix the issue.

I bought this weather station having read the reviews and having decided that the positives outway the negatives. I had read that it was rather large, so was ok with that. Setting up was very easy - it found the time within minutes and it took a little longer to detect the outdoor sensor but it found it farely quickly. I've already had a "fog warning" in the middle of the heat wave, lol, but never mind. I didn't want it so much for the weather warnings, more for the other indications it has (indoor/outdoor temperature, humidity, moon phase and weather predictions). Some people have complained about the display being too dark, but I don't find that at all and it has a light switch which makes it very easy to read anyway. So far, it works very well and I'm very pleased with it.

I have owned a number of these "weather forecasters" over the years and have been generally disappointed with how they have performed or lasted. However I must say that so far this product has lived up to its description and performed well. Easy to set up and with a good operating range (distance from sensor)I have been pleased. I have awarded 4 stars. My only criticism is that the screen is difficult to read from more than a couple of feet without operating the light - the screen is a bit dark. Otherwise - good.

Attendibilità è la parola che mi viene meglio per questo articolo.Ho passato in rassegna diverse stazioni meteo con prezzi anche piu economici,ma che erano solo molto accattivanti nel design e null altro.Alla fine mi sono deciso ed ho optato per questa della Oregon scientific che per me è sinonimo di serietà e garanzia di affidabilità,beh almeno finora non mi ha mai deluso. La stazione ha uno schermo molto ben leggibile con cristalli liquidi grandi dove serve ,con la fase lunare ,la situazione meteo e la temperatura misurata internamente ed all'esterno grazie ad una unità che trasmette impulsi alla stazione principale.Il tutto corredato da batterie e da istruzioni.Presenta due canali che si possono scegliere per rilevare l'unità esterna quando una delle due non la "trova" e un piccolo interruttore posto dietro per selezionare europa oppure gran bretagna per il segnale radio che una volta agganciato dopo una manciata di secondi vi da l'ora corretta senza che dovete regolarla voi anche avendone la possibilità di farlo manualmente. Quando ( come me che sono mezzo cecato) non riuscite a vedere bene, ha il tasto con una retroilluminazione color arancio. Che dire di piu? è affidabile. Punto.

La station fonctionne parfaitement; Quand on appuie au milieu le rétroéclairage s'affiche.Il ne m'a pas fallut plus de dix minutes pour la configurer.La station ne peux pas aller au delà de 10 ou 15 mètres pour que cela fonctionne.J'ai ce produit depuis 1 mois et il mesure idéalement bien les températures..Pour ce prix, foncez.

Muy buen producto .La pantalla es fondo gris por que la foto siempre sale roja y es asi solo si le pulsas a la luz sino es gris como las demás estaciones metereológicas . Va muy bien ,tengo el aparatito exterior a unos 5 metros y va de lujo ,cosa que otro que tengo a dos metros se pierde la señal entre ellos .Un buen producto muy bonito ,estable en la mesa y robusto .A mi me encanta y de pilas lleva para dos meses y la mismas pilas que traía .

