La Crosse Technology 308-1451 Atomic Forecast Station with Fisherman Icon, In/Out Temperature, Humidity, Barometer, Sunrise/Sunset, Dual Alarms

First of all I would like to debunk all of the negative feedbacks this wonderful little weather station has received. It seems to me that the biggest complaint is on the barometer not working"right out of the box". I too had that assumption when I first began using it. It was reading 29.18 when my other units,(both analog and digital) were reading 29.91 or close to it and the weather service agreed with my other unit's readings. I went back and reread the instructions and found that the reading from the unit isn't the pressure reading we are all used to seeing. It is measured in ABSOLUTE not RELATIVE pressure. For those of you that don't know the difference,(I was one until I did some further research) here is the difference:Absolute PressureAbsolute barometric pressure is a comparison of how much pressure is exerted by the atmosphere compared to a vacuum, a space where there are no gases at all. The air pressure in a vacuum would be zero, since there are no gases to exert pressure on objects. Absolute barometric pressure is used primarily in scientific studies and industrial applications requiring precise data. Measurements known as "corrected barometric pressure" are used in most other applications, like weather reports.Relative PressureRelative air pressure is known as corrected barometric pressure. It is a measurement of how much pressure an air column would exert at sea level. To determine corrected barometric pressure, an absolute air pressure measurement is taken, along with an altitude measurement. The relative air pressure of that column is the amount of air pressure it would exert at sea level, if it remained at a constant pressure all the way down. It is sometimes called relative pressure because it reports pressures relative to sea level. : http://www.ehow.com/about_6694724_absolute-vs_-relative-barometric-pressure.htmlOther than that, I find ABSOLUTELY,(pun intended) nothing wrong with this unit. The remote module works as advertised and all of the other readings are great as well. The only complaint I might have is with the silly icon of a dude with varying modes of attire. Completely unnecessary.

La estación de pescador LA CROSSE es muy completa, ofrece muchos parámetros del clima, incluyendo ajuste atómico, salida y puesta de sol, sus iconos son legibles, hasta ahora funciona correctamente, gran compra.

I looked at over a dozen clock/weather stations, for over 2 months. Some looked good, but each seemed to be lacking in one or two areas. So I held off on my purchase. When I happened upon this La Crosse, I bought it the next day.It had the features I wanted: atomic time; in/outdoor temp & humidity; barometric pressure; Date (displayed as "10/21", not "10.21"); day of week; and back lighting (although listed as "LED", it has a nice even amount of lighting, seems as good as an "EL" back lighting); AND all of these items are always being displayed(no extra buttons to push to see the day of week..).It also has some of what I call "nice to haves": time of sunrise/sunset; and phase of the moon (not important to me). Although watching the sunset get about 3 minutes earlier each of these October nights, is sad.The item was much simpler to set up than some older versions from La Crosse, and it found the atomic signal w/i an hour (even in the afternoon). The only nuisance with the set up was selecting my city (for the sunrise/sunset times). Maybe I didn't follow the directions, but I had to cycle through a long list before I got to mine. The cities were organized first by state, then by city w/i state. A pain, but I eventually got to New Jersey, and then my closest city.Given the amount of information that is being displayed on a 5x5" screen, the layout is reasonable, but I think it could be improved by making the displayed time larger, and a layout to let you more quickly realize whether you're looking at a temperature or a humidity reading(maybe changing their relative sizes or positions would help).Points of Note:- The manual says the batteries for the inside unit (3 of them) will last "over 12 months". That may be a clue that this clock may consume batteries.- The "manual", all 4 sides of two 7x11" pages, is brief, and opens on the left side (instead of the right side, as a book). Not a problem, but reminds you that this was probably not "made in America".- The display is very dark with good contrast against the background, if you are looking slightly down at it. If you are looking straight on, some of the display will be slightly faded. If you are slightly below horizontal, there is increased fading, and characters look a little fuzzy. Yet it is still easily readable a foot away. At 6' away, you may not be able to read it at that angle. Hence, this would not be a good "wall clock".- On initial setup, the temperature reading read about 5-7 degrees higher than my other thermometers. This seemed to take over an hour or two, to come back to w/i a degree of the others. (which seems longer than I would expect for it to temperature-equilibrate)- The snooze/backlight button is the only button on the outer edges (so you can easily pick it up w/o accidentally changing a setting). The other buttons (6) are recessed, on the back.I took off a star because of1)the image of the fisherman. As another commented, the interpretation of "his" clothing is not easily visually-grasped (e.g.; short sleeves vs. sleeveless). There is a smallish cloud/ sun/ rain picture that is much more readable/useful for seeing the weather prediction than the fisherman's attire.2) The picture of the fisherman takes up space that could have been better used to increase the size of some of the items, and improve the overall layout.So far, I would definitely buy it again. The only reason to not buy this would be if you didn't want all the extra items on the display, and prefer a simpler, less cluttered display.11/3/13 UpdateThe "daylight savings" to normal time change happened last night, but the clock did NOT update itself. I checked the time zone setting, it was correctly set to EST (I live in NJ), "day light savings" mode was on, and initiated a WWVB search (for the time). The time would not adjust (but did for an older LaCrosse clock). If I changed the time zone to CST (which has an eastern edge of Indiana or Illinois) the clock displayed the correct time. Hence, it appears to be software problem in the unit, and likely a problem for all of the units.11/4/13 UpdateToday, the unit shows the correct time. It now appears that the problem was not "firmware", but that the system lost contact with the time signal, so the clock might have never saw that the time was changed. I don't know why the signal is being lost; it used to always show the signal tower icon, now it is not.

It does work, which is why it gets three stars from me. But it doesn't work well. I bought this because it reads outside temperature and barometric pressure with history. I'm a fisherman. I want to know if the pressure is going up, down or staying the same.This thing wastes way too much space with things that I don't need such as time, day, month, and the stupid, stupid man on the left side.I can see the present barometric pressure fairly easily. The history is a joke. There's a button on the back labeled history. Press it once, and it shows you the pressure for the previous hour. Press twice for two hours ago. And so on. Not what I need at all. There is also a display beneath the barometric pressure in the very left hand bottom corner. I suppose that is supposed to be history too, but it doesn't match what I get when I press the history button. Plus, whatever labels it has are much too tiny to see.The last complaint I have is that the display is unclear if you look at it straight on. To see it clearly, you have to look at it from above. Strange, but true.All in all, I wasted my money. This gives me nothing that I can't easily get off my phone, except the barometric pressure, and that is substandard. I would have been better off to buy something for kids that said "Good fishing" and "bad fishing."

This is my second. First one lasted two years. It is great, tells you moon phase sunrise sunset, time weather inside and outside and humidity. Cute fisherman too!