Buy Ambient Weather WS-2080 Wireless Home Weather StationAmbient Weather WS-2080 Wireless Home Weather Station Product Description:
- The Ambient Weather WS-2080 is a compact, easy to install complete weather station with impressive reliability at a very low cost.
- This weather station measures wind speed, wind direction, temperature and humidity (both inside and outside), rainfall and barometric pressure.
- The console of the weather station displays a wide range of parameters in an easy-to-read format on a large LCD. The attractively thin console can be placed on a desktop or mounted to a wall.
- Includes a USB port and EasyWeather PC software, a simple to use windows application that allows real time monitoring. It can be used to progam weather station parameters and alarms. You can also log data .
Product Description
Features:
USB port for easy connection to your PC
All the weather data from the base station and weather history data with user adjustable measuring intervals can be recorded and uploaded to your PC
Free PC software for transfer weather data to PC
Rainfall data (inches or millimeters): 1-hour, 24-hour,one week,one month and total since last reset.
Wind chill and Dew point temperature display (°F or °C)
Records min. and max. wind chill and Dew point with time and date stamp
Wind speed (mph, m/s, km/h, knots, Beaufort)
Wind direction display with LCD compass
Weather forecast tendency arrow
Weather alarm modes for: a) Temperature b) Humidity c) Wind chill d) Dew point e) Rainfall f) Wind speed g) Air pressure h) Storm warning
Forecast icons based on changing barometric pressure
Barometric pressure (inHg or hPa) with 0.1hPa resolution
Wireless outdoor and indoor humidity (% RH)
Records min. and max. humidity with time and date stamp
Wireless outdoor and indoor temperature (°F for °C)
Records min. and max. temperature with time and date stamp
Time and date with manual setting
12 or 24-hour time display
Perpetual calendar
Time zone setting
Time alarm
High light LED backlight
Wall hanging or free standing
Synchronized instant reception
Low power consumption (over 2 years battery life for transmitter)
Set includes:
Receiver
Four outdoor sensors: thermo-hydro transmitter, wind speed sensor, wind direction sensor and rain sensor
Specifications:
Outdoor temperature range: -40°F to +149°F
Indoor temperature range: 32°F to +122°F
Humidity range: 10% to 99% (1% resolution)
Wind speed: 0-100mph
Measuring range air pressure: 8.85inHg - 32.50inHg
Alarm duration : 120 sec
Transmission range up to 330 feet (line of sight)
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256 of 258 people found the following review helpful.
The best value for a full-featured, internet-capable home weather station.
By Peter Chenoweth
I'm a weather nerd. I've had several home weather stations over the years, some were better than others. Davis' stations are the best on the market, but they are expensive. You can have four complete WS-2080's for the price of the least-expensive Davis w/ the appropriate data-connect module. The Davis machines are definitely superior in accuracy & build quality and are (I believe) made in the US. All great things, and if you're very serious about home weather then Davis is the way to go. But if you're looking for a decent home weather station that has PC/Mac + Internet capabilities for a low price, the WS-2080 is an excellent choice. I've had mine up and running for over a year now, with no problems.I've had no problems with the sensor range; my base is sitting about 75' away from the outside sensor, through 1 exterior (with a few windows) and 3 interior (no windows) walls. No connection problems at all.Unlike some of the other low-cost home weather stations, I've not had any problems with erroneous data. It's clean. With a previous station I'd get frequent erroneous 57mph wind gusts when it rained, despite my best efforts of sealing & ferrite-choking the cables.A few caveats:1) Use good lithium batteries in the outside sensor unit. It takes two AA's. Yes, lithium's are 2-3 times as expensive as alkalines. But lithium batteries will last much longer than standard alkalines, and they are much better in the cold. I live in the midwest, and I'm still on the first pair of AA lithiums from over a year ago, and they went through a brutally cold winter without any complaints. Alkalines are fine for the base. My station's connected to a PC, so it is powered via the USB connection anyway.2) Build quality of the sensors is very low. The sensors work well and are decently accurate, but it's all made with the cheapest plastic. Don't drop any of the parts, they will break. Be *very* careful of the wind cups. I recently moved, and in moving I managed to accidentally tap the wind