Advice on Which Weather Station to buy

BlueSky1

Hi folks,

Topical, given the weather we've had over Christmas, but has anyone bought a weather station that you can connect to a pc?

I'd like to buy one that's easy to use and gives weather conditions now (wind speed, rainfall, temperature, pressure etc) and ideally makes predictions about what will happen next.

At a quick glance on Amazon it looks like a minefield!

Thanks a bunch!!

Daza

Op, This is the COMPETITIONS forum

fire**fly

BlueSky1 wrote: »

Hi folks,

Topical, given the weather we've had over Christmas, but has anyone bought a weather station that you can connect to a pc?

I'd like to buy one that's easy to use and gives weather conditions now (wind speed, rainfall, temperature, pressure etc) and ideally makes predictions about what will happen next.

At a quick glance on Amazon it looks like a minefield!

Thanks a bunch!!

hi, sorry, you've posted on the wrong board as this is the competitions board
i'll pm Glad (the board guide) to request she moves it to the correct board for you x

alanobrien

Had a few over the years the first thing to say is there there is a big difference between a weather indicator and a weather station.
One of the biggest selling entry level weather station units is made by a company called fine offset and is then badged and sold under several different names.

the watson unit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WATSON-W-8681-WEATHER-STATION--WIRELESS/dp/9792286802/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1388228347&sr=8-17&keywords=weather+station

the maplin unit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WIRELESS-WEATHER-FORECASTER-STATION-TOUCHSCREEN/dp/B005ERODQG/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=1388228347&sr=8-24&keywords=weather+station

the maplin unit in maplin (currently on sale at £59.99)
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/black-usb-wireless-touchscreen-weather-forecaster-n96gy

BlueSky1

fire**fly wrote: »

hi, sorry, you've posted on the wrong board as this is the competitions board
i'll pm Glad (the board guide) to request she moves it to the correct board for you x

Sorry, I'm still working out what goes where in this Forum, thanks for helping out!!

BlueSky1

fire**fly wrote: »

hi, sorry, you've posted on the wrong board as this is the competitions board
i'll pm Glad (the board guide) to request she moves it to the correct board for you x

alanobrien wrote: »

Had a few over the years the first thing to say is there there is a big difference between a weather indicator and a weather station.
One of the biggest selling entry level weather station units is made by a company called fine offset and is then badged and sold under several different names.

the watson unit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WATSON-W-8681-WEATHER-STATION--WIRELESS/dp/9792286802/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1388228347&sr=8-17&keywords=weather+station

the maplin unit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/WIRELESS-WEATHER-FORECASTER-STATION-TOUCHSCREEN/dp/B005ERODQG/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=1388228347&sr=8-24&keywords=weather+station

the maplin unit in maplin (currently on sale at £59.99)
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/black-usb-wireless-touchscreen-weather-forecaster-n96gy

Thanks for that - I'll check them out!!