[UK-CONTEST] OT W-8681-MKII Wireless Weather Station from W&S

[Bob Harrison]

Hi David,

I have used a Mark1 since September 2008.....it has worked great and only changed the batteries 3 times.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy the mark2 with solar charger if this one was to get blown away!

I use cumulus the free software, take a look at my website to see the stuff it does....live

Cheers

Bob G4UJS

http://www.g4ujs.shacknet.nu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:uk-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Ferrington, M0XDF
> Sent: 17 December 2011 10:32
> To: John Lemay
> Cc: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] OT W-8681-MKII Wireless Weather Station from
> W&S
> 
> I'm afraid not, only 3 replies, but 1 said magic, one said ok after you've
> ensured it's watertight, and the other hasn't had very good experiences with
> that and a similar model - but making it watertight may have helped there.
> 
> Seems they work ok for 12 - 18 months and then start playing up - refunds
> should be possible, even outside of the guarantee (the Sale of Goods Act
> says retailers must replace or repair FOC within a reasonable period of use,
> and 18 months is not a reasonable period of use for something like this - I'd
> say 5 years was min.)
> 
> Looks like the supplied software is rubbish and the consensus is to use some
> free s/w called Cumulas.
> 
> So I think it's a case of give it a try to see - these units are pretty low down on
> the scale of cost - I looked at some that were £1000+, thats way out of my
> league.
> 
> I think I might buy the one from Nevada, they supply a solar panel and
> rechargeables for the sensor, along with a touch screen control -
> http://tinyurl.com/c5xyqm6
> 
> 73 de M0XDF
> 
> 
> On 16 Dec 2011, at 19:02, John Lemay wrote:
> 
> > Did you get enough replies to form a conclusion ?
> 
> _______________________________________________
> UK-Contest mailing list
> UK-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/uk-contest