Sales Rank: 207


Features:

Registers and displays indoor and outdoor temperatures simultaneously

90-foot range between main unit and remote sensor

3 channels accommodate extra sensors

Highly accurate radio-controlled alarm clock

Maximum and minimum memory function

Average Rating:
Rating: - Great item, couldn't live without it!
I have had this model of Oregon Scientific thermometer and clock for about a year and a half and it sure is handy. I live in the south and I really need to know what the temprature is, if it's approaching freezing, to know if I need to bring my plants in. Of course we get the weather on t.v. but it comes from San Antonio and is not always accurate for our area. What I used to do was shine a flash light through my kitchen window and watch my dial thermometer to see the temprature. Now I always know the indoor and outdoor temprature and the exact time which sets itself for daylight savings time, one less thing to worry about. I would recommend this item to everyone who wants or needs to know the outdoor temperature.

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Rating: - Only measures to 4 below zero Fahrenheit.
First of all, the lowest temperature that this unit will measure (according to the manual) is minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit. It gets way colder than that here. When it does, I want to know it! Also, the remote unit uses batteries and some batteries freeze and stop working. Lithium or titanium batteries will solve that problem since they will operate at a much lower temperature than regular batteries. Look for lithium/titanium batteries in electronics or camera stores. Anyway, this is a perfectly good unit if you live in a warmer climate than I do.

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Rating: - Nice---But
This is a nice unit. It looks good, and was easy to set up. With one improtant exception. For some reason the batteries for the remote unit, the reset button, and a few control switches are behind a panel with four tiny screws. And I mean tiny, and the screws themselves are made from a soft metal and it would be very easy to strip out the screw heads. Why they didn't use a sliding door I'll never know.
So when you take off this panel don't take the screws all the way out, they are very hard to get threaded back into the panel.
And lastly I had a 2 degree temperature differential between the base station, and the remote sensor when they were sitting right next to each other, but they may just be this set.