Oregon Scientific BAR386A-S Wireless Weather Forecaster with Temperature Display and Self-Setting Atomic Clock, Silver

Oregon Scientific BAR386A-S Wireless Weather Forecaster with Temperature Display and Self-Setting Atomic Clock, Silver Features:

• Digital weather forecaster with remote, wireless thermometer
• 3 levels of pressure and temperature indicators: rising, steady or falling
• Wireless sensor monitors inside/outside temperature with a range of 100 feet
• Crescendo alarm with snooze function; high and low temperature and ice alerts
• Measures 10 by 9 1/2 by 3 ½ inches (l x w x h)

Customer Reviews:

• temperature and weather forecaster with atomic clock: Purchased as a birthday gift for my Dad. He keeps it on a table by his recliner. It is very accurate and a great gift for someone that seems to have everything.
• Fast shipping. Good packaging.: Fast shipping. Packaged well. The product isnt exactly what we thought but everything works great.
• Good Feature Balance: This model has enough features to meet the needs of my 80+ year old mother-in-law and still be easy to use. The display is easy to see, even from a distance, and the content is logically arranged to quickly glance and catch the info you want.
  
  The only gripes are that (1) the setup instructions could be more explicit and clear on the exact button sequences and (2) the printed text next to the buttons on the back are near impossible to read becasue they used light colored text against the silver paint.
  
  Other than those issues, the unit is working fine and picks up the radio signal here in NY state to set the clock. Keep in mind, especially if you live far from the broadcast station in Boulder, CO, that the radio signal strength is increased daily for a short while in the middle of the night so you may have to wait until then to catch the signal and update your clock.
• Shrinks by nearly half: See where the product features say this Measures "10 by 9 1/2 by 3 ½ inches (l x w x h," and in the Product Details, the Product Dimensions are: "5.1 x 4.4 x 2.1 inches ; 2 pounds?"
  
  They might have shipped the 10 inch clock, but I got the 5.1 inch version by the time it arrived. It works great, though. And I learned that "Features" aren't "Details" and to read more carefully.
  
  Still, it's a good clock, sychronizes perfectly, and its temperature readings are accurate.
  
  
• Good product, yet over-advertised: It's a good product,does exactly as I hoped it would.
  
  Kinda hard to mount it by itself on a wall, like I had planned to do in the bathroom above the toilet. Also it was EXTREMELY smaller than what I was led to beleive by the advertisements and pictures of the product.
  
  But in teh end the product performs pretty well and is great for referencing, which is exactly what I use it for. Especially when none of my clocks are in-synch.