Honeywell TE831W-2 Complete Wireless Weather Station with PC Interface, Silver
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12 to 24 hour weather forecast, 24 hour barometric pressure history chart, Indoor/Outdoor Temperature and HumidityAutomatically sets to the US Atomic clock, dual crescendo alarm, calendar display in day, month and yearMultiple weather alarms, Includes Weather Capture PC software* (PC not required for weather station operation, PC software is optional), USB cable, 7.5v AC adapter included channelsManual altitude adjustment, monitors temperature and humidity in up to 5 remote locations, dew point and comfort level indicators 100 feet (30 meters)User selectable 12 or 24 hour format, user selectable month/day or day/month format, user selectable 6 language day of the week, moon phase calendar
Product Description
Honeywell TE831W-2 Complete Wireless Weather Station with PC interface, a 12 to 24 hour weather forecast along with indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity in up to 5 remote locations (2 sensors included), barometric pressure reading displayed in graph with 24 hour barometric pressure history chart, altitude adjustment for pressure compensation, dew point and comfort level indicators, measures wind speed and direction, measures rainfall data for past hour, 24 hours, day, week, month plus rain rate display, multiple weather alarms, the time automatically sets to the US Atomic clock, user selectable 12 or 24 hour time format, optional manual adjustment of time and date, dual crescendo alarm along with calendar display in day, month and year, user selectable 6 language day of the week (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch), moon phase calendar and historical data for the last 39 days and upcoming 39 days, LED backlight, includes new energy efficient AC/DC adaptor that saves up to 40% more energy, includes Weather Capture PC software that allows you to download weather data to your PC (USB adaptor included), keeps track of 200 sets of weather history data for archive and analysis, requires Windows 98 or above and CD-ROM drive, PC software use is Optional, PC not required for weather station operation.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
Summary:
Honeywell TE831W2 Weather Station
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This is a relatively inexpensive weather station but feel it will work okay. I have not installed the wind or rain gauge instruments yet but will do that next spring.
The operation of the main unit leaves a little bit to be desired in terms of initial setup. And, the atomic clock I had to go to my computer to set to get the seconds synchronized. A true disappointment in that regard. I was disappointed to see it was made in China also.
I plan to take the main unit to Arizona this winter along with one of the two temperature remotes. Overall I know I will enjoy this come summer.
I would recommend this for anyone who doesn't want perfection yet feels they want some weather information.
Connie O
Minnesota
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Summary:
Amazing, Accurate and Fun Weather Station
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I bought this item a weak ago and its an amazing units.
Setup
Realtively easy to setup except for so many screws but they are actually there for a reason since the units will be outdoors mainly, they act as a potective mechanism. The anemometer was the hardest to setup while the thermohydrometers were the easiest.
Build
Most of the units are well built and seem sturdy. Both range guage and anemomters are about 16 m away and are still communiticating with the receiver. The thermohydromter is nearer ( about a meter away).
Accuracy
A very accurate unit indeed and for those who say the anemomter is inaccurate try setting the wind reading to gust and you'll see. If the anemometer is set to wind speed it will record the wind speed over a 10 minute avegage. The rain guage is also accurate, the thermohydromters are extremely accurate.
PC Interface
Premature program but I dont really care since the data is being uploaded to weather underground.
Overall a great unit for the price and I give this 5 stars.
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Summary:
An excellent entry-level weather station
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I am giving this product 5 stars - not because it is perfect, but because it is really well built and works well, for the money. Sure, you can buy a Davis, etc for $500, but this is about 1/4 of that price, and it is working great. I read the other reviews, and most are accurate, but some do not fully recognize this value issue.
My experience:
1) I bought 8 Lithium batteries - two for each of the 4 outside units. Cost is about $20, but a) they will give a bit more range, b) they are recommended for operation below about 0C (32F), and c) they may last a bit longer.
2) I read the manual, which is quite good, and followed the directions. Make sure you do the battery installs in the sensors first, as it says, before the main unit ! Then verify everything is being received before installing the sensors outside. (NOTE - don't forget to check/set the channel numbers on the temp/humidit sensor units before installing their batteries)
3) Build quality is really nice for all the pieces. Gaskets on the battery cases, brass inserts for the screws to keep them from stripping, etc. The designers and manufacturer of the unit did some really excellent work on all these parts.
