La Crosse Technology Advanced Wireless Weather Station: Dynamic Icons, Barometric Pressure, Atomic Time, Temperature/Humidity Gauge, Recording, Stylish Display, Fast Reception & Long Range (330 Feet)

The 5 stars are for the clock itself. My rating for the sadist who glued the screws in that held it in the packaging wouldn't get any stars, except the ones he/she would see after I kicked the stuffing out of him/her. BUT, back to the clock ... + It is a good size for reading. + I view it at an angle, but the data is still fuly readable. + It takes three AA batteries instead of AAA, so they will last longer. + I love that it indicates the humidity inside as well as ouside. + it was easy to initially set up. I am in a location that radio signals barely reach, so I cannot depend on the atomic clock to set it. - I hope that the way the packaging screws were embedded into this one was an anomaly, and that yours unscrews easily. It took me 55 minutes to get it them out, and I have just about every hand tool made. I finally ended up nibbling away the bizarre plastic washer so that I could grip the screw head with a pair of wire cutters and break the bond to the plastic housing. Had I been able to get teh multiple layers of cardboard out from under them, I would have just left them in. I was NOT happy, but now that I am using the clock, I have calmed down.

La Cross 308-1417 We've had a battery powered LCD indoor/outdoor weather station for nearly 20 years. Wanting an upgraded station, we moved the original to the back room. To stay with battery power, the La Cross 308-1417 was perfect a perfect fit. It displays, very clearly, barometric pressure, indoor/outdoor temperature, relative humidity and forecast icons. Setup was simple and quick. Acquisition of outdoor sensor and atomic clock signals took 5 minutes. It is very easy to read all the information from 10 feet away. With simple styling, it looks good on the coffee table. While we haven't had this long enough to evaluate battery life, something to remember (for those who complain about that): Keep the outdoor sensor close by without electronic equipment or metal components between the two. Keep away from a router or other electronic emitting devices. These overwork the transmitter/reciever. Hunting for the sensor and time signals drain the batteries very quickly. Our original station batteries would last for 5 years in the same location. No reason to think this will be less. If you want outlet power (with adapter and cord), a color display or wind and rain gauge, you will pay five to ten times more. But for $35, this is a very practical tradeoff. We've had this for just over 5 years and it still functions. But, it no longer updates for daylight savings time (it's very accurate otherwise). And, the outdoor sensor has started going a little crazy, reporting 10 - 20⁰ high in the daytime (not in the direct sun) but is very accurate at night.

So far I am rating this a 4. It seems to be working as expected. This is not a high end unit and is only battery operated. It is used as a secondary unit from my main weather station which is on the East side of the house. This one is shaded during the morning sun so it gives an accurate temp for the West side. The one thing that should be included on this unit is the snooze/backlight tap bar. When going through the house in less than perfect lighting it's nice to be able to turn on the backlight for a few seconds. I had an Oregon unit that was only battery op for years and that had backlight.

I didn't want something else that had to be plugged in and this station fit the bill. It's small, simple and accurate enough. Also purchased the sensor protection mount, well worth it. Atomic clock is a nice bonus. Good for casual weather. Humidity levels seem to run 5-10% lower than actual, but close enough for me. The unit would be even better if it had a 3 or 4 position pointer like Dry-Normal-Humid or something similar versus a number display for humidity. I've had other LaCrosse units, some lasting over 20 years. Excellent if you want simple and reliable with a value price.

Nicely sized. I can see all the numbers. The record of barometric pressure sequentially blinks past readings to indicate the trend. I am not a fan of that. But it’s a minor thing.

great item easy set up this is second one i have purchased first one lasted five years and went through many hurricanes this is the only brand i have been happy with

The accuracy of these units is pitiful. The first one I purchased I put the outdoor sensor right next to the station and had a 6 degree difference and 8% humidity difference, I didn't even attempt to see how accurate it was and returned. The second unit had temp. inaccuracy of 5~ degrees, but the humidity is off by 10-12%, however, the indoor sensor was within 3-4~ degree / %. The inaccuracies vary depending on the temperature and humidity %, however they're WAY off. If you don't care that the humidity is off by 10-15% or temp. is off by 5-8~ degrees, then get this unit. Otherwise, get a different brand. This is my 4th La Crosse, and I've discovered that they're all extremely inaccurate with no consistency. The competitors offer better accuracy and consistency.

So far this is holding up well. Normally, I would keep it in the garage but the overall size is on the smallish side, so I put it in the house. It let's you know when rain is coming and keeps time and inside/outside temps accurately. I prefer the older ones that had a larger face and icons so that you didn't need to get a foot from it in order to read.

Hace exactamente lo que dice.

I'm very happy with this weather station. I've found that the accuracy is very close to official measurements. I bought it with an optional Sensor Protection Shield.

Does the job fine, thanks!

I owned a La Crosse for 15+ Years until it failed this summer. Very disappointed with the quality and functionality of the replacement- not a patch on my old La Crosse. They appear to be cutting corners properly to save on costs.

I had a previous LaCrosse model I had purchased 15 years ago. It worked well and from my experience with it I knew which features I liked. In addition to the basic indoor/outdoor temp and humidity, I like that it shows barometric pressure, both current and a graph showing the trend, and it has the automatic time signal that keeps the clock sync'ed with the atomic clock at NOA in Colarado. I live in Toronto and the time signal works reliably, over night each night. This new model has those features and I found it is much easier to set up. The sync with the outside transmitter was simple. This unit does not have a colour display, but that means it can operate effectively on batteries, and does not require an AC adapter. That works very well for where I have it placed. My one (very minor) complaint is the clock does not display the seconds.