IT Works Weather Station/Alarm Clock £4.99 collect @ store. Originally £29.99

£$&*"($£&(

My sensor has failed again and this time it was undercover.

bob_a_builder

my remote sensor has gone funny too, no indicaton on main unit, but lcd on remote was displaying temp ok and red led was flashing every now and then, weak radio ?
so changed batts
Now remote lcd comes on (all segments) and then goes off and does nothing more
odd
shame, was a nice looking item

any idea what the "tx" button inside the remote units battery cover is for ?

edit: Now remote lcd comes on (all segments) and then goes off and does nothing more : now it won't come on at all

xxdeebeexx

xxdeebeexx wrote:

Sorry to ask a ,probably, obvious question but, how did you get money refunded? I bought 3 of these on Christmas eve and paid £4.99 each for them. Can I just go back to Comets and ask for a refund of £3 each?
Does it have to be the Comets I bought them from or can it be any? and....what do I say ??
TIA
D

Just to let you know that Comets have a 14 day price match policy. I took my receipt back and got refunded £9....£3 for each of the weather stations I bought on Christmas eve. Really easy and without any fuss.
Thanks everyone for the info......without this site I would never have known about the price match let alone have the confidence to go an get a refund !!
:T

espresso

bob_a_builder wrote:

any idea what the "tx" button inside the remote units battery cover is for ?

To manually send the data to the main unit.

Did yours not come with instructions!

Jay-Jay_4

Has anyone else notoced that the display on the main unit has faded? I changed the batteries a couple of days ago and it's faded again already

bob_a_builder

Did yours not come with instructions!

Yes it did, [and I read them] but blowed if i could find any textual reference to the function of that button, so thanks for info

Do we think this was one of those products they just buy in for xmas, or can I hold out hope for a possible replacement at some point in my warranty period

Firefly

If it's any use to anyone, I found a rather nice Oregon weather station in TK Maxx today for £18. In the absence of a Comet bargain I bought it as the Price on Amazon is £70 and they are going for £50+ on eBay.

There were more on the shelves in Cheltenham.

£$&*"($£&(

I took mine back in the end. The sensor failed for third time when it rained and this time I had it in a shed with just the probe sticking outside.

bob_a_builder

Well I'm blowed, mines working again.

The remote sensor part seems very touchy.
I had that sited in the garage, and sensor wire going outside via door frame
Worked OK for a while, then noticed no outside temp was reported.
Checked remote sensor was displaying a temp and red light was flashing OK
So as someone else said supected batteries in remote unit.
Changed batteries, got some odd effects as reported earlier.
Eventually gave up thought it was busted and just left it alone, no display, no flashing red led. Thought I'd just use the main unit

Now tonight (10days later) we notice that the red led was flashing again, and temp showing on remote unit, but no outside temp on main unit,
Tried resetting main unit, and up comes the outside temp on main unit
result (for how long I don't know)

Can't explain whats going on here ....

Seems the remote unit don't like being out in the cold, well its not really been that cold , and it was in garage anyway, but now its warmed up/dried out its OK
But if you open up the remote unit it looks like it was intended to out outside and get damp, since the internals are protected inside a 'sealed' partion with rubber gasket etc

For £5 we've had a lot of entertainment out of this box one way and another

Jay-Jay_4

I took mine back today as I've changed the batteries four times.

Got the next model up for £14.99 and really pleased with it. Don't understand half of it but it's got a cute picture of a weathergirl and lots of flashy things