Home weather fans want a combination of features, practicality and price from our weather monitoring gear. Do you get significantly more features as you climb the scale from quality budget model to mid-range gem? For our investigations, we chose to compare the budget-priced classic Oregon Scientific BAR208 against the mighty Teutonic Nexus Wireless.
So which weather station is better – there’s only one way to find out! Fight!
The Oregon Scientific BAR208 Wireless Weather Station
Product Features:
- Indoor / Outdoor Temperature and Humidity
- Weather Forecast
- Weather Warning Message
- Radio Controlled Clock Reception
- Ice Alert!
- Indoor & Outdoor temperature and humidity measurement with trend
- Weather forecast with pressure trend Weather warning message
- Ice Alert with Green LED blinking indication
- Radio-controlled clock with calendar
- Product Dimensions 183 x 45 x 92 (hxwxl)mm
Technical Details
- Indoor temperature and humidity with trend
- Outdoor temperature and humidity with trend
- THGN132N Remote Sensor
- Max and min for temperature and humidity readings
- Weather forecast with pressure trend
- Ice Alert with Green LED blinking indication
- Weather warning message: Heat/Fog/Frost/Storm/Wind
- Moon Phases
- Radio-controlled clock with calendar from MSF in UK or DCF in Germany
- LED backlight
- Table Standing
Average Customer Review: 4 stars out of 5 (19 customer reviews)
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The Nexus Wireless Weather Station
Technical Details
- indoor and outdoor temperature
- huimidity and rainfall quantity
- weather forecast and storm warning
- windchill factor
- radio controlled clock
Product Description
Transmission of outdoor values wireless (max. 100 m), display of outdoor temperature and humidity, rainfall quantity, wind velocity and direction, indoor temperature and humidity with comfort level indicator, absolute and relative atmospheric pressure with 24 hours history, weather forecast and tendency of atmospheric pressure, bar graph indication of atmospheric pressure, temperature or humidity for the last 24 hours, calculation of Windchill factor and dew point, max.-min.-function, programmable alarm functions for certain weather conditions like temperature alarm, storm warning, radio controlled clock with different alarms and snooze function, display of date and weekday (6 languages), time of sun rising and setting, indication of moon phase, data memory for 3000 weather records, PC- Interface with analysis software package, LED Backlight with light sensor (in continuous operation with power adapter, including UK-adapter), measuring range temperature outdoor -40…+80°C (-40…+176°F), indoor -10…+60°C (14…+140°F), reversible °C/°F, humidity 1…99%, for hanging or standing, equipment: thermo-hygro-sensor, wind sensor, rain sensor, CD-ROM (English/German), USB cable, power adapter 7.5 V AC/DC (german version, adapter needed), batteries 4 x 1,5 V AA display station, 2 x 1,5 V AA thermo-hygro-sensor, 2 x 1.5 V AA wind sensor, 2 x 1.5 V AA rain sensor, expandable up to 5 thermo-hygro-sensors 30.3150 220 x 165 x 32 mm, 2670
Average Customer Review 4.5 stars out of 5 (11 customer reviews)
Our Conclusion
Both of these weather stations are popular and above average in terms of features offered and value for money. Ultimately, the Nexus has a stronger feature set and is worth the money if your budget can stretch to over £150. If you are on a tighter budget, the BAR208 is only slightly less able but with a street price of under £50 here if you are quick. Pound for pound, the WeatherStationsForHome Seal Of Approval (honk honk!) goes to the Oregon Scientific BAR208 Wireless Weather Station.
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