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Oregon Scientific Weather Forecaster with Temperature Display and Self-Setting Atomic Clock | 
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| Brand: Oregon Scientific
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $44.99
Buy New: $13.81
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Color: White
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 4 x 9.3
MPN: BAR686A
Model: BAR686A
UPC: 734811305404
EAN: 0734811305404
ASIN: B000EPYMAU
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| Features:
| • | Forecast icons display 12 - 24 hour weather forecast/Displays the indoor and outdoor temperature | | • | Automatically sets itself to the U.S. Atomic Clock - never needs adjusting for Daylight Saving Time | | • | Moon Phase indicator/Ice Alert | | • | Crescendo alarm with snooze function | | • | Wireless sensor monitors inside/outside temperature |
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Product Description
Oregon BAR686A is a wireless weather forecaster with temperature display and self setting atomic clock. It forecasts the weather 12-24 hours in advance, displays indoor and outdoor temperature and sets itself to the US Atomic Clock signal.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 It really works! February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For a small weather station, it has a lot of information to give. My family is constantly checking this unit before leaving the house to determine what to wear, and how the weather will be changing. We love it. I bought two additional units for both of my sisters.
 Pretty good March 18, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
My only complaint with this is that it seems to lose the signal for the outside temperature frequently. Other than that, I think it works very well.
Worth noting: I thought that it was wall-mountable. It is NOT. There is a large plastic base built in that makes wall-mounting impossible.
Bottom line: Great for the price
Indoor/Outdoor February 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Oregon Scientific BAR888NA Cable Free Weather Forecaster with ExactSet Clock and Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
The indoor and outdoor temperature works great. The barometer picture is not accurate, at times. Customer service doesn't seem too anxious to help with questions. If you call the 800 number they do call back, but if you are not home they leave a message that isn't a toll free number, for call back. I'm not going to play phone tag, so I still have questions, about the operation, of the unit, that are not answered in the paperwork.
It's OK January 18, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
All in all, this little gadget is OK. It could really use a backlight and the atomic clock feature only works if you live within 932 miles of Boulder, Colorado. The weather forecaster is based on detecting fluctuations in barometric pressure. The thermometer appears to work fine and I didn't have much trouble synchronizing the remote sensor. Finally, you'll need 3 AA batteries to run the main station and 2 AAA batteries for each remote sensor.
Seems to works o.k. but outside temperature readings are grossly inaccurate January 19, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
One of my primary reasons for purchasing this weather station was to have relatively accurate outdoor temperature readings so I would know when temperatures are sub-freezing. Since I have a fairly lengthy commute to work knowing what climatic conditions outside may be in advance can help me determine whether to leave earlier or later each morning.
After taking the unit of of the box one of the first things I did was to compare temperature measurements received from the unit's wireless sensor (outdoor) to those of the indoor monitor with both sitting side-by-side indoors. Although it was quickly apparent that the wireless sensor was relatively slow in it's response time to changes in temperatures after 15-20 minutes the indoor and outdoor readings were only separated by a few tents of a degree F. However, one the outdoor sensor was placed outside I soon realized the sensor readings w/temperatures near freezing were grossly innacurate. Comparisons made with another wired indoor/outdoor unit and a mercury thermometer showed the Oregon Scientific's outdoor sensor was overstating the oudoor temperatures by approximately 4 deg. F when temperatures were at 32 deg. F.
Based on comments I've read from owners of similar units, innacurate readings from the wireless sensors seem to be common. I've considered installing a lithium battery in the sensor since the instructions do indicate that when powered by standard alkeline batteries the can fail to send signals if t
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