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Oregon Scientific BAR206X?
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Update: My I300 stopped working during the Fed Govt shutdown. I guess most of the NOAA web sites were shut down as well.
I'll be returning it and spending a little more money on something that actually works.
I wanted an hygrometer, preferably digital and also with a thermometer. I saw some possible products at around $10, but for less than $20 I got:
- digital thermometer and hygrometer which seem reliable enough;
- pressure sensor (only used to assess current weather - sunny/cloudy/rainy/etc - there's no pressure value reading);
- an extra wireless sensor for outside temperature;
- display of weather forecast for 5 days, for 5 cities.
I really just cared about the the temperature and humidity readings inside the house, which would work regardless of the computer software. Since my wife's computer has Windows XP I guessed there wouldn't be any problems with the software either.
The fact is that i tried it in my computer which has WINDOWS 7 and IT WORKS. I didn't even try to use the included CD, I got the latest version from the manufacturer's website and it works in Windows7, without disabling UAC and without running the software in XP compatibility mode.
The software and all the sensors took quite some time to get along, but the manual clearly says it can take around 30 minutes to get everything synchronized.
The manual also says the frequency used is 433 MHz and that might be an important information to put in the product features section, so possible interferences can be checked.
The product features section on this product page also mentions "wireless thermometer, OS I600, THGN800 sensor, IH800 USB port"; I checked with Ambient Weather and Oregon Scientific before I bought and what you get is of course the OS I300, along with IH300 USB hub and THN800 sensor (which is temperature only, not humidity). On the other hand the required batteries (3xAA and 2xAAA) are included, which isn't mentioned anywhere.
Overall, for the price range I had in mind, I got a much better product than I expected to find. For the list price of $99.99 I wouldn't buy it though.
They don't tell you that and its not on the box.
ITS USELESS
There are three distinct time / date / day displays that you can choose to be displayed at the bottom row, but it will not allow you to see both the time and date at the same time. I have it set to display HH:MM Dd. The display is large enough for me to read from about 5 feet away. So when I wake up in the morning, I can read the temp / time. Logically, I would assume that you would want to see the indoor temp first and using the largest font, but this is set up to display the outdoor temp first, indoor temp second.
It has a back light function is set on the top, but on the back half of the clock. Its completely flush, so I have a hard time actually activating the back light to view it in the dark. Normally the back light / snooze is set slightly higher to activate it, but this button sits at an awkward position.
Its pretty accurate as I measured it against a stand along a Honeywell (TM005). It off by about 0.5 degrees from the Honeywell in both indoor / outdoor temp, so its good enough for just a regular Joe to get an understanding of the temp. The weather predictor (image display) is pretty useful and somewhat accurate. I would have rather opted out that display for a humidity indicator instead. What...no HUMIDITY?? From the product description, it says that it provides the following: Weather Forecasting, Indoor/Outdoor temperature and humidity. Well, unfortunately it doesn't provide humidity.
I still kept it...but if you know how to get it to read humidity, please let me know.
Thank you for shopping with us!"
I did not appreciate waiting for so long to get some type of answer like that.
Very poor, rude and lazy customer service.
I will never shop with them again,"NEVER"!!! Bad experience.
I called Oregon Scientific to see if they could recommend a remedy as it seemed random as to when/if outdoor temp would display or not. They suggested putting outdoor sensor by a glass window or door (already done) and changing alkaline batteries (which were supplied) with Lithium (which I bought for an additional $10) as Lithium should not freeze as easily.
Doing all the things recommended, the unit still randomly displayed outdoor temp which was the main reason for purchasing item so it was returned.
Very well constructed, real clear visible display, very easy to use, 3 sensors synced with a one touch
Fast reading we use this unite in our cigar shop inside walk in humidor and inside cigar lockers about 90 feet away
We love it and I am buying another unite just like it for our second location, relative humidity and temperature are very critical in our business.
but then, we upgraded to Windows 7 and the thing doesn't work at all. They say it cannot be compatible with Windows 7. Needless to say, we are not pleased. They didn't see Windows 7 coming?????





