ECOWITTWittboy Weather Station, Includes Wittboy Wi-Fi Hub and 7-in-1 Outdoor Solar Powered Weather Sensor, Supports WU/WeatherCloud/Wow/Ecowitt Weather Servers, 915 MHz

After many years of using “traditional” weather stations, I thought I’d give this one a try. All the others used the standard spinning cups for wind, and basin for water collection for rain. They were always inaccurate. We get little rain, but sometimes huge winds out in Wyoming. The Wittboy was very accurate with both! After a recent storm, my old gauge showed very little rain, while the Wittboy was almost exactly matching what the National Weather Bureau said came down in my area. It’s easy to install and setup. Another key feature is the app and integration. The app is simple to use and detailed. I have the Wittboy integrated into my Home Assistant environment, and can use the data for controlling heat or fans in our chicken coop, and other things. The price is reasonable considering the great quality. Last, since there are no moving parts, the durability should be good too!

easy to setup easy to use, very easily added to third party weather sites. the rain sensors is very accurate but for my purposes works ok

I'm a weather geek and that's what made me purchase this in early September. It's now October 30 and I'm loving it. I have it mounted on top of my TV antenna about 7 feet above the roof. It's great for measuring wind but I have to be honest, I'm not sure on the rain yet because we just haven't gotten much. :-( The remote sensors are easy to add and I've done a number of things with them. The best is I put one in the duct work of my furnace. I can see exactly when the furnace runs and how much heat it's generating. You'd be surprised at seeing the impact of setting the temp back. I can also see, by comparing the sensors, that my whole house humidifier is working. I used another in my camper this fall to alert me when the temp fell below 35 so I could turn it's furnace on to prevent freezing. All fun and good stuff

Had now for a week. So far, sensors have been better than I would of expected. Data aligned very well with other PWS' in my geographical area for temp, humidity, pressure, wind, and rain. Software apps and setup are so-so. Consume data in my Hubitat -- missing a few rain specific attributes but expect resolution soon. Overall, pretty happy, and sure firmware updates will resolve issues when they appear.

For years I've been using a weather station from a different manufacturer. It works well enough, but the anemometer and wind direction sensor are electro-mechanical parts, which means that they don't last very long. And even if those two components manage to survive somehow, some electronic component invariably dies. I've never had the outdoor sensor array last more than about 18 months or so. I've been buying replacement units as they die off - I'm currently on my fourth one. They're not exactly inexpensive, and it always irked me that I had to buy a new sensor AGAIN.When I saw this Ecowitt Wittboy Weather Station on Amazon, it intrigued me because it doesn't have any electro-mechanical components at all. It is 100% electronic. I really don't know yet how long the exterior unit will last, but to me it seems like the lack of moving parts should in theory give it a fighting chance to last at least a few years. One thing I do know now that I've finally mounted the sensor array in my back yard is that everything seems to be working very well, and it appears to be very accurate. My old system is still active, and gathering weather data from across the street near the water's edge (I live in a coastal location). The other brand of weather station had a base unit that displayed all the stats on a large LCD screen, but the Ecowitt doesn't go that route; rather it conveys the weather information via an app (and I believe on a web site as well - I haven't tried that yet though). The app works really well, and in addition to real-time readings, each category of data (wind speed, wind direction, rainfall amount, temperature, humidity, etc.) also has a graphing function. So you can see not only (for example) how much it rained the last hour, but also the last day, week, month, year... This is very useful, and something I could never get from my old weather station.The sensor array is very compact in comparison to my old unit. I mounted it atop a galvanized steel pipe that I drove into the ground, so the sensor is actually about 8 or 9 feet above the ground. I happened to have a 1.25 inch diameter pipe lying around so I used that. The adapter on the sensor array is 1 inch in diameter, but I had spare mounting posts from all the replacement arrays from my old system which are just the right size, so I screwed that into my pipe and mounted the array on that. It works great! The transmission I'm getting between the array and the base unit has been steady and strong. There is about 75 feet between them, with transmission going through a concrete block and stucco wall.Speaking of the base unit, it is what connects to the Internet via WiFi or direct Ethernet connection. I'm using WiFi with no issues. It also contains a temperature and humidity sensor for indoor readings, and I believe the barometric sensor is also part of the base unit. Setup was pretty easy, even though I tried to do it without looking at any instructions. I finally got stuck and went to the excellent online videos that Ecowitt provides online which put me back on track to a successful installation between the Internet and the base unit, and between the base unit and the exterior sensor array. The base unit is powered by an AC adapter, while the sensor array uses a pair of AA batteries, as well as a solar panel incorporated into the top of the array.I also can see that the Ecowitt can be set up to send data to popular weather stations such as Weather Underground. I haven't done this yet, but it is a really cool feature which I plan to set up soon. This Ecowitt weather station has everything I would want in a home weather monitoring system. If its sensor array is still working after about a year to 18 months, I think that when my latest sensor array from my old system dies I'll be replacing it - not with YET ANOTHER one, but with another entire Ecowitt system!

Muy contento con la estación. Es precisa y fácil de instalar.Puedo ver todo lo que mide a través de las aplicaciones del celular. No tuve problema alguno en conectarlo a la red wifi.