vane on my garage ceiling. Barely grazed it. One of the struts that supports the cups immediately snapped. The cup itself had the integrity of an egg shell; easily crushed by thumb & forefinger. Very brittle. I'm not sure if this is how it was when new, or the result of a year's worth of exposure to the elements. Luckily AmbientWeather sells replacement parts, so I'm just out a few bucks.3) Buy the better radiation shield that Ambient Weather recommends. The station comes with a small shield, but it's woefully insufficient. Using the included one, my station would get temps 15+ degrees (F) above ambient in direct sunlight. Using AmbientWeather's suggested shield, temperatures are now unaffected by direct sunlight, just as it should be. If you are placing the thermometer/hygrometer sensor somewhere always shaded, then you'd be fine with the included shield. But if the sensor ever receives direct sunlight (not just during the day, but any day of the year too...), buy the better shield.4) The wind & rain sensors must level to work properly. You absolutely must pay special attention to level the rain sensor. Must. The rain gauge in this (and most other) station works like a see-saw. As water pours through it, two little buckets tip back and forth inside the housing. As they rock, the sensor records that motion as amounts of water. If the housing isn't level, the buckets won't rock properly and the gauge won't work. Take the time to make sure it's level when you install the station.If the price were higher, I'd knock off a star for the build quality. But as it is, it's a decent station for the money. It's a great way to dip your toes into the world of the home weather stations without a large investment.
439 of 454 people found the following review helpful.
Video review of Ambient Weather WS-2080
By juke jeff
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R23QWATKRZB01N I originally bought an Ambient Weather WS-1170. I was really pleased with it, so was my wife, an elementary teacher. She wanted it to teach weather to her students. I got to upgrade to a real weather station. Thus,I got the Ambient Weather WS-2080 about a month ago and I am very pleased with it. It has worked perfectly. The people at Ambient Weather are great and really helpful and friendly. You can spend several times this much on other weather stations, but like I said, this one has worked perfectly from day one. Plus, all the readings seem very accurate. Here is my video of the Weather Station WS-2080.Edit- The tree has been removed.After the third large branch hit my house, we had the tree cut down.
133 of 146 people found the following review helpful.
For a Home Weather Station
By Craig A. Taylor
I just received the station yesterday and have completed most of the checkout before I install it on the roof. It is what you payed for. I did not what to spend a lot of money so after consideration of many stations I chose this station. I noticed that most of the sensors for stations in this price range were the same type, maybe some variation in the electronics, but structurally similar. From what I read in reviews you can expect the sensors to last between one and two years. There is some maintenance required. I believe that the phone style connector contacts will need cleaning each year, and I would first suspect the connectors if a sensor stops working. You should put bird spikes on the rain and solar shield to help keep then clean and to avoid any possible damage from birds. Also, do not expect the sensors to handle very bad weather. If winds get above 70 mph I would not be surprised to lose a sensor or two. I did notice that no makers seem to list weather limits. The wind sensor will monitor high winds, just may not survive the winds.Everything work out of the box. Spent some time reading manual so that I knew what it was capable of and what the limitations were. This was nice in that everything needed except mounting pole was included, even PC cable and software. Would I recommend it to a friend, yes. Just would warn them that it is like any low cost device, it may not have the long life someone would want, but it did not cost $1,500 dollars or more. I like knowing the local conditions around my house, but not going to pay a lot.I did not give it five stars simply because the device is similar to other devices and the maker has had mixed reviews on other models; however, it seemed to me that all maker's got mixed reviews so it must be the entry level of these products, so nothing stands out with this product from others. I pick this model because of features (similar to other models), it was a new model so parts may be easier to obtain, and finally price.
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