AcuRite 01008M Atlas Weather Station with Access for Remote Monitoring

I persuaded my vacation-area condo association to fund an Acurite Atlas PWS with Access for reporting the data to the internet so the non-resident ownership could easily access this information through Weather Underground and other sites which get their data from WU. The first problem was that even though the Access was no more than fifty feet from the Atlas it was very difficult to get it to link and maintain its link. The signal strength goes from Excellent to non-existent and all points in between seemingly for no reason. Next, I jumped through all the hoops and got the Access reporting to WU and sharing its data, but after a couple of weeks it stopped although it continues to report to MyAcurite. When I look at WU it insists that the station is off-line even though it is reporting fine to MyAcurite. I've spent a lot of time with Tech Support trying to resolve this issue, so far without success. I'm going to try moving the Access closer to the Atlas and farther away from the Router/Modem and whatever electronic interference it is generating, to see if this helps, but because of my layout this will require me to run a long ethernet cable and drill some holes, and the condo association is not especially pleased about this. I guess the bottom line is that it's good when it works but it doesn't work right any more. BTW, this is not my first rodeo with an Acurite PWS reporting to WU, I administered a 5 in 1 previously along with the prior Acurite internet interface device [can't remember the name of the device] which worked OK up until the time that Hurricane Maria blew it off the roof.12/31/19 Edit. Tech Support finally came through and we determined why the station was reporting to MyAcurite but not WU. When you set up Sharing in the MyAcurite app and it asks for Weather Underground Password it doesn’t want the PW you use to log in to WU—rather, it wants the WU Station Key (not the name, the Key). Once we fixed this, it started reporting again.

I installed two Atlas/Access units at two separate remote locations so I can monitor weather conditions when I'm away. I didn't need a local display console, the MyAcuRite app is all that is needed. Both installs were very smooth. The first was on a metal building which worked great and after 6 weeks there have been no loss of signal between the Atlas and the Access. The internet/power did go down for a few hours which required a reset of the Access to reestablish coms. A remote reset feature would be a nice feature. The plan is to add a few temperature/humidity sensors inside the metal build for this location. The second location was a replacement of an old AcuRite 5in1/SmartHub. This also went smooth and I was up and running in about an hour. This location has 3 additional temperature/humidity sensors that were very easy to add to the Access and were visible on the MyAcuRite app in 10-15 mins. I also took the old 5in1 weather station and mounted it in an indoor storage area giving me another temperature/humidity sensor. Of course the wind speed, wind direction, and rain gauge only read zero.Both units also report to Weather Underground. Overall satisfied.

After having to return the first unit because the signal wasn't stable (support was worthless), this has finally been up and running now for several wks. 1 star off for having to deal with a defective original unit. Another star off for my only complaint so far, which is the optional lightning detector. I knew from other reviews it would pick-up interference. Wow does it ever! But beyond this, because it is picking up false lightning strikes the unit thinks rain is coming and shows this image. On numerous high pressure days without a cloud in the sky, because of this the unit shows a rain image on the display. Likely I'll take out the lighting detector and toss it at some point. Seem pretty worthless! Rain, wind and finally temperature (I'm in hot FL) are finally accurate...so the internal fans on this model seem to be working to keep the unit heat down.

7-month review. After great concern after reading many negative reviews on the Atlas here on Amazon, and learning Acurite fixed the false lightning issues I purchased the Altas & Access combo because I very much liked the features and price point of the Atlas. It turned out to be great. Setup out of box was easy and flawless. Connection to WeatherUnderground was easy. I have the lightning detector and no false readings, only lightning strikes are for real! Wireless connection at 125 ft range direct line of sight is 99% good, once in a while a momentary drop out but it recovers quickly (wireless can be fickle). My weather readings appear to be right-on based on comparison with other nearby weather stations on WU. I just swapped the batteries out for the upcoming winter in Minnesota. Can't say yet if I get a year on the batteries as Atlas claims. After 7-months absolutely no issues and still working perfect.

My components failed and they should last longer, nonexistent support solutions ….VERY POOR VALUE

Super PWS (personal weather station). The Atlas is the flagship unit for AcuRite. I also bought the lightning detector sensor. Plug and play with this unit. Super accurate pws and works well with the Access unit to the internet. Monitor your weather from anywhere. Used the share feature to send weather data to weather underground. Highly recommended unit and brand.

This product is plagued with the greed and disregard from Chaney instruments. The access supports 3 less sensors than the smarthub. Why is that? Because it saves them incremental pennies to not log your sensors. The device is probably capable of 20+ sensors being connected. Also. Logging only occurs every 5 minutes(again, pennies). Makes wind readings worthless as gusts are only measured at the moment the access decides to log data. Whereas if you have it connected to wunderground, the data logs every 15 seconds or so.The atlas itself seems alright, feels cheap. Time will tell if it lasts.

Uses batterues despite the solar panels. 4 AAs.Unit is somewhat ugly. But it works.

When my ACU-RITE IRIS Weather station ceased to work, after about 10 years up on the pole, I was forced to replace it and I chose the newer ATLAS version from ACU-RITE.This unit is so superior to the IRIS version,, and I am thrilled with my new purchase.I recommend this unit over the IRIS version.

Ordered the weather station and the hub was missing so essentially it is useless

Es preciso, funcionó muy bien y no hubo dificultad en sus instalación.La conectividad a internet es importante para que el aparato funcione adecuadamente.

Stopped working after a few months and amazon doesn't allow it to be returned and no product support. Very expensive to be this poor quality.