Product Description

The La Crosse Technology FX5000 Discovery Channel Wireless Weather Station with Heat Index 433 MHz wireless outdoor transmitter monitors indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, heat index and dew point, and provides a weather forecast. It also sets the time to the U.S. atomic clock to maintain absolute time accuracy. Features * Model Number: WS-9033TDC * Heat index rating is derived from outdoor temperature and humidity measurements * Weather forecasting function with 3 weather icons and weather tendency indicator * Monitors indoor and outdoor temperature (°F or °C) & humidity (%RH) * Accurate atomic time and date sets itself and automatically updates for DST - manual setting option * Outdoor Dew Point * Indoor comfort level icon * MIN/MAX record of temperature & humidity with time & date stamp * 12 animated moon phases with twinkling stars * Humidity Range: 1% to 99% * Indoor Temperature Range: 32° F to 140° F * Outdoor Temperature Range: -22° F to 158° F * Receiver Power Requirements: 3 x""AA"" alkaline batteries * Sensor Power Requirements: 2 x ""AA"" alkaline batteries

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5711 in Lawn & Patio
• Color: Gray
• Brand: Discovery Channel
• Model: WS-9033TDC
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.00" w x 5.00" l,

Features

• Heat index and dew point display
• Monitors indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity
• Atomic clock and date display
• Weather forecast icon which forecasts weather for 12-20 hours in advance
• Moon phase display

Amazon.com Product Description
Monitor indoor and outdoor temperatures, humidity levels, heat index and dew point, and get weather forecasts for happier hikes in the hills, comfortable camping, cooler barbecues, and dryer days in the garden with this wireless weather station from La Crosse Technology. The Discovery Channel weather station includes a main console receiver station along with a remote wireless sensor for monitoring conditions in the garden, greenhouse, garage and more. Weather forecasts are shown for the next 12 to 20 hours to help you plan ahead. The station is equipped with a precision clock that receives signals from the U.S. Atomic Clock for perfect time so you're on time. It even sets itself for Daylight Savings Time so you don't forget. The heat index feature monitors outdoor temperature and humidity levels so you know when to call it quits and avoid heat stroke on a hot day. The station's weather forecasting function features 3 weather icons and weather tendency indicator. The unit monitors both indoor and outdoor temperatures and humidity levels, as well as outdoor dew point and indoor comfort levels, which it displays with icons. Minimum and maximum temperature and humidity recordings with time and date stamps let you monitor weather trends. And, 12 animated moon phases with twinkling stars help you time your star gazing events and beach outings. The main console receiver requires 3 AA alkaline batteries, while the remote sensor requires 2 AA alkaline batteries.

Customer Reviews

A wonderful value
The WS-9033TDC Wireless Weather Station has the features that most consumer will want and look at several times per day. The forecast icon is very accurate. The heat index and dew point are especially important in the winter here in the Midwest. The display is large enough to see from several feet away. This is a great value for the features!

Overall not a bad unit.
Overall, I have to say that this isn't a bad unit. It does have some issues though.

It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be. I've owned weather stations in the past and assumed this would be a similar size. It's 9 inches tall and 5 inches wide. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it took me by surprise.

The unit seems to be fairly accurate. It agrees with thermometers that I already have and trust.

I'm skeptical of the 330 foot range the outside probe is supposed to have. I have the inside unit on the desk of my home office. It's in the basement, but there is a window not 5 feet from the unit, and the temperature probe is less than 30 feet away from the unit. The manual says an outside wall or window can absorb up to 30 feet, but even allowing for that, 60 feet still puts me well within the advertised 330 foot range. However, the outside temp blanks out numerous times during the day. Both the transmitter and receiver have fresh batteries, the transmitter being lithium due to the winter temps outside. (Temps are well within the operating range supported by the unit) I'd say there is no outside temperature reading probably 10% of the time. An inconvenience, but I can deal with it.

It seems extremely reluctant to receive signals from Colorado to set itself by the atomic clock. It won't receive sitting on my desk, but if I place it in the windowsill, it will pick up the signal. This seems like pretty touchy reception for a somewhat pricey unit. I have a watch that picks up the radio signal every night just after midnight regardless of where I happen to be. How they could pack a better receiver in a watch than this large unit is beyond me. This appears to be a common complaint. It seems to me that if they can't seem to get reliable indoor reception, you'd think they'd have the outdoor probe receive the signal, then send it inside when the main unit polls the transmitter for temperature and humidity. Again, not a big deal as I already have a watch and several clocks throughout the house that pick up the signal from Colorado without any trouble, so the accuracy of the clock isn't a priority.

The animated moon phases leave something to be desired. The "animation" are simply stars that blink, and LCD bars that change daily.

I can't really see the point of the weather forecast icons. There are only three. A sun with animated heat rays radiating from it, a sun partly covered with clouds, and clouds with animated rain. Sounds pretty self explanatory doesn't it? Sunny, cloudy, and rainy... Wrong! All the sun icon means is that the weather is likely to improve. (Based on the barometric pressure recorded over time) The cloudy icon means that the weather is going to stay the same. And lastly, the rain icon merely means that the weather is going to worsen. Not a very intuitive system based on the icons. It does also have arrows that point out the current trend of the barometer. I'd actually rather just see the arrows to forecast the trend than the misleading icons. I mean, is it really that difficult for the unit to figure out that if the barometer is going down and the temperatures are near freezing that it's a good chance there'll be snow and show me some snowflakes or something? Or instead of a sun icon which intuitively means sunny and warm, show me a snowman or something that implies cold since it's only 18 degrees outside? It just seems silly to look out the window and see piles of snow, look at the temperature and see 18 degrees, yet the forecast icon shows me a sun with animated heat rays radiating from it...

I think as far as forecasting icons go, I'd prefer the unit that has the little guy that wears a winter coat, holds an umbrella, etc... A total of 31 forecast icons. But I didn't really get it for the forecast icons.

But like I said, overall not a bad unit. Just thought I'd give people my take on it's quirks. I'd have been disappointed in it if I'd have paid the $99 shown on the price tag on the box, but for paying only half that, what the unit does tell me helps balance out the quirks.

This thing is awesome
I did a lot of reseach on many different models, from simiple to very complicated, and I picked this one for a few reasons. At first I really wanted something with wind speed, but after looking into them, I decided it wasn't worth the mounting effort. I mostly wanted indoor/outdoor temp and humidity all displayed at once, along with the atomic clock and backlit screen. This thing has 'em all, great price and works great. I actaull take it between the bedroom and family room all the time. Going to have to buy another one! Highly recommended.