Ich habe zwei mißlungene Kaufversuche hinter mir - eine TFA Funk-Thermometerstation, deren Außensensor mir nicht spritzwassergeschützt erschien und eine teurere TFA Wetterstation, deren Außensensor eine Dichtung hatte, die dafür aber leider kein Funkuhrsignal am Aufstellort empfangen konnte. Also legte ich notgedrungen noch etwas drauf und setzte mein Vertrauen in eine andere Marke, Oregon Scientific.Und erst jetzt habe ich den richtigen Griff getan. Diese Wetterstation funktioniert genau wie gewünscht. Eigentlich muß man nach dem Einsetzen der Batterien noch die Reset Taste am Sensor bzw. an der Station drücken (genauer gesagt, mit einer aufgebogenen Büroklammer ins kleine Löchlein pieksen), doch die Station hat sich schon ganz allein verbunden. Die Funkuhr emfängt die BAR 208 HG auch gleich an mehreren in Frage kommenden Standorten - ein klarer Vorteil gegenüber TFAs Station Maxim II.Der Außensensor hat zwar leider keine Dichtung, wird aber vom Hersteller ausdrücklich als spritwassergeschützt (leider ohne IP44 Siegel) bezeichnet. Die Anleitung ist verständlich und kurz.Einen Ersatz- oder zweiten Außensensor, der zu dieser Station passt, kann man hier bestellen: Oregon Scientific THGR 122NX Thermo-/Hygro-Sensor . Jedoch hoffe ich, daß das nicht nötig sein wird. Er steht geschützt und funkt über ein Stockwerk nach oben, wobei das Meßsignal durch Decke und Wand problemlos gefunkt wird. Es sind nur 30 m Freifeld angegeben, aber diese vielleicht 4 M durch zwei massive Wände bzw. Glasfenster schafft der Sensor offenbar gut.Und die Meßwerte scheinen ebenfalls gut hinzukommen - verglichen mit einer anderen Funk-Thermometerstation bzw. mit meinen kleinen TFA-Thermometern. Näher kann ich die Genauigkeit nicht testen, weil ich keine kalibrierten Meßgeräte besitze. Aber die von mir mit meinen Normalo-Meßgeräten verglichenen Werte waren ganz ähnlich. Und das soll mir als Otto-Normalverbraucherin zur Orientierung ausreichen.Die Wettervorhersage war mir nicht wichtig, zumal ich nicht weiß, woher die Daten kommen? Der Außensensor mißt ja Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit - reicht das denn wirklich als Grundlage für eine Vorhersage aus? Vielleicht ist es ja so - hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit = Regenwahrscheinlichkeit o.ä. Laut Bedienungsanleitung soll die Vorhersage in der näheren Umgebung sogar zu 75% genau sein!Ich habe jedenfalls bisher selten auf dieses Infofeld der 12-Stunden-Wettervorhersage nur nebenbei geguckt - obwohl 75% Wahrscheinlichkeit ja schon nicht ganz schlecht ist. Dafür empfinde ich die Eiswarnung mittlerweile als kleine nette Hilfe, denn um den Gefrierpunkt blinkt unten rechts das Lämpchen "ice alert". So kann man sich gleich morgens beim ersten Blick auf die Wetterstation auf vorsichtiges Autofahren einstellen.Heute habe ich die erste Wetterwarnung empfangen: Im Feld Message stand "Fog", also "Nebel" und das stimmt auch.Mir ging es eigentlich allein um die Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit außen und innen. Man kann auch noch die Maxi und Mini Werte auf Tastendruck (zum Glück werden nicht alle Daten auf einmal im Display angezeigt - das wäre mir zu unübersichtlich) anzeigen lassen.Klasse finde ich die Beleuchtung auf Knopfdruck (die Krönung wäre eine dauerhafte Hintergrundbeleuchtung gewesen), so daß man nicht auf einen Stellplatz neben einer Lampe (die auch spiegeln kann) angewiesen ist.Die Größe des Displays und die ganze Haptik/Verarbeitung gefällt mir sehr gut - die Station sieht modern und hochwertig aus.Ich bin bis jetzt sehr zufrieden und hoffe, daß es so bleibt :-)Nachtrag:Bei Minustemperaturen (ohne Schneekontakt) ist im letzten Winter ab und zu die Anzeige ausgefallen - Abhilfe schaffen bessere Batterien. Wir haben uns hochwertige Energizer Batterien gekauft (günstig auf Amazon) und seitdem gab es nie wieder eine Störung. Und die guten Batterien laufen natürlich ununterbrochen weiter, halten also viel länger als Billigbatterien. Es kommt wohl auf die Spannung an (mA), die im kalten Winter besonders hoch sein sollte.

Cercavo una stazione meteo completa adatta a me che non sono molto esperto di queste apparecchiature ed ho deciso di acquistare questo prodotto.Nella confezione è presente la stazione meteo, 4 batterie stilo, un sensore e il manuale utente.La stazione meteo è dotata di un ampio display (retroilluminato di colore arancione per 5secondi premendo il tasto “LIGTH”) ed è alimentata a batterie.Nella parte posteriore c’è il vano per le batterie, una levetta per impostare l’unità di misura della temperatura (gradi o fahrenheit) tasto reset e impostazione frequenza radio.Il sensore remoto, in dotazione, è il modello THGN1321N, è può essere posizionato all’esterno o in una stanza (secondo le istruzioni nel libretto) ed una volta collegato all’apparecchio tramette tutti i dati che visualizzo sul display.Sul display sono mostrate le previsioni meteo per le successive 12 ore mediante 5 immagini (cielo sereno, cielo parzialmente nuvoloso, cielo nuvoloso, pioggia e neve), la temperatura interna ed esterna, umidità interna ed esterna specificando i trend, il calendario (il giorno della settimana mostrato in 5 lingue) ed orologio (formato 12h o24h), le fasi lunari e comunica le eventuali allerte meteo (temporali, temperature elevate, forti nevicate..).Tramite l’apposito tasto “MEM” è possibile memorizzare le informazioni minime e massime durante le 24 ore relative alla temperatura e all’umidità rilevataSotto il display è presente un LED “Ice Alert” che lampeggia nel momento in cui la temperatura esterna si avvicina allo 0 che è possibile disattivare spostando la levetta posta nel vano batterie.È presente la rilevazione precisa dell’ora grazie alla ricezione radio DCF-77(europa) o MSF-60(Regno unito) gradi o fh e resetSegnalo che questo dispositivo è una stazione meteo completa ed è possibile associare un massimo di 3 sensori che mostreranno contemporaneamente tutti i valori che rilevano sul display.È un prodotto valido che consiglio di acquistaare.CONTENUTO:Stazione meteoSensore4 pileManuale d'istruzioniPROÈ un apparecchio leggero e compattoÈ dotata di uno schermo chiaro e leggibileÈ caratterizzata da un ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzoFornisce dati abbastanza precisiFornisce previsioni meteo fino a 12 oreRileva sia la temperatura che l’umidità (in-out)È piuttosto semplice da utilizzareComunica messaggi di allerta meteorologicaÈ dotata di sensore remotoIndica le fasi lunariÈ stata realizzata in conformità alle vigenti normative europeeÈ dotata di indicatore dei trendCONTRONon è dotata della funzione svegliaTra le opzioni lingua, non è presente l’italianoNon è dotata di sonometroNon rileva la qualità dell’ariaNon è dotata di alimentatore batterieNon prevede le funzioni calendario e radio controllo