AcuRite Iris Weather Station with Rain Gauge and Wind Speed/Direction, Indoor Outdoor Thermometer Wireless Outdoor Sensor for Temperature and Humidity, and HD Display with Built-In Barometer (01535M)

I know this model has been out for awhile but I have to say it...It's about time the displays with weather stations caught up with the rest of the world. I've been wanting to replace my older weather station for some time...all the while I dreamed of the display's being more graphic and in color. After looking over what Amazon offers...I found some which had the text in color and the forecast in color...however nothing "Wow'd" me in terms of the display until I came across the AcuRite 01024M Pro. Once received I had it installed within a couple days. I couldn't believe how easy it was compared to my older system. What made the installation a breeze (no pun intended lol) was the fact that the sensors are all housed within one unit...unlike the older systems which had at least three separate sensors and wires. It was as simple as attaching the sensor housing to a dowel at the height I wanted and then attach the dowel to the roof. Done. Going back to the display...all I had to do was plug it in and it automatically started the setup process and detected the sensors. In fact I didn't even need to look at the user guide it was so simple. And of course, the display was awesome. I loved the graphics...gives more of a computer feel to it...yet the info is laid out in an orderly fashion and easy to understand. An added plus which I actually love...seeing how the display is always on...is the option to dim the brightness at a specific time in the evening or...to have the display go into a sleep mode at a specific time and wake back up at a specific time. The screen dims and only shows the most important current weather info. If you need to see the main screen you simply press a key and it wakes up. The display goes back to sleep after 15 seconds of the last key press. This is very handy at night. I have mine go to "sleep" shortly after I call it a night, and wake back up about an hour before I get up. Now that is a very clever handy function. This system also updates more frequently when it comes to wind guests than my older system did which means it catches more guests with less data loss. My older system updated every 30 seconds...you can miss vital wind gust info within a 30 second span. So...this was an added plus for me. And lastly, this weather station also detects lightning which is a first for me. On day one after I installed it we had another winter storm push through and behind it heavy showers. This system detected a single lightning strike about 9 miles away...most likely off shore as we live on the coast. You see the lightning alert on both the display and the portable detector. I like how it actually tells you how many miles away the lightning was. To know if lightning is getting closer or moving further away you simply see if the system is reporting lighting with the distance decreasing or increasing. Decreasing means getting closer and increasing moving away. Simple enough. One thing to note, as you look at the included photos, I also have a wired wind gauge which is the small display you see above this weather station's display...and to the left of this stations sensors on my roof. And yes...I also purchased it from Amazon. It's electronic and gives me up to the second wind info...so a more accurate wind reading. While the wireless update window with the AcuRite 01024M Pro is much faster than older systems...there is still some data loss due to the update window it has...which is why I have a second wind gauge...kind of like a back-up system. So...if you're looking for a well put together weather station with clean crisp graphics...and in color to boot...I highly recommend this system. I'm very happy with my purchase and look forward to tracking the remaining winter storms of 2017 as they push through our area. Hope this review helps you to make your decision....

Works great and accurate….wanted for my shop mostly for wind speed because of living near man tops

First let me say that this is one great little station that has worked beautifully and measures accurately. The display is a thing of beauty, big & clear & easy to read from any angle (no LCD angle issues here because it's LED/TFT display). I live in Australia so I have a couple of issues with station. Firstly the power pack supplied only had a US plug on it so I had to get an adaptor plug (no biggie). The date format is MM/DD/YY which drives me nuts as here in Oz we are DD/MM/YY so I have to convert every time I read it and this is not configurable in settings. But the biggest issue I found, and I had to make physical modifications to the unit to overcome, was that the base unit is rigged to face south with it's solar panel so as to maximise the direct sunlight in the northern hemisphere..... here down-under the sun shines from the north so I had to orient the unit north and in doing so had to flip the wind direction tail around 180degrees so as to read the wind direction accurately....and that tail is not made to be flipped! After some tail shaft adjustment by filing down a new flat spot I managed to flip it around successfully. The final thing that is not reading correctly (and I suspect may be a southern hemisphere issue again) is the "Feels Like" temperature is not correct. Currently where I live in Melbourne Australia we are in mid winter and it's cold when the wind blows, however the unit is most likely programed to think in northern hemisphere mode where if the July wind is blowing from the south it's going to feel a little warmer than the gauge reads..... well it's the opposite in Oz, southerly winds are the cold ones here so it never "Feels Like" it's warmer than the gauge reads in July. I am thinking these things could be fixed in a firmware upgrade some day, but until then, I am happy to have my Acu-Almost-Rite station.

This weather station is awesome! We live on the coast and the lighting strike feature is perfect for us! It detected a strike 7 miles away, and we didnt even know! It is eady to set up and easy to read.

Very easy to install. I bought the solar power supply to go with it so don't have to change batteries. Only issue is I had to ask for a replacement because the 1st one was lost in transit.

We've had this since May (it's July 26 now) and it does a nice job recording rain fall, temperatures, humidity, lightning and we have it a good 100+ feet away from the receiver screen. The lightning thing is neat. We've got hits as far as 38km and I think 1km is it's closest showing. During the heat wave it recorded a temp of 39 in the yard, which was right in line with the old mercury thermometer. The rain meter seems to send updates every 15 minutes or so. Cause it will go from 0 to say 1.6 after it has rained for a bit. Then it jumps to the next reading. So it's not "realtime" but it kinda is. The wind direction works good. The wind speed, hard to say how spot on it is. We've had some pretty big wind storms this year and had a high reading of 28kph. News claimed 50k gusts. Maybe it just goes by "sustained" wind speed. Overall I think it's good value. The screen is nice and easy to read and changes to the light or dark and even has pics of the current and upcoming weather. Like before it gets cloudy, it has showed clouds and rain on the display even though it's sunny. But 30-60 minutes later it becomes cloudy out. Pretty neat trick. There's cheaper and more expensive ones out there. Got this on "sale" for bout $280. We shall see how it handles -40 this winter. Lol Oh I also have it bout 20 feet above ground.

Great product. Very easy to Install and the monitor is superb with great resolution and all the data I need. Down side, lightning monitor shows lightning strike when there is none. Overall very happy with the product. Barry

Todo correcto, lo único para hacer notar es que si se va la luz se pierde la memoria con los datos anuales, mensuales, semanales y tiene que volver a aprender

Product was original land as described

App does not work for this model for android phone. Check the rating of the app if you dont beleive me. Therefore i cannot download any historical data . No forecast for middle east. If thats the case why sells it in the middle east?