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Brand: Oregon Scientific
Category: Lawn & Patio

List Price: ~~$79.95~~
Buy New: $32.48
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

31 reviews
Sales Rank: 2145

Color: clear acrylic/silver
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9.6 x 3.5

MPN: BAR618HGA
Model: BAR618HGA
UPC: 734811300102
EAN: 0734811300102
ASIN: B0006G2WZE

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Weather forecaster with remote, wireless thermometer and atomic clock
•	LCD screens on both main console and remote sensor
•	Displays humidity, temperature, plus 12-24-hour forecasts and days of week
•	Automatically sets to U.S. Atomic Clock and Daylight Savings Time
•	Measures 7-1/4 by 4-3/4 by 2 inches; crescendo alarm with snooze

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This stylish, new weather forecaster and self-setting clock monitors trends in humidity and temperature. The clock provides precise time from the U.S. Atomic Clock. Graphic weather icons forecast the local weather for the next 12-24 hours. Remote sensor has up to 100 feet transmission range Illuminated with HiGlo Electro-luminescent backlight 3 levels of pressure, temperature and humidity trend indicators - Rising, Steady or Falling 12 to 24 hour weather forecasts with graphical icons Moon phase indicator Switch to display in Farenheit or Celsius Batteries are not supplied with this product. You will need to purchase 3 x UM-3 (AA) 1.5V alkaline batteries forthe main unit, and 2 x UM-4 (AAA) 1.5V alkaline batteries for the remote sensor Unit Dimensions - 7.25L x 2D x 4.75H inches

Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Does what it's supposed to do September 15, 2008
This item was way smaller than what I expected. However, it gets the job done.

1 out of 5 stars

Unreliable (have two units) August 15, 2008
I have bought two of these sets (but about a month apart, so they shouldn't be the same production run). Both of the wireless remote sensor links stopped working after about six months. BOTH WERE PURCHASED ON AMAZON, but one was through an Amazon-affiliated vendor. Oregon Scientific would not honor the warranty, even though the unit was brand-new. It's not an issue with the batteries- tried lots of things to get them working, and called support a couple of times.

I am utterly unimpressed and disappointed with Oregon Scientific and their unreliable products. Being an electronic design engineer, I can see they could have done much better to make a quality product. Now I know why they look for loopholes to avoid honoring their purported warranty. AVOID this!!!

5 out of 5 stars

Great quality - good buy for less than $40 May 14, 2008
I purchased my unit last year and it works nicely. Took some getting used to it with the remote temperature and all, but it synced up nicely with WWV and matches my other atomic clock to the second with accuracy.

The transmitter for the remote takes some getting used to setting - Make sure to download the PDF from Oregon Scientific to have on your laptop to find the reset procedure when the battery goes. Mine lasted through a harsh Sierra winter and spring before I replaced it.

I like the soft blue display at night when I need to know the time - I just hit the top bar of the clock and it is a soothing display with auto timeout.

As for hanging on the wall - I'm not certain it would be a good idea, but for securing to the wall with a short cord on a bookshelf, this would work well. As for durability, mine has fallen a couple of times about 2 1/2 feet with no troubles.

Only wish is that I could interface this via bluetooth to my PC to record temperature and barometric records - that would be uber-cool. Oregon Scientific - if you are listening, this is a request from one of your customers.

All in all, a great buy - reliable and does it's job. I'd buy again.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent device in its category March 29, 2008
This is a nice little weather station, it belongs right in the middle: not too fancy, but pretty good with all the important readings. It's true that Amazon picture is not accurate since the instrument doesn't have barometric pressure display, just trends and large weather symbol. However, the unit I got has everything functional as advertised: inside and outside temperature (in F or C) and humidity percentage as well as accurate time/date/weekday display which adjusts itself in sync with atomic clock including switching to daylight savings time. Make sure to use lithium batteries in outside unit. It takes just a little tweaking to set up, but afterwards it works perfectly. Includes alarm settings which I don't use. It works fine on the table top or on the wall.

1 out of 5 stars

NO GOOD January 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Nice looking product to set on bookcase or shelf but about as accurate as guessing, not within 5 degrees of correct temperature. Screws on the remote battery compartment were stripped so I never had the chance to put batteries in to try it.

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