Oregon Scientific Thermometers

* Temperature readings from up to three remote locations * Indoor Humidity * Automatically sets itself to the US Atomic Clock and adjusts for Daylight Saving Time * Temperature and humidity trend indicators * Heat Index and Comfort Level indicators * High/Low temperature and humidity alarm * Ice Alert * Clock and calendar in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish * Crescendo alarm with snooze function * Wireless sensor has up to 100' transmission using 433MHz frequency * Moon phase * -22 deg. F to 140 deg. F outdoor temperature range
Customer Review: Inaccurate and Unpredictable
This instrument is a joke. It comes with a base and a remote sensor unit (temp only) and the accuracy of the temp readings is way off. The remote sensor reports temps consistently 2 - 6 degrees too high and neither the base or the remote can be calibrated sooooo you're just stuck with an inaccurate instrument. Even set side-by-side, the temp readings from the base differ from the readings of the remote sensor by 2 - 4 degrees! The instructions are some of the worse I have ever encountered. The website offers no additional help at all. The radio communication between the remote sensor and the base is poor and unreliable. The lag time between actual ambient temp and sensor readings can be upwards of 10 - 20 minutes! So if you are watching for rain changing to ice or snow be aware that the displayed temp is perhaps twenty minutes behind reporting the actual temperature. Overall, an inaccurate and unreliable instrument good for - what? A pathetic rip-off!
Customer Review: Beware - Does not include humidity sensor
I gave my wife a similar Oregon Scientific Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer (RMR382A-BK) for Christmas. I wanted another unit to put in another room in the house, so ended up purchasing this unit -- it was only a little more money but had some cool extra features (humity, heat index, etc...). BUT this unit comes with just a wireless temperature sensor that does NOT detects humidity levels so the humidity percentage readout in the center of the screen along with the heat index and other features DO NOT WORK unless you buy a different sensor!! The manual tells you half the features do not work unless you buy a different sensor than is included and provides the model number (sorry, I dont have it, I already returned the unit with it's manual).