USB Wireless Weather Forecaster

kc66

Its not the best station in the world but I believe its good enough. Its a great price though. I have been keeping an eye on it for a while for the price to come down. I have seen it discussed over on the weather forum. You can publish the details to the web. £50 + £8.50 shipping. Reduced from £125.

Touch LCD screen Weather Forecaster and alarm
Indoor / outdoor temperature (C or F)
Wind speed and direction (mph or kph)
Self emptying rain gauge (mm or inches)
Indoor / outdoor humidity
Barometer pressure with trends
'Easyweather' software included to link to PC via USB
Historic data storage and display (stores data on PC only)
LCD panel wall mounts or desk mounts
Wireless range up to 60 metres (clear line of sight)
Batteries last over 12 months
Operates on 5 x AA batteries (sold separately)

http://www.maplin.co.uk/usb-wireless-weather-forecaster-223254?ordercode=N96FY&C=Email-Newsletter&U=12P4-3-N96FY&T=746802&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=N96FY&utm_campaign=12P4-3

mirec

it is this station :

http://www.foshk.com/Weather_Professional/WH1081.htm

vicwatson

Is it new or refurbished, as there was a lot of them refurbished ones around? Very good deal if it's brand new, thanks op

vicwatson

I went to order one -

Wireless Weather Stn
STOCK ALERT: This item is currently out of stock. It will be despatched as soon as it arrives at our warehouse.

beazee

The following goods ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK, and have been
placed on back order. They will be despatched as soon as possible

€74 delivered. Wonder how long would delivery take.

Kristopherus

What is that nonsense about "This image requires a Boards.ie Gold Account to view" in the OP?

MrJoeSoap

A pretty annoying April Fools from boards.ie

Kev.

Quick Question

Does the free Weather app on my phone do the same thing?

bmaxi

beazee wrote: »

€74 delivered. Wonder how long would delivery take.

The question is, will they deliver new stock at the same price? Doubt it, the site says "when it's gone, it's gone". That said, I was quoted a delivery date of 16th April.

vicwatson

I bought one, they won't be back in stock until 22nd April and will be shipped then according to Maplin.

sunny2004

Its now showing as £ 124 ?

beazee

Seems to be good deal made provided I get the stuff.
As for now the money were taken of the card and the status is: "Current status of this order: Part Despatched".
How come? Which part?

beazee

Due in Tue, 24th April according to Customer Care. Might get it Friday next.

kc66

I hope you get it. I ordered something from the fúckers in the same sale that this was in. They later notified me it was out of stock and no more coming in. They issued a refund. I paid in £ so when they issued the refund I lost around €3 due to currency conversions. Complained to no avail.

siezetheday

I was told they are expecting new shipment of the weather stations on the 24th. Fingers crossed.

gerryk

I have one of these for about 2 years now, and I love it.
For such a cheap little box, it's pretty damn accurate.
Survived one very cold winter and many storms so far. Still on the first battery.

beazee

gerryk wrote: »

I have one of these for about 2 years now

Are you feeding the data to the interweb or just for your own purpose?

gerryk

Currently I just have the display panel in the kitchen. I want to either put an additional one in my office, and as such feed information to the internet, or alternatively, build a home-brew receiver to pull the data to a PC.

siezetheday

Just got an email telling me to expect my weather station in the next 2 days. And to make it sweeter I saw the same weather station in Maplin here for €197.99

beazee

Made me sad when checked their website earlier today to see "delivery due in 9 days".
Thankfully got email later. "Within 3 working days" says mine.

siezetheday

Weather station arrived today! Thanks OP for the heads-up on this bargain.

vicwatson

siezetheday wrote: »

Weather station arrived today! Thanks OP for the heads-up on this bargain.

You'll be like the new Gerry Fleming !(if you're male that is !):)

Tell me, did it arrive via Fedex? I ordered one too, say it despatched by Fedex on 24th apr - this is all it still says to today when I enter the tracking number -

Service
Within 3 Working Days

24/04/2012

20:59Items TrackedINTERNATIONAL HUB1
20:51Items TrackedParkhouse Central Hub1
18:23Consignment data receivedMaplin Electronics Ltd1

Seems as if it's still at the international hub. Maybe it will arrive within 3 working days i.e. tomorrow

beazee

vicwatson wrote: »

despatched by Fedex

24/04/2012 20:57 Items Tracked INTERNATIONAL HUB 1
20:53 Items Tracked Parkhouse Central Hub 1
18:23 Consignment data received Maplin Electronics Ltd 1
says mine

siezetheday

Mine arrived by FedEx this morning, packaged in a massive box filled with packing material. I'm already assembling the station. Why are the cables on the sensors so long???

vicwatson

siezetheday wrote: »

Mine arrived by FedEx this morning, packaged in a massive box filled with packing material. I'm already assembling the station. Why are the cables on the sensors so long???

Yeh, I guess in case you want to mount them further away. Just tie them up with cable ties.

Can you check and tell us how long it took with fedex? Did you track it and did you have similar experience to beazee and I?

Beazee - you got tracked in 2 mins before mine :eek:

beazee

vicwatson wrote: »

Beazee - you got tracked in 2 mins before mine :eek:

And here it is
Can't wait to tear the box open

vicwatson

Nice.

Mine arrived Friday, haven't had time to set it up yet. Woo Hoo !