La Crosse Technology WS-9080U-IT Wireless Temperature Station
- Wireless temperature station with outdoor sensor
- Monitors indoor and outdoor temperature; tracks highs and lows
- Also includes self-adjusting atomic clock and date display
- Transmits up to 330 feet; takes 4 AA batteries, not included
- Receiver is 5-2/5 by 3-3/4 by 3/4 inches; sensor is 5 by 1-1/2 by 7/8 inches
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The La Crosse Technology WS-9080U-IT Wireless temperature station that features Atomic time and date, indoor and outdoor temperature, min/max records for temperature with time/date stamp… More >>
La Crosse Technology WS-9080U-IT Wireless Temperature Station
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I can’t comment on this product’s capabilities because I was sent a defective one. La Crosse’s policy is for the buyer to pay shipping back to them and wait three weeks or so. I don’t like the wait but accept it. I won’t accept being required to pay shipping for a brand new item that’s never been usable. Buyer beware if you’re unlucky enough to get a defective weather station.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this model to replace an older Radio Shack unit that stopped functioning even with all batteries, indoor unit and outdoor transmitter, replaced. The 9080U-IT is brand new, only a few days out of the box, so I can give no opinion about complaints I’ve read from others that this, and some other LaCrosse models, were defective or had a short life.
All features are working, indoor/outdoor temps, auto time setting, high-low, etc., and the temps appear to be accurate, therefore the five star rating. But I do have a few setup issues:
First, as noted elsewhere, read the battery installation instructions before inserting them. The remote transmitter’s batteries go in first and the station batteries must be installed IMMEDIATELY, within 30 seconds the instructions say. And speaking of the instructions, they are printed in a tiny font size often attributed to contracts that giveth and then taketh away in the fine print—I found them VERY hard to read.
When first installed, the indoor temperature was displayed as being in the mid-80s, although I knew from other thermometers and my thermostat, as well as my comfort level, that the indoor temp was about 72 and nowhere near 85. It didn’t change for over a half hour so I tried to “unfreeze” it by putting it in the freezer (no pun intended), and that seems to have worked. In any event, it seemed to “dislodge” the indicator and it is now reporting accurate indoor temps. It doesn’t make sense to me that an electronic sensor can become “stuck,” but that is what I did and what I experienced.
As to placement of the remote transmitter and keeping it dry, I didn’t want to take the time and effort to mount the holding clip, which seems rather fragile, so I simply put it in a zip plastic bag and set it between my window and screen on the north side of my house, where the sun don’t shine. May not be the recommended procedure, but I can tell you that it is working fine. My window panes are double glass and the insulating effect, intended to keep outdoor temp from affecting indoor temp, also works in reverse, preventing indoor temp from affecting the outdoor transmitter’s accuracy. BTW, the indoor station and outdoor sensor/transmitter each use different size batteries – AA and AAA – which can be a minor pain if you don’t have a supply of both on hand when you need them. Also, whenever you take out the batteries from one unit, whether replacing them or not, you must go through the correct startup sequence. Again, no big deal but an inconvenience nonetheless.
As to setting up the features, I found the instruction manual, in addition to being in a very small font size, to be not at all clear and to be lacking in specificity, which was particularly annoying because the setting functions are not at all intuitive, IMO. For example, how to change the LCD setting (from 0 to 8 I believe) is explained, that is, what buttons to press, but with no explanation of what the numbers mean. La Crosse apparently believes in trial and error. I finally tried and erred until my wife and I could both read the dial. And finding the right buttons to press is inconvenient because they are on the back, but you have to see the front dial when setting a function. The same is true of the setting of time, hours + or -, with no explanation of what the + and – mean, or, if you don’t happen know it, what the setting for your location is. I knew it referred to hours ahead of or behind GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), but I couldn’t recall if Chicago, where I live, is -5 or -6 hours. A minor shortcoming, particularly in view of their unnecessarily detailed explanation of how the atomic clock works, since it functions automatically (if turned on) and requires no knowledge of how it works in order to use it.
As of now (and after getting it set up properly) the 9080U is doing what it is supposed to be doing, correctly reporting indoor and outdoor temps, highs and lows, and time, and I am therefore happy with it. My fingers are crossed that it will remain operative.
Rating: 5 / 5
The first one I received wouldn’t access the outdoor remote and after long wait times calling LaCrosse tech support it was determined that the unit was defective. I send that one back to Amazon and received a new one which functioned correctly. Within 28 days the tens digit on the LCD failed and I got busy and didn’t contact Amazon until after my 30 days return had expired. I call LaCrosse tech support who ran me through a reset which didn’t correct the problem. I had to mail the unit back at my expense and I’m currently awaiting their reply. They wouldn’t bend one bit to help me even though two units had failed in a one month period.I will probably receive another unit back but it will be about two weeks or better without my unit and maybe it will fail too.. I would not recommend buying from LaCrosse unless you like spending money on products that are prone to failure and can only be fixed at additional expense to you.
Rating: 1 / 5
The good:
1) Price : Got it in a sale for around 17 bucks for a Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometer
2) Interior Thermometer : Has a stand, so that you can place on the table or have a slot for hanging on the wall.
3) Accessories : Got a couple of screws which are good to hang the exterior thermometer.
4) Working : You get the max and min of the temperature, which is pretty much nearer to the actual temperature, though you find a lot of fluctuations in the temperature. Wait for some time till the proper average is being calculated and displayed.
5) Of course, children would enjoy watching the temperature and having fun.
The bad:
1) Not soooo accurate – you get a 90% accurate one for the money you pay.
2) Packaging needs to be improved.
3) A window thermometer with this kind of set up for the same cost would have been a better bet.
However, if you want to be environment friendly and do not want over heat/ over cool, just buy this and have fun.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this product to replace an older unit that stopped functioning. It is very easy to put in operation, more sensitive to the time signal, good looking, and does the job if what you want is indoor/outdoor temperature. It arrived promptly and I am very pleased.
Rating: 5 / 5