La Crosse S88907 Forecast Station Review

Get A Closer Look at the La Crosse S88907

I would like to offer a review of a very worthy option. In taking a very detailed look at the La Crosse Model #88907 Forecast Station, I found a model that you may want to consider as a choice.

This colored display is well received by many happy customers and, for the price of it, could be a welcomed addition to your busy life.

The device is perfect for the person who likes a couple of weather things supplied to them every day. If you look for the temperature outside, and if you would like some idea of what the weather will be like in the next twelve hours then this station could be for you.

At a glance, your display will show you the outside temperature, and it will also supply you with an icon that depicts a weather condition.

As an example, it may look just cloudy to you outside, but the icon is showing heavy rain. This would be very helpful to you.

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You would grab a raincoat and an umbrella before you leave the house. You are now prepared for the predicted downpour a very useful tool for you to have.

If however, you were in need of a more detailed forecast for the next few days, this would not be the right tool for you. Let’s say you are planning a golf outing on Saturday, and it’s Tuesday- you would need more sophisticated weather equipment.

 

Type of Instruments

This model from La Crosse includes indoor & outdoor thermometers and a barometer which is used to roughly forecast the upcoming weather with a series of animated weather icons.

The accuracy of the forecast is 70-75%, according to the manufacturer, and this seems to line up with actual experience. It does need 3-4 weeks of learning to reach a stable state.

During that time it is recording historical information about the barometric pressure in your own yard in order to understand your environment and use that information in its prediction model.

Please note the unit does not have a rain gauge, an anemometer, or any other type of weather-measuring tool. The 88907 forecast station uses a remote sensor to measure (Temperature) and collect (Barometric sensor). This information is transmitted inside your display unit.

Instrument Sensors

Indoor Temperature Range: +32°F to +122°F (0°C to 50°C) Humidity Range: 1% -99% (RH) Outdoor Temperature Range: 40°F to 140°F (40°C to 60°C)

Alkaline Batteries test out to 20°F to 140°F (29°C to 60°C) Lithium Batteries test out to 40°F to 20°F (40°C to 29°C)

PLEASE NOTE: Temperatures below 20°F (29°C) require Lithium batteries in the remote sensor

Humidity Range: 1% to 99% (RH)

Type of Transmission

The type of transmission is wireless at 433 MHz and can be done from the remote to the display unit at up to 300 ft. (91 meters).

Many people do report a couple of things that affect the transmission. One is the distance of the remote sensor from the main display.

The other is to make sure you pick a shaded location where the remote sensor can be located, so that exposure to direct sunlight is minimal, and it is somewhat protected from the rain and snow/moisture elements.

While it says the remote is water-resistant, why push your luck on it.

Display

The Display is featured as a color display. The color is definitely prominent when looking at the display facing. Let’s take a tour of what you will find on display for your viewing.

The current time is shown as either a 12-hour am or pm reading or can be selected to show time in a 24-hour format. This is the WWVB Atomic clock. It is set to the atomic clock in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Then to the right of that is a calendar display that shows a day of the week and the month/day also is seen.

The atomic clock for this works for 7 different Time Zones.

HAST, AKST, PST, MST, CST, EST, AST

• AST – Atlantic Standard Time / Atlantic Time (Standard Time)
• EST – Eastern Standard Time / Eastern Time (Standard Time)
• CST-Central Standard Time/ Central Time (Standard Time)
• MST-Mountain Standard Time/ Mountain Time (Standard Time)
• PST-Pacific Standard Time/ Pacific Time (Standard Time)
• AKST – Alaska Standard Time (Standard Time)
• HAST – Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (Standard Time)

Keep in mind that the unit is supported for proper operation in these time zones, and there are no guarantees if you buy to use in other time zones in the world.

If you have activated the alarm setting, that will show up as being set in this area as well, by way of a little alarm icon.

Lower down the front-facing you will see the animated forecast tendency icon display. Below that you have the remote temperature setting and then you see the indoor temperature setting as well.

There are six animated color forecast icons that are used by the Intelligent Weather Forecast on the display. They are:

• Sunny
• Partly Sunny
• Cloudy
• Rainy
• Stormy
• Snowy

The weather station samples the barometric pressure every 12 min.

These samples are averaged hourly and daily and then stored in nonvolatile memory. What nonvolatile memory is, is computer memory that is stored, so that it may be refreshed (brought to recall) even if there is a power outage. So if your batteries run out of power the information is still there for you.

