Useful for planning irrigation Review by doug

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I really like my Acurite weather station for the live weather readings. I'm employed in farming and the temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction are important to know when i'm planning a spray application on my crops. it's also important to know the amounts of rainfall we recieve to plan irrigation if needed.

(Posted on 6/14/13)

Gardener Review by John N

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I grow a vegetable garden every summer. I installed a drip irrigation system for it with a timer. I can calculate the equivalent inches of rain to the length of time the timer stays on. The garden needs 2" of rain per week when in full production. Having an accurate rain gauge allowed me to set the timer each week for the perfect watering with out wasting water or over watering. The graphs that backyard weather provides makes a manual chore much more automatic!!!

(Posted on 6/14/13)

Installed at vacation house Review by Michael G

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I have the AcuRite weather station with 5 in 1 wireless sensor and acu-link internet bridge installed at a vacation house. I've also installed an additional temperature sensor inside my house. This package allows me to remotely monitor weather conditions at my vacation house as well as temperatures inside the house. In the winter, the programmable alerts provide peace of mind over concerns that temparture in my vacation house is abouve the freezing point and that water pipes will not freeze.

(Posted on 6/13/13)

Works well Review by Steve

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I use the system to see the current weather at my house in Florida using the internet. I like getting the real time actual data at this location. The wireless/solar feature is a hands off approach that works well for me.

(Posted on 6/13/13)

Excellent product Review by John, cumming, ga

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Received 5 in 1 as christmas 2012 gift. Absolutely love it. Its been on my deck since the first week of january 2013. Have Internet bridge as well. I track the weather religiously from an app on my iPhone. My only beef is that I don't have a great area to track wind speed. The station is 16ft off the back of my house, but I sit downhill in my neighborhood & the trees block the wind. I have no better place to put it except at top of the driveway.

The forecasting is okay, but that's what the weather channel is for. The rain gauge may need a screen to block out trash. I missed a rain storm of 7", & only showed 2".

(Posted on 6/12/13)

Very nice for the price Review by Bruce

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The install and setup of the 5 in 1 sensor went well, but I had to use a different mounting setup, using a pipe and flange. The supplied plastic mount wasn't long enough to use. The range of the 5 in 1 to the receiving units has been very good. I've enjoyed the weather dashboard on the internet, but like some reviews, I wish I could arrange the output differently. Also like some reviews and comments, the temperature sensor can read a little high in the early morning and late evening when the sun is still shining but not directly on the solar cell to run the fan. I purchased a tower sensor to adjust for this, and I can see the temperature difference on the dashboard. I've also set it up to send to Weather Undergound, which is very neat, but it is too bad the bridge doesn't support sending the temperature data from the tower sensor instead of only the temperature data from the 5 in 1.

(Posted on 5/25/13)

Been waiting all my life for this. Review by a6asics

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After waiting approximately 6 months for the 1050C to arrive in stock, I finally was able to purchase one in January. It was SO worth the wait! Setup was fairly straightforward and weather data has been pretty accurate for the most part. Someone mentioned in a previous post about auto refreshing the data..it's a breeze with Firefox or Chrome - just install a "Reload Every" add-in, set the parms and voila! The support from Acu-Rite has been very fast whenever I had any questions. I too set it up to work with Weather Underground....I have shared my link on Facebook and many of my friends have been impressed. My next wish from Acu-Rite is that they upgrade the Backyard Weather app to allow the user to customize and relocate the icons...other than that - it's amazing.

(Posted on 5/2/13)

Pleased Review by Brittany

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The weather station was easy to install as was the internet bridge. I've been sharing with Weather Underground and setup was easy. I've been so excited with my weather station. I live between two larger cities and wanted to know what the weather is doing right here not to my north or my south. I am eager when it rains to see how much we receive. I hope to pass my enthusiasm to my kids as I share what is going on with the weather and the station on a daily basis.

(Posted on 4/2/13)

Good equipment, good service. Review by Mike-KD9KC

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I had the LaCross system for about 2 years. In that period the wind speed sensor quit 3 times. The first time it was warrantee. The second time I had to pay for it. After the third time I donated it to the trash man.

A friend told me he had the AcuRite system, and it was even connected to the internet. I was able to log in and see his weather. This system went on sale over Christmas, so I bought it. I also bought a 1015 display unit extra.

Several months after setting it up, the bridge failed. I spent about 2 weeks trying everything I could to get it working. I was not successful, so I E-mailed for help.

The E-mail was a little slow in getting replied to. But once in contact, the replies were quick enough, and within a day a new bridge was on the way.

Although sent Fed-X, the bridge took 8 days to arrive. After unpacking it, I had the entire system up and running again in 30 minutes.

So I guess my only complaint is that service was S-L-O-W.

(Posted on 3/25/13)

Great family fun Review by Sandra

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I received this as a gift while all my family was around. Installing it and setting it up was a lot of fun and a great learning experience the younger ones.

I am amazed at all the information I am able to get and love sharing with my friends.

(Posted on 3/18/13)

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