Ambient Weather WS-2902 WiFi Smart Weather Station

I've only had this for one day but my initial impressions are highly favourable. It was relatively easy to assemble and the necessary tools were provided. I set it up on a bike work stand in the garden and it has been producing all sorts of fascinating weather information, which is then displayed on a very nice internal colour display. Best of all all the data is sent to the Ambient weather site for recordal, thereby enabling you to look back at past records whenever needed. Why there is even an excellent Android app so you can access the data from anywhere via the Internet. The amount of information is really comprehensive and it knocks my previous more expensive Netatmo weather station into touch. For the price it is an absolute steal.

Very well packaged and relatively easy to set up, the app that you can use in conjunction with it is ideal, the device has a very good range as it is situated at the top of the farm well away from the house and works well. Would very much recommend

Great bit of kit. Easy to setup and just ticks away. Gives all the data I want. Connects only on 2.4Ghz.

Decent enough weather station and comes with access to their weather web site which gives you a free web page to0 display your stations readings. However, because this is American made the default units are Imperial, whereas in the UK the Met Office uses standard metric units (other than knots for windspeed) and so do I so that it is easy to make comparisons and my data is the same as the Met Office standards. You can click on the page to change the temp settings to degrees C but nothing else. I sent an e-mail to the company to see if this is something that could be changed and they couldn't have cared less so a big fat zero for customer service. Why sell something in Europe when you can't be bothered to make a simple change to the coding to give you the choice of Metric/Imperial? Other than that the station itself was easy enough to set up and seems very accurate and sturdy. The Wi-Fi signal is excellent and connecting it to my router was no problem.

Replaced an old one. Works OK.

I am very pleased with my weather station. Easy to install and connect to the display. Also easy to connect to the internet. The AWN app is also good to have and very user friendly.

Works well

what a nightmare ive had with this weather station, it took me 2 days to get it broadcasting then kept disconnecting, the console screen it comes with is terrible you can only view it in certain way/light, it connects to wifi easily that was the only positive thing i can really say. i would not recommend this weather station

Intial impressions are positive. Its easy to install, connect to wifi & online account. Readings seem accurate. However in-home display is not properly readable from all the angles.

I had been looking for a home weather station for years and finally decided to pull the trigger. Mainly because I had the perfect poll for it that had been sitting under out carport for years and my wife threated to get rid of it with the next bulk trash pickup. Use it or lose it, so I put it to use. If you are looking for a great weather station at great price this is the perfect unit. This station has all the basics you would want and more. Rain gage that measures not only the amount of rain but hourly rain fall as well as 24 hour rain fall, weekly, monthly and rain event totals. The unit has a wind vain and anemometer for wind direction and speed, of course. It also has temperature with heat index and wind chill. We have a pool so I love that the unit measures UV index and Solar Radiation. Assembly: Not too difficult. Everything goes together pretty easy if you have a basic knowledge of putting things together. If you don't then call your kids or grandkids to come do it for you. Directions are rather long and wordy and at times seem out of order. It also has a few steps for optional equipment that does not some with this particular unit. Dug through the box looking for those things before realizing they were optional. The wind vain and anemometer cups slip on and you just need a small screw driver to tighten them down. Rain gauge twist into place and the wire filter pushes right in. The unit runs on solar power but uses two AA batteries as a backup. Took me a minute to figure out how to get the cover to slide off, I never want to push too hard and break something. The biggest issue you will have is how and where to mount the unit. I have a large yard and a garden framed with rail road ties out around 100 feet away from the house. I also had an old pipe with tripod feet that use to be on our roof with our internet dish that I was able to mount the unit too. I was able to bold the stand to the railroad ties so it is not going anywhere. The u-joints that came with the unit securely mounted the unit to the pole I had and was fairly simple. The thing to remember is mouth it facing north, which I was easily able to do using the compass on my iPhone and the arrow on top of the unit. And do not forget to check the level of the unit. It has a level dot on top. I thought I was done, but then noticed that and spend another 30 minutes trying to adjust the base and the u-joint and pole screws to try and get it perfect… then just got mad and bent the pole and BAM… unit level. It took the unit a few minutes to find the indoor unit. I had to then move it around to find the best spot for reception. I have tried moving it all over the house and the base has a tough time reading the station if you move it too far away or there are too many walls between the station and the base. I have it setting on one of my wife’s tables by a back window within eyesight of the weather station. It gets five bars there and is working great, however my wife thinks it clashes with the aesthetic of the table… can’t win them all. Pros: Within a few hours of setting the unit up we had a big rain event. Unit worked great. We got over 3 inches of rain over night. With wind and rain unit held firmly in place. Display is easy to read. Also easy to setup and create accounts on Ambientweather.net and other weather apps that let me check out the weather conditions at my home wherever I am. Cons: Not many major ones. Set unit DST (Daylight savings time) thinking it would automatically spring forward and fall back with time change, but instead it would randomly spring forward an hour. Once I turned DST off the clock has kept the correct time. I could see if you have a small yard, or are in an area where the house are close together, or have a lot of trees, you may have a hard time finding a clear, unobstructed, spot to mount the unit. Also, if you do not have an existing pole to mount the unit to you could spend as much on the poll and hardware as you spend on the station itself. As for the unit itself the wind gauge does not look to read over 99.9 mph. I live on the Texas coast, took a direct hit from Hurricane Harvey in 2017, so that is a possibility where I live. While the unit might not display wind speed that high it may still read that and post it on the Ambientweather.net site. Lastly, If you are not computer or tech savvy then have your kids, grandkids, or someone under the age of 25 come over and help you with that part of the set up. I had an issue connecting it to our WiFi trying to follow the directions, and my son took it and without even looking at the directions had it connected in about 30 seconds. Overall great weather station for a great price.

Great product up and running all working well.

Working flawlessly now for several months.

Notice succinte et on ne peut avoir la notice globale en français! l'appairage est très compliqué! pour l'instant je n'ai toujours pas réussi de l'appairer avec mon iPhone