Airport Windsock Rip-stop Outdoor Rainbow Wind Measurement Sock Bag with Reflective Belt(30" 40" 60") (40")

Update 2024 05 23, reporting on my experience with my just decommissioned, fifth windsock. So one of these windsocks lasts for a year, generally April to April down on my dock on the Lower Appomattox River. They can start to look a little ragged by six months, but still be useful up to about a year. I've attached a dated picture of last year's, which I just replaced after a year. (Attached from a previous year is a new one right after I put it up.) For the price I think these are a good deal, but after a year of use, expect to replace it. As I've noted previously, sure to keep the clip; they last forever and can be handy. See you next year.**************Edit 2023 04 03:Just put up number five. Raising rating from four stars to five. The value you get for the cost is decent.The lifetime of one of these windsocks is very predictable here on a fresh water (but tidal) river in the mid-Atlantic: one year. I've just replaced the previous year's windsock with this year's. I do this right on or about April 1st each year. My two windsock pictures show last year's and this year's, photos taken less than three minutes apart today. You'll be able to determine which is which. This same scene has happened every time in early April since 2020. (First one went up in April 2019.) I find this satisfactory. My windsocks are subjected to nearly full day sun and a fair amount of wind Sept through May. They fade noticeably by late fall, and start to shred by late January or early February. My third picture shows a little bonus you get. When you take down last year's windsock you should harvest the stainless swivel clip. It's good quality and can be handy for working with 1/4" rope, say for tie downs.Edit:2021_04_27 update. I've just discovered I'm buying one of these a year, just about to the day. As noted below it lives 24/7 at the end of a dock out into the Lower Appomattox River in SE Virginia. I've posted a photo of #2 which I just swapped out with #3 about an hour ago. As you can see, at least you get a nice stainless clip to keep at the end of the year. Despite its short lifetime (and serious fading) it's still worth the price in my opinion. I'm not sure what material would do better.Mounted first one down on my dock in the river a year ago. It saw all sorts of weather while there: lots of sun, and varying winds. It gave me the information I needed for deciding whether to go out for a sail. It did fade pretty badly over the year, except the reflective bands held up pretty well. (They reflect well in my dock security cam's IR at night.) What did it in was 60MPH wind gusts with golf ball sized hail in a Tstorm about a month ago. It was ripped open in places after that. So what did I do? I bought two more. At the price, getting a year out of one of these seems reasonable given the conditions it has to exist in. Oh, and the swivel hook for attaching it is a nice feature. It keeps the attaching straps from getting all wound up.

These windsocks are visible from over 500 ft above the LZ. BUT, they do not handle high winds and quickly shred to pieces when exposed. I take them down when high winds are in the forecast.

After a year up in Nebraska weather, it's starting to come free from the ring and fray somewhat... but in all fairness for the price it's held up like a champ!

Nice bright color!

Is just what I expected and works well.

This is my first wind sock. From my understanding of the principle of a wind sock is to fold at the designated rings on the sock to indicate wind velocity. Sock never really folds at the rings but angles down in a moderate wind. I plumbed the pole during installation so I am not sure why the sock won't function as designed. Maybe it needs a break in period to loosen it up but for now it is either straight out or angled down. You can still see wind direction by looking at it but velocity is hard to estimate. This is a cheap alternative to a weather station with a wind velocity instrument. I might try a different sock.

I bought this as an inexpensive way to gauge the wind speed and duration, while I’m making my coffee in the morning. It’s the 30 inch version and it’s perfect for planning my morning activities such as fishing, biking, kayaking, etc. It’s highly visible and fairly robust. It comes with sturdy (attached) straps and a solid metal clasp. At first I was a little disappointed that there was no snap swivel; but after mouthing I realized that it’s really unnecessary.

We have purchased this windsock a couple of times over the years. It does hold up very good considering we leave it out in all sorts of extreme weather year round from ice storms, very high storm winds, high heat and humidity. Everyone loves it and it is very useful when working outside during the summer, or getting an idea of wind speed. All you do is clip it to a pole (which we also bought years ago from Amazon). We will always have this windsock up. We are very happy with our purchase.