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Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge
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Our Price: $45.21
List Price: $79.95
Your Save: $ 34.74 ( 43% )
Sales Rank: #996 (lower is better)
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Oregon Scientific
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Brand: Oregon Scientific
EAN: 0840356725307
Manufacturer: Oregon Scientific
Model: RGR122
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.25
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6.1 x 6
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Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge Features
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- Rain collector with remote indoor LCD-screen monitor; lets gardeners and hobbyists track daily and cumulative rainfall
- Wireless; self-emptying; 108-yard transmission range; memory function for previous 9 days
- Monitor can display in inches or millimeters; also shows time, date, and temperature of room (in Celsius or Fahrenheit)
- Alarm sounds when rainfall exceeds selected amount; also has standard alarm clock
- Monitor is 5-2/3 by 3-2/3 inches; collector is 5-3/4 inches high with 5-2/3-inch diameter
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Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge Description
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Remote control self dumping rain gauge. Check daily or total rainfall, or recall daily data from previous nine days. Electronically measure rainfall within 1/10th of an inch. Empty the container via remote. LCD includes indoor temperature. U.S.A.
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Oregon Scientific Cable-Free Long-Range Rain Gauge customer reviews:
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Surely, there's something better than this
I've had this installed for a little over 2 years. It's a poorly conceived unit. Interested in measuring the rainfall over a year? Good luck as when you have to replace the batteries in the indoor unit, the rain gauge resets. If you have to replace the batteries in the outdoor unit, eventually you'll find the info on pressing the reset button on both units in order for them to communicate again. When you do that - guess what? The rain gauge resets! You'll get a lot more accurate reading, and your measuring equipment will last much longer if you forget this device and buy a nice clear plastic rain gauge and place it where you can see it from indoors. Write down the rainfall every now and then, and in the end you'll be much better off. And - you won't have to replace any batteries. Or, maybe the competition has a unit that works better?
Little irritations
I have a thermometer from Oregon Scientific with an English/Metric button that was defective so fool me twice. This one has over a degree difference between outdoor and indoor temps with the sensor sitting beside the display. It was also hard to setup- instructions were confusing. I e-mailed customer service but did not receive a reply. Since we're in a drought, the rain gauge part hasn't had much of a test.
A wonderful weather station
The rain gauge we have was a gift to us. We liked it so well that we have since ordered others. I think we have gotten four others from Amazon to give as gifts. You never have to empty water. When you return from a trip, you can view the rainfall for the previous 10 days. In addition, it is easy to set up and the inside unit also has a calendar and thermometer. The thermometer will also tell the highest and lowest temperatures it has recorded. Cold weather and ice do not bother it. We love it!
Very unreliable
I have had this unit for 2 years. It works pretty good until it rains hard. The inside unit will lose the signal from the outside unit. It will not be able to pick it up again until a day or so after the rain stops, no matter how many times I tell the indoor unit to search for the outdoor unit. I guess that in heavy rain, the insides get wet (circuit board is exposed to the inside of the unit, and there is water in there!) and the unit does not transmit reliably. After it dries out inside, it goes back to working. Comments about hard to install batteries and terrible manual are accurate as well.
So, if you can use a rain gauge that measures light rains well, this is it. But for the occasional thunderstorm? You just have to be satisfied knowing that it is raining, you won't know how much.
rain gage OK
I agree with all the comments about access to the batteries. That's about the dumbest design I've seen. Once set up, the rain gauge seems to work reliably and is fairly close, I think. I haven't attempted to really check it however.
The temperature sensor is another story. I doesn't work worth a darn unless it's within about 10 feet of the receiver. I wonder how the "short range" version would work.
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