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

[John Lemay]

I'm glad you mentioned Cumulus software. I installed it yesterday, had some
teething problems integrating it with my Davis weather station, but all is
well now.

It knocks spots of the supplied (and paid for) software.

John G4ZTR

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob Harrison
Sent: 17 December 2011 10:41
To: 'David Ferrington, M0XDF'
Cc: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] OT W-8681-MKII Wireless Weather Station from W&S

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 ?
> 
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