I really like this weather station. My years old one that has done me proud for a long time has started to mess around and won’t connect to the outdoor sensor properly, so this is a welcome replacement.
In the box you get the main display, the outdoor sensor, a USB lead with plug and an instruction booklet.
It’s very easy to set up, the main unit takes either batteries or you can plug it in, the outdoor sensor needs batteries, once up and running there are a number of buttons along the top of the main display unit, and you use these to change the time and date etc. Or, if you plug the unit in with the lead as I have, it sets itself automatically. The outdoor sensor connected without any issues, but there are two small buttons (test & temp) and a switch on the inside of the battery compartment that you can use to change the channel it transmits from if you find it won’t connect, so slide the switch and see if that helps.
I placed the outdoor sensor on our shed wall, around 10 meters or so away from the unit which is on the kitchen windowsill, and it works perfectly.
I love the big clear colour display (my old one was black & white) and the moon phases, which is something I had on my last on and was eager to keep.
My only gripe with this unit is that when running on batteries only the colour display defaults to dark after 10 seconds, so to make the most out of the unit you really do need to plug it in.
There is also an alarm clock function if needed, but I don’t use this.
Overall, this is a great item, and I hope I get as many years out of it as I did my last one.