The three-hour pressure icon change is based on the last four average hourly readings.

Next, take a look at the explanation for the trend indicators icons and the right side of the indoor & outdoor temperature displays. The trending reports are on the right side of each.

Temperature/Humidity Trend Indicators explanation:

The indoor and remote temperature humidity icons will update every 30 minutes. There are three icons for this.

• Icon number one: temperature has risen in the last three hours, humidity has risen in the last three hours RISING TREND

  

• Icon number two: temperature has not changed in the past three hours, and humidity has not changed in the last three hours STEADY TREND
• Icon number three: temperature has fallen in the last three hours, humidity has fallen in the last 3 hours FALLING TREND

At the bottom of the facing plate will be any temperature alerts you have set up for yourself. The alerts are available for both indoor and outdoor (remote Sensor) settings. You can set a low-temperature alert and/or a high-temperature alert for both situations.

Some examples of where this would come in very handy, you could set up the outdoor low alert for 34 degrees Fahrenheit, so that you would have time to go outside and cover your plants to protect them from freezing.

Another example would be for indoor, you could set the indoor low-temperature alert for maybe 60 degrees if you needed to be alerted overnight to either close your windows or turn your furnace on to stay warm.

I know often our home heats up to 75 degrees in the summertime, but we love to sleep with the windows open, but I would like to know if the temperature inside has dipped down to a chilly 60 degrees because I would then close the windows.

All of this is in mind with saving money on my energy bill, of course.

Upon further examination of the display facing, on the lower right-hand side is an interesting indoor humidity comfort setting gauge that shows you how comfortable your house is at present.

Further study shows the room comfort icons are determined by these factors. Taking a peek at the indoor comfort icon on the display will show you five different status readings.

• Too Humid-First Arrow colored Blue
• Humid-Second arrow colored Blue
• Good-Third Arrow colored Green
• Dry-Fourth Arrow colored Orange
• Too Dry- Fifth Arrow colored Orange

The display unit also has settings for heat/dew, time set, and snooze/light high/low settings. These are on the right-hand edge of the display unit.

The Heat/Dew Buttons are there to alert you to changes. The Heat Index if pressed will give you a reading of how comfortable it is taking into account the temperature and moisture content.

Whereas, the Dew Point is simply the temperature at which the present moisture content in the air would condense. This level could affect how comfortable or chilly the air maybe to different people.

Some like the air dryer, and some may like it with more moisture content. This may be important for people with breathing health issues.

The last thing is that there are buttons on the lowest right-hand corner of the front for alerts and for the alarm as well. These are any temperature alerts you may have set up.

Some customers have suggested that you may want to keep the main display unit plugged into the power outlet. The reason for this is that the display readings are not as bright and visible with just the “AA” batteries furnishing the power to the display.

We believe this is a vital point with customers. With the display unit not plugged in with the AC adapter, many people report that the display just does not light up enough for their easy viewing.

It appears that under just battery power, people do struggle with the way the display functions for them. With just battery powering the display, often you will have to find the display backlight button on the side, to brighten it for you.

Finding the backlight button on the side is very difficult, and then it will only light up properly for 10 seconds. For some, the elderly or the handicapped, it couldn’t be done easily. For others, it could become a point of agitation, enough so you may be wishing you had never purchased the product.

Let’s say you have it mounted on the wall, you will not want to have to walk over to it to just get a proper look.

So please consider the attractiveness of the colored displayed versus the backlighting situation, in your purchasing decision.

Manufacturer/Support for the La Crosse S88907

La Crosse Technology, Ltd. provides a 1-year limited-time warranty (from the date of purchase) on this product relating to manufacturing defects in materials & workmanship. View full warranty details online at www.lacrossetechnology.com/warranty_info.pdf For warranty work, technical support, or other information please contact them:La Crosse Technology, Ltd2830 South 26th St.La Crosse, WI 54601Contact Support: 1-855-605-6888

Dimensions

Display unit:6.1” W x 9.6” H x 1.06” D (155.9 x 243.8 x 26.9 mm)

Remote Sensor: 1.74″L x .81″W x 5.1″H (44.2 x 20.5 x 130mm

How Powered

The La Crosse 88907 Forecast Station is powered with 3 “AAA” batteries. It also comes with a 5.0V AC power adapter which can be plugged into your electrical outlets.

