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La Crosse Technology Backyard Wind + Weather Station 79400 $49.00 + s/h $50

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I'm not that familiar with weather stations, so I'm not sure how good of a deal this is.

La Crosse has their wind + weather station on sale for $49. Comes with Breeze Pro Sensor (wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and humidity sensor) and display. Seems like the display was supposed to have WiFi but they goofed at manufacturing. The Breeze Pro Sensor (LTV-WSDTH01) is normally $69.95 MSRP.

Weather Station Display (79400) + Breeze Pro Sensor (LTV-WSDTH01) for $49: https://www.lacrossetechnology.co...1865688110

Just the display (79400-11) is on sale for $25: https://www.lacrossetechnology.co...s/79400-11 OOS

Cheapest shipping was $2.00 for me (FedEx - Smart Post).

Also on eBay ($49.95) with free shipping: https://www.ebay.com/itm/79400-La...4220049255

Edit: seems like it uses 915 MHz, so in theory you can buy it and a $20 RTL-SDR to get the data on your computer/Raspberry Pi/whatever. So for about $70 (the same price as the sensor itself), you get the sensor, the display, and a RTL-SDR dongle.
https://hackaday.com/2011/06/13/r...-stations/
https://github.com/tkuester/gr-lacrosse
https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433
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I'm not that familiar with weather stations, so I'm not sure how good of a deal this is.

La Crosse has their wind + weather station on sale for $49. Comes with Breeze Pro Sensor (wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and humidity sensor) and display. Seems like the display was supposed to have WiFi but they goofed at manufacturing. The Breeze Pro Sensor (LTV-WSDTH01) is normally $69.95 MSRP.

Weather Station Display (79400) + Breeze Pro Sensor (LTV-WSDTH01) for $49: https://www.lacrossetechnology.co...1865688110

Just the display (79400-11) is on sale for $25: https://www.lacrossetechnology.co...s/79400-11 OOS

Cheapest shipping was $2.00 for me (FedEx - Smart Post).

Also on eBay ($49.95) with free shipping: https://www.ebay.com/itm/79400-La...4220049255

Edit: seems like it uses 915 MHz, so in theory you can buy it and a $20 RTL-SDR to get the data on your computer/Raspberry Pi/whatever. So for about $70 (the same price as the sensor itself), you get the sensor, the display, and a RTL-SDR dongle.
https://hackaday.com/2011/06/13/r...-stations/
https://github.com/tkuester/gr-lacrosse
https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

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Jul 22, 2020
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Jerry_Clarkman
Jul 22, 2020
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Quote from ninerfan722 :
I mean I have a weather station on my phone who really need this anymore just my opinion though
I really want this, but like you said, it's the same thing as looking at the weather app on my phone. After a week of novelty, it's just going to sit there and collect dust. And just stare at me and remind me of the fact that I spent $50 on this whereas I could have bought some other useless Slickdeal-induced purchase!
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bmoney
Jul 22, 2020
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If only Alexa had true integration with these things. Alexa, what is the temperature? But no, Alexa ask random skill name what is the temperature. Just let us select a default source. Hello, Bozos.
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Jul 22, 2020
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michi098
Jul 22, 2020
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Quote from Almaz :
What La Crosse is trying to say is the unit is perfectly fine other than the WIFI which does not work at all due to some manufacturing/firmware/etc. problem. The units are cheap BECAUSE of the WIFI defect. You can only get the info to the station screen. The individual components can still send info to the station via standard radio communications. The station cannot relay this info via WIFI to any other device phone app, internet, etc. If I understand this correctly, what others are talking about is hacking the device to utilize the working radio signal between the station and the outdoor device to allow communications to other devices. Not a task for beginners.
Thanks for the easy to understand explanation!
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Bounty44
Jul 22, 2020
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This is that crap version they have been pushing on instagram ads for half a year, because they are selling broken systems. I would link but since they are paid ads I don't have a URL, but I've seen a lot of bad comments about these systems being almost useless without wifi because the range is so poor, and complaints of the systems crapping out very quickly. They readily admit in the comments that these units were defective and the wifi chip doesn't work on it.
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RED FLAG : If you are planning on adding a rain sensor - or any other sensor - take note "Note: Displays will not have enough fields to display all sensor data, the system makes your smart device your display with the use of the App."

So with no wifi - no additional sensor info at all it seems to say.

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Value for me dropped to $9.99 after I read that LOL
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OrangeStove269
Jul 22, 2020
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Quote from n00n3 :
Weather sensors tend to only cover portions of a zip code and not all or even most of it. With these systems, assuming you can connect with something like weather underground, you can help with weather monitoring and prediction. Someone correct me but IMO this is more for data geeks
Yeah. I've been looking for a deal on one. I'm in southern California and the weather at my home can be quite a bit different a couple miles inland. I'm interested in keeping an eye on humidity and temperature for my garden.
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Quote from monk3yboy :
Would the RTL-SDR allow this unit to connect to Wunderground? A rainfall sensor would be needed as well but $100 total is cheaper than $160 for a unit with wifi
Yes but it appears that you would also need to buy a rain sensor. https://github.com/nordoff/rtl_433_to_wu might work. Basically just looking at getting a weather station for this purpose since Dark Sky is shutting down.

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Jul 23, 2020
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avalon
Jul 23, 2020
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these are old devices and there are better solutions now that are more modular

the old ones break down easily too
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Gorgula
Jul 23, 2020
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Quote from avalon :
these are old devices and there are better solutions now that are more modular

the old ones break down easily too
Can you link to an example of a new system?
Jul 23, 2020
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Delirious
Jul 23, 2020
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Had one of these stations become useless because they decided not to support it anymore. I wouldn't buy another one.
Jul 23, 2020
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LaughinGass
Jul 23, 2020
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FWIW, after having owned a few of their older weather sensors, I can tell you they don't last. The worst part is the INDOOR unit is always the one that fails. The outdoor sensors are rugged and durable, but do require periodic battery changes.

Wast of time IMO.
Jul 23, 2020
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coachclass
Jul 23, 2020
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So, without wifi, does the entire left portion of that display become useless? That forecast panel wouldn't have any source material to draw from without a connection to whatever weather service it's using right? And the time and date would also be unavailable?

Please don't tell me the time flashes 12:00 12:00 12:00 all the time.
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guanacux
Jul 23, 2020
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Is there any way to have logs of the daily readings? The use we would have for it is in gardening. I need to setup a sensor at a location I don't visit often where we want to potentially start a community garden to this would give us the data we need to know the conditions in a given period. I would love to invest the least on this so I can have a sense of what is going on...I'm willing to go every other week to check on batteries, etc.
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so i save $90, but i still need a lakeside house and sailboat to care
how hard & direct the wind may be blowing. cool, i'll get right on it...

i love the la'crosse i got 3yo at costco for $20 during thanksgiving.
it's indoor & outdoor temp, humid & barometer... all i'd ever need.
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