ECOWITTWittboy Weather Stations With Outdoor Sensor Wireless, 7 In 1 Weather Station Array with 3 in 1 Wi-Fi Hub Gateway GW2000 Gateway, Weather Forecast Assistant for Home Garden Farm 868MHZ

This is a great little weather station that integrates with home assistant with ease. It provides a wealth of information in real time and I have not had to do any charging since I bought. Very impressed!

First - this Weather Station MUST have a Wifi and Internet connection throughout your home. You must also have a Smart Phone (with latest Android or IOS O/S) and a PC to be able to collect and view the data.The initial set up routine is a bit tricky and the supplied leaflet can be a bit confusing! I suggest you install the Ecowitt APP on your mobile phone and create an account (free) before you start. Then ensure your mobile phone is connected to your 2.4GH Wi-Fi router (NOT 5GH) Then via the APP on your mobile phone install the HUB carefully following the guide instructions shown on your mobile. It took three attempts before I got it set up, but all successful in time. Then instal the AA batteries in the Station itself. That should then soon register with the HUB and thus data visible on your Mobile phone as active. If you also send data to Wunderground (or other web site) the APP on your mobile phone has a page in MENU under OTHERS and DIY Servers to register your device.Then install the station itself in the position you prefer outside.The data then sent to your mobile phone and (and PC web page) is remarkably detailed and the graphs fully customisable for display DAY, 24 Hours, Week, Month etc and viewable in Landscape or Portrait. Landscape is more detailed and easier to view. As far as I can tell the data is accurate in comparison to conventional thermometers and barometers, and rainfall seems accurate in comparison to a previous now failed weather station. Humidity and sunlight/UV also seem accurate as far as I can tell. Wind speed and direction I have no way of comparing, but seem good. Each measuring data point can be adjusted to compensate for local conditions in settings (ie height above sea level etc) Alarms can be set for certain conditions as warnings etc. All in all I am very pleased with the unit and the data it supplies and the way it can be displayed. My only criticism would be that the INDOOR temperature and humidity sensor is NOT remote and is connected by wire 1 meter long to the Hub itself, so it can be tricky to place the sensor in a suitable place - as you are limited to mains power supply socket location etc. POWER SUPPY NOT provided but any 5v DC supply with suitable plug to the hub is fine. However the socket in the hub is NOT same as those in mobile phones. This is the third weather station I have owned over 15 years and is by far the best and comprehensive, though was also the most costly!From the Ecowitt web page of your weather station on your PC, it is possible to export data, into Excel formatAm very impressed so far, though I cannot vouch for reliability or longevity but it seems well made and robust. The pole socket is for 1inch pipe/tube and has locking collar to tighten it in place.

First - be careful about the reviews below; some are NOT for the Wittboy, Amazon seem to have mixed up another device's reviews. Check that on each review.The WittBoy is certainly a good looking design. Easy to mount and get going. My experience with data quality is that it looks OK, but I don't have the equipment to make a qualified review.My main issue is that I purchased it to have a measure of solar energy each day to relate to my home solar panel performance. In particular, I wanted to have a reference so that when I adjust my solar panel positioning and angles, I would have a benchmark to adjust my panel readings.But whilst the WittBoy has daily cumulative readings for rainfall etc, it doe not for solar energy (Watts per square metre). I cant see how to get that other than sampling say every 5 minutes with an API. I am not well versed in APIs so I'm stumped on getting that daily figure easily.I think EcoWitt should fix the device to provide cumulative solar, on a daily and monthly basis. Also they should have a API YouTube tutorial.On the quality of dat, there is a lot of anecdotal material of the web about the rainfall accuracy. Some reports about huge errors. It seems the tipping bucket method is still the best.

Good to see what’s happening in the garden, I’ve added soil moisture detectors. ( I can control watering from around the world with my remote taps!!!) I had an issue with the rain sensing, used help in the app, had a reply within 2hrs! Sorted within 2 Days, A better service than I had expected I’d give 6 stars if I could. They’re there and they want you to use the kit.

Really impressed with this so far. Very easy to set up, I had a bit of a query about the set up and I got an answer to my question very quickly so that was good. Loving the fact that it has no moving parts - I never really believed my previous weather stations when it came to the wind detection because the dreaded pole wobble seemed to cancel out the speed and the rotating windspeed detector would inevitable seize up in the end.Where this set up really excels is the wealth of info you can draw from it and the accessibility of that info. You have all the data set out very clearly in all sorts of graphs and charts and they are just there on your phone / laptop / tablet where ever you are in the world and then see data from every connected weather station in the world all set out in detail so if you are a weather obsessed individual you really can not ask for more. Plus there is no additional charge (not yet anyway!).By far the best weather station I have had, and I have had a few.

Bought this to replace a Froggit weather station that had become unreliable. The outdoor sensors had packed up as the moving parts had failed. This Ecowitt has outdoor sensors with no moving parts, so I am hoping it will be more reliable?I chose one without an indoor display, as I hardly ever used it. This one has an App which is really easy to use and it was simple to set up. The outdoor sensor is about 25 metres from the hub and there are no problems with reception. I have set alerts for low temperatures and heavy rain and now get reliable alerts on email. The system speaks to my Wunderground account with easy setting up.Really pleased with my purchase and would wholeheartedly recommend this to others.