4) Temp sensors all agreed within less than one degree. There are actually FOUR of them. Two in the temp/humidity units, one in the anemometer, and one in the inside base unit. Nice.
5) Rain guage seems to work well. Have not tested accuracy yet though. Again - very nice construction for the price. Anemometer build is great too. Amazing when you consider how much you're getting for the money.
6) When using the anemometer - be sure to set it to read "Gust". Other settings appear to be doing some averaging, and probably are partly the cause of problems experienced by other reviewers. I got a peak gust of 13.6 mph when mounted on a pole at a height slightly below the roof peak, and below the trees (but still reasonably high up and in the clear). By comparison, the local airport was reporting peak-gust at 20 mph. This seems reasonable given my obstructions.
7) The barometer also seems pretty accurate. I adjusted to match the airport (which is at a density altitude of 1200 ft), and the corresponding altitude on the base unit read 1352 ft - only 150 ft off. Like I said, pretty good.
8) I did have one sensor lose signal when I moved the unit to a location which required the signal to go through several walls in my house - but that's what radio does.....
All in all, this unit gets (and deserves) 5 stars from me. Hope you have similar experiences. I am very happy with the value the company has provided !
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Summary:
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR
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To be polite, this weather station isn't worth the price. I bought cheap and I got cheap. While the indoor/outdoor temperatures and barometer appear to be accurate, the anemometer is worthless. It is properly mounted on the peak of my roof, several feet above the peak in an unobstructed area. Today the wind is literally howling, trees bending over in the wind and things blowing down the street. The TE831W-2 shows the maximum wind speed today to be 9.1 MPH. WRONG! Most of the time the WIND CHILL measurement is wrong. Yesterday, it was 42 degrees but it showed the wind chill to be 61 degrees. I am awaiting delivery of a more expensive weather station and the HONEYWELL will go where it belongs, in the garbage can!
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Summary:
It Seems To Be A Great Weather Station
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Let me start this review by saying I like this weather station. I can not believe I said that since I bought and sold the 924 model. That is the one with the weather radio. With that unit I had nothing but problems. I kept losing reception, the weather radio was too loud even at its lowest volume and you had to guess on what button to press since they were all on the back of the unit and then hope you did it right. Very frustrating indeed.
Even though I think that the TE831W-2 was made before the 924 model, I have had none of these problems so far that I experienced with the other model and it was a great price for what you get. Just a word on ordering from ANT Online, even though I bought it new it appears that while everything looked new it came with old batteries in every instrument where there should not have been any batteries at all. The CD came broken for the weather capture software. Of course a quick trip to the Honeywell site took care of this problem as I just downloaded the newest version of the software. A word about the software is that it is very simplistic, but it works.
The base station picked up all the instruments in about 5 minutes so I mounted everything outside and so far so good. The biggest problem I had was with the installation of the anemometer and lining up the screw, but eventually I got it.
Lets see what you get here. A barometer with a 12 hour weather forcast and a graph that is on the top left corner of the base unit. On the bottom left you get a clock and date or phases of the moon. On the right corner of the unit you can see the outside temperature and humidity and the indoor temperature with humidity readings as well as view the dew point. The next window is the current wind with gusts and history with wind chill and on the bottom right you have your rain gauge readings. All buttons are lined up on the bottom of the unit so you can see what you are pressing in each window to change your data. On the back of the unit there is a light sensor that works so this can be set to on, off or auto. The light when turned on in the base unit is blue. There is the ability to set the weather station for several different weather alarms.
This is all great, but it would be nothing if the readings were not accurate. After testing the readings that the weather instruments were giving out my findings were that the barometer was spot on, the temperatures and humidity readings were on the mark and the rain gauge seems to give precise readings. The anemometer was probably the weakest link for the weather station, but even this was working up to a certain point. It just wasn't as accurate as the other weather instruments as I suspected. There is also at times a confusing, but complete weather station manual to look at if you need help.
Still for the money compared to more expensive units these weather instruments seem sturdy and everything works on the weather station. I will edit this review if this Honeywell weather station shows that it does not hold up or problems should arise, but for the time being I like this weather station enough to fully recommend it.
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