Most customers use the supplied power AC adapter rather than deal with the start-up process that you will have to go through if your battery power runs low and the unit shuts down.

The adapter can be used as a 120 Volt electric. As I know it does not work with 110V, 127V, 220v or 230V, or 240V, or any other outside the USA power supplies.

The power cord is about 3 feet long and the brick is about the size of a typical smartphone power brick.

The remote is powered with 2 “AA” batteries. It is suggested that these “AA” batteries would be Lithium batteries.

The Lithium batteries will work at much lower outside temperatures than normal “AA” batteries, thus preventing remote sensor power outages.

Please be aware of this if you live in colder climates.

La Crosse 88907 Accessories

The remote sensors TX141TH-A, TX141TH-Av2, TX141TH-B (433 MHz) are compatible to be used with this Forecast Station.

5.0V AC Adapter #GPU280500150WD00

Pros

Full-Color Display Alarm Clock/Snooze setting Atomic reception clock/ accurate time-keeper Time can be displayed in either 12 or 24-hour setting 5.0-volt adapter included Temperature settings may be shown in either Celsius or Fahrenheit Adjustable Backlight controls WWVB self-setting time and date with automatic daylight saving time updates

Animated color forecast icons with pressure tendency temperature alerts (in/out) Perpetual Calendar (day, month, date) Signal strength icon for sensor transmission Outdoor temperature (°F/°C) with the trend Outdoor humidity (%RH) with trend indicator Indoor humidity (%RH) with trend indicator Indoor temperature (°F/°C) with the trend Customize IN/OUT, temp. alerts (low/high) for weather station and remote sensor Indoor comfort level based on humidity Heat index and dew point MIN/MAX temperature and humidity Station and sensor low battery icon Kickstand built in so you can set it up on a table

La Crosse 88907 Cons

Batteries not included Weather tendency indicator icons are consistently moving. Motion is a distraction It does not have a USB port No software connected to it Can not connect to outside weather collector networks like weather underground Hard to view from any angles Brightness fades from the screen fast Some important setting buttons are on the side, not as convenient Very dim during the daytime, hard to see then Remote sensor loses transmissions The reported lag time in the accuracy of the readings

Consumer Ratings

The unit is easily mounted on a wall, or you can set it on a desktop or a shelf somewhere. However, this does create a problem for many owners. One highly mentioned problem is that the display doesn’t show well unless two things come into play.

One is you need to hit the display button, which happens to be on the right-hand side. If fastened to the wall, you will not be doing that.

The other thing is that the display is dim without the power adapter hooked up to it. This means the display can only be near an outlet.

As I earlier reported the power adapter cord is only three feet long. So please realize these possible limitations for you when you are considering to purchase or not.

Many owners report the display only lights up well for a couple of seconds before the brightness diminishes. Also if you can look straight on it is easily seen. If you look up at or down at the icons, they are difficult to read.

The brightness, hi/low temp, dew point buttons are all on the right-hand side of the display. If the display is mounted they are very difficult to use.

If you are an elderly or a handicapped person this would not be something you would probably wish to deal with.

If you could use the unit, by using the kickstand to set on a desk, and you are able to the plugin in the display, then we believe you could find many hours and years of very enjoyable, productive use from this equipment. A well-made decision.

There are situations for which this forecast station would be a very adequate, and sound purchase. If you use time, temperature, and a mildly accurate weather prediction for planning out your daily life, this weather station from La Crosse would fit well. The cost to you would be very affordable and the upkeep very minimal.

If you are a weather geek or you need much more detailed weather information, you would be very remiss to even spend any time looking at this forecast station as a purchase. While it is very lacking in any instruments you would be looking to get your hands on, you simply would find it to be more of a reporting station.

So if you are into using detailed weather information for planning out a family trip to a local park, or maybe even taking your convertible out for a drive, this is not for you.

Price

La Crosse Technology S88907 Wireless Color Forecast Station

Overall we recommend this a solid purchase for the amount of money you are putting into it. It comes highly reviewed by customers and well-reviewed by far the large majority of those past purchasers.

When considering to purchase or not, examine the unit’s value to you. There are many attractive features offered to you with this unit.

If you are able to work around a few of the down points, we believe you will find great value in the La Crosse 88907 Color Forecast Station.

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