La Crosse Technology 328-69357-INT Wi-Fi Professional Weather Station, Black

About a week after installing my newV61 weather station, I have had trouble with my outside sensors disconnecting from my inside wall unit. I called LaCrosse and they were quick to send me a replacement wind sensor. Two thumbs up for good service. When I took the wind sensor down and brought it back inside, I discovered to my great surprise that the one week old batteries were dead! I installed new batteries and re-installed the new unit on my garden shed roof. I thought it was odd that the new sensor from LaCrosse came with no batteries. Every thing again worked fine, but only three or four days later the wind sensor quit working again. Before I could contact customer support, the rain sensor quit working as well. The app on my phone indicated that the wind and rain sensors had failed to update and i was not able to reconnect with them.The person from customer service was very helpful. He explained that LaCrosse does NOT provide batteries for their weather stations but Amazon DOES include cheap Duracell batteries with each unit they sell. These batteries were clearly Duracell, but they did not have an expiration date on them, and they were labeled "NOT FOR RESALE", they were also made in China. The service tech told me to replace all the batteries with quality batteries. I told him that I had done that on the roof top wind sensor, but not on the rain gauge. He suggested that I reposition the wind sensor a bit closer and with fewer obstructions. As soon as I replaced the rain sensor batteries,s in worked perfectly and after moving the wind sensor closer to the other end of my garden shed roof, it is working perfectly. The app is now working flawlessly as well.My take away is: Don't use the batteries provided as they are a waste of time, and install your sensors as closely and as directly in line with the inside unit as possible. The technician said that every time the signal must pass through any wall, it's effective distance is reduced by 50% with each wall encountered. The specs indicate a maximum transmission length of 400 feet, however; this is with an unobstructed line of sight and under ideal conditions.All in all I think this is a great weather station for the money. Time will tell about it's reliability. I hope this review helps someone in avoiding the frustration and disappointment which I faced.

I love this model of the LaCrosse weather station. It was easy to set up and get started; even with the wifi setup. It connected to the sensors seamlessly and quickly. The forecast feature seems to be fairly accurate - at least for my area. The brightness can be adjusted to however you like. It's not expensive when you think about all the features you get with this model. The display is clear and easy to read from across the room. Give it a try if you looking for a good quality weather station. I don't think you will be disappointed.

Well worth the money!! Extremely accurate! Easy installation on the rain and wind sensors. Connected right away, (with Starlink). You have to navigate through the app, but once you figure it out is easy!! Love this!

Already does not work- just purchased another different brand.

This is an excellent home weather station, I view mine daily checking for any weather conditions which could impact or hamper my outdoor activities. Rain recording system seems fairly accurate.

Very nice weather station which is at your fingertips anytime. Quick connection to wifi to retrieve all your info. A must have for fellow farmers.

My old weather station gave up the ghost so I bought this updated model. It works great so far. I'm a little concerned about the fact that the weather station (mounted on the roof) used double "A" batteries. We'll see how long they last. I really don't want to go up there every year to replace batteries. You may want to mount this thing someplace easy to access for when the batteries go bad.

Easy to set up. Display is bright and easy to read.